Spicy Sesame Sticks

They're very quick to make, and...very addictive!

Ingredients:
300 g flour
150 g butter, cold in small cubes
175 g cottage (or other fresh cheese)
100 g liver pate
1/2 tsp salt
white pepper (or chilly powder), to taste
beaten egg white, for brushing
black and white sesame seeds for sprinkling
Method:
Rub flour and butter together (use food processor or tips of your fingers), add other ingredients. Knead into soft dough. Flour working surface and roll the dough out to a rectangle, 5-7 mm thick. Brush with beaten egg, sprinkle with sesame seeds and roll over it slightly. Cut into sticks and bake (over baking paper) for 8-10 minutes at 170*C.

Pikantni Prutići sa Sezamom

Lako i brzo za napraviti, ali...mozete postati ovisni o njima!

Potrebno:

300 gr brasna
150 gr maslaca, hladan i rezan na kockice
175 gr svjezeg sira
100 gr pasteta (jetrena po mogucnosti)
1/2 k soli
bijeli biber (ili cili prah), prema ukusu
bjelance za premazivanje
bijelo i crno sezamovo sjeme, za posuti
Nacin:
Utrljajte maslac u brasno (prstima ili sjeckalicom), dodajte ostale sastojke, pa umijesite mekano tijesto. Pobrasnite povrsinu za rad, razvucite tijesto u pravougaonik oko 5-7 mm debljine. Premazite tijesto bjelancetom, pospite sezamom, zatim jos malo oklagijom utljajte sjemenke. Izrezite na prutice i pecite (preko papira) 8-10 minuta na 170*C.

Cheese and Sesame Biscuits

It's Friday!!! ... and for Friday something that goes well with (Fridays') drinks. Cheers!

These wonderful savoury biscuits are from an old Australian cook book "Women's Weekly". 

Ingredients:
1 cup flour
1/2 tsp salt
 pinch cayenne pepper (optional)
1/2 tsp dry mustard
1/2 tsp sugar
60 g grated cheese (tasty)
1/3 cup sesame seeds
1 egg yolk
1 tbs water
Method:
Mix all ingredients, form a log. Wrap in cellophane or baking paper; refrigerate. When firm, take out and slice into 2-3 mm discs. Place onto lined biscuit pan and bake for 10-12 minutes at 180*C.
Enjoy them with drinks!

Tip: If you want perfectly rounded biscuits,

 place dough log into a tissue / aluminium foil 

cardboard core before refrigerating it. 

Savjet: Ukoliko zelite perfekto okrugle keksice,

 smjestite valjak tijesta u kartonsku osnovu od

 al-folije ili papirnih maramica, prije rashladjivanja.

Slani keksi sa sirom i sezamom

Konacno petak!!!...a za petak nesto sto odlicno ide sa picem . U zdravlje!

Recept je iz Australijske  knjige  recepata 'Women's Weekly'.

Sastojci:
1 solja brasna
1/2 k soli
prstohvat 'cayene' bibera (po zelji)
1/2 k senfa (prah)
1/2 k secera
60 gr tvrdog rendanog sira
1/3 solje sezama
1 zumance
1 K vode 
Nacin: 
Pomijesajte sve sastojke i umijesite tijesto. Formirajte valjak, zamotajte ga u plasticnu foliju i stavite u frizider. Kada se stegne, izvadite i rezite na 2-3 mm kolutove . Smjestite ih na papirom prekriveni pleh i pecite 10-12 minuta na 180*C. Uzivajte u njima uz vase omiljeno pice.

Puff Pastry Twists

I always have Puff pastry in my freezer. It's so versatile and easy to make a quick snack with it...Just use a bit of your imagination, and a delicious, crunchy (savoury or sweet) finger food is on your table in no time.

Ingredients:

2 puff pastry sheets

1 egg white, beaten

grated Parmesan

poppy seeds

sesame seeds

Method:

Take pastry out of freezer. Switch oven to 200*C. Spray a baking sheet with oil.

When's pastry defrosted, brush one sheet with egg white, sprinkle with Parmesan. Put another sheet over it; press slightly with a rolling pin. Brush top side with egg white, sprinkle with poppy seeds. Use rolling pin to slightly press the seeds into pastry. Turn over, do the same with sesame seeds. 

Cut pastry into fingers. Twist each and place onto baking sheet. Place into oven and bake for 5-8 min, or until slightly golden and crunchy. Serve while still warm. 

Uvrnuti štapići od lisnatog tijesta

Uvijek imam lisnato tijesto u zamrzivacu, jer je tako prakticno i lako za brzinsku pripremu (slane ili slatke) hrane. Uz malo maste, na vasem stolu je za cas gotov 'snack'.

Potrebno:

2 lista lisnatog tijesta

1 bjelance, lako umuceno

Parmezan, rendani

Mak

Sezam

Nacin:

Izvadite tijesto iz zamrzivaca. Ukljucite rernu na 200*C; pripremite veliku plitku tepsiju.

Kada se tijesto odmrzlo, jedan list premazite bjelancem i pospite Parmezanom. Preko njega prebacite drugi list i lagano oklagijom pritisnite povrsinu. Sada premazite vrh tijesta bjelancem i pospite makom. Utisnite sjeme oklagijom, zatim preokrenite tijesto i na drugu stranu nanesite sezam na isti nacin. 

Izrezite tijesto na trake, pa svaku uvijete oko svoje ose. Postavite na tepsiju i pecite 5-8 min, ili dok stapici ne postanu zlatno-zuti i hrskavi. Sluzite toplo.

Sesame Wafers

It takes only 10 minutes to make and bake these.

Ingredients:
50 g sesame seeds
1 tbs butter, melted
185 g brown sugar
3 tbs flour
1 egg
1 teas vanilla
pinch of salt
Method:
Preheat oven to 180*C, line tins with baking paper.
Mix all ingredients into a smooth mixture. Take teaspoon full of it and drop onto sheets, making sure you leave enough place for spreading.Bake 4-5 minutes, or until golden brown. Leave it cool in the tins, before you serve/store them.


Hrskavi keksici od sezama

Potrebno:
50 gr sezamovog sjemena
1 kasika otopljenog putera
185 gr braon secera
3 kasike brasna
1 jaje
1 kasicica vanile
malo soli
Nacin:
Zagrijte rernu na 180*C, postavite papir za pecenje na plehove.
Pomijesajte sve sastojke, dok se ne postane jednolicna masa. Kasicicom vadite masu i stavljajte na papir, ostavite dosta mjesta izmedju, jer se tokom pecenja rasire.
Pecite 4-5 minuta, ili dok ne postanu zlatnozuti. Neka se ohlade na plehu, pa ih tek onda vadite.