Sweet simplicity – Dutch hangop

April 18, 2015 by nadel&gabel

Of course – like it is good tradition on this blog – my report from our short trip to Amsterdam is only complete with a corresponding recipe. After our dinner at Moeders, where we ate ourself through a menu of traditional Dutch dishes, it was soon clear that I was tending towards the sweet side, but would it be waffles, poffertjes,…? … I finally made my mind – and hangop. Probably the most easiest, but non the less delicious and […]

Categories: around the world, cake, cookie & dessert, gluten-free, In the kitchen, spring, summer, vegetarian • Tags: berries, buttermilk, cream, dairy, dessert, drain, dutch, easy, fresh, hangop, Holland, Netherlands, raspberries, recipe, spring, summer, traditional, yoghurt

My new love affair – Apricot marzipan scones

June 13, 2014 by nadel&gabel

This has been a hot week around here in Germany – with destructive thunderstorms as “side effects” … we could talk about climate change, and a lot could be said about this …  a lot could be said as well about the “side effects” of the Football Worldcup in Brasil. I won’t … where should I start?! Yes of course, I’ve watched the opening match last night. But I won’t join the chorus of enthusiasm. There won’t be any brazilian […]

Categories: around the world, breakfast, cake, cookie & dessert, In the kitchen, snacks & small dishes, summer, vegetarian • Tags: apricot, baking, berries, biscuits, blackberries, chocolate, cookie, dried, fruit, marzipan, moist, party, picnic, recipe, scones, summer, tea, white, yoghurt

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

Mejadra – More than the sum of its parts

September 27, 2013 by nadel&gabel

You’ll tell me when you’re bored from Jerusalem-dishes? But this is such a flavourful but nevertheless everyday dish, that I had to post it. Ottolenghi and Tamimi got me when they told stories about family picnics where a big bowl of mejadra must not have been missing. And as I’m always into those (mostly simple) dishes that are packed full with the flavour of childhood memories, I had to try this lentil rice. The other reason was that I had […]

Categories: around the world, autumn, dairy-free, gluten-free, grains & legumes, In the kitchen, salad, vegan, vegetable, vegetarian, winter • Tags: arab, autumn, basmati, cooking, cucumber, easy, fall, food, Israel, Jerusalem, lentil, Ottolenghi, recipe, rice, yoghurt

Oriental yoghurt – Sweet, tart and fresh!

June 22, 2013 by nadel&gabel

Since I bought Jerusalem a few months ago, I am in a kind of oriental cooking phase. Not that I have already cooked that many recipes from the book, but I am inspired … The last few days it was so incredibly hot that I had no desire for hot meals at all. Instead, I froze like a champ: pureed fruit, (freshly homemade) elderflower syrup, ice cubes of course. Also I bought a whole bucket refreshing Greek yoghurt, so that […]

Categories: gluten-free, In the kitchen, vegetarian • Tags: almond, arab, cooking, dessert, easy, food, greek, honey, nuts, oriental, pomegranate, recipe, sesame, tahini, yoghurt

Da ua – Dreamlike vietnamese yoghurt

March 1, 2012 by nadel&gabel

It took me years to get over my homemade-yoghurt-trauma. For some time, my mother regularly used to make natural yoghurt at home with her 70s yoghurt machine. Today I adore the round 70s design and the orange colour of this machine – as a child I couldn’t stand the yoghurt that came out of this machine: too sour for me, not creamy and always with a skin on top…ew! It was only last summer that I made my first own […]

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