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From: Soesterberg, Utr Netherlands

Joined: September 24th, 2009

About me: I love cooking, I love eating, I love discovering new recipes. I have so many cookbooks I sometimes lose track of which recipe is where - though this site helps a bit. I have gone low-carb in 2010, so that's different recipes to explore again. This also means I may not agree with my own reviews anymore if they were written in 2009 or before. ------------------ I have a lovely husband and ten-year old twins who also love eating. ----------------- You can also find me on LibraryThing, BookMooch and EatYourBooks, using the same handle.

Favorite cookbook: The Complete Meze Table by Rosamond Man

Favorite recipe: Melissa Clark's Roasted Broccoli with Shrimp

Daond Pasha (Meatballs with Pine Nuts and Tomatoes) from The Complete Meze Table

The meatballs were very tasty, but I did not really like putting all the pine nuts together - it made for fussy cooking and I think I would prefer finding a pine nut here and there instead of finding them... read more >

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7 recipe(s) reviewed. Showing 1 to 7Sort by: Title | Date | Rating

Sundays at Moosewood Restaurant: Ethnic and Regional Recipes from the Cooks at the Legendary Restaurant (Cookery)

By Moosewood Collective
Fireside - 1990

This was very nice, with a distinctly "Slavic" flavor. The "meat" browned nicely and the yogurt sauce (basically a yogurt custard with dill) was a real finishing touch. The sauce did take some time, but it was worth it.
The recipe made a lot: The amount given easily fed five adults and five kids aged 1-5, with a bit of rice and a tomato salad.

I did not bother forming the mixture into balls, but just spread it out over the baking sheet. This worked out fine. I also left out the breadcrumbs, used slivered almonds instead of ground, and replaced the carrots with one yellow and one red pepper.

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This was OK, nice but unspectacular. The colors were very nice.

I did not think the eggplant was very noticeable in this one, I might just leave it out next time. Also, the sauce was a bit thin, so I will also leave out most or all of the added water.

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This was a nice tofu variation, with a good aniseed flavor. Still, next time I think I will make the marinade a bit more concentrated.

Make sure the pan/dish you use for marinating is quite snug, as it's only a cup of liquid and otherwise the liquid level can get very low.

Note to Dutchies, Indonesians, and people with extremely well-stocked cupboards: If you use Ketjap Manis, you can do without the molasses.

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As lovely as the ingredients suggest, but not much more. I thought the dried tomatoes were a bit overpowering, I would have liked to taste more of the almonds instead.

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Very tasty, but it needs two things not in the recipe: the juice of half a lime to improve the acid balance, and a pinch of turmeric to correct the unappetizing beige color.

The six people this recipe should feed would be as one of many dishes - with rice and a salad this serves about two as a main dish.

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A nice thick soup (or light vegetable stew) with a distinct Indonesian flavor. The color is beautiful: golden orange with deep green.

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A nice fresh light stock. Maybe I would have liked a stronger fish flavor.

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