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i this [summer] issue...... a quick word 5 a message from Souq Plaet Gree sea turtle coservatio 6 workig with EWS-WWF to save the turtle Seasoal recipes 9 try these easy recipes to use seasoal produce Slovak delicacies 17 the atioal dishes of Slovakia Cocouts! 20 a versatile ad flexible igrediet Cocout mago pud 23 a simple yet tasty dessert Cocout macaroos 25 try these easy bake sweet treats Strawberry time 29 the taste of summer What s ew i store... 29 our lie-up of ew products Fall i love with Slovakia 37 the capital city of Bratislava calls A visit to Lebao 47 but it s closer tha you thik Ispector auto gadget 50 what s ew i 2016 Desiged ad produced for Souq Plaet by Phishface Creative FZ LLC. www.phishface.com To advertise please call: +971 2 634 5151 Writte material ad imagery cotaied i this magazie are copyrighted ad the sole property of Souq Plaet, Phishface Creative FZ LLC. or PHISHFOTOZ ad may ot be reproduced as a whole or i part without express writte permissio from the publisher. Souq Plaet 2016 3
dear readers Welcome back to, delicatesse, our free i-store magazie to complemet your lifestyle, itroduce ew products, ad hopefully etertai. The temperatures are soarig ad summer is ow i full swig with may of you preparig to take your aual holidays, or perhaps joi your family already ejoyig theirs. But if you are still to escape the heat, why ot take a trip to The Islad, Lebao to get yourself i the mood. We fly further afield to Slovakia where we ejoy some local delicacies ad take a historical tour of the city ad surroudig area. We have also bee busy workig with the EWS-WWF team i their quest to esure the Gree Gulf Turtle is give the best chaces of survival possible, just off the Abu Dhabi coast o the remote Bu Tiah Islad i the uique Marie Reserve. Do t forget to use your Smart Shopper Card for all your shoppig. Collect poits every time you shop ad redeem them for shoppig vouchers to sped i-store. It s simple: shop, ear poits, redeem shoppig rewards! Pick up your istat applicatio pack or ask oe of our staff for more iformatio. We would like to hear what you thik of delicatesse magazie, so please drop a email to commets@abeladelicatesse.com ad let us kow. sicerely yours, The Editor 5
July 2016 coservatio of the gulf gree We joied the EWS-WWF team o Bu Tiah i a uique missio to tag ad fit satellite trackers to gree sea turtles... turtle Emirates Wildlife Society i associatio with WWF (EWS- WWF), marked World Biodiversity Day (May 22) by lauchig a groud breakig scietific research project The Gulf Gree Turtle Coservatio Project with the ultimate aim of coservig edagered marie species ad critical habitats i the UAE ad wider regio. Over the course of the ext four years the team of marie experts will gather scietific data o gree turtle migratio ad matig patters i order to idetify critical marie habitats i eed of protectig. The research icludes taggig gree turtles with satellite trasmitters i various estig ad foragig sites across the regio, obtaiig small tissue samples (DNA) from the turtles which will the be aalysed to detect likages betwee feedig ad estig populatios; ad fially, performig a laparoscopy* o adult-sized turtles to provide groud breakig data o populatio coectivity importat for the coservatio of gree turtle populatios i the log-term. The Arabia Gulf is home to rich biodiversity icludig the secod largest populatio of dugogs o Earth, critically edagered hawksbill ad edagered gree ad loggerhead turtles, as well as over 25 species of sharks. However, with species umbers i declie, vital habitats like coral reefs ad seagrass beds disappearig, ad fish stocks beig pushed to the limit, there is a urget eed for better marie plaig ad maagemet to esure marie ecosystems ca cotiue to fuctio ad remai resiliet i the log term. Atoopoulou added: Turtles ad their marie habitat remai threateed. This is due to huma activities icludig: modificatio or loss of estig beaches, habitat degradatio ad loss caused by pollutio, climate chage ad coastal developmet, that are puttig icreased pressure o marie turtles. Through our research we aim to highlight the impact all sectors of society are havig o our marie eviromet ad hope to ispire idividuals, busiesses ad govermets to take actio. Commetig o the role marie turtles play i maitaiig Atoopoulou cotiued: Parterships play a key role i the health of the world s oceas, Maria Atoopoulou, our efforts to drive the course of coservatio ad we are Marie Programme Leader at EWS-WWF said: Gree turtles actively lookig for sposors willig to support us i our are oe of the very few aimals to eat sea grass. By doig efforts to coserve edagered marie species, such as so, they help maitai the health of the marie eviromet. marie turtles, ad critical habitats i the UAE. 6 Sea grass is vital to may species of fish, shellfish ad crustaceas. Without healthy seagrass beds, may marie species could be lost, which would also impact a importat food source for us all. There is a lot at stake as worldwide, aroud 1 billio people rely o marie fish as a mai source of protei. The Gulf Gree Turtle Coservatio Project is desiged to provide robust scietific data from which strategies ca be desiged to address threats to marie species, rather tha solely focusig o fragmeted atioal ad local actios that do ot beefit highly migratory species such as turtles ad marie wildlife. 7
