Mahlzeit - Food without Borders

It has been a long time since my last post. My pressure cooker decided to not keep the pressure anymore. l. I think I bought it 10 years ago for 99$. With all the dishes I cooked, I got a lot of milage out of it. In the summer I started to research a replacement and found an Instant Pot. The price back then was $149.99. That was more then I wanted to pay. This year the Black Friday deals came in very early. The price was now $119.99. That is a price I could live with. Gulasch = beef stew is something that many cultures have. Time to explore how I can use my Instant Pot for this and change the recipe a bit.  Here we go 2tsbp veggie or olive oil  1 large onion coarsely chopped 2 lbs of beef stew meat 2 tbsp tomato paste 1 can tomato sauce 1 can diced tomato Spices 3 bay leaves 3/4 tsp ground all spice 6 juniper berries 1/3 tsp of dried thyme 4 cups of water 3.5 tsp of beef bouillon 1 tbsp ground paprika 1/2 tsp smoked paprika Turn on the Instant Pot and select Sautee. Add the oi...

 Something I didn't have a for a long time was traditional German gulasch. There are many different style. This is how I grew up eating it. Meat: 1.5lbs of beef meat 1.5lbs of pork shoulder 1 medium onion coarsely chopped I cube all of this myself because I can decide the size of the pieces. Sometimes I have to trim it a bit especially for the pork shoulder. Spices: Salt and pepper 10 juniper berries 10 pcs Allspice  (whole) 1/4 tsp thyme 3 bay leaves (fresh or dried) 3 cloves of garlic 3 tbsp of olive oil 3/4 cup of butter milk water a handful of dried mushrooms.  I still had chanterelles around, chopped dried shitake will do as well. In a Dutch Oven heat up the oil, add the onions and let it get translucent. Then add the meat, season with salt and pepper, turn up the heat to medium high and now pay attention. We want to get some color on the meat. So we want to sear it. Don't move it around to much, but make sure things do not burn. When you are happy with the color, ad...