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Taramosalata (Fish roe salad - meze)

  Photo taken from Athinorama Umami Taramosalata There are also the Greek classics, think something like a dip but instead of using nachos or vegetables to eat them we use bread. Taramosalata is one of those dishes.   It is roe fish blended into a creamy pink dip of pureed potatoes with parsley, lemon juice, and finely chopped onion (optional).   In meze, this is one of the first dishes that it is served.   In taverns, they always bring it along with salad, tzatziki, and tahini.   We will talk about the last two later.   Well, let’s see our recipe…   Ingredients 2 kg tarama (fish roe). 1 large potato or two small ones 450gr of Greek bread 1 tsp of shredded and dried onion 1 cup olive oil The juice of one lemon (medium size) Tarama is the hardest ingredient to find, so it is a good idea to look at groceries that import Mediterranean food. It is usually sold in larger jars, but you can store the remainder in the freezer for months. Peel the potatoes and cut t

Chocolate Cake

Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 1 hour minutes
(Plus cooling and standing time)


Ingredients
500ml milk
½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
35g cocoa powder
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground clove
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
250g butter (chopped)
330g caster sugar
4 eggs
225g plain flour
150g self-raising flour


Chocolate Glaze
200g dark eating chocolate (chopped)
100g butter (chopped)


Preparation Method
1. Preheat oven to moderate (180ºC/160ºC fan-forced). Grease 24cm bundt pan well.
2. Beat butter and sugar in medium bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating until just combined between additions; stir in combined sifted flours, soda, cocoa and spices, in two batches. Then add milk and vanilla extract.
3. Spread mixture into pan; bake about 1 hour 10 minutes. Stand cake 5 minutes; turn onto wire rack to cool.
4. Stir ingredients for chocolate glaze in medium heatproof bowl over medium saucepan of simmering water until smooth. Pour glaze over cooled cake; stand 30 minutes before serving.

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