July 2016 Ambassadors of our seas performig a laparoscopy* o adult-sized turtles to provide Marie turtles are the ambassadors of our seas; they act as a idicator of the health of our marie eviromet. By learig about marie turtles, we uderstad more about the groud breakig data o populatio coectivity importat for the coservatio of gree turtle populatios i the logterm. status of our seas ad ca better protect them for all. How you ca help What are our objectives We all have a role i protectig gree turtles: Gulf Gree Turtle Coservatio has 4 mai objectives: Nestig seaso (April-July) is a critical time whe turtles To help idetify critical habitats ad behavior patters that will drive turtle coservatio i the UAE ad wider regio To provide key stakeholders ad decisio makers with sciece-based research to iform ad guide marie turtle ad wider marie coservatio policies ad strategic are at their most vulerable; veturig ito shallow waters ad the oto beaches to lay their eggs. If you come across turtles while o a beach or out i a boat, we have a few top tips o how to avoid disturbig them: DO keep your distace if you see ay turtles o a beach, ad do t shie ay light o them, as this irritates them plas DO take your rubbish/ trash with you whe you leave Despite our extesive uderstadig of estig populatios i the regio, there remais a cosiderable iformatio gap o feedig ad behaviour of marie turtles whe they are at sea where they sped over 95% of their lives. With comprehesive uderstadig of the potetial likages betwee estig ad feedig grouds, we will be better equipped to develop recommedatios towards safeguardig critical marie habitats for turtles ad ultimately other marie species, said Paola Ferreira, Coservatio ad Climate Director at EWS-WWF. The Gulf Gree Turtle Coservatio Project is a cotiuatio of EWS-WWF s efforts to protect the Gulf s marie eviromet. It follows the success of the previous 4-year Marie Turtle Coservatio Project that tracked 75 female hawksbill turtles estig i the UAE, Qatar, Oma, ad Ira. The 2010-2014 project helped idetify Importat Turtle Areas (ITAs) i eed of coservatio actio. Why gree turtles matter Threateed with extictio Marie turtle (also kow as sea turtle) populatios aroud the globe are threateed with extictio. With icreased coastal developmet, urbaisatio ad idustrialisatio, the global populatio of marie turtles (or sea turtles) is i declie. Nowadays, critical measures are urgetly eeded to safeguard the few remaiig turtle estig, feedig ad breedig sites o beaches ad at sea; as well as their migratory pathways. Two out of the seve species of marie turtles (sea turtles), the hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) ad the gree turtle (Cheloia mydas), occur i Gulf waters. Worldwide, the IUCN Red List (IUCN 2008) lists the hawksbill turtle as critically edagered ad the gree turtle as edagered. At the local ad regioal level the stocks of these species are threateed ad the umber of foragig habitats ad estig grouds are cotiually decliig. To help raise awareess of the importat role turtles play i the wider marie eviromet To secure fudig through sposors who will support us i our efforts to coserve edagered marie species, such as marie turtles, ad critical habitats i the UAE Gulf Gree Turtle Project The groudbreakig scietific research compoet, uder the project ame Gulf Gree Turtle Project, commeced i May 2016 with fieldwork off the coast of Abu Dhabi with our project parters Eviromet Agecy Abu Dhabi. Later this year it will exted to various turtle estig ad foragig sites across the regio. Over the course of the ext four years our marie experts will gather scietific data o gree turtle migratio ad matig patters i order to idetify critical marie habitats i eed of protectig. The research icludes taggig gree turtles with satellite trasmitters i various estig ad foragig sites across the regio, obtaiig small tissue samples (DNA) from the turtles which will the be aalysed to detect likages betwee feedig ad estig populatios; ad fially, the beach, as turtles sometimes mistake trash for food (jellyfish) DO make sure you are extra vigilat whe ridig jet skis or boats durig these moths, as turtles swim i shallow waters, makig them vulerable to beig hit DON T drive o sady beaches, which could crush turtle eggs ad scare turtles away Become a Gree Turtle Sposor Protectig our marie biodiversity is at the core of EWS- WWF s missio. Why? Healthy wildlife populatios mea ecosystems thrive. By combatig threats like habitat loss ad overuse of atural resources, EWS-WWF creates a better future for gree turtles every day. By workig with private ad public sector parters, we ca show it s possible to balace evirometal ad huma eeds, ad that strog growth ca happe while simultaeously haltig ad reversig damage to the marie eviromet. EWS-WWF is offerig a uique partership opportuity for 9
