Bulgaria: Apple Walnut Banzita

The Dish: Yummy Apple Stuff
The Country: Bulgaria, Capitol: Sofia

try and remove as much of the peel as you can

Ingredients:
3 golden delicious apples
1 tsp chopped walnuts or pecans
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
lots of sheets of filo dough
1 stick of butter

the filo dough box

Procedure:
Melt the butter
Peel and chop the apples
Mix sugar, nuts,  and cinnamon in a bowl
Preheat oven to 400°
Set two sheets of filo dough on a plate, coat with butter
Add two more sheets
Sprinkle the nut/ sugar mixture
Add apples
Fold over and seal closed with more butter
Repeat until all the apples are gone
Place on parchment lined baking tray
Bake for 20 minutes

FINAL PRODUCT

Notes: Working with the filo dough was quite messy because it kept breaking and flying everywhere.  It was also messy to eat, but it tasted really good!!

Rating: 4.5

Brunei: Getuk Lindri... maybe...

The Dish: Sweet potatoes
The Country: Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan

sweet potatoes make me think of naked mole rats

Ingredients:
4 sweet potatoes
1 tsp vanilla
Water
Shredded coconut

that looks pretty...

Procedure:
Boil enough water to cover potatoes
Peel potatoes
Place in water along with vanilla
Cook until mushy
Mash
Sprinkle with coconut

 

 

FINAL PRODUCT

this is what I was supposed to make, but I didn't have the equipment

Notes: Yeah... so, the whole point of this recipe was to make a cool little sweet potato roll thingy, but I didn't have the right molder equipment, so just made mashed sweet potatoes. Oops.
Rating:  3 (it was yummy, but I didn't exactly make the proper roll-y thing)

Brazil: Brigadeiros

The Dish: Fudge-y chocolate candy things
The Country: Oh, hi Amazon Rain Forest.

cooking condensed milk...

Ingredients:
1 can of condensed milk
4 tbsp cocoa powder
1 tsp butter
Chocolate sprinkles (also known as chocolate rice)

goopy goopy goop

Procedure:
Cook the cocoa powder, condensed milk, and butter in a small pan until it gets really really really thick.
Set in a glass pan and let cool. (Put it in the fridge if you're impatient like I am).
Put the sprinkles on a plate.
Scoop out little balls of the chocolate goop and cover them in sprinkles.  Place the sprinkled goop balls into little cupcake wrappers.

messy fudge stuff

Notes: I didn't let it cool long enough, so it was a little too liquid-y to mold into balls.  I ended up with some very strangely textured fudge stuff.
Rating: 3, maybe if I'd done it right it would have been higher....

Botswana: Mielieroomsop

The Dish: Corn soup
The Country: 71% of Botswana's land is used for public grazing, which has lead to extreme desertification (land drying up).

onions and stuff

Ingredients:
1 medium sized onion
1 tbsp butter
15 ml corn flour
400 ml warm milk
450 ml chicken broth
1 can of cream style sweet-corn
celery salt
pepper

hmmmm.. flavored salt?

Procedure
Chop the onion. Fry it with the butter until slightly brown.
Put the onion and the corn flour into a large pot.  Stir over medium heat for one minute.
Microwave milk for 30 seconds.  Add to pot.  Stir until well mixed.
Add all other ingredients.  (Celery salt and pepper to taste)
Stir over high heat until boiling.

It's a lot yummier and heartwarming than it looks...

Notes:
It was actually so much better than I thought it would be.  I was expecting it to be gross and mushy, but it really was a good soup for a fall afternoon. The only thing I didn't like was the massive amount of onions.  They added to the flavor, but the soup looked a little bit like a pot of worms.

Rating: 7

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Plum Dessert

The Dish: Plums and stuff?
The Country: According to Wikipedia, Bosnians are the heaviest coffee drinkers in the world.

plum murder

Ingredients:
4 plums
Sugar
Bread Crumbs
Whipping Cream

i know it's flipped... but yeah, I used bread crumbs in a can

Procedure:
Cut the plums into fourths, take out the pits
Bake for 5-7 minutes, or until the start to release juice
Take out of oven and sprinkle with bread crumbs, sugar, and whipping cream (i just sprinkled a little bit on).  Stir it around so the soft sides of the plums are coated in crumbs. 
Bake for 20 minutes

Notes:
You should definitely eat this with vanilla ice cream, otherwise you'll just be thinking, "Oh... plums covered in bread..."

Rating: 4

Bolivia: Applesauce Banana Bread

The Dish: Bread
The Country: This country is located in the center of South America.

on a side note, I went to the zoo today. aren't these guys cute?

Ingredients:
4 bananas
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup applesauce
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 eggs
1 tsp baking soda
1 tbs baking powder
1 tsp salt
2 cups of flour

mashed bananas

Procedure:
Preheat the oven to 350°
Mash the bananas with an electric mixture.  Slowly add the remaining ingredients, beating after each new addition.
Bake for 45 minutes
Cool

bread.

Notes: It was tasty, but very sticky. And I don't like sticky things.
Rating: 3

Bhutan: Ema Datshi

The Dish: Peppers and cheese
The Country: Bhutan is an Asian country about the size of the state of Maryland.

chopped peppers and onion

Ingredients:
12 small peppers
1 medium onion
A few spoonfuls of feta cheese
2 tsp vegetable oil
2 tsp crushed garlic
1 tsp coriander'

boiling peppers

Procedure:
Cut the peppers in half, so that you have two long pieces.
Chop the onion into small slivers
Put in a pot of water, with just enough water that the peppers are covered
Add the garlic and vegetable oil, and then boil for ten minutes.
Add cheese and simmer for three minutes.
Add the coriander and let sit for two minutes.
Serve.

cheesy peppers

Notes: This might have been good with rice or even in a salad, but alone, it's really only peppers and cheese. It's not particularly exciting.
Rating: 2