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Rhubarb Coconut Bundt Cake

Cake, recipe, Spring time, Summer

I baked this rhubarb coconut “Gugelhupf” in the last rhubarb season. And now it has finally made it onto the blog.

And the Gugelhupf tastes as good as last year, if not better.

There is not so much to say. A simple moist Gugelhupf, refined with coconut and rhubarb.
Simple, down to earth and without much frills. 🙂

Here are more cakes from the Gugelhupfform (bundt cake):
Marble Cake
Easy jam bundt cake
Egg White Cake
Apple Walnut Gugelhupf

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Rhubarb Coconut Bundt Cake

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6 egg whites
a pinch of salt
200 g sugar
200 g softened butter
6 yolks
350 g flour
2 tbp baking powder
150 g single cream

To fold in

300 g rhubarb
2 tbsp sugar
100 g coconut flakes

Anleitungen

Grease and flour the gugelhupf form (bundt cake pan).
Wash the rhubarb and cut into pieces.
Beat egg whites, salt and half of the sugar until stiff.
Beat butter with remaining sugar until creamy and light.
Stir in yolks, one by one.
Mix flour and baking powder and fold into the butter mixture with the beaten egg whites.
Fold in the single cream.
Mix rhubarb pieces with sugar and coconut flakes.
Fold into the batter.
Pour into the prepared gugelhupfform (bundt pan).
Bake in the preheated oven at 170° C for about 60 – 65 minutes. (test with toothpick)
After about 10 minutes, remove from the form and leave to cool completely on a cooling rack.

Enjoy baking!
Maggi & Family

Please do not hesitate to share your ideas with me!
Suggestions and critics are welcome.
Instagram: use #sweetandspicyde or @sweetandspicy.de, so I can see your creations.
Thank you!

3. June 2022/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Rhubarb Crumble Muffins

Cake, Fingerfood, recipe, Spring time, Summer

It is finally rhubarb season! 🙂 We really like this sour vegetables, we hid rhubarb peaces in the muffin and sprinkles it with crumble to make it a bit crispy.

25. May 2022/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Homemade Salted Caramel Sauce

Autumn, Dip and Spread, recipe, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

We love Salted Caramel, especially our homemade!
It’s ready in 15 minutes and tastes just delicious!

13. May 2022/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Coffee Hazelnut Swiss Roll

Austrian, Autumn, Cake, recipe, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

I really wanted to do something using coffee again, since I still had hazelnuts left, and to keep it simple, this Coffee Hazelnut Swiss Roll was the result. 🙂

7. May 2022/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Wild Garlic, Potato and Bacon Rolls

Bread and buns, Fingerfood, recipe, Spring time

Before this years wild garlic season comes to an end, I have a recipe for you. We have classical wild garlic, potato and bacon rolls.

30. April 2022/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Egg White Cake

Austrian, Autumn, Cake, recipe, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

Egg white cake, is in my opinion, the best cake for using up egg whites. I’ve tried a few recipes before, but they were often just too dry. That is absolutely not the case with this cake.

22. April 2022/1 Comment/by sweet and spicy

Braided Yeast Curd Plait

Austrian, Autumn, Breakfast, Cake, recipe, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

We are really happy about our braided yeast curd plait. It is great for breakfast or afternoon tea.

15. April 2022/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Wild Garlic Feta Cheese Babka

Bread and buns, recipe, Spring time

The wild garlic season has started. As a must, there is always a wild garlic cream soup, then many other dishes, refined with this delicious herb. I always like to come up with new recipes and this time it was a wild garlic feta cheese babka.

8. April 2022/1 Comment/by sweet and spicy

Easter Bunnies

Fingerfood, recipe, Spring time

Do you already have ideas for Easter? Here’s a little inspiration, simple little Easter bunnies.

3. April 2022/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Blood Orange Curd

Dip and Spread, English, recipe, Spring time, Winter time

Besides the well-known lemon curd, there are several other variations that you can make. I have already posted the recipe for blackberry curd and now it is time for a fruity blood orange curd.

29. March 2022/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Garlic Cream Soup

Austrian, Autumn, recipe, Spring time, Winter time

This garlic cream soup is really creamy and it will keep you warm on the cold days.

