Potato and Green Bean Salad

This is quite possibly going to become one of my new favorite summertime side dishes. Potato and Green Bean Salad is easy to make, so delightful to look at, plus so very tasty!

Ingredients

• 350 grams of green beans, trimmed, cut into pieces
• 500 grams of very small red potatoes, unpeeled,
• 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
• Zest and juice of 1 large lemon
• 1 tablespoon mustard
• 10 ml of extra-virgin olive oil
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
• Handful of fresh basil leaves, roughly torn or chopped, for garnish

Preparation



Cook beans in large saucepan of boiling salted water until crisp-tender, 4 minutes. Drain. Transfer to a bowl of ice water. Drain; pat dry with paper towels.

In a large saucepan, cover the potatoes with cool water, add 1 tablespoon salt, and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce the heat and simmer until tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Drain the potatoes and let cool completely, then cut them in half.

Whisk vinegar, mustard and lemon zest and juice in small bowl. Gradually whisk in oil. Pour over potatoes and toss to coat. Cool completely. Mix in green beans and parsley. Season to taste with salt and pepper.


Garnish with the basil and serve cold or at room temperature.

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Eggnog

I'm from Bosnian and eggnog is not known in our country but it is too good not to have it available. And now we can make our own, it's even better. This is one of the best eggnog recipes I have ever tried! It tasted like a little piece of heaven!



Delicious! Very thick, very smooth, perfect taste. This is a fabulously simple and great tasting recipe. I made this recipe for my family's Christmas eve party. This recipe tastes exactly like the most expensive brands of eggnog. I highly recommend making egg nog homemade. You won't regret it.


Ingredients 

• 12 egg preferably "large" organic ones, separated
• 1 l of milk
• 300 gr of sugar
• 800 gr of light cream
• 3 ml of almond extract
• 3 ml of vanilla extract
• 3 gr of ground nutmeg
• 200 ml of dark rum

Preparation

Combine milk, vanilla extract, almond extract in a saucepan, and heat over lowest setting for 3-5 minutes. Slowly bring milk mixture to a boil.

Separate the egg into two bowls.Beat the yolk until stiff. Beat the white with sugar until peaks form. Slowly fold the white and yolk together.




Whisk hot milk mixture slowly into the eggs. Pour mixture into the saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly for until thick. Do not allow mixture to boil. Let cool for about an hour. Slowly fold in the cream with the egg mixture. Add the rum and nutmeg,stir gently.

Refrigerate overnight before serving. Serve in a punch glass or martini glass. I served it with homemade whipped cream and nutmeg on top.

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Apple Cake With Homemade Caramel Sauces.

Apple cake is probably one of my favorite cakes, it’s just so delicious with some caramel sauce… Since apples are now in season I wanted to give you this recipe for a delicious apple cake with caramel . The cake is pretty and tastes delicious. It is a coarse crumb with a mild flavor, letting the caramel and apples take the show.

Ingredients
 

• 5 eggs
• 2 tablespoon of melted butter
• 200 gr of sugar
• 300 gr of cream cheese
• 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
• 300 gr of all-purpose flour
• 12 gr of baking powder
• 6 medium apples
• 2 tablespoon of granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon

Preparation:

Preheat the oven to180 C°. With melted butter grease a 24 cm round baking pan and dust with flour.Cut the apples into wedges and mix with a granulated sugar and ground cinnamon, set aside.



Crack the eggs into a small bowl. Slip them into the mixer bowl, one at a time, and beat until the mixture is pale and creamy, about 5 more minutes. Scrape down the bowl and beater with a rubber spatula. Add the sugar and vanilla into a mixing bowl and whisk until fluffy. Sift the flour and baking powder into a separate bowl. Add the flour mixture and cream cheese to the whisked eggs and beat on low speed until everything is well blended.




Remove the cake from the oven and brush with homemade caramel sauces. Leave to cool and serve.

Make the caramel: 

Ingredients 

• 120 gr of unsalted butter
• 250 gr of brown sugar
• a pinch of salt
• 5 gr of vanilla extract
• 30 ml of water
• 100 ml of milk
• 200 gr of powdered sugar

Preparation:

Melt butter in a pan. In a small bowl mix brown sugar and water. In melted butter add brown sugar and boil for two minutes, stirring constantly. Add milk, salt and vanilla extract and stir until mixture boils. Simmer for about 15 minutes until the liquid becomes thick and dark.



Be sure to stir occasionally and scrape the edges of the pot with a rubber spatula to avoid burning. Remove from heat once it’s thick and cool it down to room temperature. Pour into mixing bowl and add powdered sugar a little bit at a time. Beat well after each addition of powdered sugar.


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