Sweet Potato Fries

Serves 3














Ingredients:
2 large sweet potatoes
2 tbsp vegetable oil
1 tsp pepper
salt

Procedure:
1. Preheat the oven at 400 degrees F.
2.Peel the sweet potatoes and wash them thoroughly. Cut them into about 1 inch thick "fries".
3. Place the fries on the baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Drizzle the oil, salt & pepper and toss them together with hand. Make sure each piece is coated with the seasoning.
4. Line them on a baking sheet in a single layer. Bake them in a preheated oven for about 35-40 minutes until they turn lightly golden brown. Cool the fries for couple of minutes before serving. Enjoy!

Grilled Cheese and Spinach Panini

Ingredients:
2 cups monterey jack cheese, shredded
2 cups cheddar cheese, shredded
8 ounces butter, room temperature
1 tbsp vegetable oil
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper, freshly grounded
2 cups packed spinach, coarsely chopped
16 slices of country style white bread

Procedure:
1. In a food processor, combine butter, cheeses, salt, pepper & 1 tbsp vegetable oil. Blend until smooth, add some extra oil if needed, to make the mixture spreadable. Add spinach and pulse together until combined.
2. Preheat a panini maker. Spread the cheese mixture on the 8 slices of bread. Top with remaining 8 slices of bread. Grill the sandwiches 2 at a time, until golden and crispy. About 3-4 minutes.
3. Cool the sandwiches for 2 minutes and cut into half and arrange them on a platter. Enjoy!

Deviled Egg's

Ingredients:
8 eggs, hard boiled
1/2 cup sour cream, room temperature
2 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
2 tbsp mayonnaise
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp chives
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper

Procedure:
1. Take the shells off and cut the egg's into halves. Separate the yolks out and place them in a mixing bowl.
2. Place 1/2 cup sour cream, 2 ounces of cream cheese, mayonnaise, lemon juice, chopped chives, salt & pepper in the same bowl. It is very important to have all the cheeses at room temperature, so that it mixes very well. Save some chive for garnishing.
3. Mix that all up to form a creamy cheesy mixture.
4. You can fill up the egg white in two ways, either you just spoon the mixture into egg whites or what I would like to do is, place the mixture in a pastry bag with a bog start tip and fill the egg whites. Sprinkle some chopped chives to garnish. Enjoy!

Sun Dried Tomato Palmier

Ingredients:
1 puff pastry sheet, defrosted
1 1/4 cup sun dried tomatoes
8 garlic cloves
5 cups fresh basil leaves
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper, freshly ground
3/4 cup parmesan cheese, shradded
3/4 cup olive oil

Procedure:
1. Preheat the oven at 400 degree Fahrenheit.
2. Place roughly chopped sun dried tomatoes and 8 cloves of garlic in a food processor and grind it up.
3. Add 5 cups of fresh basil leaves, salt, pepper and parmesan cheese and grind it again. While the food processor is on add 3/4 cup of olive oil gradually into the mixture to make a fine pesto.
4. Sprinkle some flour on a working surface and lay out a sheet of puff pastry. Roll the pastry lightly. Spread out 3/4th amount of the total tomato, basil pesto on the pastry sheet, up to the edges of the sheet.
5. Starting from the edge near to you, roll the pastry inwards stopping in the middle of the pastry sheet. Similarly, roll the opposite side edge inwards. The two rolls should be meeting at the center and touching each other. Overlap one side roll onto the other as if to close a book.
6. Starting at one end, cut off pieces of the log in to the slices of about 3/8 inch in thickness. Pinch the slices together so that it wont separate in the baking process.
7. Place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment pepper with the cut side up. Bake them in a preheated oven for about 10-12 minutes. Cool the palmier's on a wire rack for few minutes. Enjoy!

Cheesy Pastry Puffs

Ingrediants:
1 1/2 cupsWhite chedder cheese (Grated & cold)
8 ounces cold butter, cubed
1 1/4 cups four
1/4 tsp baking powder
1 tbsp ice water
1 tsp fresh rosemary, chopped
1 tsp fresh thyme, chopped
1 tsp salt

Procedure:
1. Preheat the oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
1. Put the grated cheese, flour rosemary, thyme, cubes of butter, baking powder and salt in a food processor and blend it until it forms crumbled mixture.
2. Add a tsp of chilled water and blend it again until it forms a dough (add little more water if needed, but be very gentle about it).
3. Take the dough on a floured work surface and very lightly knead it and roll out the dough about 1 inch in thickness. Cut into different pastry shapes and bake it for 15 mins.
4. Cool it on a wire rack and Enjoy!

Potato & Zucchini pancakes

Makes 15-20 squares

Ingredients

2 lb Potatoes

2 mediam zucchinis

2 tsp freshly ground pepper

2 cups shredded parmesan

1 1/2 tsp salt

2 egg whites

2 garlic cloves, minced

2 tsp fresh rosemary, chopped

1 tbsp olive oil

3/4 cup breadcrumbs 

1/2 cup sour cream or cream cheese

1 lemon juice

1 lemon zest

Procedure

1. preheat the oven at 450 degree Fahrenheit.

2. Peel and shred all the potatoes. Shred the zucchinis. Take them in a kitchen towel and squeeze tightly in order to get out all the excess water and make it pat dry.

3. Add all the other ingredients and 1 tsp chopped rosemary and mix it nicely.

4. On a hot pan drizzle some olive oil and pour all the potato mixture on it and spread it evenly. Drizzle some olive oil and some shredded parmesan. Cook it uncovered and undisturbed for 8-10 minutes on a medium flame until the bottom of the cake is crisp and golden brown.

5. Carefully slice the pancake without breaking on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake it in a oven for 25-30 minutes until it forms nice golden crust on the top.

6. Cool it completely and cut it into 1-2 inches squares.

Garnish

1. For garnishing mix sour cream/ cream cheese with lemon zest, lemon juice and 1 tsp chopped rosemary.

2. Put 1 spoon of cream mixture on the top of each square and garnish with inserting a small branch of rosemary.

Spinach & Parmesan Rolls

Makes 8-10 rolls

Ingredients 
1 Puff pastry sheet
2 tbsp shredded parmesan cheese
3 cups spinach leaves
2 tbsp melted butter
1 tsp salt
1 tsp ground pepper
1 tbsp Olive oil

Procedure
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degree fahrenheit.
2. Prepare the baking tray by lining it with parchment paper. On a working surface sprinkle some flour and unroll the pastry sheet on it.
3. In a vessel boil the water and dip all spinach leaves and keep them in the water for 2-3 minutes. Take them out and drain the water. Pat them with tissue paper to make them completely dry. Chop them roughly.
4. In a bowl mix together chopped spinach, parmesan cheese, salt & paper and a drizzle of olive oil.
5. Brush the pastry with melted butter.Spread spinach mixture on entire pastry sheet leaving 1 inch space on each sides. Lift up nearest short edge and roll carefully. Cut the rolls 1 inch in thickness and place them on baking sheet. Brush the top with little olive oil.
6. Bake them for 15-18 minutes until golden brown.