Wiener Schnitzel

So, this is what we ate, schnitzel. Lightly hammer the veal,  salt it, roll it in flour, then in beated eggs, then in bread crumbs. Fried and very much enjoyed.

Traditionally served with potato salad and lemon, I served it with mashed potatoes and pickles!!!

Snitel vienez

Asta am mancat noi ieri, snitel. Vita batuta cu ciocanelul, sarata, data prin faina, apoi prin ou, apoi prin pesmet. Prajit apoi si savurat. In mod traditional e servit cu salata de cartofi si lamaie, dar acum l-am servit cu piure de cartofi si muraturi!!!

Enjoy!

The Best Buttermilk Pancakes

Hope you are having a great weekend.
We started ours with an American-style breakfast, pancakes.

For us outside US eating these can be quite the experience. I used this amazing recipe and they turned out just perfect. We served them with honey and loads of butter and couldn't resist adding some strawberry jam in the end.

Clatite americane cu lapte batut

Sper ca aveti parte de un weekend minunat.

Nou ne-am inceput weekend-ul cu un mic dejun in stil american, clatite. Pentru cei din afara SUA, prima oara cand incerci sa le faci este o experienta frumoasa. Am folosit reteta din linkul de mai sus, au iesit perfecte. Le-am servit cu miere si muuult unt. Nu am rezistat nici de la niste gem de caspuni deasupra.

Have some fun today!

Carbonara- Traditional Recipe

This is what we did with the homemade pasta shown in the previous post.
This authentic recipe is like a drug, you will never want the ham and cream version you usually have. It's not my recipe, it's ...uhmmm....well...Italian.

It's honestly the best pasta EVER for me and being a huge pasta lover it is a big deal!

You use pancetta ( i replaced it with copa di parma, could not find pancetta), garlic, you add the all dente pasta, you mix the eggs with some parmesan and salt, lower the heat to a minimum and add the eggs (do not cook them), remove from the heat, add some more cheese and be amazed. Not too heavy, you will not get sick as it happened to me after eating a really creamy carbonara in restaurants.

The second photo is one with added parmesan. If you're really greedy. 

Carbonara- Reteta traditionala

Mai jos este ce am facut cu pastele facute in casa, aratate in postul precedent.

Aceasta reteta autentica este ca un drog, nu o sa mai vreti niciodata varianta grea si satioasa cu sunca si smantana, pe care o gasim in restaurante sau la catering. Nu este reteta mea, evident, este a italienilor. 

Sincer, este de departe reteta mea preferata, si fiind un mare fan al retetelor cu paste, este un lucru mare!  Se foloseste pancetta (am inlocuit-o cu copa di parma, nu am gasit pancetta, copa di parma se gaseste cam mereu in Auchan), apoi usturoi, adaugi pastele fierte al dente. Separat, intr-un bol, se amesteca ouale cu parmezan si sare, se lasa focul mai mic si se adauga in tigaie si ouale, cu grija sa nu se faca omleta,  apoi se ia de pe foc  si se mai adauga parmezan. 

Nu e grea, nu ti se face rau cum mi se mai intampla mie de la carbonara smantanoasa pe care o pot comanda de obicei.

Please do try it!

Homemade Pasta- 1st attempt

I received a pasta machine as a gift in Jnauary and this weekend was the first time we used it. It's really rewarding eating something  like pasta made by you from scratch.

I used  Jamie Oliver's Recipe beacuse it made more sense and the whole proccess was well-explained. I did not use 6 eggs, but 3 and 300 g flour. 

Making the dough is the hardest, using the machine is pretty fun, though kind of messy. Also, it requires a pretty big working space.

Would you consider these tagliatelle?

Paste facute in casa- prima incercare

Am primit in ianuarie cadou o masina de facut paste/ taitei, iar in acest weekend a fost pentru prima data cand am folosit-o. Este foarte satisfacator sa mananci ceva cu care esti obisnuit sa fie cumparat gata facut in mod regulat, cum sunt pastele, dar facute de tine cap-coada. 

Am folosit reteta lui Jamie Oliver pentru ca ne-a atras imediat, iar procesul a fost foarte bine explicat. Am redus cantitatea, am folosit 3 oua, nu 6, si, in consecinta, 300g faina. 

Sa faci coca este cel mai greu, apoi sa folosesti amsina e chiar destul de distractiv, desi se face foarte repede faina peste tot si ai nevoie de un spatiu de lucru destul de mare.

Ce ziceti de aceste tagliatelle?

See you next time!