miércoles, 1 de junio de 2011

Recept the galaktoboureko

Difficulty: Easy / Preparation time: 50 minutes / 8 people



INGRIDIENTS
6 eggs
300 g sugar
150 g of fine semolina
250 g butter
1 tablespoon lemon zest
1 tablespoon orange zest
1 l of whole milk
10 sheets of filo pastry "Feuilles FILO"
1 cup water
1 tablespoon lemon juice
5 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

1,Beat eggs with sugar until the liquid remove some foam. Continue beating for another 2 minutes while we add the “semola”, lemon juice, lemon zest and orange. Continue beating and add the milk and 2 tablespoons melted butter. Beat for about another 6 minutes until a light cream.

2,We heat the oven to 180 º C so that when the galaktoboureko metamos hot.
3,Enter the above stuffing in a pan and heat over medium heat for 3-4 minutes until we left as a bechamel, always beating with a whisk to avoid lumps in the cream. Remove from heat and let cool.

4,Enter the above stuffing in a pan and heat over medium heat for 3-4 minutes until we left as a bechamel, always beating with a whisk to avoid lumps in the cream. Remove from heat and let cool.
5,Add the cream in the container. Evenly spread the cream in the mold bottom and sides, with no gaps and no air bubbles. And the final cream wrap with the edges of the filo pastry left over from the sides.
6,We put the galaktoboureko to 180 º C for 30 minutes until curd cream and pastry is browned on top.
8,Prepare the syrup or caramel introducing water in a saucepan and when it boils add the sugar and tablespoon of lemon juice for 10-15 minutes over medium heat until the consistency and color of honey. Allow to cool to throw when we remove the cake from oven.
9,We took the cake from oven and add the candy. Let cool about 2-3 hours and serve sprinkled with a little cinnamon (optional)



















martes, 31 de mayo de 2011

ZEUS OLYMPIC TEMPLE

It is a temple situated in Athens. It was started in the 6th century BC but it wasn't finished until the kingdom of the emperor Adriano in the 2nd century. In the helenistic and roman era. It was the biggest temple in Greece.
Just is of the 104 original columns are still standind. Each one measures 17 m. high. The temple was aproximately 96 m. long by 40 m. wide.
Inside the roman emperor Adriano installed a gold and ivory statue from Zeus. And beside one statue of himself. Both statues have desapeared and nobody knows where they are .






                                                                                                                     Sandra Utrera Carmona 

domingo, 29 de mayo de 2011

PARTENON

The partenon , is one monument , very important in the world , especially in greece because the monument is located there .

CARACTERISTICS PRINCIPALS OF PARTENON :
-Greece mitology says that this monument was the temple of Athena ( was a goddess )
-In the decoration of the temple you can see mythological scenes .
-This monument in his time , also was a church.



In this moment the partenon is destroyed , but there is a similar rebuild that in Nashville ( Estados unidos )

                                            



                                                                                     Marta Martinez Salicru

lunes, 4 de abril de 2011

Rout

  1. First we lend in this airport  : Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport 



     2.Then , when we arrived to greece , we will go to own hotel. The hotel's name is :  ARETHUSA  , For  day cost 56,25 €.


    3.We arrived to hotel late , so we will sleep in the hotel.
    4.In the morning we want go to theatre ( http://www.n-t.gr/ )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUpm7yN6zN8&feature=player_embedded

   5.In the middle of the day , we will go to beach , we ' ve bougth food and drinks , for eat in the beach .
      The name of the beach is very famouse : "Corfú"

 
  
   6.Tonight , we think will go to a disco for knows better the place in the night .


  7. For start the day  we will go to visit a famouse monuments , we will go to he partenon and a rute turistic with bus.



   8.We are very tired , and we will go to the greece restaurant.

lunes, 21 de marzo de 2011

Key words

Hello : γειά σου
Goodbye : αντίο
Please : Παρακαλούμε
Thank you : σας ευχαριστώ
For nothing : δεν είναι τίποτα   
Dangerous : επικίνδυνες
Open : Άνοιγμα
Close : στενή  
How are you? : Πώς είσαι;?
Can I go to the toilet please? : Μπορώ να πάω στην τουαλέτα παρακαλώ?
Excuse me : Με συγχωρείτε
How much cost this "souvenir"? : Πόσο κόστος αυτό «σουβενίρ»; 

 
 
  

lunes, 31 de enero de 2011

Greek Soup with eggs and lemon




INGREDIENTS (4 servings)

- 475 ml chicken broth
- 30 ml fresh lemon juice
-  4 slices lemon
- Ground saffron
150 cc. cream
- 2 egg yolks
- A pinch of mustard powder (optional)




ELABORATION:


First, remove the fat from the chicken broth. The best thing is cool it first and then remove the fat part. Next you should boil the broth. After that add saffron and lemon juice. Batter the cream with the yolks and the powdered mustard. Finally let it cool down. You can serve it cold or hot. We prefer it hot.

lunes, 17 de enero de 2011

CHRISTMAS IN GREECE

The people in Greece don't celebrate the christmas as we do here. They don't have our "three wise kings"  but  they have Santa Claus , and Saint Nicholas .
In the end of the year they don't eat the 12 grapes , but they go to celebrated in the street ,as we do here. Each Greek house prepares, cookies, cakes, puddings and special cakes for Christmas.