July 2016 Dr Nick performs a laparoscopy to determie the breedig stage of the turtle 10 orgaisatios iterested i supportig as sposors. It s a great oppotutiy to become part of sustaiable solutios i the UAE, ad gai recogitio for your commitmet i additio to providig critical fudig, you will have access to a uique series of commuicatio ad egagemet beefits, exclusively desiged aroud our marie coservatio programme. BEGINNERS GUIDE TO MARINE TURTLE CONSERVATION Coservatio fieldtrips usually last a few days, the exact duratio depeds o the weather ad how may turtles are caught each day. Gree turtles are foud i popular foragig areas. From a boat, the marie researchers locate ad catch adult sized turtles which are the take to the beach. The turtles are ot harmed i this process. Oce the turtles are secured i ope woode boxes, the researchers evaluate each turtle to esure it is healthy ad suitable. The turtles are measured ad DNA samples take, these provide iformatio o the likages betwee estig ad foragig populatios i the regio. The turtles are fitted with satellite trackig devices; the trasmitter is secured to the turtle s shell i a pailess process with a harmless adhesive. The turtles are also tagged o their frot flippers to esure they ca be idetified i the future. A laparoscopy (small surgical procedure) may also be performed. This provides groudbreakig data o turtle populatios dyamics ad the potetial impact of climate chage o gree turtles. The turtles are the released ad reeter the sea. http://uae.pada.org/ 11
seasoal recipe corer Oily fish such as mackerel are just packed with all the good stuff you eed to iclude i your diet like Omega-3 fatty acids... eat i abudace! 13
Jue 2016 Issue 31 recipe corer Smoked Mackerel Pâté Mackerel i Tomato Sauce recipe corer Mackerel is t a delicately flavoured fish ad its richess does t always led itself well to a simple lemo ad herbs pairig. But give the right treatmet it is a fatastically moist, flavoursome fish that makes a iexpesive ad very healthy meal. High levels of healthy omega-3 fats ad low mercury levels make these little swimmers the perfect fish to cosume. Plus, they are affordable ad really easy to cook. This is a woderful way to get your utriets ad ca be served o sour rye bread, or crisp toast, with some pickled capers or beetroot, ad a peppery watercress salad. Dier i 10 miutes how ca ayoe ot love it? Igrediets: 3 hot smoked mackerel fillets, 150g cream cheese, 100g crème fraîche, 3 tsp freshly grated horseradish, Lemo to squeeze, Small hadful of dill, fiely chopped Method: Ski the mackerel fillets ad do a quick check for ay boes they re ot ukow. Flake three quarters ito a food processor with the cheese, crème fraîche ad horseradish ad whizz util smooth. Add a good gridig of black pepper, ad lemo juice to taste, the fold through the dill ad the remaiig fish. Serve with rye bread or crisp toast. PREPARATION Smoked mackerel pâté is always made from hot smoked mackerel some claim that the cold smoked sort is much superior i flavour ad closer to smoked salmo i texture, but beig more difficult to cure, it is much harder to fid. To put such a delicacy i a food processor would, be a crime: if you fid it, eat it i slivers with a little pickled beetroot ad crème fraîche. So the mackerel part is easy. Despite the simplicity of the recipe, however, the few other igrediets are up for debate: i particular, which dairy product to cut it with. The bold flavour of mackerel pairs perfectly with a equally bold tomato sauce that s spicy, garlicky ad richly seasoed with cumi, coriader, paprika ad ciamo. The acidic lemo ad herb mariade mellows both the oiliess ad the fishy flavour. Tomatoes add more acidity to the dish ad there is o shortage of spices i the sauce. Igrediets: Mariade: 4 garlic cloves, thily sliced, zest ad juice of 1 lemo, 2 Tbsp olive oil, 1/4 cup fiely chopped fresh cilatro, 1/4 cup fiely chopped fresh parsley, 1/4 cup fiely chopped fresh mit, 1/2 tsp groud coriader, 1/2 tsp groud cumi. Sauce: 3 garlic cloves, 1 small shallot, roughly chopped, 1 serrao or jalapeo pepper roughly chopped, 1 tsp paprika, 1 tsp cumi, 1 tsp coriader, 1/8 tsp ciamo, 1 Tbsp fiely chopped cilatro, 4 Tbsp olive oil, split, 2 Tbsp tomato paste, 1/4 cup water, 4 tomatoes, chopped Method: Mariade: Mix garlic, lemo, olive oil, coriader, parsley, mit ad cumi. Cover the fish evely with the mariade ad leave for 30 mis. Sauce: Bled garlic, shallot, hot pepper, paprika, cumi, coriader, ciamo ad 2 Tbsp of olive oil ito a paste. Heat remaiig 2 Tbsp of olive oil i a pa over medium heat. Add spice paste. Heat ad stir for a few miutes the add tomato paste. Stir for about 30 secs the add water. Stir to bled the add the tomatoes ad brig to a simmer for 10 mis. Seaso to taste. Fish: Scrape most of mariade off, pat dry ad lightly salt. Pour a thi layer of olive oil i a pa over medium-high heat. Fry i batches, 2 mis per side. To flip, carefully work a wide spatula uder the fish, tryig to keep ski itact, ad tur the fish, cookig it for 2 to 3 mis more o the secod side. Trasfer the fish to plates, spoo tomato sauce o top ad garish with fresh herbs. LOOK FOR Look for mackerel with shiy bodies ad bright eyes. They should be firm-feelig ad rigid; fresh mackerel wo t droop if held horizotally by the head. The freshest specimes are likely to be foud i good fishmogers or markets. After buyig mackerel be sure to keep it cool util you get home. 14 15
