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Tomato, Mozzarella and Parmigiano Salad with Green herb oil,
photo credit - Vania Filipova @ Culinary with me

Nakon Lane Morvai i njenog divnog recepta tradicionalnog za kuhinju Galicije, ovog puta s gost postovima idemo malo dalje, u divnu Bugarsku.

Osobno nisam nikada bila u Bugarskoj. Ako ju do sada niste doživljavali, vrijeme je da promijenite mišljenje jer znam da u svima nama negdje duboko čuči želja da posjetite Sofiju (glavni grad Bugarske), da udahnete svjež zrak „zemlje ruža“, da vam bosa noga dotakne pješćane Bugarske obale, da vidite barem djelić Crnog mora ili da vam pogled odluta do planinskih klanaca. Da se malo odmorite od poznatijih turističkih destinacija i otkrijete ono neotkriveno. Jer Bugarska to zaslužuje. I vi to zaslužujete :)

Hrana u Bugarskoj slična je našoj, stoga ni ne čudi što uz obalu ljudi naginju svježim mediteranskim proizvodima poput rajčica, mozzarele, svježih začina, maslinovog ulja. Laganijoj i zdravijoj hrani.

Takav je i recept koji nam donosi Vania Filipova, ime koji stoji iza bloga Culinary with me.

Ako prošetate Vanijinim blogom, obasut će vas odjednom niz prekrasnih fotografija, divnih svježih nijansi i prekrasnih boja. Obasut će vas niz predivnih recepata, od onih tradicionalnih za kuhinju Bugarske do onih poznatih diljem svijeta. Jer takva je i Vania: simpatična, predivna, talentirana, strastvena :)

Vania za sebe kaže da najviše uživa u hrani u proljeću, kada si voli pripremiti svježe salate. Nekada su to sasvim neobične kombinacije, a nekada uobičajene dobro poznate kombinacije. Ovog puta Vania nam je pripremila salatu s homemade uljem od svježeg začinskog bilja koje je izvrsno u ovakvoj kombinaciji, iako ga ona preporučuje i s pastom ili čak i s mesom.

Vania je u receptu koristila ulje odsjemenki grožđa za koje kažu da okusom podsjeća na vino i da je izvrsno u kombinaciji s salatama kojima daje zagonetan voćni okus. 

Nadam se da ćete uživati u ovom receptu kao što smo uživale i nas dvije dok smo izmjenjivale mailove :)

Vania, hvala ti što si bila dio ovoga :)

Salata od rajčica, mozzarelle i parmezana s začinskim biljem
by Vania Filipova @ Culinary with me

(za 2 osobe)

      Potrebni sastojci:

      Za ulje od začinskog bilja:

·       1 šalica svježih listića bosiljka

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·       ½ šalice svježeg timijana

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·       150 ml ulja od koštica grožđa

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·       100 ml maslinovog ulja

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       Za salatu:

·       1 manja rajčica, narezana na tanje kriške

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·       70 g Mozzarella sira, narezanog na tanje kriške

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·       20 g Parmezana, svježe naribanog

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·       2 žlice ulja od začionskog bilja

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·       par listića baby špinata, za dekoraciju

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·       2-3 svježe masline, za dekoraciju

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      Priprema:

·       Za pripremu začinskog ulja operite svježe listiće bosiljka i timijana pod mlazom hladne vode. Manji lončić napunite vodom pa zagrijte na srednjoj vatri dok ne zavrije. Kada se voda zagrijala, uronite svježe bilje u vodu, promiješajte jednom, pa ostavite 5 sekunda da odstoji kako bi omekšalo. Ocijedite bilje, a potom ga stavite u zdjelu punu kockica leda pa tako ostavite oko 20 sekunda da se ohladi. Izvadite svježe bilje iz zdjele, posušite čistom kuhinjskom krpom pa premjestite u blender. Dodajte ostale sastojke izuzev maslinovog ulja, pa izmiskajte dok ne dobijete glatku smjesu. Ulje premjestite u čistu bočicu, dolijte maslinovo ulje, dobro izmiješajte i čuvajte u hladnjaku.

