Blueberry Sweet Rolls

I saw this recipe and i knew i had to make them pronto….it wasnt as labor intensive as making bread but its still took a bit more effort than making spaghetti But did adapt the recipe a little bit.

on the taste effort scale….

1 = easy/horrible taste

10 = extremely difficult / best food on earth

Easy= 6,

Taste= 8.5 ( not extremely sweet and nice taste of the blueberries)

You start out by boiling milk and giving it a water bath

after you let the dough rise you roll it, into a rectangle and butter the dough ( 1/2 stick)

Mix blueberries with sugar,flour and cinnamon

spread on dough and roll up

Pre baking

side view of un baked roll

 

All done!

 

Pizza Pinwheels

Frankly speaking these are awesome, easy to make and your done in one hour! Basically its a dinner version of a cinnabun….with the filling made out of pizza ingredients.

On a Scale from 1 to 10:

1 = easy/horrible taste

10 = extremely difficult / best food on earth

Easy= 3

Taste = 8

The ingredients

You start by mixing butter into the dough ( with your hands is the best method)

Layer with any toppings you want and roll up ( I just used cheese…maybe ill try adding sausage next time)

Prior Baking

Done Baking

Lets Eat!

Recipie

• 2 cups self-raising flour
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 stick of butter, cut into small pieces
• 2/3 cup milk
• 1/2 jar of tomato paste
• 1 cup grated mozzarella cheese ( or any kind of cheese you prefer)
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1 tbs of milk
• 1/2 tsp of oregano
• 1/4 garlic powder
• 1/4 tsp of pepper

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Line baking pan with waxed paper or grease pan ( preferably with butter).
3. Sift the flour and salt into a large bowl. Use your fingertips to rub the butter into the flour until it resembles fine breadcrumbs, Then add 2/3 cup of milk.
4. Keep adding flour until dough is no longer sticky, then gently knead dough on floured surface until smooth ( about 5 minutes).
5. Roll dough into rectangle about 2 inches thick and spread with tomato paste.
6. Sprinkle with oregano,garlic powder and cheese.
7. Turn the dough so the long end is in front of you and roll up. Slice into 10-12 pieces and place side-by-side on the tray.
8. Mix together, egg yolk, milk, salt and pepper then brush onto pinwheels and bake for 25 minutes

Makes 9 medium sized Pinwheels

Chinese Beef and Broccoli Stir-Fry

So we got some pepper steak from a Halal meat store in NJ and i decided to try out Chinese styled beef and broccoli.While it was really easy to make, the stir-fry didnt  taste like it does in the Chinese restaurants . Now don’t get me wrong, it didn’t taste bad…but it wasnt like knock your socks off amazing so Ive decided to give up on making Chinese food at home…..Some things only taste good in restaurants.

On a Scale from 1 to 10:

1 = easy/horrible taste

10 = extremely difficult / best food on earth

Easy: 4

Taste: 5

Recipe

Everything All Set up

The Veggies (broccoli,Red Pepper and Green Pepper)

Ready To eat!

Turkish Pide

I would say my favorite kind of food ( after american food ) is definitely Turkish food. There is this lovely Turkish restaurant near my home that serves great food and they catered a fundraising dinner that i recently attended and their was leftover Eggplant salad (which i brought home). Eggplant salad is usually eaten with fresh baked pide and since I didnt have any pide on hand….I decided to make my own and thus I embarked on a 3 hour experiment into baking pide.

As a side note I have decided to do a rating system for all my future cooking experiments so that fellow cooks know what their getting themselves into.

1 = easy/horrible taste

10 = extremely difficult / best food on earth

Easiness level: 8 ( not because the steps are hard…but because it took 3 hours to make)

Taste: 9 (Pide tastes very similar to fresh bread, although it may look like pita bread, it has more of a bready-texture/taste…if that makes any sense)

Recipe

You start out letting the yeast and sugar sit for a few minutes…and this is what it looks like

After Kneading

You let it rise…and then you punch the dough down and form the dough into circle rounds

Dusted with the egg wash

After its done baking…this is what it looks like on the inside

Ready to Serve!

Makes about 6 Large Pide (if you cut them half…it spreads further)

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cheesecake Bars

I saw this recipe here and it look so awesomely heavenly that i had to make it…mine isn’t as pretty but its still awesome.

Pre-baking

Drizzled with melted chocolate

Side view

Bars

Tomato Bisque Soup

During Ramadan I had this awsome tomato bisque soup at the Pasta factory (formerly Nothing but Noodles) and it inspired me to make my own

it started out looking like this….I was bit worried that it was too “watery” considering this was my first time ever making soup

Some diced tomatoes,carrots, onions

Once I pureed it ….it started looking alot more like soup

All Done!

Recipe

Argentinean Panqueques

Last night I had a craving for something sweet….but it was 9pm and so I wanted it to be something I’ve made before and that was relatively easy. I decided on Panqueques and i used this recipe.

Frying the crepes

Slathered with the Dulce De Leche cream and rolled

All Finished!

Lemon Meringue Cupcakes

I saw this recipie and I decied to give it a try for Eid.

The Lemon Curd and the Meringue Topping

The Cake Batter

Right Out of the Oven

Filling with Lemon Curd

Right out of the oven

All Finished!

Pizza

I decided to make pizza tonight

all ready to go into the oven

Cheesy Deliciousness

Pizza Dough Recipe

1 package of active dry yeast
1 ½ cups of warm water
1 tablespoon of salt
3 1/3 cups of flour
2 tablespoons of olive oil

makes two dough’s

Directions

1. Dissolve the yeast in a large bowel with ½ cups of the water
2. stir the salt into the rest of the water, then pour it over the dissolved yeast.
3. Add flour and the olive oil
4. stir well to mix
5. turn the dough out onto a floured surface and knead dough adding more flour as necessary, until dough is smooth and elastic, and no longer sticky about 10 mins.
6. Oil the cleaned bowl lightly and return the dough to it, turning to coat.
7. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise for 1 ½ hours.
8. set oven to 450 degrees
9. when rising time is up, punch down dough and turn onto a well floured surface, divide in half and put one half into the fridge while working on other half.
10. roll dough into a circle using a floured rolling pin. It will be bouncy and resistant so roll as much as you can to increase the circle.
11. fill with toppings and cook for 12 minutes.

Hello Food Lovers

I had a blog a few years ago when blogs first came out (yes Im old) but i grew uncomfortable writing about my feelings and opinions in such a public way. Recently Ive been toying around with the idea of creating a new blog but this new blog is going to be vastly different, It will focus on one thing only….Food.

So stick around and get something to eat…because Adilah’s Food Court will be vastly appetizing.