July 2016 recipe corer Crème Brûlée The perfect way to fiish off your mackerel feast - a creamy Madagasca Vailla post of creamy custard! Igrediets: 2 cartos double cream, 1 large (284ml) plus 1 small (142ml), 100ml full-fat milk, 1 vailla pod, 5 large egg yolk, 50g brow sugar, plus extra for the toppig Method: Preheat ove to 180 C. Sit four 175ml ramekis i a deep roastig ti at least 7.5cm deep. Pour cream ito a pa with the milk. Scrape seeds from vailla pod ad add to cream mixture. Drop the vailla pod i as well, ad set aside. Put egg yolks ad sugar i a bowl ad whisk for 1 mi util paler i colour ad a bit fluffy. Put pa with cream o medium heat ad brig almost to boil. As soo as you see bubbles appear roud the edge, remove from heat. Pour the hot cream ito beate egg yolks, stirrig with a wire whisk. Pour the hot mixture through a fie sieve ecouragig ay vailla seeds through at the ed. Scoop off the pale foam sittig o the top of the liquid ad discard. Give the mixture a stir. Pour eough hot water ito the roastig ti to come about 1.5cm up the sides of the ramekis. Pour i the hot cream right to the top of each rameki. Put them i the ove ad lay a bakig sheet over the top of the ti so it sits well above the ramekis ad completely covers them, but ot the whole ti. Bake for 30-35 mis util the mixture is softly set. (Getly sway the roastig ti ad if they are ready, they will wobble a bit like a jelly i the middle. Do t let them get too firm. Place ramekis o wire rack to cool for a couple of miutes oly, the put i the fridge to cool completely. Whe ready to serve, wipe roud the top edge of the dishes, sprikle 1½ tsp sugar over each ad getly shake to distribute the crystals. Blowtorch above the sugar ad keep movig it roud util caramelised. kapustove halušky A twist o sauerkraut. this Slovakia delicacy, kapustove halusky, is a delicious additio to ay meal LOOK FOR Look for fragrat, very dark brow, almost black pods that are slightly wrikled, but still supple, with a slightly oily, shiy surface. Legth is a idicatio of quality - 15-20 cetimetres is best. 16 17
July 2016 StrapaCky halušky Halušky, similar to Gocchi, is the most famous dish of Slovakia ad part of Slovakia s culture, especially i Liptov ad Orava. It is made of elemetary igrediets ad it is very quick ad simple to prepare. Similar to brydzové halušky where the base compoud of the dish is halušky (dumpligs); however, istead of brydza, stewed sauerkraut is used. Strapacky (strapachky) is a Slovak dish, traditioally made with halusky (halushky), potato dough gocchi, baked with baco ad sauerkraut. Makig strapacky with plai potatoes, however, is a lot less work, does t require special equipmet or tedious cuttig, ad is grai/glute free. It s ot low carb or Paleo, but I m sure it would taste amazig with sweet potatoes or cauliflower istead of white potatoes. Sauerkraut is fiely cut cabbage that has bee fermeted by various lactic acid bacteria, icludig Leucoostoc, Lactobacillus, ad Pediococcus.It has a log shelf life ad a distictive sour flavour, both of which result from the lactic acid that forms whe the bacteria fermet the sugars i the cabbage. This recipe is the perfect platform for gettig used to sauerkraut. Perhaps you ve heard sauerkraut is healthy but just ca t get used to the taste. Perhaps you ve made some ad do t kow how else to use it up. It s true that cookig the sauerkraut kills the probiotics, but it also mellows the taste. Strapacky s a good way to accustom your taste buds to sauerkraut if you have t take to it ad a delicious way to eat it if you have. This recipe is very loose, so adapt it to your taste. 300g of sauerkraut is for the oe who is t so sure about sauerkraut, 600g is for the sauerkraut lover. Add more baco if you love it or cut back to be ecoomical. Cabbage Halusky Other popular Slovak dishes iclude potato pacakes, slow cooked beef with pumpki ad bread, ad of course the atio s favourite, potato dumpligs i a sour cheese sauce Igrediets: 1kg (2.2lbs) potatoes (or sub sweet potatoes or cauliflower, like for AIP), 200g (7oz/1-1 1/2 cups) baco, 300-600g (10-20oz/2-4cups) sauerkraut, (urefied) salt to taste Together with cultural attractios ad historical moumets, visitors of Slovakia should taste the typical Slovak food & driks (ote that the expressio Slovakia food is ot correct!). There is o real Slovak cuisie, that would be kow ad used all aroud the world, like the Chiese or Italia. However, there are meals that you would ecouter more ofte i Slovakia tha elsewhere i the world. Meus are usually eriched by the Austria, Czech ad Hugaria cuisie. Slovak food is hearty, typical of a coutry with