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##Discover the Delight of Baklava Lena Baklava Lena Baklava, originally from Turkey, has been embraced by Serbs and is commonly prepared for New Year's celebrations and other festive occasions. My mother's traditional recipe, which I also use, consistently yields outstanding results, prompting frequent compliments and inquiries about its quality. While baklava is typically known for its sweetness, this particular recipe uses a moderate amount of sugar, enhancing its flavor and making it exceptionally delicious. I am confident that once you try this recipe, it will become your preferred method. I always adhere to this recipe because it is truly exceptional. Please follow the recipe. Ingredients: simple, total time: 90 min. Fill: 4 eggs 200 g sugar 1 cup sour cream/200 ml 1 cup of 200 ml oil 1 Lemon peel grated ------------------------------------- Crust: 500 g Thin crust Especially walnuts 450-500 g ground walnuts minced finely+ baking powder 5 g When baking is poured with syrup: 500 ml of water 350 g of sugar And 1 lemon juice Baklava Lena Baklava procedure: First make baklava syrup, mix all ingredients and cook for 15–20 minutes. Then prepare the ingredients for the filling, mix it all, beat the eggs with the sugar, add the oil, sour cream, vanilla sugar. Blend all walnuts and mix with the baking powder. Put the first crust in a greased large pan. Grease it with 3 tablespoons of filling so that it covers each edge of the crust. Then put the second crust, put the filling and then just sprinkle the blended walnuts with 4 tablespoons or more. Then repeat each crust with the same filling + walnuts, and count that there is one crust left for the very top of the baklava where nothing is placed. When you get to the end, last crust cut with a slit knife the baklava into cubes or triangles, before baking. Bake in the oven at 180 °C, cover with aluminum foil for 30 minutes. Then remove the aluminum foil and bake for another 15–20 minutes. Baklava must get a golden brown color like caramel! This with baking baklava is very important! When the baklava is done, so hot, pour cold syrup over it and leave it to cool. The recipe is mine, and it’s phenomenal, and I always make this baklava, and they are incredibly delicious. Buon appetito! NOTE: It is not very sweet like others' baklava, so you can eat them easily try it, and you will see you will love this recipe! You can keep baklava in the refrigerator and at room temperature, if it's summer, you can keep it in the refrigerator, and in winter you can also on the terrace. Do you want to try something a little different? Homemade Baklava dessert Dry Baklava Baklava with Plasma and Cherries Baklava with Orange topping Lena Baklava Soft Cake Plasma Baklava Cake My Aunt's Baklava Lena Original Baklava Recipe #food #dessert #dessertlover #baklava #thin #crust #syrup #lemon #homemade #cakelover #walnuts #delicious #soft #serbian #foodblog #foodie #foolover #blog #coffeetimelena Use the contact form for questions or advice. I would be happy if you would comment on my recipes and put like.

