Varza de Bruxelles cu blue cheese (Brussels Sprouts with Blue Cheese)

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        Din dorinta de a varia putin meniul nostru, am gasit reteta cu varza de Bruxelles, pe care trebuie sa recunosc ca nu am mai folosit-o pana acum, si asta e chiar ciudat pentru ca sunt fan varza...reteta lui Carmen mi-a tras cu ochiul, mai ales ca este o combinatie intre varza frageda si branza albastra, pe care eu personal o ador!!!  Multumesc Carmen draga pentru inspiratie :)

Ingrediente:   

    500 g varza de Bruxelles
    1 ceapa
    70 ml smantana de frisca
    70 g branza albastra
    1 lingura smantana
    parmezan
    200 ml apa
    2 linguri ulei
    sare, piper
    marar optional


Cum se face:    

Mai intai curatam varza (daca e nevoie) si o spalam si o taiem in jumatate (bucatile mai mari).

Tocam ceapa marunt si sfarmam branza.

Incingem uleiul intr-o craticioara, adaugam ceapa si o prajim pana se inmoaie.

Adaugam verzele, le amestecam cu ceapa, le condimentam si le lasam sa se inmoaie si ele 1-2 minute.

Adaugam 200 ml apa  si lasam sa fiarba sub capac pentru 6 minute.

Dupa cca 6 minute luam capacul jos si lasam sa fiarba inca vreo 5 minute, pana scade lichidul de pe varza.
Adaugam frisca lichida, amestecam si lasam sa fiarba inca 4 minute, amestecand continuu.

Adaugam apoi branza (eu am pus si putin parmezan), amestecam bine pana se topeste.

Adaugam 1 lingura de smantana, marar, sare, piper si amestecam bine. Servim imediat cu friptura (poate fi de orice fel), eu am ales sa o servesc cu pulpe de pui cu usturoi si rozmarin la cuptor.

Bon appetit!           

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         I wanted to diversify our menu a little and I found this recipe with Brussels sprouts, which I have to admit I never used it before, and that's really weird since I'm a fan of cabbage...Carmen's recipe caught my attention, especially because it's a combination between cabbage and blue cheese, which I personally adore! Thank you my dear for the inspiration :)

Ingredients:

    500 g Brussels sprouts

    1 onion

    70 ml whipping cream liquid
    70 g blue cheese
    1 tablespoon sour cream
    Parmesan
    200 ml water
    2 tablespoons oil
    salt, pepper
    fresh dill optional

How it's made:

We first clean the Brussels sprouts and wash them very well, and cut them in half (the bigger ones)

We chop the onion and we smash the cheese.

We heat the oil in a small pot, we add the onion and we saute it until tender.

We add the Brussels sprouts and continue stirring for 2 minutes.

We add 200 ml water, spices, we cover and cook for 6 minutes.

We uncover and let cook for another 4 minutes, until the liquid evaporates.

We add the liquid whipping cream and we stir for 3 minutes, after that adding the blue cheese (I added some Parmesan cheese as well), and continue stirring.

We add the sour cream and the chopped dill, salt and pepper if it's necessary, and we serve immediately next to some steak or whatever meat you want to cook, in my case there were garlic and rosemary chicken drumsticks.

Bon appetit!

Tarta cu ciuperci si blue cheese (Mushroom and Blue Cheese Quiche)

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       Imi place foarte tare combinatia dintre ciuperci si blue cheese asa ca m-am gandit sa prepar rapid o tarta cu ciuperci ca urma sa am musafiri. Am cautat o reteta simpla si cea mai apropiata a fost reteta aceasta, insa modificata dupa gustul meu.



Ingrediente:                                      

Pentru aluat :
  1 ou
  125 g unt
  250 g faina
  sare
Pentru umplutura:
  500 gr ciuperci
  50 gr blue cheese (puteti renunta)
  1 ceapa
  5 oua
  150 gr smantana
  parmezan pt deasupra (cascaval ras)
  patrunjel verde
  sare, piper


Cum se face:

Pentru aluat se amesteca toate ingredientele, iar aluatul rezultat se da la rece cel putin 30 de min.

                          

 Intre timp ne ocupam de umplutura, curatam legumele, taiem ceapa marunt si ciupercile felii, iar patrunjelul verde il tocam marunt. Batem ouale, adaugam smantana  si le condimentam cu sare si piper dupa gust.
Calim in o lingura de unt ceapa impreuna cu ciupercile, cat sa se inmoaie putin.

Tapetam tava pentru tarta cu unt si faina foarte bine, scoatem aluatul de la rece, il intindem in forma, intepandu-l cu furculita din loc in loc (pt a nu se umfla) si il dam la cuptor la temperatura potrivita timp de 10 min (370F).
 Scoatem aluatul din cuptor si incepem sa umplem tarta mai intai cu blue cheese din loc in loc

Peste branza, punem ciupercile cu ceapa (scurse de zeama pe care o lasa), turnam amestecul de oua cu smantana peste, presaram parmezan si patrunjel verde deasupra si dam la cuptor la foc potrivit timp de 45 de min.

Scoatem tarta si o lasam sa se raceasca. Bon appetit!

 English version

       I love the combination between mushrooms and blue cheese very much, so I thought about a tart with these ingredients since I was having guests. I searched for a simple recipe and the closest to what I wanted whas this one, but a little bit modified.

Ingredients:

 For the dough:

   

    1 egg

    125 gr butter

    250 gr flour

    salt

For the filling:

    500 gr mushrooms

    50 gr blue cheese

    1 onion

    5 eggs

    150 gr sour cream

    Parmezan

    parsley leaves

    salt, pepper

 How it's made:

    For the dough we mix together all the ingredients and we place the resulted dough in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.

    Meanwhile we start preparing the filling: we peel the vegetables, we chop the onion and parsley  and slice the mushrooms. We then mix the eggs, we add the sour cream, mix, and spice with salt and pepper.

   In a pan, we heat up 1 tablespoon of butter and add the onion and mushrooms, just for a minute or two, so they can loose the volume.

   After we butter the tart form, we take the dough from the fridge and we roll it into the form, making some small  with a fork on the bottom and we place it in the preheated oven at 370 degrees for 10 minutes.

  After 10 min, we take the tart out of the oven and we start adding the filling, first some blue cheese on the bottom, then we add the onion with mushrooms, the eggs with sour cream, we sprinkle some parmesan cheese on top and chopped parsley and we place it in the oven for 45 minutes.

  When it's golden brown take the tart out of the oven and let it cool down. Bon appetit!