strog rural roots. It is heavy o meat, potatoes, dumpligs, thick sauces ad cheeses. If you re lookig for vegetables there s always cabbage, ofte i the form of sauerkraut. Salads are ot traditioal but you will fid them i restaurats i bigger cities. Try soup or a meat/cheese appetizer. Luch is traditioally the largest meal of the day, with dier o the lighter side. Igrediets iclude: Potatoes, wheat flour, cow ad sheep cheese, cabbage, oios ad garlic are the bases of the traditioal food i Slovakia. Although rice does ot belog to the crops grow i Slovakia, it is imported ad widely used i the moder kitche. You will ofte ecouter beas, cor, letils ad other vegetables. Also a lot of fruit (apple, pear, peach, apricot, cherry, plum, grape, orage, kiwi, grapefruit, baaa, etc.). Pork, beef, chicke ad fish are the most popular meats. Less frequetly oe will be offered lamb, goose, duck, turkey or veiso. Bread is very importat i the utritio. Most people i Slovakia eat it for the breakfast ad also quite ofte with the dier. The bread differs from regio to regio, tow to tow, baker to baker, just like elsewhere i Europe. METHOD: Preheat ove to 180C/350F. Chop potatoes ito small chuks, peeled or ot as you prefer, ad add chopped baco. Roughly cut the sauerkraut about every 5cm/2iches or so, ad add to the potatoes. If you use less sauerkraut you might wat to add a bit of salt. Spread out o a greased cookie sheet with sides (jelly roll pa they re called, I recetly leared) ad bake at 180C/350F for 45 mi or util potatoes are soft ad golde, stirrig every 15 mi or so. Eat hot ad ejoy! 18 19
July 2016 July 2016 from oe small ut... comes a world of goodess ad diversity The cocout tree (Cocos ucifera) is a member of the family milk is used for cookig curries ad soups. Arecaceae (palm family) ad although quite humble, it is Cocout milk is differet to cocout water. The latter has a powerhouse of utritio. Used as a staple from food to received a great deal of attetio for it s perceived health fuctioal tools ad shelter it has a wide variety of uses ad beefits, ad is a importat treatmet for acute diarrhoea should ot be overlooked as oe of ature s superfoods. i the developig world. Research suggests the clear liquid Coco, meaig mokey face, was the ame give to this has the same electrolyte balace foud i isotoic driks, tropical food by Spaish explorers because of the three provig useful for rehydratio or after log periods of itesive idetatios o the bottom. But these idetatios are the exercise. Cocout milk is a woderful base for all kids of key for opeig the cocout successfully. Isert a screwdriver Thai dishes, ad cocout oil is becomig icreasigly used i ito the softest hole to drai the liquid ito a bowl, ad the the for its utritioal beefits - flexibility is i its ature, drik use a sturdy kife to circumvet the cocout s seam a few it eat it - sweet or savoury - heal with it, use it to build tools times. Give it a sharp thwack o a hard surface to break it ad shelter, the list is edless. ito two pieces. Voilà! The popularity of cocout does t ed with hot-right-ow As old as the daw of time, ma has made use of cocout s cocout water. A variety of cocout-derived igrediets hard casig, milk, ad oil, which today has kow health from cocout oil to cocout flour ad cocout milk are beefits that scietists are still explorig, such as omega-6 icreasigly beig used i home kitches, restaurats ad fatty acids, phytosterols, electrolytes, ad magaese. packaged foods. But ca a food so rich i calories ad lade Oce thought to be a uhealthy high-fat food, cocout is with saturated fat be healthy? I moderatio, studies claim ow cosidered to be a powerhouse of utritio ad healig. that yes, they ca ideed be a healthy part of your diet. While the cocout is a maistay i the diet of early oe third Cocouts are highly utritious ad rich i fibre, vitamis C, of the plaet, it s cosidered exotic i the Wester world. E, B1, B3, B5 ad B6 ad mierals icludig iro, seleium, Experts describe the cocout as ot just a fruit, but a ut ad sodium, calcium, magesium ad phosphorous. Ulike cow s a seed as well a drupe. It has three layers: the outside layer milk, cocout milk is lactose free so ca be used as a milk is kow as the exocarp, ad the fibrous husk or mesocarp substitute by those with lactose itolerace. It is a popular is iside of it. The thi, woody layer surroudig the actual choice with vegas ad makes a great base for smoothies, cocout meat is the edocarp. Creamed cocout ad cocout milk are made i a way milkshakes or as a dairy alterative i bakig. surprisigly aki to their dairy couterparts. Cocout flesh Cocouts are oe of those (the white part) is grated ad soaked i hot water. The foods that oscillate betwee cocout cream rises to the top ad ca be skimmed off. the good food ad bad The remaiig liquid is squeezed through a cheesecloth food camps. Cocout milk, to extract a white liquid that is cocout milk. By repeatig especially the lower fat variety, this process, the cocout milk becomes thier. The thicker ca be used i moderatio (1-2 20 versio is used for desserts ad rich sauces. Thi cocout times per week). 21
