Friday night – Cheesy filo triangles with fig chutney

February 15, 2014 by nadel&gabel

As you may know I am a real sucker when it comes to cheese-sweet-fruit-sauce-combination. A nice little cheese plate on a friday night when I had been to weekly farmers market, some slices of baguette or fresh ciabatta, this quince mustard sauce or this roasted damson sauce, a good glass of wine – let the weekend begin! No wonder, I immediately fell in love with these cheesy filo pastries that are dipped into sweet-tart fig chutney, although I made some […]

Categories: In the kitchen, snacks & small dishes, spread, sauce & spice, vegetable, vegetarian • Tags: appetizer, cheese, chutney, dip, dough, fig, filo, goat cheese, pastry, phyllo, recipe, sauce, savoury, snack, spinach

Late summer in a jar – Boozy damson sauce

September 6, 2013 by nadel&gabel

Hey, I thought I just pop in for a quick recipe that you definitely should make before the damson/plum season is over. It’s a damson sauce that peeerfectly pairs with cheese – I like it with blue cheese or any aged cheese, but spread on a slice of bread together with some goat cream cheese: also a good option. It’s something between a jam, compote and chutney, and I called it a sauce – with this little extra that makes […]

Categories: autumn, dairy-free, gluten-free, In the kitchen, pantry, snacks & small dishes, spread, sauce & spice, summer, vegan, vegetarian • Tags: autumn, cheese, chutney, damson, dip, fall, jam, plum, preserving, recipe, sauce, spread, summer, thyme

Perfect partners for cheese – Dulce de membrillo and quince mustard sauce

October 18, 2012 by nadel&gabel

Quince – until a few years or so, it would have been very likely that the only reaction to this name you would have earned from people was a question mark in their face, the same would have been probably the case when you would have shown them the actual fruit. “Is it a pear? An apple?” – No, quince, the fruit only some grandmothers would make jelly from. But those days are gone, nowadays quince – like other nearly […]

Categories: around the world, autumn, dairy-free, gluten-free, In the kitchen, pantry, snacks & small dishes, spread, sauce & spice, vegetarian • Tags: autumn, challenge, cheese, chutney, cooking, dip, fall, food, jam, jelly, mustard, preserving, quince, recipe, sauce, spanish

Very berry – My presents

June 28, 2012 by nadel&gabel

Look, what I got from my Post aus meiner Küche swap partner Sylke: A whole package full of very berry delights: strawberry prosecco jam, strawberry basil jam, strawberry chutney with black pepper, raspberry balsamico vinegar and raspberry salt … and a little cooking book with all the recipes and a lot of white pages to be filled soon. Thanks so much!

Categories: breakfast, In the kitchen, pantry, spread, sauce & spice, summer • Tags: chutney, cooking, food, jam, preserving, raspberries, salt, strawberries, summer, vinegar