##Deliciously Creamy Baked Chicken Fillet Recipe Chicken Fillet baked in Sour cream Lena Here is one of my recipes featuring chicken, curry, and sour cream. It is exceptionally flavorful and succulent. I believe this is a unique recipe that you may not have tried before, and I am confident it will become a staple in your culinary repertoire. Although the preparation time is approximately 20 minutes, with an additional 60 minutes required for cooking, the results are well worth the effort. This recipe is outstanding. Please follow the instructions provided. Ingredients: medium, total time: 80 min. 6 servings 1 kg /1 pack of chicken fillets salt and pepper to taste 2 tsp curry a little olive or some other oil red fresh paprika/ diced 150 g bacon/ diced 1–2 cloves garlic/ finely chopped 500 ml cooking sour cream 2 tsp mustard 100-150 g cheese Trappist/ grated sprinkle with chopped spring onions if desired little oregano if you do not have spring onions 50 Parmesan cheese grated Chicken Fillet baked in Sour cream Lena Preparation: Cut the chicken breasts in half and pat with a towel to remove excess water. Use a knife to cut the chicken in filet 5 mm. Sprinkle the fillet with olive oil and coat the chicken, add salt and pepper to the meat, then add a 2 tsp curry and mix well meat. Leave a meat 15 min, in this marinade. Coat the refractory dish with a little olive oil, then transfer the chicken filet and fill the slits with thinly sliced ​​cheese, bacon, and paprika. Roll up the fillets and hook them with a toothpick and arrange them. You can put the rest of the paprika, bacon and a little cheese of 20 g, over the chicken fillets. In one bowl, pour the cooking sour cream, to which you need to add mustard, salt, and pepper. Then grate the Trappist cheese, add 1–2 cloves of garlic and mix everything well. Pour over the chicken and place in an already preheated oven, then bake at 180-190 °C and bake until the chicken gets a nice color. If necessary, you can increase the temperature to 200 °C after a while. When it gets colored, sprinkle with Parmesan cheese over the sour cream and let it simmer. If you want, you can sprinkle this dish with finely chopped spring onions. Bake a total of about 45-60 min. depending on the oven! Buon appetito! Chicken Fillet baked in Sour cream Lena NOTE: I didn't use mustard and spring onions because I didn't have. Certainly the taste is great and without that, don't worry about it if you don't have that material, put the oregano in a chicken fillets if you like. #maindish #food #chicken #bacon #paprika #fillet #baked #oven #sourcream #sauce #recipe #foodblogger #foodlover #foodblog #blog #foodstagram #coffeetimelena #foodie #foodporn #coffeetimewithlena Use the contact form for questions or advice. I would be happy if you would comment on my recipes and put like.

Grilled Veal Cutlets I believe that you have never tried eating veal on this way. It is very tasty and an unusual way of making it, if you want to try something new and good tasty, I recommend this specialty. Follow recipe. Ingredients: simple, total time: 45 min., 3 servings 600 g veal steaks 1-2 cloves of garlic/ minced 1 Tablespoon parsley/ finely chopped 1 Tablespoons of dried tomatoes/ chopped 1 young onion/ chopped 55 g butter and 2 Tablespoons for steaks 1 lemon juice sea ​​salt and freshly ground pepper to taste Preparation: Place the butter at room temperature. In a mortar and pestle, add chopped garlic, parsley, sun-dried tomatoes and spring onions until everything turns into an oatmeal. Add butter and lemon juice. Mix everything together well. Wash and dry cutlets, beat them, season with salt and pepper to taste. Take a baking dish and add aluminum, foil coat with a little oil, place the cutlets and bake at 180 °C, until During baking, turn the cutlets and coat with the butter mixture, with help of brush or spoon. When they are baked, put a tablespoon of butter on each steak, leave for a few minutes and remove from the oven. Serve with baked potatoes and arugula and tomato salad. Wrap the remaining flavored butter in aluminum foil in the shape of a roll and store in the refrigerator. Buon appetito! #food #maindsih #grilled #veal #cutlets #simple #recipe #blog #foodblog #foodblogger #coffeetimelena #foodlover #homemade #foodie Use the contact form for questions or advice. I would be happy if you would comment on my recipes and put like.

Spicy Pork Ribs An ideal recipe for those who like spicy like me, I have to tell you that I feel that I am Mexican :) These ribs are phenomenal, and I regularly like to make them juicy and go with sauerkraut, potato peas. Try the recipe is great! It is preparing quickly and does not require much time. Follow recipe. Ingredients: simple, total time: 40 min, 4 servings 1.5 kg of pork ribs Marinade: peel 1/2 lemon 2 hot red peppers 2 cloves garlic a few sprigs of coriander 20 g of grated ginger 50 g of brown sugar 150 ml of beer 100 ml of ketchup 100 ml soy sauce 2 Tablespoons Worcestershire sauce pepper to taste Preparation: Marinade: Finely chop the peeled lemon peel, hot peppers, garlic, and coriander. Mix with ginger, sugar, beer, ketchup, Worcestershire and soy sauce, add a little salt, pepper and leave the ribs to stand for 8 hours in the marinade in the refrigerator. Processing: After the specified time, cover with marinade once more, put it to bake to 180 °C, and bake them for about 40 minutes on the grill, turning them and coating with the remaining marinade. During baking, if necessary, put aluminum foil and remove it 15 minutes before the end. Serve warm meal. Buon appetito! #spicy #ribs #marinade #pork #meat #oven #baking #saice #food #maindsih #spicy #ribs #simple #delcious #recipe #blog #foodblog #foodblogger #coffeetimelena #foodlover #homemade Use the contact form for questions or advice. I would be happy if you would comment on my recipes and put like.