mago chia cocout pud rich i good fats ad boutiful eergy DID YOU KNOW... Cocouts cotai sigificat amouts of fat, but ulike other uts, a fat that is mostly i the form of medium chai saturated fatty acids (MCFAs) i particular, lauric acid. Coverted i the body ito a highly beeficial compoud, this ativiral ad atibacterial destroys a wide variety of disease causig orgaisms. It is ow thought that cosumptio of cocout milk may help protect the body from ifectios ad viruses. A luscious eergy boostig pud Igrediets: [1 ca cocout milk, freshly grated cocout, 1 mago, 3 Tbsp chia seeds, 1 / 2 tsp vailla extract, hoey to taste] Do't miss out o our mothly fresh food promotios (10th - 24th of every moth) Method: This is so simple, it should be crimial! Mix together the cocout milk, chia seeds, hoey / maple syrup ad vailla extract i a jar or bowl. Refrigerate for 15 miutes ad mix agai. Cover the bowl or jar with a lid or clig film ad retur to the fridge for a miimum of 2 hours or overight. Remove from the fridge 15 miutes before servig. Layer the chia puddig with the chopped mago i small jars or glasses ad top with grated cocout. www.souqplaet.ae 23
cocout macaroos NEW YORK CHOC CHUNK COOKIES a fragrat sweet treat There are ot eough adjectives to describe these crispy, chewy, decadet balls of deliciousess. Add a bit of orage essece for a twist, or drizzle with dark chocolate for eve more aughtiess! Oe thig is for sure, oe just wo t be eough to satisfy... Sweet treats for coffee time Igrediets: [3 cups sweeteed, shredded cocout, 4 large egg whites, 1 /2 cup sugar, 1 tsp vailla or almod extract, 1 / 4 teaspoo salt] Method: Preheat ove to 170 C.Spread cocout o bakig sheet ad toast for about 5 mis. Let cool before usig. Whisk egg whites, sugar, vailla, ad salt util completely combied ad mixture is frothy. Pour cocout over the egg white mixture ad stir util the cocout is evely moisteed. Lie a bakig sheet with parchmet. With wet hads, shape cocout mixture ito small balls about 1 1 / 2 -iches i diameter. Space them a ich or so apart o the bakig sheet. Bake the macaroos util golde, 15-20 miutes. Let the macaroos cool o the bakig sheet for 5 miutes, the trasfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Keep i a airtight cotaier for up to a week. FRESHLY BAKED 25
July 2016 the taste of summer Syoymous with summer ad Wimbledo, it s difficult to resist a perfectly ripe strawberry... Strawberries cotai high levels of itrate. This has bee show to icrease blood ad oxyge flow to the muscles. Research suggests that people who load up o strawberries before exercisig have greater edurace ad bur more calories. Delicious, rich-red, sweet, yet getly tagy strawberries are amog the most popular berries. Strawberries are ative to Europe, however, owadays cultivated i may temperate regios all over the world as a importat commercial crop. Botaically, the plat is a low-growig ruer (creeper) belogig to the family of Rosaceae, i the geus: Fragaria. HISTORY Strawberries have bee eate sice Roma times, whe they were also used medicially to help with digestive ailmets, discoloured teeth ad ski irritatios. The strawberries available today are derived from varieties that were origially developed i the seveteeth cetury. BIOLOGY The strawberry plat, geus Fragaria, is a member of the rose family. Strawberries are ot techically fruit, but pseudocarps (also kow as false fruit or accessory fruit). A pseudocarp is a fruitlike structure cosistig of tissue that is ot derived from the ovary wall. The true fruits of the strawberry plat are actually the small seeds (achees) foud o the outer surface. BUYING Look for berries that are ublemished ad bright red with fresh-lookig gree leafy caps. The fruit should be ot too firm ad ot too soft (there should be o dampess o the bottom of the cotaier). The scet is a idicator of quality ad smaller strawberries ofte have more flavour. So give them a good siff before you buy. Strawberries absorb water readily ad so are best served uwashed: choose orgaic fruit to reduce the levels of toxis you may be igestig. STORING Strawberries are highly perishable; some may keep for 2 or 3 days but others will be past their best withi 24 hours. If ot eatig o the day of purchase, spread o a shallow plate, cover with paper towels ad store i a sealed cotaier or plastic bag i a cool place. They ca be froze: spread uwashed strawberries i a sigle layer, freeze util solid ad the trasfer to a freezer bag. PREPARING If you ve bought orgaic strawberries you ca just wipe them with a damp kitche towel. No-orgaic strawberries should be rised ad wiped clea. Getly pat dry before removig the caps ad white hull with a parig kife. Serve at room temperature. Disappoitigly firm or flavourless strawberries make a ice fruit pie (try with rhubarb ad vailla). Didi you kow... The aciet Roma practice of usig strawberries as a atural teeth whiteer is still beig champioed today - Crush a ripe strawberry with a little bakig powder, brushig oto the teeth ad leavig for five miutes before brushig agai ad risig. 26 27
