Month: August 2017

beetroot carpaccio

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Lunch / Salads

beetroot carpaccio 4 beetroots about 75g fresh goat cheese (feta) 2 spring onions (the green parts) or chives, thinly sliced for the vinaigrette: 3 tablespoons sherry vinegar 60 ml olive oil a few dashes of Tabasco sauce  salt and black pepper Bring a pot of water to the boil and add the beetroot. Cook for about 20 minutes. Refresh under cold water, peel and slice 2-3mm thick. Spread on a platter in a fan shape. […]

mirabelle and almond tart

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Cakes + Cookies

Late summer days. Abundance of plums, apples and mirabelles in every garden…. Before the season slips away don’t miss to bake this Tarte aux Mirabelles et aux Amandes. It’s worth it!  Tarte aux Mirabelles et aux Amandes 250g tart dough with almonds  700g mirabelles (golden cherry plums) 3 eggs 150g icing sugar 80g finely ground almonds a pinch of cinnamon 100ml liquid cream 1 tablespoon melted butter 30g sliced almonds  Preheat the oven to 160°. Wash and […]

summer 2017 booklist

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  Meine geniale Freundin Elena Ferrante Die Geschichte eines neuen Namens Elena Ferrante The Secret Life of Colour Kassia St Clair the Airbnb story Leigh Gallagher Die Angst, das Risiko und die Liebe Omer Meir Wellber JFK   Staatsstreich in Amerika Mathias Bröckers Alexander von Humboldt und die Entdeckung der Natur Andrea Wulf Kew Gardens  Das Kochbuch Royal Botanic Gardens Kew The Nix Nathan Hill Nights at the Circus Angela Carter  

post apocalyptic cookies

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Cakes + Cookies

That’s how we started (picture below). With a slightly completely adjusted Ottolenghi recipe in order to veganize it… We knew that probably the little cakes wouldn’t come out like in the photo of the cookbook, but having in mind the delicious Tuscanian chocolate cake with a similar ratio of ingredients we began the experiment. The result after 20 minutes in the oven? Very crisp, very oily, utterly flat (let’s say concave) uhm.. tarts?!? Hard to name a thing […]