Baked Pears With Blue Cheese
We often have guests at our house. I love gathering friends, having a nice dinner with them, playing games, talking and enjoying the evening. I try not to make the same food every time we invite someone over. So, I look for new recipes, work on substitutions or just come up with my own combination for a new dish. When I first made Baked Pears with Blue cheese, my husband fell in love with it right away! Now he keeps on bringing more pears and blue cheese to have enough of this delicious entree at his immediate disposal.
Meat Pie
I got this super-duper meat pie recipe from my sister-in-law(my brother's wife), who inherited it from her mother. Ultimately, it was brought to my attention by my sister Kamola. We love this meat pie so much that it finds its way to our stomachs quite often. The crust is just to die for. With a perfect crispness, it melts in your mouth, leaving you craving for more! I have been planning to document it for a while now. In fact, I thought that I had already posted it a while ago and I was surprised to find out that I never did... Well, anyway, here it is ladies and gentlemen!
Pan grilled Khachapuri
Khachapuri is a Georgian appetizer, which consists of a dough and a springy cheese filling. My husband is in love with these little things. They always remind him of the vacation days he spent in Georgia, while he was a little kid. Nasim asked me if I could make Khachapuris for him a while ago. Since then I've been looking for the perfect and dead on recipe of Khachapuris.
Meat Tortellini Recipe
Tortellini, also known as "Pelmeni" in Russian and "Chuchvara" in Uzbek, is an amazingly delicious dish. I love two types of tortellini: one filled with meat and the other type filled with different greens and herbs. They are fairly easy to make. Once you get used to rolling the dough, you can easily make them every other day :) I make them at least once a week, because my two boys are in love with them.
Somsa (Samosa, Sambusa)
Somsa, Samosa, Sambusa
This recipe is for preparing "Somsa", which is also known as "Samosa" or "Sambusa" in some parts of the world.
Like any other Uzbek family we like Somsa a lot. While there is a way of making special flaky dough for Somsa at home, lately I started using ready puff pastry. For someone with 2 kids, I do not have a luxury of time to take it the long way, which is to make layered dough myself. So from time to time, I do opt for easier solutions. By the way, some people might think that it is cheating to buy ready dough than to make it yourself. I personally think that if you can get your hands on quality pastry dough, there is nothing wrong with using it, especially if it saves you a lot of time. Sometime this week I will post a recipe of home made puff pastry dough, which is very easy to make.
