À la Dankertier

When I studied in Dresden, this was one of my favorite meals in the university canteens. Although it was served every once in a while in different canteens, only one of them was able to make them really, really well (Neue Mensa ;) ). Fortunately, the union posted the recipe on their website .I didn't cook it in a while, almost two years, but recently I got somehow reminded and thought: That was so delicious, you have to redo this - and show it to Sophie ;)". First I was afraid, because she is not a big fan of cabbage, but when she tasted it the first time, she almost couldn't stop herself from eating the whole load at once. The ingredients and steps are super simple, just the cabbage needs some time to cook. Cut 100g bacon and 100g onion in small dices and fry them in a big pan. Meanwhile cut 300g Salami (originally I take the good German one you get in every LIDL, but any other one could do the job too) in big dices (1cm) and add them to the pan. Reduce the heat, so ...

Nothing very exotic tonight... But this is just a basic recipe that I will refer too later! I am planning to post 2 very, very, very good bread this week, this just the preparation for the good stuff! The recipe I chose can be found here . I change a little the steps to make it easier and quicker to prepare. I learned this method when I did my "bread course" at the community center in Sherbrooke a couple of years ago. It's also there that I learned how to make the best bread ever (more to come!). In a big bowl, put 250 ml of warm liquid (if you do a sweet bread, put milk, otherwise, water is fine). Add 2 teaspoons of melted butter (or oil, whatever greasy stuff you have at hand!), 1/2 teaspoon of salt and 2 teaspoons of sugar . Mix well. Add the flour, a little bit at a time up to more or less 750 ml : put the first third of it in the liquid, and add 12g of dried (instant) yeast on top of it before you mix. Once it's mix, add more flour (100-150ml) at a time,...

You know we looooooooove pies. Again: what's not to like! The first time André made this pie for me, I was coming back from a short trip to Oslo with Cynthia. He came to my apartment to prepare it, put it in the oven, and came to the bus station to great us. Then, we went back home and we had the pleasant surprise!!! As for the other pie , this one is quite simple and you can make endless variations. The crust recipe can be found here . This time though, just prepare it without pre-baking it since the preparation is not that juicy. In a large frying pan, put 400-500 g of grounded beef and put it on the oven at medium/high heat. For us, it's sometimes real meat, sometimes meat imitation (this comes already "grounded beef-like" in a bag, frozen). Add a big onion , a couple of branches of celery and some bell peppers (1-2, whatever you would like) all of it cut real nice in small pieces and cook until everything is a good shade of golden/brown. If you need, add ...

This is an extremely easy, fast and cheap recipe. I just did it and was again surprised, that it took less than 30min, including cutting and cooking, from the fridge into the bowls. It's a recipe of my mom's old cook book, which almost falls apart, since it's from good old GDR times ;). Originally it's supposed to contain leftover meat, which has to be cooked long, or intestines, you won't eat otherwise. My mom altered it into a nice fashioned, anytime doable meal. We made a lot, either just for us or in big quantities, which is also straight forward. You just need a few ingredients, and with a twist you can do it all in one pot: I simply fry the stuff in a deep soup pan and add hot water from a kettle. If you don't have one, fry everything in a pan, boil water in the pot and add it. Cut and fry 200g onions , 100g Bacon and 2 cloves garlic in a deep soup pan (at least 3l). Meanwhile cut 500g of big Hot Dog sausage* in stripes and dice a few gherkins ....

Yes! It's us... We are back!!! The last few weeks have been crazy. We have been cooking delicious stuff of course but had not time whatsoever to put the recipes on the blog, unfortunately. I did that recipe for André one of those not so nice gray morning. Fortunately for us, good food always makes us smile and enjoy the day. :) Once again (and I can assure you that this is not the last time!), I took the recipe from Ricardo's website and adapted it a little bit with what we had in our fridge/pantry. In particular, pecan nuts are not that easy to find in Sweden (don't even get me started on the chocolate chips... I will come back to that another time ;) In a bowl combine 1 liter of flour (this seems a lot, in the end, I did half the recipe and we were well stuffed eating it all :P), 2 teaspoons of dry yeast , 2 tablespoons of sugar and 1 teaspoon of salt . In a big mixing bowl, combine 125 ml of melted butter , 2 eggs and 310 ml of warm milk . Add gradually the dry i...