Clean and rinse fresh Brussels sprouts, defrost frozen ones. Boil one and a half liters of water, add Brussels sprouts, steam for five minutes until tender. Remove, drain, reserving one-eighth l of the clear soup. Cut breakfast bacon into strips, mix loosely into Brussels sprouts. Grease an ovenproof dish with 10 g butter. Pour in … Read more
For the spelt lentils wash spelt grains and soak overnight in cold water. Wash the lentils and cook for about 30 minutes. Finely chop onions and sauté in oil. Add lentils, spelt grains and a bay leaf, sauté for 1 min, add soup and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and cook again for about … Read more
For the plum tart with chocolate topping, heat the whipping cream for the chocolate topping, melt the chocolate in it and put it in the fridge. The next day, beat the eggs with sugar and a little salt until very creamy and stable, almost stiff. Mix flour, cornstarch, cocoa powder, baking powder, sift onto the … Read more
A simple but delicious cake recipe: Score the washed chestnuts crosswise on the convex side. Bring the milk, salt and vanilla pod to the boil. Add the chestnuts and make on low heat for 40 min. Remove the skin from the chestnuts while they are as hot as possible. Pass through a sieve or grind … Read more
Pour boiling hot water over the tomatoes, remove the skins and finely dice the tomatoes without the seeds and juice. Cut the spring onions into fine rings and mix with the diced tomatoes. Spread olive oil on bread slices with a little bit of olive oil. Spread the tomato mixture thinly on the bread slices … Read more
For the pumpkin curry, first sauté the finely chopped onion with a little oil in a wok until translucent. Cut the peppers very small, squeeze the garlic cloves, chop the sage leaves, add the finely chopped pumpkin seeds, curry powder and fry briefly. Add the diced Hokkaido and the sliced apple and fry. Add salt … Read more
Wash and peel the rhubarb and cut into thin slices (approx. 1 cm). Cut the apple into thin slices as well. Roast the breadcrumbs in butter and mix with cinnamon. Then mix with rum, honey, rhubarb and apple. Place the puff pastry on a baking sheet covered with baking paper and spread the filling on … Read more
For the wholemeal Linzer cake, mix cocoa, almonds, flour, cinnamon, ground cloves and vanilla, make a small indentation in the center, put the egg yolks in, put butter in flakes on the edge, add honey and quickly knead the whole thing into a dough. Whip the egg whites to egg whites and mix in. Let … Read more
For the Baked Lentils, soak the lentils the day before, cook until soft the next day and reserve the cooking water. Fry finely chopped onions and bacon cubes in hot lard. Add the flour, brown and extinguish with a dash of vinegar. Add a little lentil cooking water and cook well. Add the lentils and … Read more
For the cheese cookies, knead flour, butter, grated cheese, egg and salt into a dough. Wrap in plastic wrap and let rest for about 1 hour. Then roll out to a thickness of 3 mm, cut out cookies and brush with egg. Sprinkle with poppy seeds, sesame seeds and/or caraway seeds according to taste. Bake … Read more