My pumpkin pie!

Pumpkin pie!Not really a Greek recipe but one of my favourites! I really love this recipe, especially when I use fresh pumpkin, it tastes so much better! 

Ingredients

for a 9-inch pie pan

1 piece pre-made pie dough
4 cups milk1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons butter2 cups pumpkin 
2 tablespoons Cornflour, or cornstarch
1 teaspoon orange zest
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Whipped cream or icing sugar for topping

Preparation

Place the pie dough down into a (9-inch) pie pan and press down along both the bottom and all sides. Pie dough should excess about 1 inch (2 cm)round the edges of the pie pan. 

Put the pie shell back into the freezer to firm up while you are preparing the filling. 

For the filling, in case you use fresh pumpkin, cut it into pieces and boil them in plenty of water till they soften and fork tender. Drain them and place them in food processor. If you use canned pumpkin, start from next step!

Pour milk in a large pot and add cornstarch and combine until dissolved. Heat the milk over medium heat. 

Beat eggs in a large bowl with sugar. When milk is hot enough but has not started boiling, stir in pumpkin, butter and orange zest. Once it thickens, cover it with the lid and remove it from the heat. Let it cool for about 10 minutes.

Pour the filing into pie shell and cover with the edges that excess round the rim.

Bake in preheated 350° F for 30 to 40 minutes or until knife inserted near center comes out clean. Cool on wire rack for a couple of hours. Top with whipped cream or icing sugar and cinnamon before serving.

SPRING RECIPE!

Hi! I am back!!! It has been a long time since the last time we cooked together and I have no excuse but I will a yummy and healthy recipe. Salmon with salad!

Ingredients

4 salmon fillets

2 lemons

2 tablespoons olive oil

Salt

Pepper

4 carrots

2 potatoes

Some fresh broccoli florets

2 spring onions

Some olives for garnish

Steps

Preheat oven to 180 ° C (350 degree Fahrenheit). Salt and pepper the salmon fillets. Take aluminum foil and cut it into four pieces, each large enough to wrap around one salmon fillet. Brush the pieces of aluminum foil with olive oil. Wash the lemons and cut them into thin slices. Place the lemon slices in the middle of a square piece of foil. Then place on the lemon slices the salmon filet and cover with lemon slices. Fold the edges of the aluminum foil over the salmon so that it is fully wrapped. 

Place them on a baking tray and bake them for about 30 minutes. Let's make the side dishes until the salmon fillets are baked. Peel the carrots and potatoes and cut them into small cubes. Boil them with the broccoli in salted water until tender. Drain them and let them dry out a bit. Finely chop the spring onions and place them in a bowl with the carrots and the potatoes. Salt-pepper and optionally pour 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar. Add the oil and toss them. Serve them!

WHEN NATUTE IS GENEROUS

Recently I’ve visited one honey producer to buy honey and honeycomb. She was too polite to let me taste all the different flavors of honey that she sells. I didn’t know that there are so many flavors of honey… such as pine honey, orange blossom honey, wildflower honey and many others… By tasting them it is easy to understand a difference in the flavor and the scent… I also ate some honeycomb! Honeycomb is known for its beneficial properties for digestive problems. You can chew the honeycomb and taste all the honey, it is totally edible but I prefer not to eat the hard parts. I also had the opportunity to see how the honey and candles are produced. It was a unique experience. You can get an idea from the following photos. As for the cooking part, when I went home, I made yogurt ice-cream with honey. It was marvelous!!!!

The beekeepers remove the honeycombs wearing the special equipment. They usually put on a fire near to the hives, the smoke bewilders the bees and the bees become less likely to sting. Beekeepers don’t take all honeycombs leaving enough for the bees. 

Then the honeycombs are placed into some machines to uncap the honeycombs and extract the honey from the honeycombs. The certain honey producer uses centrifugation. Then the honey is filtered and bottled. Some leftovers of the honeycombs are used to make natural candles and beauty creams.


Ingredients

• 500 gr. Strain yogurt
• 150 gr. Heavy cream
• 150 gr. Honey
• Pile of a lime zest or a lemon zest

Directions

8 servings

 Put all the ingredients together in a bowl and beat them till combined well. Let the bowl to freeze and after half an hour beat them again to avoid sharpening. Repeat for another five times. In case you have an ice cream maker pour your mixture in and follow the instructions! Serve with honeycomb, dried fruits and nuts of your preferences!

 Easy and yummy!!!