GROUND BEEF PARCEL/ GOZLEME

GROUND BEEF PARCEL/
                  GOZLEME
           

Today's recipe is from Traditional Turkish Cuisine. Gozleme is a pastry dish which is  fill with meat or vegetable or cheese.  Gozleme is made from yufka( filo/ phyllo dough). Yufka is fresh , very thin, round sheet of dough that is used for to make pastries (borek) . Turkish Cuisine has endless varieties of delicious pastries/borek.
Yufka is made from wheat  flour mixed with salt and water. After dough is kneaded and rolled into round thin sheet, it is heated on a sac ( large metal lid)  until gets slightly brown.
Yufka can be used in many ways; layered/ folded/ rolled or baked/ fried  filling with many various of fillings; meat, chicken, vegetables, cheese.
In Turkey fresh yufka can find at most supermarkets. Out of Turkey, packaged  yufka can find at Turkish, Greek,  Middle Eastern Markets or from internet markets which sells Turkish ingredients.


INGREDIENTS

300g, 3/4lb ground beef/mince meat
2 medium tomatoes, diced
2 green pepper, diced
3 spring/green onion, chopped
3 tbsp. chopped parsley
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp chili flake

2 Turkish filo dough/ yufka
2 tbsp. oil for frying

Put all ingredients in a bowl, mix well. Cut each sheets of  filo dough into 6 triangles. Put 2 tbsp. of filling on the wide side of dough  and spread. Cover  both sides with dough, turn and make six parcels.
Heat a frying pan on medium heat, grease with oil, place three parcels. Fry both sides 2-3 minutes or until  get light brown. Grease the pan again and place the other three parcels, and fry. Serve when they are still hot.

EASY PIZZA

                   EASY PIZZA

 

 



 Pizza is a very common food all over the world.  It is one of children's favorite. It is possible to make  different pizzas to changing the ingredients. You can top pizza with olives, mushrooms, pepperoni, .....

 My recipe is an quick and easy way to make pizza. This is a recipe when you don't have time to wait until pizza dough rise.

 

 

  

 



INGREDIENTS

 

12 French toast bread, sliced

11/2 cups milk

200g  mozzarella cheese, sliced

1 tomato, sliced

1 green pepper, sliced

1 tablespoon fresh thyme, chopped 

 

 

Cut of the crust around the slices, soak  into cold milk. Place six of them in a well greased ovenproof dish. Topped with sliced cheese. Repeat the same for second layer. Decorate with sliced tomato and pepper. If you like you can add sliced olives or salami. Spread thyme on top. Bake 180C-375F for 25-30 minutes.



 

 

 

 

 

SAUSAGE ROLLS

 

 

 

 

 

Picnic is a traditional event in Britain. Eating out of doors is hit & miss activity. Picnic food  must be portable-like sausage rolls, Cornish pastry, sandwich, pate', pie. Sounds great to me  the idea of having picnic at Hyde Park  (  or any other beautiful park) in London eating good picnic food and drinking cold champagne ....  IF  the weather is dry and little bit sunny.
Sausage roll is also eaten during Christmas and afternoon teas. They are very simple to make  and can be freeze.

INGREDIENTS

225g-8oz  puff pastry
450g-1lb sausage meat
1 onion finely chopped
1 tsp sage
1 egg yolk mixed with 1 Tbsp milk
salt & pepper



Mix sausage meat, onion and sage. Season with salt & pepper. On a floured surface roll out the pastry to form an oblong. Cut this oblong into three, divide sausage meat mixture into three. Make three long rolls the same length as the pastry. Place each rolls onto strip of pastry. Brush the egg & milk mixture along one edge. Fold the pastry over and seal. Turn it and cut into 2 inches (5cm) long.
Place into the tray which covered with baking -sheet. Brush with egg mixture. Bake 220C-425F for 20-25 minutes.