Kitchen Discovery: PASTA with CARAMELIZED ONIONS

It is time to share some kitchen discoveries again!
Here comes an easy pasta recipe which I actually took from a film called 'Chef' . By the way I definitely recommend this film which is totally amusing BUT BE CAREFUL: YOU WILL GET CRAZY HUNGRY while you watch the film as you constantly see crazy delicious looking dishes!
And this recipe I am gonna share is a dish I saw in one of the scenes , where the man cooked a yummy pasta dish: Actually the only thing I saw was that he caramelized onions! And then he added these on the pasta and added some fresh parsley on top. That was it! But this totally took my mind , cause I adore CARAMELIZED ONIONS. And I just said to myself : Caramelized onions with pasta?? Why haven't I never thought of it?! I should try to do this as soon as possible!
So yesterday I gave it a try and as I did not have any recipe I just followed what I saw in the film and added a little bit my own creativity.
So here is the Pasta Dish I created by getting inspired from the scene:
PASTA WITH CARAMELIZED ONIONS AND FRESH PARSLEY

Actually all you need to do is to slice TWO LARGE ONIONS and start to cook them on high heat with some OLIVE OIL. After a few minutes , as they become soft , (just before they start to get burned) take the pan and put it on the lowest heat and let the onions get slowly cooked on low heat. This should take at least 20-25 minutes. The more the onions rest on low heat , the more delicious they get: They get perfectly caramelized!
BUT at this point I prefered to add some seasonings: I put some pepper, salt, just a little bit sugar, garlic powder and finally two tablespoons of BALSAMIC VINEGAR which gives a perfect taste to the onions. And then I put the onions on low heat.
While your onions get caramelized all you have to do is to chop the fresh parsley and cook the pasta, drain, set aside. Besides, save a half cup of the water in which you cooked the pasta.
When both the pasta and onions seem ready just combine them, BUT DO NOT FORGET TO ADD SOME BUTTER AND PARMESAN CHEESE. (If you want you can also add some cream and turn it into a cream-sauce but I just wanted that the onions become the star of the dish- so did not add extra cream) Finally add a little bit of the the pasta water ( I did this so that the pasta does not taste too dry) and the fresh parsley. Stir the pasta for a last time until everthing gets combined well.
BON APPETIT!

Here is the most EASY but also the MOST DELICIOUS DESSERT:

THE CLASSIC ITALIAN TIRAMISU with original italian MASCARPONE CHEESE

If you check some tiramisu recipes you will see that there are recipes which include not just mascarpone cheese,also some more ingredients such as heavy cream or some other cream cheese or milk. They probably taste nice too. BUT to make the very ORIGINAL TIRAMISU you should use ONLY BUT ONLY the mascarpone cheese! And here comes my tiramisu recipe which ı made with 500 gr of Italian Mascarpone:

To make this delicious dessert the ingredients are just a few things:

500 gr Mascarpone cheese
6 eggs
150 gr sugar
300 gr italian ladyfingers(savoiardi)
2-3 cups of black coffee (I used filter coffee-way better then these ready nescafes!)
cocoa powder

It is actually really surprising that you can create a fascinating dessert with just a few ingredients. And PLUS WHAT TO DO is soooo SIMPLE:JUST SIX STEPS AND ITS READY:

1.Whisk the egg yolks with sugarin a large bowl
2.Add the Mascarpone cheese and whisk until smooth(You'd better use an electric mixer)
3.Beat the egg whites(a lot!-be patient!-until they look like a kind of foam) Add this into the other egg-sugar mixture
4.Make the coffee: Wait until its not too hot! Soak the lady fingers and line them on the bottom of a baking dish
5. Spread the half of the mascarpone mixture on the lady fingers
6.Begin with the second layer! Do the same: Dip ladyfinders in coffee,line and spread with other half of mascarpone

Cover the tiramisu with plastic wrap and refrigrate for at least 2 hours to 12 hours
BEFORE SERVING: SPRINKLE WITH COCOA POWDER

Kitchen Discovery: Baked Eggplant Sticks!