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·       Za pripremu salate poslažite na sredini tanjura mozzarellu, rajčicu, mozzarellu i tako dok ne potrošite sve sastojke. Pospite parmezanom i začinskim uljem pa dekorirajte s maslinama i listićima špinata.

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·       Poslužite ohlađeno.

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Green herb oil, photo credit - Vania Filipova @ Culinary with me

English version

In December 2011 I started a lovely team project called guest posts, which will be hosting food blogers from Croatia and from all over the world. Each of them will represent  a dish native to their country, or something they are personally enjoy.  My idea is to show you there are so many wonderful traditions all over the world. I hope they will bring parts of the world to your plates :)

I'm very enthusiastic and excited about this! I'm still amazed with food blogosphere around the world and friendships I've made with an amazing people.

Thank you so much for being a part of this!

After my last guest, my friend Lana Morvai, this time we are going  to beautiful Bulgaria.

Personally I have never been to Bulgaria. But, I know in every one of you, deep inside, there is a secret desire to visit Sofia (the capital city), to breathe the fresh air in a "land of roses", to touch the sandy coast of Bulgaria, the see at least a part of the Black sea... to discover what is undiscovered. Because Bulgaria deserves it. And you deserve it, too :)

Food in Bulgaria is similar to our own in Croatia. It is no wonder that people on coast tend to the Mediterranean products such as fresh tomatoes, mozzarella, fresh herbs, olive oil.

I'm honored to welcome lovely Vania Filipova, an Bulgarian women behind beautiful blog Culinary with me. Vania's blog is truly amazing! Take a tour through Culinary with me and discover traditional Bulgarian cuisine and worldwide recipes, bright colorful photography and amazing talent of this inspirational girl :)

It's such a delight to have Vania here! She prepared us a beautiful spring salad with homemade green herb oil. Isn't it amazing guys? She used grape seed oil wich has a bright wine-fruit flavour and it's healthy, too! I love it!

I quote Vania: „Talking about food in spring my favorite one is a salad and it’s always a pleasure when it’s easy to make it fresh and a little bit different. This salad came out because of the green herb oil, which is excellent fragrant not only for vegetables, but also for some pastas, cheese and even meat.”

So, I hope you love this salad as I do :)

Vania, thank you so much for being a part of this!

Tomato, Mozzarella and Parmigiano Salad with Green herb oil
by Vania Filipova @ Culinary with me 

(serves 2)

      You need:

      For the green herb oil:

·       1 cup fresh basil leaves

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·       ½ cup of fresh thyme

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·       150 ml grape seed oil

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·       100 ml extra virgin olive oil

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       For the Salad:

·       1 medium tomato, sliced into 3-4 mm

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·       70 g Mozzarella cheese, sliced into 3-4 mm

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·       20 g Parmigiano cheese, freshly grated

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·       2 tbsp green herb oil

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·       a few baby spinach leaves, for decoration

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·       2-3 olives, for decoration

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      Steps:

·       For the green herb oil: Wash the herbs under cold water. Bring a medium pan of water to the boil. Plunge the herb into the boiling water, stir once and leave for 5 seconds. Drain the herbs in a sieve and tip them into a bowl, full of ice cubes for 20 seconds. Remove herbs from the ice and dry them gently with a tea towel. Place them in a blender, add the grape seed oil and blend until it becomes smooth. Strain the mixture through a fine sieve and pour it into a clean bottle. Add the extra virgin olive oil and it's done. Store the oil in the refrigerator.

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·       For the salad: Use a cooking ring to order the salad. Place the ring in the center of a serving plate and order Mozzarella cheese, tomato, cheese, tomato, etc. until finishing all the tomatoes and Mozzarella cheese. Gently remove the cooking ring.

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·       Sprinkle the top with the green herb oil and parmigiano.

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·       Decorate with the spinach leaves and olives and enjoy.

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 P.S. For the measurements, check out the Kitchen chart!

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