Winter food – Hearty sourdough waffles with spinach and toasted hazelnuts

January 18, 2014 by nadel&gabel

Winter – especially after christmas time – for me is the season of savoury cravings. I want hearty, warming, cheesy food. Not that the citrus season leaves me untouched – but if I have to choose… Let me first of make clear, that I am close to an amateur when it comes to sourdough (although I am German 😉 ). I am trying to learn and experimenting a lot at the moment. But I am still sticking to the beginner […]

Categories: breakfast, In the kitchen, snacks & small dishes, vegetable, vegetarian, winter • Tags: beetroot, hazelnut, hearty, nuts, parmesan cheese, recipe, savoury, sourdough, spinach, waffles, whole grain, winter, yoghurt

Malty super bread or: What a bit of food chemistry is good for

June 18, 2013 by nadel&gabel

As I already mentioned in my last post: When it comes to baking bread, I am a total amateur compared to my friend Marcus. And as bread is most definitely his métier – our fields of activity were clear: Watching, taking photos and writing down on my side – actually making bread and explaining on his side. A Baker’s Book of Techniques and Recipes by Jeffrey Hamelman was the book that helped him a lot to understand the basic techniques, […]

Categories: bread, dairy-free, In the kitchen, vegan, vegetarian • Tags: baking, bread, food, gluten, malt, recipe, rye, sourdough, yeast

Black and White Wednesday: Sourdough bread with walnuts and dried tomatoes

October 19, 2011 by nadel&gabel

And one more bread on this blog – inspired by the walnuts I picked up the day before and which joined some chopped dried tomatoes and went straight into this nice and easy rye sourdough bread. I am not an expert at all in baking bread, especially not in baking with sourdough, so I went the easy way and used some dried sourdough essence. As we are a two-person-household I only made a small loaf of bread… I should have […]

Categories: Behind the camera, black & white, Black and white, bread, dairy-free, In the kitchen, vegan, vegetarian • Tags: bread, dried tomatoes, recipe, rye, sourdough, walnut