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10 January 2010

My 1st ever Cannelloni

Here is, as I promised. The recipe of my 1st cannelloni pasta. When I am out grocery shopping and I see a cannelloni pasta, I was always wondering how is it like. I love spaghetti, lasagna and most Italian food... So yesterday I thought I should try to make some...with my own lasagna recipe.
I took step by step photos how I made it, as I want to make a cookbook one day for my son and daughter.

First I put some olive oil in a wok and chopped up one big onion.
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...when the onion start cooking /not burning :) / I put 4-5 segments of crushed garlic on it and stir them together for 5-10 seconds...
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...I stir 500 grams of beef mince...
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...and I added one beef Oxo cube when the mince is brown...
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...I added 1 tin of peeled plum tomatoes, 2-3 soup spoon of tomato pure, some ground black pepper, salt and chopped parsley...and half a cup of water
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...I left the mince sauce cooking, meanwhile I started making a white sauce. I put a bit of butter in the saucepan to melt on low temperature ...
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...then I added 3-4 soup spoon of flour to the melted butter and was stir it a little bit...
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...then I added half a liter of milk, and I stir it until the sauce thickens and boil...
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....now both of the sauce is cooked...
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...I was using a tea spoon for fill the cannelloni pasta tubes. I was put the pasta on the plate and after I have filled it up with the mince sauce, I gently put the spoon underneath the bottom of the pasta and lifted it up and I have put it in the buttered oven proof dish...
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...it took some time to fill all the pasta up...
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...I covered the pasta with the white sauce and put it in the oven for 30-40 minutes. In the last 10 minutes I took the dish out to put some grated Cheddar cheese on the top to melt...and I put it back for the last 10 minutes to cook...
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...this is how it is looked like when it's cooked...
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It took me 2 hours to make it, but it was worth it, as it's tasted so nice. I will definitely cook some more :)

If you try to make it, please let me know how is your one turned out.

19 October 2009

Monday Moodboard 19.10.2009.

Here is some of my favorites from my team the European Street Team from Etsy.

PURPLE MIST-2 cobweb lace felt thin scarf by manonknits
Mon Cherie - White Hand Felted Drawstring Bag by Crafts2Cherish
Romantic flower garland by ingermaaike
Sweet fruits mixed materials necklace by fleurfatale

How's your mood today? For more moodboards, please visit Fleur Fatale's blog

12 October 2009

Monday Moodboard

Here is some of my favorites from my team the European Street Team from Etsy.

Fairy Tree - Painted Fabric Journal by Kreativlink
Steampunk Cuff Watch by Aranwen
Athenea - Necklace by LeelaBijou
Blossom - Art postcard by matilou

How's your mood today? For more moodboards, please visit Fleur Fatale's blog

05 October 2009

Monday Moodboard

Here is my 1st Monday Moodboard. I have featured some of my favorites from my team the European Street Team from Etsy.

Golden sunset - long necklace by glasfaden
Lilac sparkle - fused glass ring by carmenesque
Segment Earrings by lilarubyking
Pomegranate Leather Bag by iragrant

How's your mood today? For more moodboards, please visit Fleur Fatale's blog

05 September 2009

My latest custom order on Etsy

I do love custom orders, as give me new colour & design ideas. And I love the challenge and the opportunity to bring my customers ideas a live.

First always starting with a few conversation messages via Etsy.
Sometimes I receive photos from the dress.
It's help me to create a more suitable flower for the occasion.
Here is the photo of the wedding dress I have received for my latest order.

After a thoughtful consideration, I send the links for the design, if I haven't been advised by my customers what design they like to have...

...and for the colours choice, I send some links from my existing listings...I was thinking of this colour for the silver petals...

...for the ivory, the middle petals on this flowers...
...for the gold I think this taffeta would be the best...


...and I will put a hint of soft pink like this one...


...but I wasn't sure about the gold taffeta, and I made some gold organza petals too...
...I have the fabrics ready for cutting the petals out by hand and singe it after one by one...


...usually I make one or two design to choose from, here they are...


...after my customer, Ashley chooses the second design with the gold organza, I made a customer listing for her...

If you would like to order a custom piece, please send me a message via my shops, Etsy, Zibbet, DaWanda and ArtFire.

11 August 2009

Step by Step Recipe - Cherry Pie

I have so many recipes like this with step by step photos. I made them, because one day I like to make a cook book of my recipes, what I have been collected and made over the years. And one day hopefully will help my children to learn to cook.
I learned this recipe from my brother's wife. Thank you Angie :)
The whole recipe concept is to use the soured cream pot for measuring out the rest of the ingredients.
You will need: -1 pot of soured cream, -2 pot of flour, -1 pot of sugar, -1/2 pot of olive oil (you can use sunflower oil too), -1 sachet of Vanilla Sugar, -1 sachet of Baking Powder, -3 whole eggs, -pinch of salt, -pitted cherry (or you can use peach, plum), -baking paper.
First turn the oven on to 180 Celsius. Put the 1 pot of soured cream in a bowl...

...measure 2 pot of flour and pour it on the soured cream...

...and add 1 pot of sugar to them...

...now 1/2 pot of olive oil (might sound a lot, but it will be not greasy at all)...

...add 1 sachet of Vanilla Sugar...

...and 1 sachet of Baking Powder...

...and last add 3 whole eggs. Mix it all together with a whisk.

I defrosted my hand pitted cherry from the freezer, what my husband and children picked from the cherry tree earlier this year.

Pour the mixture on to the baking try covered with baking paper...

...and level it out with a spoon...

...put the cherry on it and...

...sprinkle some sugar on them. That makes it nice and crispy top when baked.

Put it in the oven and bake it for 15-20 minutes, until golden brown.

Let it cool down and slice it up and enjoy :)
PS.: If you can't buy Vanilla Sugar and Baking Powder in sachet in your country. I can send you 5 sachet of Vanilla Sugar and 5 sachet of Baking Powder for $8.00, this price is including the shipping with Registered Priority Mail to Worldwide. Just contact me and I send you my PayPal address.

Today's picnic

Last Friday I had to post my Etsy orders and it was too late to go back home and have a lunch.
I had a great idea to have a picnic near our local village shop, in the Castle park.
The kids loved my idea, because they love having picnic and I will spend more time with them.

Here is where we had a picnic last Friday, but I was a bit more organized this time...took my camera with me :)


After we posted my Etsy orders we walked to the small grocery shop and bought some bread rolls called "kifli" in Hungarian (my favorite, I missed it so much when we was living in the UK) and some salami. You can see them on the mat.

They are both happy and content after we had some lunch...


My little girl Gigi, took a camera from me and took a picture of Edward and myself :)

When we walked back home I took a photos and just realised how far is the Castle...I put a little red rectangle top of Edward's head. There we have been. No wonder Gigi was tired :)

This field is behind our back garden.


I have really enjoyed a time together...