Home Made Turshi Mix

Ingredients
Small chopped pieces of green tomatoes, red peppers, green cabbage, celery
Salt*
Will need bottles (soda 2 liter bottles to fine, but its better to find some with a large opening for it will be easier to fill)

Directions
Mix the cut pieces into a big bowl. Add the salt and place the mix, with your hands, in the jar. Shut the jar very tightly, and place in an undisturbed spot for 3-4 weeks.

*For one liter jars, add 50-60 gr. salt

Qofte

Qofte is something i often cook as a starter, this is main course but when i have friends over for dinner, i tend to cook qofte as a starter whist a salty food goes well with beer or white wine before the main course.

These are the ingredients you will need to Qofte.
1 lb. mince meat (pork, veal, or lamb)
1 egg
1 piece of finely chopped onion
3-4 garlic cloves finely chopped
Breadcrumbs
Spices (oregano, mint, sage, fresh dill, fresh parsley) all finely chopped.

Directions
Mix the meat with 1 beaten egg, the onion, and the garlic. Add breadcrumbs to dry the mix, and the spices. Form into round pieces and bake the mix at 200o F without oil. Baking the Qofte taste much better but there are different ways to do them, one other way is frying the Qofte in oil, then chop tomatoes and cook the tomatoes together with the Qofte in a pot for 15 minutes and serve in a bed of pasta.

Kroketa

Ingredients
3 lbs. of potatoes
2 eggs
Fresh dill
Black pepper, mint, chili
Pecorino Romano cheese
1 tbs. Spoon margarine

Directions
Boil the potatoes. While they are still hot, peel them, and mash in a potato masher. In a different bowl mix 2 beaten eggs, the spices with the cheese and the margarine. Add the mashed potatoes to the mix. Make the final mix into small shaped pieces. Pass the pieces into flour, eggs, and breadcrumbs. Fry with oil and serve

Byrek

1/2 cup chopped celery
5 eggs
1 lb. ricotta cheese
200 gr. feta cheese
3/4 tablespoons Pecorino Romano cheese
100 gr. Mozzarella cheese
3/4 tablespoons whipped cream cheese
1/4 cup fresh dill
Dry Seasoning- Mint, Oregano, Thyme, Black and Red pepper

Directions
Stir together in a large bowl until creamy. Place in the filo dough and it will be ready for baking.