Pork Ribs in a Spicy Marinade Another delicious recipe for lovers of spicy foods, but differently, whichever way you decide they are all great. Ingredients: simple, total time: 2h 15 min, 4 serving 1 kg of ribs in one piece Marinade 1 cloves garlic/ finely chopped 1 onion/finely chopped 1 teaspoon black pepper 1 Tablespoon of red ground pepper 2 teaspoons ground chili 2 Tablespoons brown sugar Next Day Marinade Hot Spice: 1 clove garlic/ finely chopped 1 onion/ finely chopped 1 teaspoon mustard 1 Tablespoon of cayenne pepper/or hot red ground pepper 100 ml of beer 4 Tablespoons apple cider vinegar 4 Tablespoons Worcestershire sauce 1 Tablespoon of Tabasco sauce 4 Tablespoons whiskey 4 Tablespoons oil Preparation: For the marinade, peel and finely chop 1 clove of garlic and 1 onion. Stir with pepper, ground paprika, a teaspoon of chili and sugar. Wash the ribs in one piece, dry them and stir them with the marinade. Cover with foil and leave in the fridge overnight. The next day, clean and chop 1 of garlic and onion. Stir in the pot with cayenne, beer, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco, whiskey, oil, and a teaspoon of chili. Cook gently for about 10 minutes, then allow to cool. Preheat the oven to 180 °C. Spread the meat with a spice sauce. Cover the baking tray with aluminum foil. Place the ribs on it, cover the with aluminum foil, bake it in the oven for about 2h, 180 °C. Pour the seasoning sauce over every 30 min and turn ribs. When it's done, cover the ribs and let stand for 10 minutes, then serve. Serve with boiled vegetables, rice, or salad as desired. Buon appetito! NOTE: If you want, you can avoid spicy foods and make the marinade without them! #pork #ribs #in #spicy #sauce #mustard #pepper #garlic #cayenne #Tabasco #whiskey #simple #delicious #maindish #meal #meat #roast #marinade #food #foodblogger #foodie #foodlover #blog #coffeetimelena Use the contact form for questions or advice. I would be happy if you would comment on my recipes and put like.

Marinated Pork Ribs with Potatoes An excellent choice for a Sunday lunch for the whole family. It is prepared quickly and easily and in a very simple way. Ribs with the addition of potatoes and vegetables and phenomenal spices. The ribs are soaked in the marinade for about 2 hours, and you can do it overnight, because that way they will absorb the flavors of the marinade better, and the meat will be juicier. Marinated pork ribs, you will ask how much more delicious and juicy it is. I believe you will make them more than once. Follow recipe. Ingredients: simple, standing time: 2h , total time: 1 h and 50 min., 4 servings 600 g of fleshy pork ribs 1/2 kg of potatoes/ cut into rings 2 larger carrots/cut into rings 1 medium onion/ slices 3 large cloves of garlic/ half 80 ml of oil 80 ml of white wine 2 teaspoons of dry herbal spice 1 teaspoon ground pepper 1 teaspoon turmeric Marinade: 1 Tablespoon mustard 1 teaspoon ground cumin 1 Tablespoon honey 2 teaspoons chili sauce 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper 2 teaspoons of dry herbal spice 80 ml soy sauce Preparation: Cut the pork ribs into pieces, as desired. In a small bowl, combine all the ingredients for the marinade. Coat each piece of meat with marinade, well. Arrange the marinated meat in a suitable bowl, pour over the rest of the marinade, cover and leave in the fridge for at least 2 hours. Cut the potatoes into circles, as well as the carrot. Cut the onion into slices, and cut the garlic in half. Put sliced ​​potatoes, carrots, onions, and garlic in a deeper bowl. Sprinkle with dry herbal spices, pepper, and turmeric. Stir well. Take 3 smaller, earthenware pots (in the absence of earthenware pots, use a suitable tray). Arrange the sliced ​​vegetables in earthenware pots, pour oil and white wine over them. Arrange the meat on top. Cover with aluminum foil and place in a cold oven. Turn the oven to 200 °C. When the liquid in the food boils, reduce the temperature to 190 °C and simmer the food for the next 1 hour. Then, carefully remove the dishes from the oven, remove the aluminum foil and return to the oven to bake the meat another 20-30 min. When the vegetables and the ribs are well cooked, take them out of the oven and serve them warm. Serve with salad. Buon appetito! #food #maindish #marinated #ribs #potatoes #oven #recipe #foodblogger #foodlover #foodblog #blog #foodstagram #coffeetimelena #foodie #foodporn #coffeetimewithlena #foodlover Use the contact form for questions or advice. I would be happy if you would comment on my recipes and put like.

