Waldorf Salad

First created between 1893 and 1896 at the Waldorf Hotel in New York City. I got this recipe in 1992, when I was appointed as a 'housemeister' (housekeeper) in an Austrian noble family! Original recipe did not call for nuts / grapes.

Ingredients:
2 green apples,peeled, julienned
1 celeriac, peeled, julienned (or 2-3 stalks celery, finely chopped
100 g finely chopped Walnuts
1-2 small bunches white grapes, halved if too big
mayonnaise, to your liking (should be 'neutral' - not to salty)
Method:
Mix all ingredients. Adjust the amount of your favorite ingredients according to your liking.
Serve as entree, side salad (meat and fish), or dessert salad.

"Waldorf"  (Valdorf) SalataKreirana izmedju 1893-1896 u Njujorskom Waldorf Hotelu. Originalni recept nije sadrzavao orasaste plodove i grozdje!

Potrebno:
2 zelene jabuke, oguljene i isjecene na tanke prutice
1 korijen celera (prutici), ili 2-3 stabljike sjeckane sitno
100 gr oraha, sjeckanih
1-2 grozda bijelog grizdja, velike bobe prepolovljene
majoneza koliko zelite (neutralnog ukusa - ne slana)
Nacin:
Pomijesjte sve sastojke, umijesajte majonezu u kolicini koju zelite.
Odlicno uz meso ili ribu.
Servirajte kao predjelo, salatu ili desertnu salatu.

Mississippi Mud Slice

Ingredients:
250 g butter, chopped
150 g dark chocolate, chopped
2 cups caster sugar
1 cup hot water
1 tbsp instant coffee
1 3/4 cups flour
1/4 cup cocoa powder
2 eggs, beaten
cocoa powder for dusting, or melted chocolate
Method:
Preheat oven to 160*C.
Line a baking tray (19X30cm) with silicone paper.
Combine first 5 ingredients in a heatproof bowl. Stir over low heat until chocolate melted and smooth. Cool mixture slightly, then add sifted flour and cocoa; add eggs and stir until well combined. Pour into pan and bake for 45-50 minutes. Decorate with cocoa or chocolate.




Cokoladne Misisipi kocke

Potrebno:
250 gr putera, sjeckanog
150 gr tamne cokolade, sjeckane
2 solje sitnog secera
1 solja vrele vode
1 kasika instant kafe
1 3/4 solje brasna
1/4 solje kakaa
2 jaja, umucena
kakao ili cokolada za povrsinu
Nacin:
Ukljucite rernu na 160*C, cevtrasti pleh (19X30cm)oblozite papirom za pecenje.
Prvih 5 sastojaka ubacite u serpu, pa na tihoj vatri grijte i mijesajte dok se cokolada ne otopi. Prohladite malo, pa ubacite prosijano brasno i kakao, dodajte i jaja i sve dobro promijesajte. Pecite 45-50 minuta, pa kada izvadite iz rerne ukrasite kakaom ili cokoladom.

Red Velvet Cake

Red Velvet Cake was mentioned on 'Oprah' once, and I had to try it. My boys love it!

Ingredients:
250 g butter, very soft
3 eggs
1 1/3 cups caster sugar
2 teas cocoa
60 ml red food colour
2 1/2 cups flour, sifted
1/2 teas salt
1 cup buttermilk
1 teas vanilla extract
1 teas baking soda
1 teas vinegar
White frosting:
1 1/2 cups milk
3 tbs flour
1 teas vanilla extract
250 g butter
1 cup icing sugar
Method:
All ingredients should be taken out of fridge to warm.
Preheat oven to 180*C, prepare 2 cake tins (22 cm). In the bowl of a mixer cream together butter, sugar and eggs until fluffy.
Mix all wet ingredients (buttermilk, red colour, vanilla and vinegar), add to the bowl mixing for a minute more. Sift all dry ingredients (cocoa, flour, soda, salt) together and add to the bowl, folding carefully.
Pour into tins, and bake for 25 min. Let it cool.
Frosting:
Mix flour with a little milk into a smooth paste. Rest of the milk put in a saucepan to heat, add vanilla. When hot add the paste to it, cook until thickened. Let cool.
When cool, put in a bowl together with butter and icing sugar. Mix with high speed until creamy and fluffy.
Frost the top of first layer with a 1/3 of frosting and set the second layer on top.Frost the entire cake with remaining frosting. (One part of frosting can be coloured for decorative effect.)
Let it cool for at least an hour before serving.


Torta 'Crveni Barsun'
Potrebno:
250 gr putera, veoma omeksalog
3 jaja
1 1/3 solja sitnog secera
2 kasicice kakaa
60 ml crvene boje za kolace
2 1/2 solje brasna, prosijanog
1/2 kasicice soli
1 solja tecnog jogurta
1 kasicica vanile
1 kasicica sode BB
1 kasicica sirceta, bijelog

Bijela krema:
1,5 solja mlijeka
3 kasike brasna
1 kasicica vanile
250 gr putera
1 solja secera u prahu

Nacin:
Sve namirnice treba da budu sobne temperature!
Ukljucite rernu na 180*C, pripremite 2 obruca za torte.
Mikserom mijesajte puter, secer i jaja dok ne postane pjenasto.
U drugu posudu pomijesajte sve 'vlazne' sastojke, pa i to dodajte u posudu miksera.
Sve suhe sastojke pomijesajte i prosijte, pa i to dodajte u mjesavinu. Rucno izmijesajte. Pecite 25 minuta, pa izvadite hladiti.
Krema:
Skuhajte mlijeko i brasno kao puding, ohladite.
Miksajte puter i secer u prahu, pa dodajte 'puding'. Sve miksajte dok ne postane kremasto.
Na prvi dio torte nanesite 1/3 krema, stavite drugi dio na vrh, pa cijelu tortu premazite ostatkom krema. Jedan dio kreme mozete obojiti za ukrasni efekat.
Tortu hladiti bar 1 sat u frizideru prije sluzenja.