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Orange blossom water

Tobias — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 20:48:11 +0000

The bitter orange in the garden is in full bloom and I read more and more about orange blossom water in recipes posted for various blog events here on my blog. A good chance to try and produce some. I had a look around and got the impression that it is fairly easy to make. Well, we will see…

Preparation time: 20 minutes

Waiting time: 14 days

easy recipe

Ingredients:

flowers of bitter orange
water

Preparation:

Collect the flowers of the bitter orange. Wash them well.

Sterilize a jar in the oven. Boil a liter of water.

Crush the flowers in a mortar but leave some as they are.

Fill the jar with the orange blossoms and the water. Let it sit in a sunny place for approximately 2 weeks. Drain the water and fill it into a bottle to keep.

And the winner is…3rd mediterranean cooking event – Lebanon

Tobias — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:11:08 +0000

And the WINNER of the 3rd mediterranean cooing Event is Taste Buds with Zaza’s Soup . Congratulation! You have won the Book “Recipes and Remembrances from an Eastern Mediterranean Kitchen: A Culinary Journey Through Syria, Lebanon, and Jorda”

I want to remind you of the current event with the topic CROATIA. Cook, blog and win!

Roundup and voting – 3rd mediterranean cooking event – Lebanon

Tobias — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:26:16 +0000

Last months topic, Lebanese cuisine, provided us with nice recipes again. Here is the roundup where I present the submitted recipes. I would like you to vote and help us find this months winner. You have 2 votes to give, so choose wisely.

A tip for the participants of the event: Out of experience it helps to link to this post and to ask your readers to support you with a vote.

This months entries for the 3rd mediterranean cooking event with the topic Lebanon:

Our friends form the Erbe in Cucina blog were the first ones to post a recipe. The dish is called Sfoof, which is a sesame cake seasoned with Tumeric and Tahini.

Taste buds posted a Lebanese Omelet. Al lovely simple dish with Sumac and dried mint. Really easy to make!

Island girl from the Neues von der Insel Blog cooked a recipe she had in her folder for 3 years. It turned out great and is called Duck Fatteh.

Baharat is a spice mixture used in the Makloube dish that Seelensturm has cooked for us.

Zaza’s Soup is the second entry from the Taste Buds Blog. I am glad you liked the topic! A great soup with Kibbeh, chick peas and a pinch of cinnamon.

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.

3rd Mediterranean Cooking Event – Lebanon

Tobias — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:00:51 +0000

Having visited Turky and Spain, our travel through the mediterranean leads us this month to Lebanon. The Lebanon is known for its good food. Of course its cuisine, as well as the food found in Greece, got strongly influenced by the Ottoman empire. Typical dishes are hummus or falaffel, pulses are used as well as parsley, citrus or sesame. I can’t wait to see what your all will be posting.

The 3nd Mediterranean cookingevent

is about

LEBANON

Start date is the 10th of December 2009.
End date is the 10th of January 2010.

The winner receives this great cookbook on Lebanese cooking:

“Recipes and Remembrances from an Eastern Mediterranean Kitchen: A Culinary Journey Through Syria, Lebanon, and Jorda”

by Sonia Uvezian

These are the RULES:

Who can participate?
Everyone that blogs and loves food.

What do I have to do to participate?

1. Cook a dish from the actual country of focus.
2. Post the recipe on your blog. Mention the event with a backlink and include one of the

banners in the recipe post or on your blog in general.
3. Leave a comment with a trackback (backlink) to your recipe here (below), so we all can find

it.

How is the winner chosen?

After the event has finished I will put up a poll

on the blog that includes all participants. You will have 2 weeks time to vote for your favourite

dish.

Can I participate with more than 1 recipe?

Yes, you can. All recipes participate the poll.

Banners you can take along:

(just copy the HTML code and paste it into your blog)

Banner 130 x 130

Banner 130 x 250

Banner 500 x 112