Here is a super quick and tasty appetizer recipe:

BAKED EGGPLANT STICKS served with a quick MARINARA SAUCE

All you need is:

1-2 eggplants
a little bit olive oil
salt and pepper for seasoning
2-3 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
1 large egg white

For the marinara sauce:
2 cups crushed tomatoes (you can use 2-3 fresh tomatoes and blend them in a food processor)
2-3 cloves garlic (smashed)
2 tablespoons olive oil
salt,pepper to season
1 tablespoon tomato paste (gives a great taste and color)
chopped fresh basil or dried basil
It is not necessary but you can also add one onion

All you need to do:

Preheat the oven. Line baking sheets on a baking tray-so that the eggplants don't stick on the tray!
Cut ends off the eggplant. Slice eggplant in half, then into 1/4 inch thick slices. Cut each slice into 1/4 inch strips. Now you have your finger shaped eggplants. Don't forget to put the eggplant sticks into a bowl full with cold water and some salt and let them wait about 7-8 minutes. Drain them with paper towel and put them this time in another bowl, season with olive oil, salt and pepper. Set aside.
In another bowl combine breadcrumbs and Parmesan cheese.
Dip the eggplant sticks into egg whites, then into the breadcrumbs. Place the sticks on the baking sheets. Sprinkle a little bit more olive oil on the sticks and bake for about 10 minutes. Turn over and bake an additional 10 minutes.

That is how easy it is ! A great appetizer which is delicious and totally healthy as you don't fry them but bake.

BUT you definitely need your marinara sauce to dip these yummy sticks. And this is how you make your marinara sauce:
In a medium pot heat olive oil over medium heat. Add garlic and saute until golden, being careful not to burn. I also added one cup of chopped onions. Add crushed tomatoes, salt and pepper,tomato paste. Stir and reduce heat to low. Cover and let simmer about 10 minutes. Remove from heat and add fresh basil. I did not have fresh basil so I added 3 tablespoons of dried basil in the very last minute and then removed from heat.

THE 3-Ingredients PASTA SAUCE: GARLIC-PARSLEY-OLIVE OIL/ Üc Malzemeli Nefis Makarna Sosu

I want to invite some friends to home and prepare them a nice cozzy meal?But you dont want to spend hours in the kitchen? Then you should make this Spaghetti which will only take about ten minutes and is even easier than a basic tomato sauce.you will be surprised that a 10 minutes pasta sauce tastes soo delicious !


Ingredients:3 cups parsley-finely chopped
Olive oil
5-6 garlic cloves-finely chopped
1 package of pasta (Spaghetti)For seasoning: Salt,pepper
All you need to do is:
Saute your garlic cloves in some olive oil over medium-low heat (so that they dont burn) 
Add the chopped parsley-stir a little bit
After 2-3 minutes add some olive oil more= THATS WHAT GIVES THE TASTE,so dont hesitate to add olive oil
The sauce should be a little liquid(oily): dont let it simmer
Add your pasta which you cooked and drained

And your Pasta with Parsley and Garlic is ready!! Thats how easy it is.Serve it in nice big plates and open a red wine, enjoy your dinner with your friends:)Bikac arkadası eve davet edip ufak ve mütevazi ama aynı zamanda lezzetli bir aksam yemegi mi yapmak istiyosunuz? Ama bir yandan da mutfakta büyük işlere kalkışmak istemiyo musunuz?Bu makarna sosu sizi mutfakta saatler gecirmekten kurtarıcak! Cunku hazırlaması sadece 10 dakika sürüyor! Klasik bir domates sosundan bile daha kolay.Zaten muhtemelen domates sosundan bıkmışınızdır!On dakikalık bir sosun bu kadar lezzetli olmasına sasırıcaksınız!








