Savoury tart

Traditional dinner in Poland like in UK is always composed of three parts: meat, potatoes (changed occasionally to rice or groats) and vegetables. Sometimes you just want to eat something different!!!
Thanks to French cooks we have tart. Most people know well the sweet, fruity one, but my favourite is its sister - the savoury tart.
Filled with mushrooms, favourite veg or cheese it´s a great dish for an everyday dinner or a visit of your friends.

Pastry:

• 100g of margarine (0,22 lb)
• 1 egg
• 1,5 glass of flour
• 1 spoon of cream (18%)
• pinch of salt

Stuffing:

I give the measures only to put some numbers, normally I use for a tart something that I have already in a fridge f.e. a bit of ham, some mushrooms so don´t worry if you don´t have exact amount, just put things together :)

• 200g (0,44 lb )of mushrooms cleaned and sliced
• 1 onion (if it´s small otherwise a half should me enough) peeled and finely chopped
• 2 cloves of garlic, crushed
• 150g (0,33 lb) of bacon finely chopped
• 1 bunch of spinach leaves
• 2 eggs
• 100g (0.22 lb) of grated parmesan  cheese
• 200 ml of cream
• salt and pepper
• a bit of parsley roughly chopped

Put all the pastry ingrediences together in a bowl, knead the dough and put it in a fridge for 30min. After this time roll it out and put in the form. Broil in the oven  (180°C ...) about 10min. 

Leave a bit of parmesan aside.

Fry the mushrooms separately (I don´t use oil to do this, mushrooms have a better texture and it´s more healthy :) ). 
Fry the onion, add bacon and at the end add spinach and garlic - fry all this for a bit. Put a layer of ham+spinach on the pastry, then layer of grated cheese, then layer of mushrooms. 

Mix a little bit of cheese that was left with cream, 2 eggs, parsley, salt and pepper. Pour this mixture on all the layers. 
Bake for about 40 min and it´s ready!

Straight from the oven...

Enjoy!

Cherry turn-around cake

I LOVE cherries. I still remember the taste of cherries eaten directly from a tree in the garden of my parents house, warm from the sun, sweet, juicy.......mmmmmmmm

I like to add them to natural yogurt, it is so much healthier than eating fruit yogurts with all the conservants and sugar added to them.

There is a variety of cakes with cherries, but this one is simple, quick and really nice. Spongy and not at all dry, it can survive without changing its structure even 3-4 days (as long as you cover it to prevent drying out)

Anyway, I am sure once you make it, it will disappear very quickly :)

Ingredients:

• 3/4 glass of sugar (I use a little bit less)

• 150g (1/3 of a pound) of butter 

• 5 eggs

• 1,5 glass of flour

• 1,5 tablespoon of baking powder

• 300-400g (almost a pound) of cherries without stones 

 Important!!! All the ingredients need to be room temperature




 Cream butter with sugar together until light and fluffy.
 Add 1 egg at a time still mixing.
 Add sieved flour mixed with baking powder and stir mix everything together this time using a spoon.

Grease the cake tin (diameter of 22cm / 8,7 inches) and cover the bottom of it with a baking paper.
Put cherries on the bottom and pour the mixture on them.  

Bake in 160°C for 30min then put the temperature to 170°C and bake for another 30min. Check with a toothpick if it´s done.

When it cools down turn it around, so the cherries are on top and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

And this is the result : Cherry turn-around cake

I´m sure everyone will enjoy a piece :)

Recipe from mojewypieki.com