Fried Chicken Sticks with Sesame Here is a delicious and quick recipe for chicken sticks with sesame and eggs. It is crispy juicy. Excellent snack! It goes fantastically with french fries, and salads! Follow recipe. Ingredients: simple, total time: 30 min. 3 servings 500 g of white chicken meat/ breast 2 eggs/ scrambled 4-5 Tablespoon flour 150 g sesame/ as needed more 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon pepper to taste 1.5 teaspoon dry spice/ Vegeta oil for frying Preparation: Wash the meat and dry well with a napkin. Cut first into fillets about 6-7 mm thick. Cut the meat into sticks about 2 cm thick. Beat eggs and add spices, salt, pepper and dry spice/Vegeta Pour the flour on a shallow plate and put the sesame seeds on another shallow plate. Roll the chicken sticks in flour on all sides, then place in a deep bowl and sprinkle with the rest of the flour and mix by hand. After that, pour the beaten eggs in a deep bowl with the chicken sticks and stir well, let them stand for 10 minutes. During this time, heat the oil in a deep and large pan, pour about 5-6 tablespoons of oil. Finally roll in sesame seeds a few times. Fry in heated oil, until well browned on both side. Place the fried sticks on a kitchen towel to absorb the rest of the grease. Serve hot chicken sticks with light salad, french fries and some coating. Buon appetito! NOTE: Consume the chicken until the next 3 days. #food #maindish #chicken #sticks #strips #sesame #eggs #floue #simple #recipe #foodblogger #foodlover #foodblog #blog #foodstagram #coffeetimelena #foodie #foodporn #coffeetimewithlena Use the contact form for questions or advice. I would be happy if you would comment on my recipes and put like.

Eggplant Lasagna Wonderful lasagna with eggplant. Italian cuisine always has different flavors represented with some amazing pasta, so here is one of them. Follow recipe. Ingredients: medium, total time: 90 min. 6 servings 3 medium eggplants salt to taste 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil 3 cloves garlic/ finely chopped 1 yellow onion/ finely chopped 2 teaspoons oregano freshly ground black pepper 1 jar of marinara sauce (700 g) 1500 ml whole milk ricotta 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan 1 egg 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley, plus extra for garnish 4 cups chopped mozzarella Preparation: Preheat the oven to 250 °C. Cut off the ends of the eggplants and cut them into 1/4 thick (eggplant) leaves, put the eggplants to stand and salt them, let them stand for 20 minutes and then turn them over (use paper towels). Heat a large skillet over medium heat, heat the oil. Fry the garlic for 1 minute, then add the onion and oregano. Season with salt and pepper and cook until onion is translucent. Add the marinara sauce and cook until warm enough. In a medium bowl, combine the ricotta, Parmesan, egg and parsley. Season with salt and pepper. In a large bowl for the compotes, apply a thin layer of marinara sauce, one layer of eggplant leaves (noodles), a layer of ricotta mixture, then a layer of mozzarella, repeat the layers. The top of the last layer is eggplant with marinara sauce, mozzarella, and Parmesan. Cover with foil and bake for 35 minutes, then garnish with parsley and serve. Buon appetito! #food #maindishes #pasta #lasagna #ricotta #eggplant #mozzarella #tomato #Parmesan #tomato #italian #recipe #blog #coffeetimelena #coffeetimewithlena #foodlover Use the contact form for questions or advice. I would be happy if you would comment on my recipes and put like.