Gereken Malzemeler sadece: Zeytinyagı1 paket makarna (Spaghetti)3-4 avuc ince kıyılmıs maydanoz4-5 dis ince kıyılmıs sarımsakYapmanız gereken tek şey: geniş bir tavada veya tencerede zeytinyagında sarımsakları soteleyin ama dikkat edin yanmasınlar! Sarımsaklar sadece aromalarını yaga vermeli ancak yanmamalılar. Sonra dogradıgınız bolca maydanozu ekleyip karıstırın, tuz biber ve isterseniz kırmızı pul biber ekleyin. Sosun biraz sıvımsı olması lazım, mutlaka tekrar zeytinyagı ekleyin.zeytinyagı eklemekten cekinmeyin cünkü bu sosu güzel yapan bu! Zaten baska hicbir malzeme eklemeye gerek yok, sosunuz hazır. Haslayıp süzdügünüz makarnanızı ekleyip bir güzel karıştırın ve büyük makarna tabaklarında parmesan peyniri rendesi ile servis edin! Yanına da bir kırmızı sarap actınız mı inanılmaz basit ama orijinal ve leziz bu makarnanın tadını cıkarmaya hazırsınız!

Yummy 5 Ingredients Appetizer: Garlic Bread ! / Sadece 5 Malzeme: Sarımsaklı Ekmek !

 Here is my favorite appetizer which ı prefer before a nice italian dish:     

Garlic Bread

It only takes a few minutes to prepare them and it takes another 10 minutes for them to get nicely crispy in the oven! 

Sadece 5 Malzeme kullanarak hazırlayabileceginiz Leziz bir Atıştırmalık: Sarımsaklı Ekmek!
Üstelik hazırlaması da sadece bir kac dakika sürüyor.Ardından fırında bi 10-15 dk bekletmeniz yeterli!

Ingredients:

3-4 tablespoons butter

Olive oil

Parsley-finely chopped

4-5 cloves Garlic-minced

Bread(you can use every kind of bread but prefer thin slices so that they become verry crispyy)

For seasoning: salt and pepper

You can decide on the amount of your ingredients depending on how many bread slices you want.

İhtiyacınız olan 5 Malzeme:

3-4 yemek kasıgı tereyagı

Zeytinyagı

Maydanoz-ince kıyılmıs

4-5 dis sarımsak-ezilmiş

Ekmek dilimleri(istediginiz tip ekmegi kullanabilirsiniz ama ince dilimler daha cıtır cıtır olur!)

Baharatlandırmak icin: tuz ve karabiber

Malzemelerin ölcülerinde oynama yapabilirsiniz- Ne kadar ekmek dilimi istediginize baglı!

All you need to do is:

Mix the butter,parsley,garlic and olive oil.Season with salt and pepper. I use a fork to mix them so that ı can crush the butter nicely.Slice your bread and spread the butter mixture on the slices.Lay the slices on an oven tray.Dont forget to use an oven paper too! And put the tray into the oven and just wait until the butter melts nicely and your garlic breads seem crispy! You will also understand that your bread slices are ready with the great smell that comes out of the oven!

Tek yapmanız gereken:

Kücük bir kapta tereyagı,zeytinyagı,kıyılmıs maydanız ve ezdiginiz sarımsakları iyice karıstırmak.Ben karıstırırken catal da kullanıyorum ki tereyagı iyice ezilip yumusasın. Sonra bu karısımı ekmek dilimlerinin ustune guzelce sürün.Ve fırına verin! 15 dakika kadar bir süre fırında tutun: Tereyagı iyice eriyip ekmekler cıtırlasana kadar.Zaten etrafa yayılan nefis kokudan sarımsaklı ekmeklerinizin hazır oldugunu anlicaksınız!

Internet Discovery: GOJEE FOOD

I want to share with you this AMAZING food recipe web page where ı find thousands of yummy and creative recipes! 

Sizinle harika bir YEMEK TARİFLERİ İNTERNET SİTESİ paylaşmak istiyorum! Bu sayfayı keşfettikten beri inanılmaz tarifler buluyorum! Siz de mutlaka bir bakın derim:

GOJEE :
 THE HOME OF GREAT TASTE



This outstanding web page also has an APPLICATION for Iphones which ı find great!
On the road, while waiting for a bus, whenever ı want ı can check this application and discover some great recipes! There is a huge variety of every kind of food recipes and all of the recipes have their PICTURES which always get me hungry!!

