No-Bake Lazy Cake (Chocolate with Biscuits Cake)

Serves: 4 persons

Preparation time: 10 min.

Ingredients:

• 3 tsp cocoa powder
• 1 cup sweetened condensed milk
• 150 gr of biscuits

Recipe:

1. In a bowl break the biscuits into medium pieces and put them aside.
2. Add the powdered cocoa, then pour the condensed milk on them.
3. Mix the contents very well until all biscuits are coated and stick to each other.
4. Pour the obtained mixture into a cling film, and shape it like a circular cylinder, then wrap it tightly.
5. Place it in the freezer for at least 2 hours.
6. Unwrap the obtained loaf, cut it into slices, and your cake is ready.

Bon appetit!

Strawberry Cake

Serves: 5 persons

Total cooking time: 30 min.
Preparation time: 10 min.

Ingredients:

• 2 eggs
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup oil
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 3/4 cup yogurt
• 3/4 cup sugar 
• 1 ts baking powder
• 1 ts vanilla
• 1/4 ts salt
• 1 cup chopped strawberries

Recipe:

1. Place all dry ingredients in a bowl, and mix them well.
2. Start adding the liquid ingredients while whisking (except for the strawberries).
3. After you've added all the ingredients keep whisking for at least 5 minutes to assure all the ingredients are well dissolved.
4. Pour half the batter in the cake mold.
5. Add some of the strawberries. Then fill the remaining batter above it (keep the pan around 2/3 full).
6. Add the strawberries on the top of the batter.
7. Bake at 180 °C for around 15-20 min and test if done.

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Stuffed Zuchini

Serves: 2 persons

Total cooking time: 70-80 min.

Preparation time: 30 min.

Ingredients for Stuffing:

• 2/3 cup rice
• 200 gr minced meat
• 1 finely diced tomato
• Salt
• Pepper

Ingredients for Zucchini:

• 1 kg of hollowed zucchini
• lemon juice
• Tomato paste
• 1 ground garlic clove
• salt & pepper
• vegetable oil
• 1 tsp dried mint

Recipe:

1. In a separate bowl, mix together the stuffing ingredients altogether very well.
2. Stuff the hollowed zucchini (around 2/3 of it since the rice will increase in volume upon being cooked) with the prepared filling.
3. Place the zucchini in the cooker, then add tomato paste, vegetable oil, water, and salt & pepper.
4. After they come to boil, add the garlic and the lemon juice.
5. Keep on low fire until well done (at least 1 hr).
6. Finally, sprinkle some dried mint on the top upon serving.

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Cheese Pastry

Total cooking time: 40 min.

Preparation time: 25 min.

Ingredients:

Dough Ingredients:

• 2 cups flour
• 1 egg
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 2 tbsp canola oil
• 1/2 cups warm water (plus or minus due to the consistency of the dough)
• pinch of salt

Cheese Mixture:

• fetta cheese (40%)
• ekkawi cheese (60%)
• 1 egg

Recipe for Dough:

1. Mix flour and salt by hand, then add remaining ingredients and knead the dough for 4 minutes.
2. In the bowl, sprinkle some flour, then place the dough and close it. And then leave to rest for at least 30 minutes.

Pastry Recipe:

1. Raise the dough, then roll it and cut into circles. Then add the stuffing in the middle of the circle.
2. Close the dough in the form of pie and then place on an oiled tray, and paint from the top with oil.
3. I added some black seeds to the top, but due to the oil they fell down upon baking.
4. Enter the tray to a preheated oven to 180 ° C for 10 minutes.
5. When the dough starts to get red, paint it again with oil and then re-enter into the oven again to get a crunchy taste.

Bon appetit!

Sfouf (arabic cake-like dessert)

Sfouf is an arab dessert. It looks like cake, and is baked just like a cake. But due to its different ingredients it tastes a little bit different.

Serves: a big tray

Total cooking time: 35 min.
Preparation time: 10 min.

