Epic crêpes suzette

We made some crêpes suzette a week ago. Its basically just crepes and caramelised orange segments. The brown spots in the plate are just reflections. So, here's the recipe.

For batter:

1kg flour

2kg milk

6     eggs

       Orange zest

For sauce:

       Some orange segments and juice

       Sugar

       Butter

       Some cointreau for flambéing

Mix the batter ingredients in a bowl. Put about two tablespoons of sugar on a pan an let it melt. Add butter and let it melt. Then add cointreau and flambé it. Add orange juice and segments. Serve.

Delicious pasta with tomato sauce

When we had this etiquette dinner, I couldn't resist myself from picking some self-made pasta to the menu. It's simple, delicious and even the most pickiest people will eat this. Perfect choice for a dinner. If you have freezed some dough ahead of time it will be very quick, too. And there's one more thing. You can shape it into anything you like.

     There happened on little mistake with the sauce: We forgot to add any seasonig into the crushed tomatoes. But it didn't even matter. It tasted great anyway.

Here's the recipe from one of my older posts: http://myfoodblogi.blogspot.fi/2013/09/some-ravioli-and-tagliatella.html.

Simple goat cheese salad with walnut and apple vinaigrette

If you didn't know, I'm a scout. So, yesterday we had a meeting where we had an etiquette dinner. We made some goat cheese salad as an appertizer. It was a bit stressing to make these, main courses and desserts for 15 people. But luckily we succeeded. Here's the recipe for the appertizer:

For four:

4 Individual soft goat's cheese with rind
50 g Walnut halves
3 Sprigs of thyme
Some salad

Toast bread

For the vinaigrette:

½ Lemon juice only
6 tbsp Olive oil
½ Apple

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 200°C. Place the goat's cheese on a baking tray with a walnut half on each. Drizzle some olive oil and scatter on the thyme leaves and season with black pepper. Bake in the oven until the cheese has melted from the inside. 
2. Crush the rest of the walnuts. Shred the salad before adding to a bowl. Add the crushed walnuts. 
3.In a separate bowl mix the lemon juice with oil. Grate in the apple and season with salt and pepper. Drizzle a little vinaigrette over the salad and toss together. 
4.Use a chef's ring to cut the toast into 4 round croutons. 
5.To serve, arrange the dressed walnut salad onto serving plates. Place the crouton on the salad and top with the goat's cheese. Spoon over the remaining vinaigrette and serve.

The best teas

I like drinking tea. My mother says I drink too much. Well, it's very unlikely true because I drink only a few times per month. But when I do I definitely do. I have a one liter teapot and I always drink the whole pot.(Well not always but almost)
     I like especially green and white teas. This morning I drank Chinese kekecha tea. It's yellow tea.(I know, I didn't know about it either before going to the shop)
     I like also four season oolong tea pearls. They are tea leaves wrapped in a pearl shape. When I add the water they open and look great.
     So, found your favourite tea? Drink it, if you like, but remember. You always have to explore something new.

Super easy apple swan

I made an apple swan today. I saw a video in facebook and I had too much time. One thing led to another and I made this and one another swan.

Here's the video in youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLXEiMIiF5E

Roasted pumpkin seeds

We made a pumpkin lantern today and instead of throwing the seeds away I separated them from the flesh and roasted on a small pan with a drop of vegetable oil. After frying I salted them. I can use them on salads.