Gojee Food ' un sadece internet sitesi degil, aynı zamanda Iphonelar icin mükemmel bir APPLICATION'ı var. Telefonuma bu programı indirdikten beri okuldan eve gelirken, otobüste, vapurda ne zaman bos vaktim olsa deli gibi bu uygulamaya girip acayip tarifler buluyorum! Her gün yüzlerce yeni tarif geliyo, üstelik yapılışlar mükemmel anlatılmış. Aynı zamanda her yemegin fotografını da koymaları hem cok hosuma gitti hem de her defasında beni acıktırdı!



CHECK THIS FOOD WEB PAGE AND DISCOVER RECIPES:

https://www.gojee.com/food

We also got some help from the recipes in GOJEE to prepare our CHICKPEA SALAD.Check the links to get some ideas for a chickpea salad:

 Ayrıca Nohut Salatasını yaparken de buradaki tariflerden faydalandık. İşte size fikir vericek bir takım GOJEE tarifleri:








https://www.gojee.com/discover/food/braised-chickpeas-with-spinach-salad


https://www.gojee.com/discover/food/chicka-chicka-chickpea-salad

Kitchen Discoveries: Chickpea Salad

  



















We made this yummy chickpea salad as a side dish for our baked salmon.
Its FRESH, HEALTHY AND DELICIOUS! Oh, and very EASY

Somonumuzun yanına yaptığımız nohut salatamızı paylaşalım simdi de:)
TAZE, SAGLIKLI VE NEFİS! He bir de COK KOLAY






CHICKPEA SALAD with some extra red kidney beans:

All you need:
1 can chickpea
1 can red kidney beans
1 or 2 tomatoes: chopped
1 or 2 bell pepper ( red-green-yellow-doesnt matter!)
1 or 2 cucumber: chopped
1 big onion ( red or white-your choice) - finely chopped
a little bit parsley
if you like it, a little bit dill
olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt, pepper, fresh lemon juice= for the dressing!









Meksika fasulyesi de ekleyiverdigimiz NOHUT SALATASI:
İhtiyacınız olan malzemeler:
1 konserve meksika fasulyesi
1 konserve haslanmıs nohut
1 veya iki domates- küp küp dogranmıs
1 buyuk sogan ( beyaz ya da kırmızı size kalmış)
1 veya 2 salatalık
1 veya 2 dolmalık biber (sarı-yeşil-kırmızı hic farketmez! istediginiz rengi katın:))
iki avuc maydanoz - ince kıyılmıs
severseniz eger, dereotu da yakısır!
sos icin temel malzemelerimiz: limon,zeytinyagı,nar eksisi veya balsamic sirke, tuz ve karabiber










After you chop all these ingredients in to very tiny pieces(you dont have to chop chickpeas and beans of course!), all you need to do is just mix them in a large salad bowl! And add the dressing!

Bütün malzemeleri incecik dogradıktan sonra (nohut ve fasulyeyi dogramaya gerek yok tabiki) yapmanız gereken tek sey hepsini büyük bir salata canagında bir güzel karıstırmak ve sosunu eklemek!

You can add some ingredients depending on your taste: Maybe some feta cheese? Or some olives? Finely chopped garlic? If you wanna have a colourful salad you should add all colours of bell peppers like we did! So that how it looks is as good as how it tastes :)

Damak zevkinize göre salatanızı renklendirebilirsiniz: Örnegin biraz ufalanmıs peynir hic fena olmaz: feta,beyaz peynir veya keci mesela... Sonra siyah veya yeşil zeytin de eklenebilir! Cok ince kıyılmıs sarımsak da deneyebilirsiniz, malum sarımsak nereye girse yakısıyo. Ha bir de biberlerin her tür renginden eklemek salataya harika bir görüntü vermenizi saglayabilir :) Böylece salatanızın görüntüsüne de tadı gibi bayılıcaksınız!