Persistent cravings – Anise almond biscotti

December 10, 2017 by nadel&gabel

Anise. For weeks I’ve been craving anise. Don’t ask why, I don’t really know myself. Yes, we’re getting closer to Christmas, but spontaneously I have cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, vanilla, allspice in my mind when thinking about Christmas, not anise first of all. Actually, for most of my life I hated the whole flavour spectrum of anise, liquorice, fennel! Anyhow, this craving persisted! Every now and then I browsed Pinterest for things to bake or cook. Nothing really got me, was […]

Categories: around the world, cake, cookie & dessert, In the kitchen, seasons, Uncategorized, winter • Tags: almond, anise, aniseed, baking, biscotti, christmas, cookie, easy, flavor, italian, recipe

Preserving flavour – How I store herbs

March 28, 2015 by nadel&gabel

After posting the herbed pasta recipe last week, I thought it maybe would be convenient to tell you a little bit about how I store and preserve my herbs. We don’t have a garden or balcony (yet?), so I am always limited with growing my own herbs (Only rosemary survived the winter on at the kitchen window :(.) But these days, the farmer’s markets are displaying an expanding range of fresh herbs. But how to keep them if you don’t […]

Categories: dairy-free, gluten-free, In the kitchen, pantry, vegan, vegetarian • Tags: basil, blend, cilantro, coriander, Craft, dill, dry, freeze, herbs, italian, kitchen, marjoram, mint, mix, oregano, parsley, preserve, recipe, rosemary, sage, season, spice, storage, thai, thyme

Creamy herbed spaghetti & Uli’s secret to cooking pasta

March 22, 2015 by nadel&gabel

Lately I visited my friend Ulrike and at noon when we sat together for a quick lunch – a pot of pasta and a good pesto – I had this moment of enlightenment: For the first time I was realizing that her pasta always tasted better than mine, that it had this special flavour that turned even the simplest pasta dish into something extraordinary. … It turned out to be a simple leave of laurel that she is cooking with […]

Categories: dairy-free, In the kitchen, pasta, spread, sauce & spice, spring, vegetarian • Tags: basil, carbonara, cooking, easy, herbs, italian, laurel, lunch, parmesan, parsley, pasta, pecorino, quick, recipe, rosemary, spaghetti, spring, thyme

Flavourful – Autumnal lasagna with pumpkin and chanterelles

October 26, 2013 by nadel&gabel

Due to the fact that at the moment my days just seem to have not enough hours, this time here’s only a plain recipe – that I however didn’t want to hold back from you. It’s an lasagna packed with autumnal flavours of pumpkin and chantarelles. Spices like cinnamon, allspice, clove it perfectly pair with these. They also kind of anticipate the approaching winter with it’s warm scents. Autumnal lasagna with pumpkin and chanterelles (2-3p., 26 cm x 18 cm […]

Categories: autumn, In the kitchen, meat, pasta, vegetable, vegetarian, winter • Tags: allspice, autumn, chanterelles, cinnamon, cloves, fall, food, ginger, italian, lasagna, pasta, pumpkin, recipe, spice, winter

Ephemeral delight – Schiacciata all`uva

October 4, 2013 by nadel&gabel

It’s harvest season and I am – again – excited and paralysed at the same time. It’s always the same story: so many great seasonal produce before winters comes and there will be mainly cabbages and beets – both not my favourites. But where to start before they are gone? Chantarelles and porcini, artichoke, pumpkin, figs and grapes, apples, pears and quinces… Visiting the farmers market can freak you out! Worse: you see all those mouthwatering recipes on blogs, in […]

Categories: autumn, cake, cookie & dessert, dairy-free, In the kitchen, vegan, vegetarian • Tags: autumn, bread, cake, cookie & dessert, fall, focaccia, food, grapes, italian, recipe, sweet, tuscan, wine

Summer on your plate – Pizza with chicken, peaches, goat cream cheese, thyme & honey

August 6, 2013 by nadel&gabel

I’ve counted: this is the third pizza recipe on this blog. No other dish is so present here (If you also count tarte flambée, it’s the fifth). However, when you consider how often we eat pizza, this is actually not very much. In fact, about once a week it’s a What-should-I–cook–today-oh-let’s-make-pizza-day. Although a lot of people find baking pizza frightening and complicated, I think it’s one of fastest, easiest and most versatile dishes. Cause I make pizza on such a […]

Categories: In the kitchen, pizza, quiche & tart, summer, vegetarian • Tags: baking, chicken, easy, food, fruit, goat cheese, herbs, honey, italian, peaches, pizza, recipe, summer, thyme

What to do with egg whites? – Amarettini with tonka bean

September 23, 2012 by nadel&gabel

What to do with leftover egg whites? After baking the matcha shortbread it was time again for my ultimate super easy egg white recipe: little amarettini – italian almond cookies – which make your cup of cappuccino or latte macchiato so much nicer … and of course they make up a sweet little giveaway as well.

Categories: cake, cookie & dessert, dairy-free, gluten-free, In the kitchen, snacks & small dishes, vegetarian • Tags: almond, baking, biscuits, easy, egg white, food, italian, nuts, recipe, sweet, tonka

Flavour concentration – Oven dried cocktail tomatoes

June 15, 2012 by nadel&gabel

Categories: around the world, dairy-free, gluten-free, In the kitchen, pantry, spread, sauce & spice, summer, vegan, vegetable, vegetarian • Tags: dry, herbs, italian, oil, preserving, recipe, salad, snack, summer, tomato

Hot like the Calabrian sun – Pizza with nduja, pecorino and rocket

May 23, 2012 by nadel&gabel

This blog post is dedicated to a single glorious product, a Calabrian sausage speciality called nduja. “A sausage? Your making a fuss about a sausage?!” – Yes, because nduja is so much more than a simple sausage (And as a German I know what I am talking about):

Categories: In the kitchen, pizza, quiche & tart, spread, sauce & spice, vegetable • Tags: baking, bread, dough, food, italian, Italy, pecorino cheese, pizza, recipe, rocket, sausage, semolina, yeast