We call it a Klassiker – German Cherry Cheesecake

July 19, 2015 by nadel&gabel

Phew! The heat waves that reached Germany throughout the last weeks really turned me into a phlegmatic sloth! The days got a new rhythm, I tried to move as little as possible,  and fed mainly on melon and salads. No way to put on the oven in our top floor apartment! But then for a few days, temperatures sank to a – kind of – normal level. And I had to quickly bake a cake. The cherries on the market […]

Categories: cake, cookie & dessert, German/Swabian, In the kitchen, snacks & small dishes, summer, vegetarian • Tags: baking, cake, cheesecake, cherries, classic, cookie & dessert, crust, curd, fresh, fruit, german, lemon, pastry, quark, recipe, summer, traditional

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

Life and the whole thing – Oriental birthday buffet

February 19, 2015 by nadel&gabel

“My head is an animal” these days, bombarding me with all those existential questions: So many paths to go – but which one should I go? Is there a right one, a right way of life – at least a right one for me? What’s true about “there is a time for everything”? In which phase of my life am I at the moment? Clearly, there are a lot of answers, that one gets offered, implicit and explicit expectations, what […]

Categories: bread, cake, cookie & dessert, dairy-free, In the kitchen, meat, snacks & small dishes, spread, sauce & spice, vegetable, vegetarian • Tags: arab, aubergine, baba ghanoush, bagel, beetroot, bialy, cake, cookie & dessert, cheese, chickpea, dates, dough, falafel, feta, Haroset, hummus, Israel, Jerusalem, jewish, knish, labneh, latke, lentil, nigel slater, oriental, Ottolenghi, parsley, pastries, pastry, pie, potato, salmon, sfeeha, sfiha, spinach, yeast

Comfort food – Polish Pierogi and Jamie Olivers new cookbook

November 23, 2014 by nadel&gabel

“Comfort food” – how could I have walked by a cook book having these words on its front (actually it was the German title)? The new book of Jamie Oliver focuses on food as balm for your soul, food that makes you feel happy and – comfortable! Food that feeds not only your stomach, but your soul as well. I read the introducing words and was sure that this book was my cup of tea – I flipped through the […]

Categories: In the kitchen, pasta, spread, sauce & spice, vegetable, vegetarian • Tags: cabbage, comfort, cookbook, dough, dumpling, Eastern Europe, filled, food, hearty, holiday, Jamie Oliver, pasta, pastry, pierogi, pocket, polish, potato, recipe, review, snack, sour cream, starter

The joy of Fika – Swedish Kardemummabullar

September 3, 2014 by nadel&gabel

If you would ask me about three things that are omnipresent in Sweden, I would say: trees, IKEA “Färgrik” mugs and kanelbullar. These famous swedish cinnamon buns – full of spice and not too sweet – can be found in each and every bakery and café … and each of them serves them in a slightly different way: Different sizes, different ways of twisting, rolling or knotting, different toppings (shaved almonds, pearl sugar…). Indeed, the kanelbulle is so important for […]

Categories: around the world, autumn, breakfast, cake, cookie & dessert, In the kitchen, vegetarian, winter • Tags: autumn, bake, bullar, bulle, bun, cafe, cardamom, cinnamom, coffee, culture, pastry, recipe, roll, sweden, swedish, sweet, traditional

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