onsdag 10 juni 2020

Red Grape- Vitis vin. 'Zilga'

This grape is supposedly extra hardy. Let us see if it works out in my little garden. This is the third grape plan I plant in my garden. First plant has never managed to do any use. Second neither (but I just planted it last year). Actually the second plant had some green stuff that seemed to be grapes, but I happened to break them off the plant when re-planting it.
Theoretically, this plant will give grapes in August and September. Let us see.

Latin: Vitis vin. 'Zilga'
Swedish: Vindruva 'Zilga'
English: Red grapes 'Zilga'

Producer's information
Very hardy Baltic variety.
Grapes are supposed to ripen in September.
It should be planted in a lime-rich and clay-rich soil.
Prefers a sunny position.
In July-August: Remove superfluous branches to allow the grapes to ripen better.
In November to February: Prune.
Producer: Perfect Garden www.myperfectgarden.eu

Bought Spring 2020. Planted 31st May 2020.

onsdag 20 maj 2020

Glutenfree Goat Cheese Pie

This pie is actually a combination of multiple recipes. The result is very good anyway!

Add caption

Ingredients

Pie crust

3,5 dl chickpea flour
75 gram butter
1 egg
0,75 dl red quinoa  
1 teaspoon salt

Filling

2 dl whipping cream
2 eggs
400 grams goat cheese
300 gram colorful small tomatoes
2 big or 3 smaller onions
2 garlic cloves
1 teaspoon salt

Instructions

Cook the quinoa in lots of water for around 20 minutes (follow instructions on the package).
Mix the chickpea flour with the butter and salt. Add the egg. Add the cooled quinoa when it is cooked.
Put in a buttered pie tin. Bake for 20 minutes at 200 degrees Celsius.

Slice the onions and fry in a pan with butter until soft. Add 1/2 teaspoon salt and the grated garlic. Cut the tomatoes in halves. Cut the goat cheese in slices. Mix the whipping cream with the two eggs and add 1/2 teaspoon salt.

Put the onions in the half baked pie crust. Add the cheese and the tomatoes. Pour the egg mix into the pie crust.

Bake at 180 degrees Celsius for 30 minutes.

lördag 29 februari 2020

Savory Gluten free Belgian waffles

It is hard to find good gluten free recipes of stuff that normally isn't gluten free.
This recipe gives actually quite good results even though it is gluten free. Probably not as good as the "real one" but then what can one do?

Ingredients

125 grams butter
3dl milk
1,5 dl water
25 grams yiest
2 eggs
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
5 dl gluten free flour

Instructions

Mix together the flour, the salt and the baking powder.
Warm up the milk. Mix in the butter so it melts. Add the water and when it is all mixed and the temperature is around 27 degrees, make sure the yiest is melted into it.
Whisk in the eggs into the mixture. Add the dry ingredients a little at the time. I normally beat the mixture for some time even though I do not really know if it helps given the fact that there is no gluten in there.
Let us put it like that. It does not hurt.
Put around 3 tablespoons into a waffle iron. That will make a waffle. Normally you need to put the mixture in when the iron is showing green and then remove the waffle as done when it shows green again. But I guess that this depends on the type of iron you are using.
Top with creme fraiche, caviar and shrimps.