meat and Onion Breads Farideh Azadikhah


Ingredients:
200g Bread Flour
3g  Instant dried yeast
20g Sugar
3g Salt
20g Unsalted butter (soft)
140 g whole milk
Filling
70g meat (sliced)
1clove Garlic (sliced)
40g  Onion (sliced)
 Black pepper
Topping
140g  Mozzarella cheese (grated)
 parsley (chopped)





Put the flour, the sugar and yeast in a bowl, whisk to combine, add and salt whisk again. Pour the milk into the bowl
Use large spoon (or pastry scraper) to mix everything together, and knead briefly to bring all the ingredients together.
Take the dough out of the bowl and knead, you will see the dough will be elastic after about 2 minutes.
Add the butter and knead by using the heel of your hands to compress and push the dough away from you, then fold it back over itself. Give the dough a little turn and repeat. Put the weight of your body into the motion and get into a rhythm. Keep folding over and compressing the dough. Knead for 10-15 minutes or until the dough is soft, pliable, smooth and slightly shiny, almost satiny.
Or you can also try stretching part of the dough, if it can stretch into a thin sheet without breaking, you've kneaded enough.

Put the dough into a lightly buttered bowl. Let the dough rise in a warm place until double in size (can be 1 hour or 1 hour and a half check often depend on the temperature).
While you wait for the dough, make the filling:
 Put the sliced meat into the pan, and put the pan over low heat. Stir until the meat oil begins to come out of the meat, turn the heat up to medium and put the garlic into the pan. Keep siring until the meat starts to turn golden (don't let the meat dry too much). Take off the heat and set aside.
Use the same pan (you will have the meal oil in the pan), heat the onion over low heat until golden, season with black pepper, then take off the heat and set aside.
Place the baking paper on the baking sheet.
Butter 7 (9cm) pastry rings and places the rings over the baking sheet.
Take the dough out of the bowl, deflate by touch it lightly.
Roll the dough into rectangular 20 cm x20 cm. Sprinkle the meat, garlic and onion top of the dough, then roll into the cylinder. Cut into 7 pieces, and place into the prepared pastry rings.
Let the dough rise until almost double in size (about ½ hour)
Preheat the oven to 180°C.
When the dough is ready, sprinkle the mozzarella cheese over the top, and put the dough into the oven.
Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until the dough is golden.
Let the bread cool on the wire rack, and sprinkle with parsley before serving.





















Golden Krembo Cookies Fariba Kolani



Servings 10 mini Krembo cookies
 Author Natalie
Ingredients
For the base:
10 butter cookies or small round plain vanilla biscuits
For the Swiss meringue:
2 large egg whites
120 grams sugar
Pinch of salt
1 tsp. vanilla extract optional
For coating:
150 dark chocolate
1 tsp. vegetable oil
For decoration:
Chocolate sprinkles
Edible gold dust



Instructions
Arrange the cookies on a baking pan lined with baking paper.
Swiss meringue:
Heat a pot with boiling water over a low-medium flame.
In a fireproof bowl (or a stainless-steel bowl of an electric stand mixer) put the egg whites, sugar and salt and place on the pot with the boiling water.
Mix the egg whites mixture (no need to whisk) and cook gently in this way until the sugar dissolves.
Remove from the heat and beat the egg whites mixture at high speed for 8-10 minutes, or until you get a very stable Swiss meringue. If desired, add a teaspoon of vanilla extract at the end of the whipping.
Transfer the meringue to a piping bag fitted with a smooth 2-3 cm round piping tip.
Drizzle small mounds of meringue on top of the cookies.
Freeze the Krembo cookies for about an hour before coating to set.
Chocolate coating:
Dissolve the chocolate in a microwave or on a double steam pot.
Add oil and mix well.
Transfer the melted chocolate to a tall glass that will be convenient for you to dip in the Krembo cookies.
Dip the Krembo cookies and place on top of the pan. Immediately sprinkle with chocolate candies in order for it to stick to the coating.
Cool a few more minutes in the freezer for complete stabilization.
Decorate with edible gold dust and serve.
Recipe Notes
Keep the Krembo cookies in the refrigerator for 3-4 days.
It is possible to freeze the prepared Krembo cookies in a closed container for up to two weeks.
Instead of dark chocolate you can coat the Krembo cookies with milk or white chocolate in the same amount.
Instead of chocolate candy you can use Funfetti.
To the bottom I used small round butter cookies (4 cm in diameter) that I made from leftover short crust pastry.
You can use any type of cookie you like for the base, such as Oreo etc.
I used this edible gold dust (affiliate).










CINNAMON CAKE HADIS AFSHARI

 HADIS AFSHARI



NGREDIENT


PRODUCTS
2 teaspoons Pure Vanilla Extract, 4 Oz. (for cake)
3/4 cup old fashioned rolled oats (for topping)
all-purpose flour (1/3 cup for topping, 1-1/2 cup for cake)
1/3 cup firmly packed light brown sugar (for topping)
1/4 cup chopped pecans (for topping)
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon (for topping)
salt (1/4 teaspoon for topping, 1/2 teaspoon for cake)
butter, softened (5 tablespoons for topping, 3 tablespoons for cake)
3/4 teaspoon baking powder (for cake)
1 egg (for cake)
1/2 cup granulated sugar (for cake)
5 tablespoons milk (for cake)
1/4 teaspoon baking soda (for cake)
6 oz. cream cheese, softened (for cake)
1 egg yolk (for cake)
confectioners' sugar (for garnish, optional)



Step 1
Preheat oven to 350°F. Prepare 9 in. round baking pan with vegetable pan spray.

Step 2
Combine 3/4 cup oats, 1/3 cup flour, 1/3 cup light brown sugar, 1/4 cup pecans, 1/2 tsp. cinnamon and 1/4 tsp. salt in a medium bowl. Using a pastry blender, cut in 5 tbsp. butter until well-blended.

Step 3
For cake: in small bowl, combine 1-1/2 cups flour, 3/4 tsp. baking powder, 1/2 tsp. salt and 1/4 tsp. baking soda. In large bowl, beat 6 oz. cream cheese, 3 tbsp. butter and 1/2 cup sugar with electric mixer until creamy. Add 1 egg, 1 egg yolk, 5 tbsp milk and 2 tsp. vanilla; beat until smooth. Add flour mixture to cream cheese mixture; beat at low speed just until combined (batter will be thick). Spread mixture in prepared pan and sprinkle with topping.

Step 4
Bake 35-40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Sprinkle with confectioners’ sugar, if using. Serve warm.