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Weekend is baking time… Since you have had the chance to bake a couple of breads, you might like some breakfast rolls as well. Here I have some wonderful breakfast bread sticks for you. This recipe is good for about 8-9 bread sticks. Read what you need to do first before going grocery shopping as […]
It is cold and rainy outside, Bavaria is covered in snow and there is not much to do other than cooking and enjoying the warmth inside. For this I have the perfect recipe for you: Stuffed cabbage so called Kohlrouladen – for the meat eaters – yes the cabbage is filled with meat, so no […]
No peeking!! Not yet. This is Christmas at its best: Have tea and eat a slice of Stollen. With marzipan or without, with butter or without; to me this means Christmas. Every year when we come home on Christmas Eve, we sit down at the coffee table, have tea and wait for Santa Claus. Let […]
1 month to go till Christmas …. Time to bake some Christmas cookies. The first time I made those Cinnamon Stars was in primary school. Ever since they were in the back of my head. When I made them again last Christmas in Stavanger, Norway the whole office was completely crazy about them. Now they […]
This amazing strudel is an old recipe from my Bohemian great-grandmother. No she was not wild and wacky, she was from Bohemia / Moravia. My mum remembers, how she used to come into the kitchen when she was little and see my great-grandma stretching the strudel dough to as thin as possible. Well this is […]
Swabian Pizza comes from the region close to the Alsace. This is the reason why it is also known as tarte flambée. Furthermore it is the easiest way to have an amazingly quick dinner on the table and still enjoy a freshly made dish. You only need about 15 minutes to prepare, basically the time your […]
The south-west of Germany, the so called Schwabenland is home to the Maultasche, hence the regional description “schwäbische Maultasche”. In the early days any leftovers from the days before, were used to be the filling for the Pasta Squares without the family members noticing. In the period of fasting meat was forbidden. So people filled […]
Apple cake has a long German tradition. Like lemon trees in New Zealand, we have apple trees in our backyards. Since the medieval age, apples have been used in autumn to bake and cook sweet dishes. Now that we have apples available all year round, there is no need to wait till autumn and harvest […]