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spinach and bell pepper pizza inspired by Alicia Silverstone

31. May 2012
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In her vegan cookbook “The kind diet” Alicia Silverstone shares a great pizza recipe we often prepare in our own kitchen:  Radicchio Pizza with Truffle Oil. Actually I don’t like either of the components (radicchio is just so bitter and truffle oil so strong and predominant), but in this very composition it’s genious. For the original recipe you need: 1 large head radicchio olive oil salt, pepper white truffle infused oil, to taste 1 pizza […]

what I’m going to eat tonight

6. May 2012
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Asparagus with cucumber-tomato-rocket-mushroom vinaigrette 500g green asparagus a piece of cucumber 1 tomato a handful of mushrooms a small bundle of rocket leaves olive oil, vinegar, salt and pepper Boil the asparagus (about 10 minutes) until it hangs slightly curved over the fork when you lift it. In the meantime prepare the vinaigrette with the chopped vegetables. Pour  the vinaigrette over the warm asparagus, serve and enjoy!  

Rose Carrarini’s Rhubarb and Orange

19. April 2012
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Obviously I should give up the idea of a whole Menu in Pink and go instead for  easier things like photographing pink walls and pink glasses or simply a pink dessert.. Rose Carrarini’s Rhubarb and Orange is prepared in a moment,  looks beautiful and has been so delicious that tomorrow I’ll go and buy more of those lovely sticks. Why not give it a try with lemon as well? Rose Carrarini’s  Rhubarb and Orange 5 sticks rhubarb, trimmed […]

countryside decadence and some sautéed oyster mushrooms

17. April 2012
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Sautéed oyster mushrooms with fresh spring herbs and champagne 2 servings oyster mushrooms 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped 2 spring onions, finely chopped 1 tbs balsamic vinegar a glass of champagne a handful of fresh spring herbs flour to slightly dust the mushrooms 3 tbs olive oil sea salt freshly grated black pepper Place the olive oil in a large sauté pan. Stir-fry the garlic and the spring onions. Then raise the heat to high […]

kale crisps

5. January 2012
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I found this recipe here and it reminded me strongly of some pieces of kale I lately had topped my  pizza with. Even though I had blanched the kale before, the leaves turned brown with tendency to black, burnt , paperlike, ashy… and  only very few of them  got really nice and crispy. Definitely not an award-winning pizza topping.   BUT IF YOU “preheat oven to 180°C (350°F). Line the baking tray with  parchment paper. Remove the […]

a mug of sunshine: carrot soup with ginger and orange

2. January 2012
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  After the opulent Christmas cooking I’m craving “clean” and simple food again. You know what I mean: a few ingredients like vegetable, fruit and  herbs can make such a quick and delicious (and healthy) meal. I put “healthy” in parentheses because in the past, the h-word was the most reliable motivation killer for my children to like my cooking. Healthy equaled “muesli” and uncool; in consequence: not desirable at all. Once I learned to […]

introducing black futsu

20. October 2011
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What sounds like the protagonist of a Japanese action movie or some blackish shimmering ornamental fish  is actually the most delicious kind of pumpkin I had tried in a while. Last week Mr. Herzog, my regional vegetable provider, had recommended it to me. Pure chestnut, only smoother and less dry – and it combined so perfectly with the last field-grown tomatoes! Black Futsu with the last field-grown tomatoes Slice the pumpkin (2cm each slice) and […]

fig harvest

10. October 2011
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Figs in Germany?? “Too cold”, you may think. Well; Heidelberg, the city where I was born, makes a great exception. It lies in a valley, so the weather conditions are rather untypical: hot in summer, mild in winter and humid all year round! I came for a visit, right on time to help my mother with the figs. I spent a day on a ladder and another one in the kitchen making two types of […]

plums ‘n’ booze

22. August 2011
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My friend’s plum tree was having a good year, in fact so good that Michaela found it impossible to eat all the plums herself. I transformed the basket of plums into this delicious, melting-in-your-mouth cream. Michaela’s original recipe contains 10 tbs of rum, I just used 4 tbs and still didn’t feel too sure if driving is still ok. Have a try yourselves with as many tbs of rum you think you can handle! 500g plums […]

Lipa (lime) from Lipniky

20. August 2011
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We didn’t wait for the first signs of a flu to  sip a cup of linden blossom tea, this summer’s harvest. It is a gift from  friends from Lipniky, a tiny slovakian village, which precisely got its name from an enormous old linden tree. And talking about linden blossoms: did you ever smell a linden tree in full blossom? It’s  intense, dizzying, luring, evoking jasmine and tuberose….. Lucky the one who can sleep the siesta […]