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International Spring Fair –London-
International Spring Fair -London- Hi, Yesterday I visited the London international spring fair for traditional craft and gastronomy. There were countries from all over the world represented, the food department was full of lovely smells from lots of...
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Ratatouille Quiche..empty fridge..
Ratatouille Quiche...empty fridge.. If you are going to the market tomorrow to buy fresh vegetables then why not try this quiche today??. It allows you to make room in your fridge .. lol .. It's a very nice and light quiche for an empty fridge quiche..lol...
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Biscuits with Summer Fruits Jelly
Biscuits with Summer Fruits Jelly Ingredients: 250g plain flour 175g butter 130g superfine sugar 1 egg yolk Jelly Method: Mix the flour and butter until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Add the sugar and egg yolk, and mix until the mixture forms a dough....
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Apricot and Honey Souffle
Today I share with you this very light, fluffy and easy to prepare dessert . It's very easy to make a souffle but the hardest part for me is taking pictures when the soufflé is still up .. lol ... XXXX Ingredients : 55g sugar 4 apricots ( 200g ) 60ml...
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Mini Foccacia
Mini Foccacia -- The Best Ever Recipe -- Foccacia or Fougasse is Italy’s renowned flat bread, peasant in character, sublime when eaten over-fresh and warm with olives, red onion, tomatoes and rosemary and drizzled with a very good virgin olive oil (important)....
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Algerian Sweets Stuffed with Turkish Halwa
Algerian Sweets Stuffed with Turkish Halwa Hello Today I share with you this recipe for economic Algerian sweets that melt in your mouth. Perfect with coffee or tea ... Bizzz Ingredients: For the dough 250g margarine softened 3 eggs 100g sugar 50 cornstarch...
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Makrout (oven baked) - Algerian semolina, dates and honey sweets
Pour la recette en Français cliquez ici Ingredients: 3 cups fine semolina A bowl of melted butter 1/2 tsp salt Orange blossom water Water Filling: 500g dates paste 100g of toasted sesame seeds 2 tbsp of butter Orange blossom water 1/2 tsp cinnamon Oil...
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Apple Fritters
Today I propose this very simple recipe for fried apple fritters, flavoured with cinnamon , very easy and very quick to prepare . XXXXX Ingredients : 130g flour 2 tsp baking powder a pinch of salt 150ml milk 1 egg 150g sugar 1 tsp cinnamon 3-4 apples...
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Baklawa, Baklava or Baqlawa
Algerian Recipe for Baklawa بقلاوة Again I share with you today another recipe for an Algerian sweet with honey, the Baqlawa with almond (or almonds + walnuts) that we find at almost all the Algerian parties and celebrations. This recipe and photos come...
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Mum’s Birthday Cake.
Mum’s Birthday Fruit Cake Maman ! Que cette journée soit garnie de fleurs, de bonheur et parfumée de gaieté, et que la joie soit présente non seulement aujourd'hui, mais toute l'année! Joyeux anniversaire Maman cherie Je t’embrasse tendrement Melissami...
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Chicken Terrine
Chicken Terrine This is my first own Chicken terrine without gelatine..I am happy with the results despite a couple of mistakes. First of all I used creamed mushrooms which made the terrine look a bit soggy in the middle,,lol…but that’s all that I found...
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Tagine jelbana - Peas tagine with eggs
Pour la recette en Français cliquez ici Ingredients: 500g peas 1 large onion or 2 small 2 tbsp oil eggs (for me 4) coriander Salt and pepper Method of preparation: Fry the sliced onions in oil, season. Add the peas, coriander and a glass of water. Cover...
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Cheese and Mushrooms Gougere
A Gougère or a savoury choux pastry with cheese and parsley with mushroom and white sauce, is that I share with you today. A puffed, golden and crispy gougere, very tasty served as an appetizer or as a main dish. XXXXX Ingredients: 300 ml water 60g butter...
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Grape and Apple Jam
Grape and Apple Jam A fter my blackberry jam (recipe here) , published photos of my garden and my vine that gave me loads of grapes this year and my apple tree that gave me a lot of apple s , I decided to try to make jam with these . I tried two methods...
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Algerian Chicken with Chips -- Algerian Kbab --
Algerian Chicken with Chips -- Algerian Kbab -- Hello So what to say about this dish, chicken and chips in sauce, so simple but very tasty .. Saha ftourkoum xxxx Ingredients Chicken 1 kg potato 1 onion 2 tbsp oil A handful of chickpeas salt, black pepper,...
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Courgettes and Minced Meat Gratin
Courgettes and Minced Meat Gratin Hello Today I share with you my dinner last night, a gratin of zucchini and minced meat to the sauce and Béchamel sauce. A complete meal and very tasty. Have a good Friday .. Bizzzz Ingredients: Courgettes Minced meat...
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Carrot dolma - Stuffed carrots with meat and peas -
Pour la recettes en Français cliquez ici Ingredients: 700g meat 1.500 kg of carrots 1 onion A handful of peas 1/2 bunch parsley 1 tbsp of oil salt, black pepper, cinnamon For the stuffing: 500g minced meat 1/2 bunch parsley 1 onion 1 egg salt, black pepper,...
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Strawberry and redcurrant Filo Tartlets
Strawberry and redcurrant Filo Tartlets These simple tartlets are very easy and quick to make, they are very tasty and look very attractive...I make them every time I’ve got some filo pastry and left over custard. But I have made them as well with double...
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Minced Meat Bouraks – In the Tefal Actifry --
Hello You should have guessed after the recipe for the Chorba, now comes the one for the bourakes. Well here it is; my recipe for minced meat Bourak to which I add green olives and cheese. A complete and very tasty Bourak although this year I was really...
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British Summer Fruits Pudding
British Summer Fruits Pudding Hi, Today i share with you this wonderful mixture of summer fruits in slices of white bread which you should leave in the fridge to chill for 8 hours or overnight for the bread slices to soak up all the deep red, flavoursome...
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Osbane or stuffed Douwara
Osbane, the Algerian version of the Scottish Haggis For this recipe I had to get out my needle and cotton for a sewing session. Well I can tell you that it doesn't happens often lol, you can see it from the shape of my osbanes, as my mother makes them...
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Semolina Cakes with Honey
Semolina Cakes with Honey As promised here is the recipe for semolina cakes with honey stuffed with a mixture of dates and figs that I prepared this Eid instead of the Makrout that I normally prepare each Eid. It's the same taste as the Makrout but easier...
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Green Wheat Soup -- Chorba Frik --
Hello After el Lham lahlou here is another classic of Algerian cuisine, which we find on our tables for all the ceremonies and especially during the month of Ramadhan. A good starter after a long day of fasting. And of course with me when we say chorba...
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Raspberry and Peach Mini Cakes
Today I share with you these deliciously moist mini cakes. Perfect for lunch box or a snack.. XXXXX Ingredients: for 6 mini cakes 125g self-raising flour 50g caster sugar 100g butter, melted 2 eggs 1 large peach 65g Raspberries Method: Put the flour and...
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Mhawatte
Mhawatte ----- Algerian garlic meatballs surprise My mum made this for my brother’s wedding dinner about 10 years ago. The guests called it Mtawam surprise, the Algerian version of Kinder surprise (Mtawam is garlic meatballs without the egg) . Ingredients...