Vegetarian Lasagna in Italian Way A real light summer recipe, with plenty of zucchini and blue eggplant lasagna, Italian specialties are always the best in the world. Follow recipe. Ingredients: medium, total time: 90 min, 6 servings 300 g lasagna pasta 600 g eggplant 300 g zucchini 300 g peeled tomatoes 3 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 300 g mozzarella 1 Tablespoon Italian spice mixture salt to taste For the béchamel sauce: 1.2-1.5 liters of milk 100 g of wheat flour 100 g butter 50 g Parmesan Salt Pepper and nutmeg if desired Preparation: Wash the eggplants, cut them into medium-thick longitudinal slices, add a little salt and let them stand for about 15 minutes. Then dry them on absorbent paper. Cut the zucchini into slices as well. In a frying pan, fry the eggplants and zucchini in a little extra virgin olive oil and cool them. For the béchamel: Fry the flour briefly in butter and gradually add the milk, stirring constantly. Add a little salt, pepper, add grated nutmeg and Italian spice and cook on low heat for about 10 minutes. Finally, add the Parmesan. Processing: Put a little béchamel on the bottom of the fireproof dish. Arrange the delicacies on the béchamel, then a part of the prepared eggplants and zucchini and sprinkle them with a little spice. Arrange sliced ​​mozzarella on them, and then pour in a little béchamel sauce. Start the second layer with lasagna, arrange eggplants and zucchini on them and then peeled tomatoes. Sprinkle with spices and put mozzarella, then pour over the béchamel sauce. Start the third row with lasagna again, then place the remaining eggplants with zucchini and sliced ​​mozzarella on them. Finish with lasagna and béchamel. Bake in the oven at 200 °C for about 30 minutes. Buon appetito! #food #maindishes #pasta #lasagna #eggplant #mozzarella #tomato #Parmesan #tomato #italian #recipe #blog #coffeetimelena #coffeetimewithlena #foodlover Use the contact form for questions or advice. I would be happy if you would comment on my recipes and put like.

Pie with Potatoes and Meat Serbian traditional pie with meat and potatoes. Very delicious and simple made. Follow recipe. Ingredients: cup 200 ml, dish for oven 35 × 45 cm, simple, total time: 60 min. 500 g pie crust 500 g minced meat/beef and pork 2 larger potatoes/ grated 2 onions/finely chopped a little stew oil salt, pepper, spice to taste For Topping: 4 eggs 1 cup sour milk/200 ml 1 cup of mineral water/200 ml salt to taste. Preparation: Cut the onion into cubes and fry it in a pan with little oil Add minced meat and stir until soft. Peel a potato, grate it and put it in a bowl with the meat. Add pepper, salt and add spice as desired. Put two crusts, slightly oiled, in a square greased pan. Those crusts should protrude from the casserole dish because the pie overlaps with them later. Arrange a portion of the filling over the crust. 4 full spoons are enough for every two crusts. Repeat the process until all the crusts and all the material are used up. Fold the pie with those crusts that protruded from the casserole dish Cut the pie into cubes with a sharp knife. Beat eggs, add sour milk and sour water. Pour the topping evenly over the pie. Leave the pie for 15 minutes, just while the oven heats up to 220 °C. Cover the pie with aluminum foil and bake it in a preheated oven at that temperature for ten minutes. Reduce the oven to 200 °C and bake the pie for another 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, remove the foil and bake the pie for another ten minutes, until a fine golden crust is made. Serve pie with meat and potatoes hot or cold, for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or appetizer. Buon Appetito! #food #saltypastries #appetizers #pie #meat #potatoes #recipe #foodblogger #simple #foodlover #thincrust #dough #crust #simple #delicious #recipe #homemade Use the contact form for questions or advice. I would be happy if you would comment on my recipes and put like.