Ingredients:

• 3 cups semolina flour
• 1 cup white flour
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup milk (preferably full fat)
• 1 cup water 
• 1/2 tbsp baking powder
• 1 1/2 tbsp curcuma
• pinch of salt

Recipe:

1. Place all dry ingredients in a bowl, and mix them well.
2. Start adding the oil first, while whisking.
3. Then add the milk and water slowly while whisking also.
4. After you've added all the ingredients keep whisking for at least 5 minutes to assure all the ingredients are well dissolved.
5. Paint the baking tray with some butter to assure that the cake will not stick to it.
6. Pour the batter in the baking tray (make sure it is not full).
7. you can decorate it with some nuts on its top.
8. Bake at 180 °C for around 25 min and test with a toothpick if done.
9. When done, let it get some redness from above. 

Bon appetit!

Grilled Steak on Stove

This recipe contains a well done grilled steak on the stove, the mashed potatoes, and the sauteed vegetables with the fresh cream.

Serves: 2 persons

Total cooking time: 30 min.
Preparation time: 15 min.

Ingredients for Steak:

• 500 gr steak 
• Salt
• Vegetable oil
• pepper

Ingredients for mashed potatoes:

• 4 medium potatoes peeled and cut
• butter knob
• salt

Ingredients for vegetables:

• fine green beans
• mushrooms
• butter knob
• salt
• oregano

Steak Recipe:

1. First you have to take the steak to room temperature to unfreeze totally. 
2. Salt and season them with pepper at least an hour before cooking.
3. Paint the grill pan with vegetable oil.
4. Heat the grill pan on high temperature and on large stove eye to distribute heat.
5. Before placing the steak, transfer the pan to medium heat, then add the steaks.
6. Keep the steak for 2 min till it take some color, then flip it to the opposite side.
7. Keep flipping it each minute or two.
8. To get a well done steak, test it with a toothpick to check how tender it is.
9. Turn off the stove, then keep at least 2 minutes to continue cooking.

Potato Recipe:

1. Boil the potatoes with a sprinkle of salt.
2. Mash the potatoes while hot with a sprinkle of salt, and a knob of butter (as desired).

Vegetables Recipe:

1. In a pan place a knob of butter.
2. When it melts, add the beans and the mushrooms with a pinch of salt.
3. When their water dries out, let them fry a little, then add the fresh cream. Add as much as u need their consistency and their stock.
4. Let them boil a little then remove the pan. 

Serve the steak, mashed potatoes, and the vegetables sauce together.

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Spinach Pastry

Total cooking time: 40 min.

Preparation time: 25 min.

Ingredients:

Dough Ingredients:

• 3 cups flour
• 1 Cup warm water (or as needed)
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1/2 Tbsp dry yeast
• ts salt
• ts sugar

Spinach Stuffing Ingredients:

• 1/2 kilo spinach, chopped and clean
• 1/2 tbsp salt
• Medium onion, chopped
• 2 tbsp pine nuts
• Tbsp sumac
• ¼ cup olive oil
• ¼ cup lemon juice
• Pomegranate molasses to taste

Recipe for Dough:

1. Mix flour and salt by hand, then add remaining ingredients and knead the dough for 4 minutes.
2. In the bowl, sprinkles some flour, then place the dough and close it. And then leave to rest for 40 minutes.

Recipe for Filling:

1. In a bowl, put spinach then add the salt and scrub well with your hand.
2. Then add the remaining ingredients and mix well.

Pastry Recipe:

1. Raise the dough, then roll it and cut into circles. Then add the stuffing in the middle of the circle without placing the gravy so as not to affect the dough when you close it.
2. Close the dough in the form of pie and then place on an oiled tray, and paint from the top with oil, and enter into a preheated oven to 190 ° C for 10 minutes.
3. When the dough start to get red, paint it again with oil and then re-enter into the oven again to get a crunchy taste.

Bon appetit!