Somehow I baked pancakes long time ago. So came the time when I started to miss them. And I guess my all falimy miss them too, because these polenta pancakes disappeared very quickly. If you don’t have polenta or lazy to grind corn groats, you can use corn flour. You just have to use more milk.

(4 servings)

2 eggs

250 ml milk

100 ml polenta

200 ml wheat flour

1 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. salt

oil for frying

Beat egg and milk. Put polenta, flour, salt and baking powders. Mix very well, the mixture have to be solid. Bake on the middle heat about 2 minutes per side.

Source: Didžioji virtuvės knyga (2004)

I wanted something new, not usual to us. So I prepared this chicken and I’m happy about that. At first the process looked very difficult and long, but in one hour everything was finished and we could enjoy the meal.

(2 big or 4 small servings)

300 ml chicken stock

75 ml polenta

2-3 dried tomatoes in oil

4 sprays of basil

salt

pepper

1 leek

1 tbsp oil

2 chicken breasts

1 garlic clove

100-200 ml grated cheese

In a pot boil chicken stock. Pour polenta and mixing boil for about 6-7 minutes on a low heat. Chop tomatoes and basil. Mix them with polenta, season with salt and peppers.
Trim and cut in stripes the leek. Saute in a pan with half of oil. Put leek in baking dish.
In another half of oil fry chicken breasts for 3 minutes from both sides. Season with salt, peppers and crushed garlic. Put chicken breasts on the leek. Put over the chicken polenta and sprinkle with cheese. Bake in 225°C preheated oven about 15 minutes. Serve with salads.

Source: Didžioji virtuvės knyga (2004)

Last weekend, while my children were sleeping in the afternoon, I wanted to bake something sweet. But I was angry at my self, because I didn’t know what can I bake. So I started to browse in my computer looking for something suitable. And I saw these cakes. I decided to make them. I know, that they’re not sweet, but I had everything they needed in my fridge. I just didn’t make baskets out of rice, just did two layer cakes. And they tasted very good. At first I was afraid that my hubby will miss meat in them, but I was wrong

(12 cakes)

1 1/2 cup cooked rice

2 tbsps grated parmesan

1 kiaušinis

Filling:

20 g butter

50 g mushrooms, chopped

200-300 g zucchini, grated

1/2 small chopped tomato

1/2 cup ricotta or cottage cheese

1 egg

Coat muffin pan with butter. Mix rice with an egg and cheese. Devide rice mixture between muffins pan, press a little bit. In the sauce pan melt the butter. Braise mushrooms, zuccini and tomato till tenderness. Then take off the heat and mix in ricotta and an egg. Spread filling on the rice. Bake in 200°C preheated oven about 25 minutes, till filling will be firm the the top till be nicely brown.

Source: kuking.net