Strudel Lena This is my mom's recipe according to which I always make strudels, and they are always great and taste good. The dough is famously soft, and the crust is fantastic for this cake, you must try it. It takes a little more time, but it's worth it! Follow recipe. Ingredients: simple, total time: 150 min. Dough: 700-800 g flour 1 cube of yeast/ 42 g 300 ml milk 1 whole egg 2 yolks 1 grated lemon peel 1 vanilla sugar/ 10 g 100 ml oil 1 teaspoon of salt 4-5 teaspoons sugar For Poppy stuffing: 6 Tablespoons sugar a little milk, 100 ml optional 600 g of poppy seeds or walnuts 100 g raisins Preparation: Dough: Stir the yeast in lukewarm milk, add a teaspoon of sugar, a little flour, leave in a warm place for the yeast to rise for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, whisk 2 egg yolks, 1 egg, 1 grated lemon, vanilla sugar with 4 tablespoons of sugar. Then add oil, pinch of salt mix well again then gradually add the flour (spoon by spoon), then add the raising yeast with the milk. Knead the dough softly, set aside and cover with a cloth or foil in a warm place. Let it rise for 40 minutes. When the dough has risen, a little roll-out the dough with a rolling pin, then briefly let it rise again for 15 + 20 min. In the meantime, you will prepare the filling. Fill: Heat a cup of milk well, add 6 tablespoons of sugar and 600 g of poppy seeds, stirring constantly for a for 5–10 minutes. Add the washed raisins. Form the dough, make 2 noodles and roll out the dough into rectangular form. Divide the filling and spread to the dough (the thickness of the dough must be about 1 cm), roll it up and put it in a greased pan, let it rise a bit. Do the same with other dough. Bake at 180 °C, 30-40 min. Depending on the oven. You can coat the strudel from above with one egg. It will make a nicer color. Buon appetito! NOTE: If you are making with walnuts then you will need the following for the filling 600 g of ground walnuts 5 Tablespoons of sugar 1 bag vanilla sugar/ 10 g a milk or water, 100 ml- as needed more Grind the walnuts well. Put them in a deeper pan. Pour water or milk, add 5 tablespoons of sugar, add vanilla sugar, stir well until you get a thick mixture, then turn off the heat and leave the filling to cool a bit. #food #dessert #strudel #poppyseeds #walnuts #serbianfood #simple #recipe #homemade #delicious #tasty #dessertlover #foodlover Use the contact form for questions or advice. I would be happy if you would comment on my recipes and put like.

Stuffed Hanger on Serbian way Stuffed hanger on the Serbian way, is our traditional dish, it is delicious and juicy and many people love it. I will share one of the recipes I have with you, I believe you will make them. Follow recipe. Ingredients: simple, total time: 35 min, 4 servings 1 kg of boneless pork loin 150 g of thinly sliced bacon/or some other bacon to taste 150 g of cheese/the best quality cheese 150 g of cream For the side dish: mushrooms , potatoes Preparation: Cut the meat into steaks of medium thickness (1-1.5 cm). Beat them well with a meat pestle to make them as thin and large as possible (this is important, because if they are thick, they will not bake nicely inside because they are not baked for a long time). Put a little cheese on each steak, fold, wrap in slices of bacon and fry in a little oil in a hot pan or on the grill on both sides until golden brown and the bacon becomes crispy and brown. You can fry the champignons/ mushrooms on the rest of the oil for a side dish. Pour the melted cream into the refractory dish (or the one in which you will serve the dish), then arrange the roasted meat and mushrooms on it and keep it warm until serving. Buon appetito! #recipe #foodblogger #foodlover #foodblog #blog #foodstagram #coffeetimelena #foodie #foodporn #coffeetimewithlena Use the contact form for questions or advice. I would be happy if you would comment on my recipes and put like.