Bittersweet symphony – Orange marmalade

January 22, 2017 by nadel&gabel

Bitterness these days seems to be a (global) social diagnosis. Hostility and anxiety are spreading and seem to poison peaceful living together. Sometimes you just want to resign, withdraw from all the … This point has to be overcome. And it will be. Not at once, not by a single person,… … but bitterness can be transformed into courage, it can awaken good forces, strengthen people and bring them together in opposition, articulating loudly their vision of a tolerant, understanding, […]

Categories: dairy-free, diets, gluten-free, In the kitchen, pantry, seasons, spread, sauce & spice, vegan, vegetarian, winter • Tags: bitter, breakfast, change, citrus, jam, juice, marmalade, marmelade, orange, preserving, recipe, spread, sweet, transformation, winter, womens march, zest

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

Entering new culinary territories – Loquat jam

May 1, 2013 by nadel&gabel

My recent trip to the turkish supermarket not only led to the complement of my new spice rack, but also to a new discovery. It really wasn’t my first visit at the shop and I would call myself culinary interested, a foodie … but I hadn’t seen, tasted or known this fruit before … till it attracted my attention, although unimpressive at first sight. What is this? Would you have known? No, it is not an apricot … that would […]

Categories: breakfast, dairy-free, In the kitchen, pantry, spread, sauce & spice, spring, vegan, vegetarian • Tags: apricot, Asian, exotic, fruit, jam, loquat, medlar, recipe, sour, spring

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

Like a day at the beach – Cucumber melon jam

June 20, 2012 by nadel&gabel

Just lately I discovered the amazing blog Like a strawberry milk of Fanny. I immediatly fell in love with her dreamy pictures, her bloomy imaginative writting, her unique recipes, her adorable illustration… You must stop by at her blog!

Categories: breakfast, dairy-free, gluten-free, In the kitchen, pantry, spread, sauce & spice, summer, vegan, vegetarian • Tags: cooking, cucumber, easy, food, fresh, jam, melon, mint, preserving, recipe, sea, summer

Luxury breakfast with sea-buckthorn jelly

October 3, 2011 by nadel&gabel

Categories: autumn, Behind the camera, breakfast, In the kitchen, pantry, spread, sauce & spice, vegetarian • Tags: autumn, jam, jelly, market, mustard, sea-buckthorn

Addictive plum butter

September 8, 2011 by nadel&gabel

The sheer amount and variety of fresh fruits and berries at this time of the year is so overwhelming! Each year anew it gets me buzzing with excitement trying to cope with it and store as much summer in jars and bottles as possible – I feel like Frederick from this lovely children’s book, who is collecting sunshine and storing it up for cold and dark winter days. I’ve already filled some jars of my version of Nicoles tomato-peach jam. […]

Categories: around the world, autumn, breakfast, dairy-free, German/Swabian, gluten-free, In the kitchen, pantry, spread, sauce & spice, vegan, vegetarian • Tags: autumn, baking, cooking, damson, fall, food, fruit butter, german, jam, plum, recipe, summer