Mahlzeit - Food without Borders

There is a bottle of buttermilk in my fridge. Rather then doing the obvious things, I decided I make a sour dough bread with it. It turned out to be a home run. And this is not a sweet bread, 270 g sour dough starter 250 g strong whole wheat flower 1 tsp of yeast 300 ml buttermilk 1/4 tsp salt 1/4 tsp sugar about 3/4 cup of all purpose flower 1 hand full of a grain In the mixing bowl of my stand mixer I added the starter. In a bowl, mix the whole wheat flower, yest, salt and sugar. Turn the mixer and low and slowly add some of the whole wheat mix, then some buttermilk until all of that is mixed. The  dough is still pretty liquid. then slowly add the all purpose flower.  At the end of  mixing the dough is still to soft to be hand handled. In total the stand mixer should work on the dough at least 20 minutes, start to finish. Then cover the bowl and let it stand for 5 hours in a warm place. Greece a bundt cake form with cooking spray, transfer the dough and let it stand cove

This is very loosely based on Harira. One of those days I will have all the ingredients on hand to make a real one. We need 2 tbsp oil 1 large onion coarsely chopped 1 small can of tomato paste 1 tetra pack of low sodium chicken broth 1 can diced tomatoes 1 can fire roasted tomatoes 1 can of chickpeas drained and washed 1/2 cup of red lentils washed 3 stalks of celery chopped 1 cup of water 1 pack of turkey sausage, sliced 1/2 tsp ground ginger 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon 1/2 tsp ground turmeric 1/4 tsp ground all spice 1/2 tsp ground cumin 2 cloves of garlic chopped I really wanted that to be a vegetarian version, but in the last moment I decided, I have to have at least some sausage in it... In a stock pot add the oil and onion and let the onions get translucent. Then add the tomato paste and let it roast a bit for like 2 minutes. Don't let it burn. Then all the remaining things get added. Cover bring it to a boil and let it simmer for 20-25 minutes. In the beg

I had a piece of top round beef . Instead of the usual pork roast, I decided to go for a beef roast. Season the beef from all sides in a pan. When done, transfer the meat into the slow cooker. Deglaze the pan with a cup of red wine and add the liquid to the crock pot. Add 6 peeled potatoes and 3 stalks of cleaned and cut leeks to it, together with a pack of low sodium chicken broth. Cook for about 5 hours on high or until the meat starts to fall apart. -Mahlzeit-

For some reason I did bake the last 2 weekends. I decided to bake this week again. I wanted mom's lemon cake. The challenge is always to cut down the recipes, so I don't eat for the next week on something. Here we go: 100g unsalted butter (take a good one like Finnlandia) at room temperature the zest of  1 lemon 125g sugar 2 eggs 75g corn starch 75g all purpose flower 3/4 tsp baking power Frosting: juice of 1/2 lemon confectioners sugar Preheat the oven to 360F. Put both flowers into a bowl and mix them up.  All mixing with the stand mixer is done on low. In the mixing bowl of the stand mixer, add the butter and the lemon zest. and start mixing for 1 minute. Add 1 egg and half of the sugar and mix for about 90 seconds on low. Add 1 tbsp of the flower mixture and mix for 1 minute. Add the 2. egg and the remaining sugar. Mix for 2 minutes. Slowly add more flower and mix. When half of the flower is incorporated, add the baking power into the remaining flower and

I like the sweet sour flavor in stews with tomato sauce. Instead of making a soup, I decided to go with a stew this time. 1 pack of thick slides Bologna, the one that had a red peel on the outside 1/2 cup of Tabasco flavored pickle spears chopped 1/2 cup of Famous Daves Spicy pickles chopped 1/2 cup of Famous Daves pickling liquid 1 large onion coarsely chopped 1 large can of chopped tomatoes 1 can of stewed tomatoes 2 Wieners chopped 2 cups of tomato juice Olive oil Spices: 1 tsp ground allspice 1/2 tsp ground Chipotle pepper 1/2 tsp ground smoked paprika Optional: any other hot spices to give it some kick e.g. I have some Korean real hot ground pepper. In a Dutch Oven heat up some olive oil. Add the onions and let it get translucent. Add the bologna and the wiener and let it get some color as well. Then add all the remaining items and the spices. Bring to a boil and then turn the heat down. Let it simmer for about 40 minutes. Stir occasionally. Add some more toma

This contains alcohol. I watched a German TV show where celebrities need to answer questions about general life topics. It goes from traffic to kitchen via home improvements and tons of other things. They showed a video and the contestant had to stop the video and saying what is being made there. The posted recipe is double what I poste here. 3 egg yolks 1 pack vanilla sugar 75 g sugar 125 ml half and half 125ml 50% Smirnoff Vodka (100 proof) Put all together in a blender and mix for 2 minutes. Make sure your blender can actually blend for 2 minutes. I got one of those cheap blenders gifted and that made it only a little more then 1 minute before it decided to turn itself off. The good thing I have a Ninja blender, so all is good. Then add 125 ml 50% Smirnoff Vodka (100 proof) and mix again for 2 min. At this time, the liquid actually is a bit warm. The original recipe calls for Obstler. I can't get that here. Let it cool down and store in a clean bottle in the fridg

In my family it is tradition to have rabbit for Easter. Here is another variation for rabbit. It turned out to be a home run. 1 rabbit cut down into 5 pieces, pad dried with paper towels 1 3/4 cup of white wine 3 slices of thick bacon, cut into 1cm x 0.5cm pieces 2 generous tbsp of yellow mustard 1 tetra pack of veggie stock salt, pepper Put salt and pepper onto the rabbit pieces. In a Dutch Oven add the bacon and render it over medium heat. Then turn the heat up to medium high, add the rabbit pieces and sear them on all sides. You want some color, but not burned. When you are happy with the color, slowly add the white wine. turn the heat down to medium, cover and let cook for 15 minutes. cook for another 5 minutes uncovered so the liquid can reduce a bit. Add the yellow mustard. and stir so it dissolves. Add the veggie stock. Cover, bring it back to temperature and let it simmer until you see the meat falling off the bone. Check every 20 min that you still have enough liqu