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July 2016 fall i love with slovakia words ad pictures Louise Adamso Slovakia, Europe s most castellated coutry, is ot perhaps east to west is 428.8 km ad the shortest 77.6 km. There are Rasti Sedlak high o the list of must-visit-before-you-die coutries for most o hoards of tourists, o busloads of them descedig o tiy 36 A cetral Europea coutry mostly kow for its dramatic atural ladscape ad umerous castles, it is very coveietly situated just a quick 45 mi drive from Viea. You ca explore forested waterfall-filled gorges oe day ad stad high above them, peerig dow from 2500m-plus peaks the ext. whether that be due to its former status as a commuist coutry or a lack of fudig by its tourism board, who kows, but it is certaily worth the time spet to visit, particularly the vibrat, youg ad buzzig capital, Bratislava. Moder Slovakia was bor as a idepedet atio-state i 1993, whe it peacefully separated from the Czech Republic, splittig from the former Czechoslovakia by mutual agreemet. (There has bee o orgaized coflict of ay kid i Slovakia sice 1945.) Slovakia is small. 5.5millio ihabitats small. But that s what makes it attractive as a destiatio. I fact, it ca be easily travelled criss-cross by car i oe day. The largest spa from little villages uable to cope with the weight of their eed for all thigs familiar. No golde arches or gree mermaids (ot yet ayway) o every street corer yes they exist i the capital, but they are, thakfully, overshadowed by a fresh ad ew geeratio of etrepreeurial vetures offerig a much more diverse ad excitig umber of idepedet stores ad eateries that leave you i o doubt that the coutry is embarkig o a ew era of developmet. The 20th cetury saw several chages i how Slovakia was ruled, for both better ad for worse, with a commuist regime takig cotrol of Czechoslovakia i 1948. Although the visitor still fids iflueces of this totalitaria period (which eded i a oviolet Velvet revolutio i 1989), Slovakia s idetity today is above all that of a thrivig ew market ecoomy. 37
The may quait squares i the old tow are a meetig poit for may people Its capital city, Bratislava, with its high rise apartmets o its outskirts ca be foud suddely coflictig with the vast gree wilderess of Austria the secod you cross the border quite seamlessly ito Slovakia. The capital, clearly idetified by the icoic white Bratislava castle, its poited turrets red agaist the bluest sky, is awash with quirky little museums amidst its surroudig lush forests. A rabbitwarre of a old tow you ca meader through, stoppig to people watch at ay umber of fuky little cafes ad restaurats. 38 Bratislava has always bee a flourishig ad prosperous tow, which has made the most of its strategic positio o the Daube ad at the itersectios of importat Europea trade routes. I Mediaeval times it was a sigificat ecoomic cetre ad later, a cultural ad political cetre of Cetral Europe. It was thaks to its locatio that i the 16th Cetury, Bratislava became the capital ad coroatio tow of the Hugaria Kigdom ad the place, where its crow jewels were kept. For oe thig, it was remote from the ivadig Turks, yet close to imperial Viea, from where the whole of the Austro-Hugaria Empire was govered for the followig almost 500 years. For a log time, Viea ad Bratislava were very closely coected ecoomically, culturally ad politically. I the 18th cetury, the Castle was rebuilt ad served as a summer residece for Quee Maria Theresa who visited the tow frequetly. The strategic locatio of the tow had bee cosidered a logterm advatage but suddely i the middle of the 20th cetury it became a major disadvatage, whe Bratislava had to pay heavily for its uique positio. After the commuists came to power i 1948, a Iro Curtai, visible from the city cetre, was draw. It brutally divided what had oce bee a sigle ecoomic ad cultural regio. Followig the fall of commuism i 1989, Bratislava could at last develop as a free tow ad re-establish its close relatios with Viea. Now, paradoxically, it was Viea which held the excluded regio back from its more rapid growth. Although much was resolved oce Slovakia became a member of the Europea Uio i 2004, the fial impedimet to the rapid developmet of the cross-border Euro-regio was removed as late as 2007 whe a motorway o the Austria side came ito operatio ad Slovakia became part of the Schege group. Culture seekers to Bratislava will ot be disappoited. A vibrat Middle Ages (especially from the 14th cetury) saw the costructio ad ogoig refurbishmet of may outstadig castles ad several otable cathedrals. The city walls ad the beautiful St. Michael s Gate remid visitors that tow fortificatios were essetial i the 1300s. The architecture ragig from gothic to Reaissace, 39
July 2016 A old ciema resurrected as a traditioal restaurat ad eveig veue Poppy seed Bratislava crescet - Christmas sauerkraut soup ad heart bread Strig smoked cheese - Cheese-filled parohy 40 41