4. March 2022/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Chocolate Orange Number Cake

Autumn, Cake, recipe, Spring time, Winter time

My elder son wanted something chocolaty for his birthday, and since he loves to eat oranges, I decided to make this Chocolate Orange Number Cake.

19. February 2022/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Cherry Hand Pies

American, Autumn, Cake, Cookies, Dessert, Fingerfood, recipe, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

These Cherry Hand Pies are great as a little present, for Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, birthday, or just so.

10. February 2022/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Garlic Knots

American, Autumn, Bread and buns, Fingerfood, recipe, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

These garlic knots are soo fluffy, soft and simply delicious!

3. February 2022/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Apple Cake with Almond Crust

Autumn, Cake, recipe, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

I love all kinds of apple cake. This apple cake with almond crust is especially delicious because of the almond crust, which harmonises perfectly with the delicately tart, sweet apples.

8. January 2022/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Apple Walnut Gugelhupf

Austrian, Autumn, Cake, recipe, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

This Apple Walnut Gugelhupf is so moist and really delicious.

21. November 2021/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Banana Chocolate Cake

Autumn, Cake, recipe, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

Soft, moist, chocolaty,… Simply delicious and the great thing about it: you don’t even need an electric mixer to make this Banana Chocolate Cake.

12. November 2021/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

The Best Brownie Cookies

American, Autumn, Cookies, recipe, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

These brownie cookies are definitely something for all chocoholics, like me. 🙂
Everything good about brownies is packed into a cookie.

5. July 2021/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Coconut Rhubarb Bar

Cake, recipe, Spring time, Summer

I thought that coconut and rhubarb would go really well together. So I simply mixed rhubarb with coconut flakes and tadaaa… the coconut rhubarb bar was born. 🙂

25. June 2021/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Strawberry Rhubarb Pie

Cake, Dessert, English, recipe, Spring time, Summer

This strawberry rhubarb pie is next to the apple pie, one of the most delicious pie I know! 😛 The sweet and fruity strawberry harmonizes particularly well with the slightly sour rhubarb. And then with the delicious pie crust…. Heaven!!!!

22. June 2021/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Rhubarb Cheesecake Brownies

American, Cake, recipe, Spring time

I was really in the mood for chocolate and something fruity. Since the rhubarb season is in full swing, I decided to bake Rhubarb Cheesecake Brownies.

13. June 2021/1 Comment/by sweet and spicy

Marble Cake

Austrian, Autumn, Cake, recipe, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

There are many Marble Cake recipes. Everyone has his or her own recipe or is looking for a very special one.

22. May 2021/1 Comment/by sweet and spicy

Rhubarb Cake with Vanilla Sourcream Gush

Cake, recipe, Spring time

Now that you can find the red stalks everywhere, of course you have to bake a cake with rhubarb 😉 This one has no crumbles and no meringue as you might often see, but a nice refreshing vanilla sour cream gush.

15. May 2021/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Moist Chocolate Sheet Cake

Austrian, Autumn, Cake, Dessert, recipe, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

This chocolate sheet cake is one of the first cakes I made on my own as a child. It always turned out great and tasted really delicious!

7. May 2021/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Wild Garlic Pide Bread

Bread and buns, recipe, Spring time

Before the wild garlic season is over, here is a Wild Garlic Pide Bread.
It is really fluffy, very soft and the wild garlic does not only give this great color, but also a fine spicy flavor.

2. May 2021/1 Comment/by sweet and spicy

Lambada Delights

Austrian, Autumn, Cake, Dessert, recipe, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

This Lambada delights has a taste of childhood for me. We had this at almost every family reunion, everyone loves it, and it’s also pretty quick to prepare. My kids also associate this cake with the big family reunions in Austria. 🙂

28. April 2021/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Classic Chocolate Cookies

American, Autumn, Cookies, Fingerfood, recipe, snack, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

These chocolate cookies are just perfect, a little soft on the inside and deliciously crispy on the outside.

16. April 2021/1 Comment/by sweet and spicy

Crumble Cake with Egg Liqueur

Cake, recipe, Spring time, Winter time

This cake is made out of a simple shortcrust pastry and lots and lots of crumble. Inside is a thin layer of custard with egg liqueur.

