Author Archives: TiKi

Apple cake

Apple cake Based on my grandmother’s recipe with a letter to my grandfather Ingredients: 4 eggs 1 cup sugar ½ cup neutral oil ½ cup melted butter 2/3 cup lukewarm milk 2 cups flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 kg … Continue reading

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Chirpan style meatballs

Chirpan1 style meatballs Traditional Bulgarian recipe Ingredients for the meatballs: 350-500 g minced meat (100% beef for me) ½ onion 1 egg 2 slices of sandwich bread 1 tsp dried savory Salt and pepper to taste Fresh parsley A little … Continue reading

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Chickpea Curry Stew

Chickpea Curry Stew Ingredients: 1 can chickpeas, 400g 1 onion 1 clove of garlic 1 tbsp curry ½ tsp cumin ½ tsp fenugreek powder 1 tbsp dried parsley 2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley 1/3 tsp ginger powder 1 large carrot … Continue reading

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Bulgarian Bean Soup

Bulgarian Bean Soup  Ingredients: 1 bowl of dried white beans 1-2 dried red peppers (mild) or ½ fresh red bell pepper 1 handful of dried tomatoes or 1 small tomato 1 teaspoon of dried celery, savory, flat mint and onion … Continue reading

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Twisted bread

Twisted bread According to my grandmother’s recipe Ingredients: 1 kg plain flour 1 sachet of fresh yeast 3 eggs 2 tablespoons oil 1 level tablespoon of salt 1 teaspoon of sugar 100 ml milk 80 g soft butter 250 g … Continue reading

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Algerian cakes Mkhabez

Algerian cakes Mkhabez Based on my French friend Audrey’s recipe Ingredients for 20-24 cakes: 300 g of almond powder 150 g of icing sugar 1 sachet of vanilla sugar Grated lemon zest 1 egg 1 egg yolk For the icing: … Continue reading

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Puff pastry appetizer

Puff pastry appetizer Ingredients: Puff pastry or shortcrust pastry, pure butter Smoked sausages (sodium nitrate free, if possible) Emmental cheese or portions of Laughing Cow (Vache qui rit) Preparation: Spread the puff pastry on the work surface keeping its parchment … Continue reading

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Pasta cake

Pasta cake A Bulgarian recipe called Oven baked macaroni Ingredients: 500 ml of milk 4 eggs 3-4 tablespoons of sugar 140 g of pasta (fusilli, shells, penne, etc.) 30-40 g butter Vanilla Preparation: Cook the pasta in salted water and … Continue reading

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Ladies’ caprice cake

Ladies’ caprice cake Based on my grandmother’s recipe Ingredients: 5 egg yolks 2/3 cup sugar 125 g butter 1 dose of vanilla 250 g of plain yogurt 1 sachet of baking powder 2 cups of flour  5 egg whites 6-8 … Continue reading

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Wine kebab

Wine kebab  Ingredients: 600 g of meat (pork, beef, chicken) 2 onions ¼ tea mug of oil 1 tablespoon of flour 1 teaspoon sweet paprika 1 tablespoon of tomato paste or 1 tomato 150 ml of red wine 1-2 bay … Continue reading

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