Leek and Potato Soup...Or, Life's beautiful!

Dear all...

here I am ...a year after divorce, a month after moving from my (former family ) house...and in a new chapter of my life. Now you know all the reasons for my absence! It took some time (a lot of energy, emotions and thoughts) to put everything  on it's place, but It was worth it. I'm much happier person today, than I was a year ago...plus,  I got a bonus that I didn't expect ...I met someone and fell in love at time that I didn't really think I would...Just before my 50th birthday...

Life sometimes has real surprise for us when we expect it the least..

Thank you so much to all those who contacted me through my blog and/or email and expressed their concerns and interests in my life.

Ingredients:
50 gr butter
1 onion, medium, chopped
3-4 potatoes, peeled
1 large leek, washed and sliced
4-6 cups water
2-3 vegetable stock cubes (or 1 tbs Vegeta)
salt and pepper to taste
1/3 cup parmesan, grated
2-3 tbs sour cream
chives, for sprinkling

Method:
Heat butter, sautee onion and leek. Dice potatoes (leave one for grating) and place them ino saucepan; add water. Bring to boil, cook until potatoes soft. Blend, then add other ingredients. Bring to boil again and finally grate last potato into it. Cook 2-4 minutes then sprinkle with chives.

Praziluk (Poriluk) i Krompir Juha...Ili, zivot je lijep!

Dragi prijatelji i citaoci...
Evo mene...Vise od godinu dana poslije razvoda, mjesec dana poslije iseljenja iz porodicne kuce..i u novom poglavlju mog zivota. Sad znate sve razloge mog izostanka! Trebalo mi je nesto vremena (mnogo energije, emocija i razmisljanja) da stvari postavim na svoje mjesto, ali je vrijedilo. Mnogo sam sretnija osoba danas, nego sam to bila prije godinu dana..Osim toga, dobila sam neocekivani bonus kad sam mu se najmanje nadala..Srela sam osobu koja mi je dala nadu za buduci zivot i zaljubila se u svojoj 49-oj godini zivota...cemu se nisam niti najmanje nadala.
Zivot ponekad ima istinska iznenadjenja za nas, kada ih najmanje ocekujemo.

Hvala svima koji su me kontaktirali kroz blog ili email i pokazali svoje interesovanje za mene.

Potrebno:
50 gr maslaca
1 crveni luk, srednji, sjeckan
3-4 krompira, oguljena
1 veci porilul (praziluk, prasa), isjeckan
4-6 solja vode
1 K Vegete (ili 2-3 povrtne kocke)
so i biber, prema ukusu
1/3 solje parmezana, ribanog
2-3 K kiselog vrhnja
vlasac, za posuti po povrsini

Nacin:
Zagrijte maslac, proprzite luk i poriluk. Ubacite isjeckan krompir (jedan ostavite za kasnije) i zalijte vodom. Kuhajte dok ne omeksa, zatim izblendirajte / propasirajte. Ubacite ostale sastojke, dovedite do vrenja, zatim izribajte preostali krompir. Kuhajte jos par minuta pa pospite sa vlascem i sluzite.

Bacon and Leek Quiche with Cream Cheese Crust

Basically, this is classical quiche Lorraine, enriched with the taste of Leeks.

Pastry:
125 g butter
125 g cream cheese
1 cup flour
Filling:
150 g Gruyere cheese (or similar)
4 rashers bacon
3 eggs
3/4 cup cream
2 leeks
salt, pepper, nutmeg

Method:
Cream butter and cream cheese, add flour and blend. Let it rest for 1 hour.
Roll out to fit 22 cm flan dish. Refrigerate until filling ready.
Fry bacon pieces, add sliced leek and cook for 5 minutes. Arrange alternative layers of bacon/leek and slices of Gruyere. Beat eggs with salt, pepper and nutmeg, add cream and mix. Pour over the quiche. Bake 10 min in hot oven (230*C), then reduce to 180*C and cook 30 min further.

Kish sa Prasom i Slaninom u prhkom tijestu

Tijesto:
125 gr putera
125 gr krem sira
1 solja brasna
Filovanje:
150 gr tvrdog sira
4 reznja mesnate slanine
3 jaja
3/4 solje kajmaka/krema
2 prase/poriluka
so, biber, muskatni orah
Nacin:
Mikserom izmijesajte puter i krem sir , pa umijesite sa brasnom. Odmorite 1 sat, razvaljajte za posudu precnika 22 cm. Ostavite u frizideru.
Proprzite isjecenu slaninu, dodajte izrezanu prasu i kuhajte 5 minuta.
Stavite red sira, pa red sa prasom i zalijte umucenim jajima i kajmakom u koji ste stavili zacine po ukusu.
Pecite 10 min na 230*C, onda smanjite na 180*C i pecite jos 30 minuta.