Kofola - the pricipal rival of Coca-Cola ad Pepsi i Cetral ad Easter Europe. Takig their ow food to visit out of tow destiatios, Bratislavas are ofte fodly referred to as paté eaters 42 baroque, rococo to eo-classic ad empire. The coroatio route of Hugaria Kigs is marked out i plaques with gilded crows hammered ito the cobblestoes that you will otice as you stroll about the old tow. Several parts of the city were chaged durig socialism ad for those curious about what happeed durig the 40-year commuist era, Bratislava offers a chace to get beyod the geeralisatios. There is abudat evidece of the boldess of the commuism experimet, the remarkable housig project at Petržalka, the cocrete bukers dottig the border betwee Austria ad Slovakia, the strikig UFO bridge, the memorials to the falle soldiers who liberated Bratislava from the Nazis, as well as the memorial to those who lost their lives attemptig to flee across the Iro Curtai i Deví. Culture vultures will fid world-class moder art ad fabulous iteratioal ballet ad opera compaies with rock-bottom ticket prices. Veturig out of the capital, you might be tempted by the time-trapped medieval miig tow of Baská Štiavica. I its 16th cetury prime, it ejoyed iteratioal recogitio ad grew to become the old Hugaria Kigdom s third-largest city. However, as the mierals ra out ad the mies were closed, progress stopped, leavig buildigs woderfully utouched. All that s left ow are a few old tow burghers houses, churches ad alleys. Uesco recogised the tow i 1972. Just a shadow of its former self, today the tow is primarily a holiday destiatio with a few oly very mildly iterestig miig-related attractios ad two castles facig each other across the steep valley. Foodies ca idulge tastig the full rage of Middle Europe s reowed cuisie i the charmig ad atmospheric restaurats, a heritage of shared Austria-Hugaria history. Choices rage from traditioal Slovak cuisie to Austria schitzel ad Hugaria goulash soup. There s eve a atioal drik to rival Coca-Cola. Kofola is a Czechoslovak carboated soft drik produced i Czech Republic ad Slovakia. It is the pricipal rival of Coca-Cola ad Pepsi i the Cetral ad Easter Europe. Kofola origiated i the Czechoslovak pharmaceutical compay Galea,.p. i 1959 durig research targeted at fidig a possible use for surplus caffeie produced i the process of coffee roastig. The resultig darkcoloured, sweet-ad-sour syrup Kofo became the mai igrediet 43
July 2016 of a ew soft drik amed Kofola itroduced i 1960. Durig the 1960s ad 1970s Kofola became exceedigly popular i commuist Czechoslovakia because it substituted for Wester cola-based driks like Coca-Cola or Pepsi, which were ot geerally available. Ad o a hot summer s day - it tastes every bit as good! The old miig tow ow tured tourist attractio 44 If you have it, take the time to joi a food tour. The food here ca be cofusig the say the least ad havig a guide to take you through the traditios ad styles is so much better tha poitig to a meu ad hopig for the best. Bratislava Food Tour is a pleasat, ejoyable walk aroud the city with a local foodie. You get to try local dishes ad hear the iterestig stories behid them. You lear how Slovaks welcome their guests with salt o a piece of bread, why there might be a problem takig a bath aroud Christmas, uless you wat to jump i with the live fish! You also get to sample a wide variety of dishes ad ask all the questios you have of your kowledgeable host. You caot leave without sittig at a suy sidewalk bakery cafe ad idulgig i a Bratislava crescet, or rozky. The shape varies with the fillig, allowig customers to tell them apart: those with waluts are i the shape of a C, while the poppy seed variety look like a horseshoe or U. The pastries were widely available util the ed of World War II. But commuism s commad ecoomy shuttered may family pastry shops ad the origial recipe got lost i the fray. All but forgotte uder the decades ad drabess of commuism, the tasty pastries are makig a comeback. Datig back to the 18th cetury these uassumig crescets of pastry became very popular ot oly withi the city limits but also were regularly delivered to imperial courts i Viea, as well shipped worldwide. Thaks to August Schwappach, Bratislavské rožky were pateted ad eve wo gold medals all over the globe, ad quite rightly so. The historic Schwappach pastry shop, a istitutio that has bee aroud for ceturies, goes by a Germa ame but refers to its croissats by yet aother term their Hugaria desigatio, Pozsoyi kifli. The bakery bega churig out the treats over Christmas 1785, whe master pastry chef Wilhelm Scheuerma icluded them i a holiday widow display to much fafare. This place is charmig, with its quait old tow (starý mesto) defiitely the place to start appreciatig its beauty. Wader through arrow pedestria streets of pastel-coloured 18th-cetury buildigs or sit ad watch the world go getly by at oe of the umerous cafes all overlooked by the city castle. Ad whe you are doe with the old, the ew city boasts itriguig socialist-era architecture, ad oe of Easter Europe s most spectacular moder art spaces. It s cotrasts like this that are all part of the charm that is Slovakia. 45
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