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.

Pancakes

I made some pancakes today. It was quite simple. I ate it with raspberry jam, maple syrup and ice cream.

  Pancake batter:

1l         Flour
2l         Milk
6          Eggs

Mix and let it swell.

Fry using high heat with margarine. Serve with anything you like.

   

Pizza

Hello, I made some pizza today with my sister. I made the base and my sister made the filling. If you want the dough to be great remember to knead well. These amounts are for two pizzas. Here's the recipe.

Pizza base:

2dl         Warm water
1            Piece of yeast
2tbsps    Oil
              A touch of salt
5dl         Flour

 Mix the ingredients and knead until
doesn't stick to the hands and the table.
Roll on a greaseproof paper.

You can add whatever you like but we put this.

 Pizza Filling:

1500g            Minced meat
7.5dl             Flora ruokakerma   (I don't know it in English)
               


           Cornflour to thicken
           Pepper
           Ketchup
           Pepper 
           Paprika powder

Sautee the minced meat and add 
the other ingredients.


We put also some sun-dried tomato, olives and some cheese on it.

Cook in a lower level of an oven in 250C degrees for 12 minutes. 

Butterscotch cake

I made some butterscotch cake yesterday. It tasted excellent but didn't look as good... I made it with a basic cake base and filled it with raspberry jam and covered with whipped cream and butterscotch. I made a few mistakes: First I shouldn't have used the top layer of the cake base as the top layer of the cake. It was rough and made it look like stupid. Second I should have put the butterscotch before the whipped cream. The cream lost it's texture and drained to the table. It's better next next time. Here's the recipe.

Cake Base:

4             Eggs
1½dl       Sugar
2dl          Flour
1tspns     Baking powder

Whip eggs and sugar. Add flour and baking powder. Put into a tin and cook in 175Cº for 20 to 30 minutes.



                                                                                     
                                                                                      Butterscotch:
               
                                               2 dl        Cream
   2dl         Sugar                     1tspn      Butter                     1tspn      Vanilla sugar                                                                                                                          Mix cream and sugar in a pan and heat. Boil until thickens. Add butter and vanilla sugar.