On any day in September – Zwetschgekucha

September 23, 2015 by nadel&gabel

If not now, when is the perfect time for a juice plum cake?! So, although I’ve still got some travel impressions to share, they have to wait and make place for this traditional German autumn cake. It’s a recipe for the high season of autumn fruits, when you have so much of them that you squeeze as much as you can onto a layer of simple yeast dough. Top it with streusel – here we go! Still, a few notes […]

Categories: autumn, cake, cookie & dessert, German/Swabian, In the kitchen, summer, vegetarian • Tags: almond, autumn, cake, cinnamon, classic, cookie & dessert, damson, dough, easy, german, plum, recipe, simple, swabian, warm, yeast, zwetschge

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

Powidlbuchteln/Dumplings filled with plum butter

October 1, 2011 by nadel&gabel

Oh my god, time is running so fast at the moment. It is already three weeks ago that I, when I made my yummy plum butter, announced to bake Powidlbuchteln, the famous Czech/Austrian yeast dumplings filled with plum butter. Now I finally could find a bit of more spare time – thanks to the extended weekend in Germany – to write this throughout recommendable recipe down. I adapted it from a cooking book I once stumbled  across in some book […]

Categories: around the world, autumn, cake, cookie & dessert, German/Swabian, In the kitchen, vegetarian, winter • Tags: autumn, baking, dumpling, fall, food, fruit butter, german, plum, recipe, winter

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