Home made eggnog / Domaci vajecny konak

Ingredients:

5 Egg yolks

2 tablespoons of sugar

1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

2 cans of sweet condensed milk

1/2 litter of rum/brandy (if you have Czech Rum - Tuzemak is the best)

Directions:

Put egg yolks, sugar and vanilla extract into blender and blend for 10 minutes until it becomes a foam. Don't stop blending and start adding condensed milk one at a time after both cans are in add rum/brandy.

Refridgerate and enjoy!

Marokanky / Cranberry Nut Cookies!!

Ingredients:

250 ml/1 cup of milk
1 cup of sugar
2 cups of crushed nuts (small pieces)
1 and 1/2 cups of dried cranberries or raisins
3/4 of cup of unsalted butter
1 and 1/2 cups of flour


Directions:

1. Place milk, sugar, nuts, cranberries (raisins) and butter into big pot. Heat up on low heat (until butter is melted).
2. Take off the heat and mix with flour.
3. Using two spoons make little balls and place them on greased cookie sheet (or on cookie sheet covered by wax paper).
4. Bake on 350 degrees for 10 minutes, or until the balls start to get brown on the bottom.
5. When cold, sprinkle with melted baking chocolate.

Dill sauce

Ingredients:

- 1 liter or milk (0,264 gallon)
- 1 box of fresh dill (5 branches), chopped
- instant beef bouillon for 1 liter (0,264 gallon)
- flour (prepare flour paste from 3 tbsp of flour and 1 cup of water, poor through strainer to achieve no blobs)
- 4 tablespoon of sugar
- distilled white vinegar to taste

Directions:

1. Poor one cup of water in a big pot on a low heat. Add instant beef bouillon until dissolved. When dissolved poor milk into pot and stir WELL! If you won't stir it will burn!
2. When milk is hot, add chopped dill, sugar and flour paste. The sauce will start to get thicker. (if its not thick enough, make some more flour paste and add to a mix). Cook on very low heat until it starts bubbling.
3. Boil for 5 minutes. Turn heater off and add vinegar. WARNING: When adding vinegar, never poor directly into sauce!! Take a big spoon, poor 1 teaspoon of vinegar into spoon and mix well. Continue until the sauce has sweet & sour taste. Don't put too much vinegar because you would never fix the sour taste!!!
4. Serve with boiled potatoes and hard boiled eggs.

Dobrou chut;)

Sardines spread

Ingredients

- 2 cans of  sardines in oil or in tomato puree
- 8 oz. of mayo or miracle whip
- 1/2 stick of butter (4 tablespoons)
- 1/2 of onion (or one small one)- salt, pepper to taste

Directions

1. Chop onion and sardines into fine pieces.
2. Place chopped onion, sardines into bowl, mix with mayo and butter.
3. Add salt and pepper to taste. Let it cool down in a fridge. 4. Serve with any type of bread or cracker, taste delicious.

Egg spread

Ingredients



- 8 hard boiled eggs
- 8 oz. of mayo or miracle whip
- 1/2 stick of butter (4 tablespoons)
- 1/2 of onion (or one small one)- salt, pepper to taste

Directions

1. Chop onion and hard boiled eggs into fine pieces.
2. Place chopped onion, eggs into bowl, mix with mayo and butter.
3. Add salt and pepper to taste. Let it cool down in a fridge. 4. Serve with any type of bread or cracker, taste delicious.

Palacinky - Crepes

Ingredients (for 10 crepes)

- 2 cups of flour
- 2 cups of milk
- 4 tablespoon of sugar
- oil
- toppings

Directions

1. Whisk flour, milk and sugar together until nice and smooth texture.
2. Preheat pan (medium heat) and start making crepes. Under each crepe (big spoon of dough) put 4 tablespoons of oil.
3. Each crepe must be golden brown from both sides.

Serve with jam, fruit, chocolate, peanut butter or whip cream, and milk

Summer pasta salad

Ingredients:

- 1/2 of pound of any pasta
- 3 tomatoes
- 1/2 of cucumber
- 1 green pepper
- 2 tablespoons of mayo
- 3 tablespoons of plain yogurt
- 2 cheese sticks
- salt
- pepper

Directions:

1. Cook pasta (as said on the box). When done cool in cold water, drain and place into large bowl.
2. Cut tomatoes, cucumber and green pepper and cheese sticks into small pieces. Place into bowl with pasta.
3. Add salt, pepper to taste. Add mayo and yogurt.
4. Mix well with salad silverware and put into fridge.
5. Serve after cooling it down.

- delicious during hot summer days

Dobrou chut:)