herbs

yesterday my mum and i made some peppermint iced tea. it is always so nice to use ingredients straight from the garden when cooking, i think. i try to keep a few herbs on my windowsill at all times, since i don't have the luxury of having my own garden. yet.
if you want to make some, here's a very simple recipe:

10 leaves of peppermint, or regular mint if you prefer that
1 teabag of good ceylon tea (such as yorkshire or any breakfast tea) or if you'd rather use green tea that is good as well (there is always the option of using peppermint teabags if you cannot get your hands on fresh peppermint)
1 litre of boiled water
5-6 teaspoons of sweetener, such as honey, or plain sugar

boil water and pour over leaves and teabag in a teapot or jug, let teabag steep in water for about three minutes, remove and leave peppermint in for another five minutes. remove leaves, add sweetener and stir. leave to cool before refrigerating for a few hours. add ice cubes and enjoy.


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Garlic Baguette

I have been baking again, and this time I'll write the recipe in English; or, at least try!
So,

Garlic Baguette
50 g of yeast (powder)
5 dl of water
2-3 cloves of garlic
1/2 dl of oil
1 teaspoon of salt
13 - 14 dl of flour

Use medium hot water, about 45 degrees celcius, pour it over the yeast in a bowl. Mix it together and add the squeezed garlic cloves, the oil, the salt and nearly all the flour. Keep some of the flour for after. Work on the dough either with your hands or machine until it's not sticky anymore. Cover the bowl up and let the dough rise for about 40 minutes.

Put the dough on your table, or any other work-space, that's covered in flour. Devide the dough into ten pieces. Shape the pieces as 20 cm long baguettes. Put the baguettes on an ovenplate. Let them rise for about 30 minutes. Put them in the pre-heated oven (250 degrees celcius) and bake them for about 12 minutes. Let them rest uncovered on a grate, for at least 15 minutes.

Voila!

I hope this was understandable, if not, don't try to make these! ;)

Frokostmuffins

For en uke siden lagde jeg noe som heter Frokostmuffins! De var kjempegode, og derfor tenkte jeg å dele oppskriften med dere.

Oppskriften fant jeg i en bok som heter Tradisjonelt som er skrevet av Borghild Fiskå og Ruth-Hege Holst, utgitt av Gyldendal.

Ingredienser til 8 store muffins eller 12 små:

5 dl hvetemel

1/2 ts malt kanel

2 ts bakepulver

1 dl havregryn eller frokostblanding

1/2 dl sukker, helst demerara

50 g usaltet smør

1/2 dl honning

3 egg

2 1/2 dl melk

1 liten gulrot

revet skall av 1 sitron, bare det gule

1 dl rosiner eller annen tørket frukt
havregryn til pynt

Sikt hvetemel, kanel og bakepulver i en bolle. Tilsett havregryn eller frokostblanding samt sukker. Smelt smør og honning i en kjele. Avkjøl. Visp egg og melk lett sammen. Skrell og riv gulroten fint. Ha alt i bollen sammen med revet sitronskall og rosiner eller annen tørket frukt. Rør til alt er godt blandet. Pensle muffinsformene med smør og dryss i hvetemel. Fordel røren jevnt i muffinsformene. Dryss havregryn på toppen. Stek muffinsene ved 180 grader celcius i ca 15 minutter. Avkjøl muffinsene i formene et par minutter før de vendes ut. Avkjøl på rist.

Server muffinsene nystekte.

Delicious, or what? : )

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I made something called Breakfast muffins/cupcakes a week ago and here you can see the result. They tastes so good and I am definitely going to make them again sometime. Unfortunately I don't trust my skills as a recipe-translator just yet, so for you English readers, it will only be the pictures. But I will post some recipes in English some time soon.

All of my exams are over, and I couldn't be happier! Now it's summer holidays and time to relax and prepare for my new adventures!