Monday 14 July 2014

ٍSalmon

This is a Middle Eastern salmon dish. Very simple and easy to make.

You will need:
For the Salmon:

Preheat oven to 400 F.

1 Salmon rinsed with water ( I like to rinse my meat with water before using it)
1 Sliced lemon
1 Sliced tomato
1 Sliced green pepper
1 Sliced red pepper
2 Sliced big onions
8 cloves of garlic cut
2 TBS. olive oil
Salt and black pepper as desired

for the dip mix together:

4 TBS. Tahini (sesame paste)
1 Lemon juice
4 cloves of garlic crushed
Salt (Optional)

Method:

Cover your pan with foil paper and coat it with 1 TBS of olive oil, put the salmon in the pan and brush it with remaining olive oil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, if you have a full salmon then stuff it with some of the garlic, onions and tomatoes. On the top spread the rest of the veggies and sprinkle some salt and black pepper. make sure to put the lemon slices last on the top. Cover with foil paper and bake in the oven until it is cooked. Offer it with Tabouleh or Greek salad and the dip on the side. Enjoy!

Home made meat pie

I like to cook and see others enjoying my creation or adopted recipe.  Today I made a meat pie from scratch. For this you can use any kine of dough you like, I used this one that I found on http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Pizza-Dough-I/Detail.aspx?event8=1&prop24=SR_Title&e11=pizza%20dough&e8=Quick%20Search&event10=1&e7=Home%20Page&soid=sr_results_p1i11

This one of my favorite because you don't need to wait for it to rise, you can use it immediately. If this is not a time saver don't know what is then!

For the meat you will need:
Preheat oven 400 F
1 lb. ground beef                                             for coating: mix 1 TBS. water with 1 egg
2 large onions diced
1 small tomatoes peeled and diced
5 cloves of garlic mashed
black pepper
1 green chili (optional)
1 tsp. all spice
salt as desired
cayenne pepper(optional)
3 TBS. yogurt
3 TBS. olive oil

In a pan fry the onions and mix it with the spices until it turns pink. Add the meat and cook on low until the meat is cooked well. Add the garlic and the tomatoes cook for a minute or two. If you ended up with too much fat drain the meat. Add the yogurt and mix well.
Spread the dough over the baking sheet to thickness you desire. Spread the meat mix over it and roll.  make few cuts on the top of the dough. Brush the dough with egg mix and sprinkle it with sesame seeds. Bake for 20 min. or until dough looks golden. You can offer it with Greek salad or yogurt salad. Enjoy!