Mutancana

Ingredients

• 200 gr lamb or beef
• 50 gr shallots
• 20 gr almonds
• 20 gr raisins
• 20 gr dried figs
• 20 gr dried apricots
• 20 gr prunes
• 1 tbs butter
• 1 dessert spoon honey
• 2 tbs vinegar
• Water
• Salt
• Oregano
• Sumac to decorate

Preparation

Take a large pan or pot, put the butter into it and heat, then add chopped lamb or beef (the original recipe requires lamb, but I prefer beef), stir fry until the meat changes colour. Then add shallots and cook couple of minutes more. Add lukewarm water and vinegar, cook on low heat about 45 minutes if you use lamb and 1.5 to 2 hours if you use beef.

In the mean time  chop dried fruits and boil almonds. 

Add raisins, prunes, honey and salt to the meat and cook 5 more minutes. 

In a seperate pan stir-fry peeled almonds, dried figs and apricots with some butter couple of minutes. 

Lastly add the almond mix to the meat and sprinkle some oragano and cook 5 more minutes. 

You can serve with rice pilaf. Enjoy!

Power Bars

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup of walnuts
• 1/4 cup of almonds
• 1/4 cup of hazelnuts
• 1/4 cup of raisins
• 1/4 cup of dried mulberries
• 9-10 dried figs
• 9-10 dates
• 1 tblsp chia seeds
• 1 tbsp flax seeds
• 1 tbsp sesamme seeds
• Sea salt (optional)

Preparation

Firstly, put nuts in a blender and crush. Be careful not to make nut butter, couple of minutes is sufficient. Cut fruits in small pieces and add to the blender, blend until you have a dough texture.You can use any type of nuts, fruits and seeds,  I just used what I have at home. Put the dough in a bowl, add seeds and salt and knead. Wrap the dough in a plastic film and roll. You can use prchement paper as well. If you do not cover the dough, it will stick to the roller. 

Bake it in 200 F around 3 hours. You can cut into pieces after or before you bake them.

Enjoy!