I wasn’t quite sure, if I really could call this peach cake a “tart”. If we turn once more to Wikipedia: “A tart is a baked dish consisting of a filling over a pastry base with an open top not covered with pastry. The pastry is usually shortcrust pastry”. The German Wikipedia article even calls […]
A quick side dish for curries or stews made in a pan? This naan bread. Recipe – Naan Amount: 4 pieces Prep time: 10 minutes 60 g milk 50 g butter 200 g flour 1/2 Tsp baking powder 1/2 Tsp baking soda 1 Tsp salt 60 g plain yogurt oil Heat up 50 g butter […]
In my eyes there are two tricks to cooking a really tasty curry. The first: not using too much liquid, so that the finished curry is a creamy sauce instead of resembling a soup. The second and even more important trick: making a spice paste. This might sound more complicated than it actually is. I […]
On hot summer days I am most of the time happy to eat something that does not require a hot oven, is served cold or lukewarm and will be done in 15 minutes or less – allowing me to max out my time in front of the ventilator. And thus I find myself cooking veggies […]
Besides waffles and Sunday rolls another breakfast recipe is missing from the blog: classic, american pancakes. In my favorite summer variation, topped with some vanilla-yogurt and lots of fruit salad. For the fruit salad I used mango, apple and banana. But it is also great with peach, nectarine, orange, pear or any other “yellow fruit” […]
A 15 minute pan dish, inspired by one of my favorite cooks, M, who will serve A and me the tastiest dishes and great cakes every time we visit. And if you don’t know what to do with the remaining celery and leek (besides repeatedly cooking this recipe…): just just prep and freeze them for […]
Pie is not a cake. Rather, my apple pie is a caramelly-cinnamony-apple mass, that is barely being held together by a buttery-flakey dough shell. Perfect still slightly warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream – or the next day when one sneaks a few bites from the pan. Recipe – Apple Pie Amount: 2 […]