N’ice … cream with roasted apricots and caramelized almonds

July 9, 2016 by nadel&gabel

Yes, it really has become quiet around here the last weeks (and I know that I said this before). Let’s call it an inspirational low point combined with a lot of real life to deal with. Anyway, I am here again, hopefully more regularly again from now on.  Probably you’ve heard already about “n’ice cream”, this summer’s hot shit around the raw-vegan-natural-clean-eating-scene. The idea is to create ice cream without artificial, processed ingredients and instead use as a base frozen […]

Categories: cake, cookie & dessert, dairy-free, diets, gluten-free, In the kitchen, seasons, summer, vegan, vegetarian • Tags: almond, apricot, baked, banana, caramelize, clean eating, cream, easy, egg free, ice, natural, Nice, nice cream, no-churn, recipe, refreshing, roasted, summer, vegan

The loved ones – Red Currant Mazarin Tart

August 14, 2015 by nadel&gabel

When you would ask me about my favourite summer cake, my answer would always be the same: A “Träubleskucha” (red currant cake) the way my grandma always made it and how it is still made in our family. Red currants always bring childhood memories with them. I remember the garden of my parents that produced such masses of red currants throughout the summer season that we were busy to handle all of them – besides all the other fruits and […]

Categories: cake, cookie & dessert, In the kitchen, summer, vegetarian • Tags: almond, berries, cake, cookie & dessert, cream, crust, fresh, marzipan, Mazarintårta, recipe, red currant, scandinavian, shortbread, sour, summer, sweden, swedish, sweet, tart, tartlet

Sweet prospects – Pasteis de nata

May 28, 2015 by nadel&gabel

Imagine a small bar/café, a cup of coffee (good coffee!) and a small piece of sweet pastry in front of you, combine this with a stunning view on the surrounding landscape (at least one of the following: sea, river, mountain, old town) – and you have it: my quintessence of holiday, my pictured wanderlust! As we are planning our summer holiday in Portugal at the moment, these memories – and prospects! – come to my mind and with them memories […]

Categories: cake, cookie & dessert, In the kitchen, snacks & small dishes, vegetarian • Tags: belem, bica, cinnamon, coffee, cream, custard, nata, pasteis, pastel, pastry, Portugal, portuguese, puff, recipe, sweet, tartlet

Sweet simplicity – Dutch hangop

April 18, 2015 by nadel&gabel

Of course – like it is good tradition on this blog – my report from our short trip to Amsterdam is only complete with a corresponding recipe. After our dinner at Moeders, where we ate ourself through a menu of traditional Dutch dishes, it was soon clear that I was tending towards the sweet side, but would it be waffles, poffertjes,…? … I finally made my mind – and hangop. Probably the most easiest, but non the less delicious and […]

Categories: around the world, cake, cookie & dessert, gluten-free, In the kitchen, spring, summer, vegetarian • Tags: berries, buttermilk, cream, dairy, dessert, drain, dutch, easy, fresh, hangop, Holland, Netherlands, raspberries, recipe, spring, summer, traditional, yoghurt

Simple luxury – Homemade rose & tea compound butter

November 23, 2013 by nadel&gabel

Isn’t it amazing what can be made out of a simple product – like milk – even without adding anything else, or little. This whole spectrum of dairy products – based on mainly one ingredient! If you think only about the huge range of different cheeses! The other thing that drives a lot of my kitchen adventures is the fascinating idea to make everday products your own. Not necessarily because it’s cheaper. Just because it feels good, that YOU’VE MADE […]

Categories: gluten-free, In the kitchen, spread, sauce & spice, vegetarian • Tags: bread, butter, compound, cream, flavour, food, gift, homemade, present, recipe, rose, savoury, spread, sweet, tea

At the heart of it – Artichoke lemon cream

October 14, 2013 by nadel&gabel

When I’ve been to the farmers market lately, I also took some artichokes home with me – not yet knowing how actually to prepare them. Somehow I remembered on my way back home that I had somewhere seen this artichoke pesto with sicilian lemon from PPura. I thought this could be THE idea for a longlasting source of indulgence. So I started to experiment… When buying the artichokes I succesfully pushed the fact aside that I have close to none […]

Categories: autumn, dairy-free, gluten-free, In the kitchen, pasta, spread, sauce & spice, summer, vegan, vegetable, vegetarian • Tags: artichoke, autumn, cream, dip, fall, food, lemon, oil, olive, parsley, pasta, recipe, sauce, spread

Wanderlust – Tarte de Limão

June 4, 2013 by nadel&gabel

Since this article about Portuguese cuisine was published I have bookmarked it on my computer. It brings back memorys of one of our best holidays about three years ago when we traveled through Portugal by car and when we both fell in love with this great country full of contrasty beautiful nature, bustling cities, great food and super friendly people. The article of Alexandra Klobouk who moved to Lisbon just brings back all these Portugal feelings and a backpack full […]

Categories: around the world, Behind the camera, cake, cookie & dessert, In the kitchen, On the road, Portugal, summer, travel, vegetarian • Tags: baking, cake, cookie & dessert, cream, food, lemon, photography, Portugal, portugues, recipe, summer, tart, tarte, travel, zest

Strawberry ricotta dream with mint – Fighting the Ice Saints

May 16, 2012 by nadel&gabel

Never heard about the Ice Saints’ days? Mamertus (11th of May), Pankratius (12th of May), Servatius (13th of May), Bonifatius (14th of May) and (cold) Sophie (15th of May)?! The commemoration of these five saints was long ago brought together with the old middle european peasant experience that it is likely to be a cold weather period during these days. Although meterological statistics can’t confirm this old weather proverb, it often proves to be true – like these days, when […]

Categories: cake, cookie & dessert, gluten-free, In the kitchen, spring, summer, vegetarian • Tags: berries, cream, dessert, mint, ricotta cheese, spring, strawberries, summer

The Sweetest Thing – Salty dulce de leche

October 25, 2011 by nadel&gabel

Dulce de leche probably is the sweetest and most sticky thing I have tried in my life… and from the first time I tasted it, I couldn’t stop eating! My preferred way still is on bread or on top of a fresh croissant, but its full caramel flavour is also great in desserts, cakes and the like. You can find a lot of variations in texture and colour, depending on the cooking time. For me it is best when it […]

Categories: breakfast, cake, cookie & dessert, gluten-free, In the kitchen, spread, sauce & spice, vegetarian • Tags: caramel, cooking, cream, fleur de sel, food, recipe, salt, spread