5. April 2021/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Egg Liqueur Tiramisu Cake

Autumn, Cake, Christmas, Dessert, recipe, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

I wanted to bake a beautiful cake, like a ‘Wow’ cake! Since it will soon be easter, I thought why not an Egg Liqueur Cake, and to make it like even more ‘interesting’, why not pack tiramisu with it. The result was a wonderful Egg Liqueur Tiramisu Cake.

17. March 2021/1 Comment/by sweet and spicy

Oatmeal Cookies with Nuts

American, Autumn, Cookies, recipe, snack, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

Crunchy, nutty and a little bit chocolaty!!! We find these Oatmeal Cookies really delicious! Just nice to nibble or maybe even for breakfast? These cookies remind me of a crunchy cereal. 🙂

10. March 2021/1 Comment/by sweet and spicy

Red Wine Cake with Cherries

Autumn, Cake, recipe, Spring time, Winter time

This simple red wine cake with cherries tastes especially delicious in the colder season.
Although it was really spring-like the last few days, it still tasted really good.

28. February 2021/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Semolina Dumpling with Plum Roaster

Austrian, Autumn, Dessert, Dumpling, recipe, Spring time, Winter time

These semolina dumplings are fluffy, soft and sooo delicious! We love these dumplings. Can be served after a soup for lunch, or as dessert in the evening.

With the “side dish” compote, roaster or fruit sauce, you can create a great variety. Also very tatsty with a plum-roaster – as here – an apple-compote, apple-sauce, elder roaster or strawberry sauce.

These semolina dumplings are really easy to prepare and can also be prepared in advance, ideal if you eat them as a dessert. All you have to do before serving is, put the dumplings in boiling water and roll them into the breadcrumbs.

You absolutely have to try them. They are soo yummy!!!!

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Sweet Semolina Dumplings

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Semolina Dumplings

500 ml milk
120 g butter
a pinch of salt
130 g semolina
50 g sugar
2 eggs

Breadcrumbs

50 g butter
100 g breadcrumbs
2 tbsp sugar
optional cinnamon powder

Anleitungen

Bring in a pot, milk, butter and salt to boil.
Mix semolina and sugar with a whisk.
Stir until the semolina mixture doesn't stick to the pot anymore.
Remove from heat and stir in the eggs one by one.
Leave to cool for minimum half an hour. (or longer)

Breadcrumbs

Melt butter in a pan.
Add breadcrumbs, sugar and roast to golden brown, while stiring.

When the semolina mixture is cold

Form small dumplings.

Before serving

Put dumplings in boiling salted water and leave to simmer for about 10 minutes. Dumplings are ready when they come to the top and float.
Lift dumplings out of the water with a sieve ladle and roll in the breadcrumbs.

Rezept-Anmerkungen

Serve the Semolina Dumplings with Plum Roaster, Elder Roaster, Strawberry Sauce, Apple Compote or Apple Sauce.

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Austrian Stewed Plums (Plum Roaster)

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1 kg plums
125 ml water
1 shot of redwine
juice of a lemon
4 pieces of cloves
1 cinnamon bark

Anleitungen

Cut the plums in half and remove the pit.
Put cinnamon and cloves in a spicebag
put water, sugar, redwine, lemon juice and the spicebag in a pot and bring to boil.
Add the plums and boil for some minutes until soft.
Remove the spice bag.
Fill the hot stewed plums in the prepared jars and close them immediately.
Let the jars cool completely.

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Please note: Jars have to be very clean. I place the jars and lids in the sink and pour boiling water over. Fill plums in hot jars and close.
When a lid has “retracted”, the plums will keep well until, at least a year. Store in a cool and dark place. (e.g. in the Basement)

Enjoy cooking!
Maggi & Family

Please do not hesitate to share your ideas with me!
Suggestions and critics are welcome.
Instagram: use #sweetandspicyde or @sweetandspicy.de, so I can see your creations.

17. February 2021/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Brioche Croissant with Poppyseed Apple Filling

Austrian, Autumn, Breakfast, Fingerfood, recipe, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

These are the best brioche croissants.
They are really soft and fluffy, filled with a poppyseed-apple filling. But there is no limit. You can also fill them with a nut filling or Nutella.

19. January 2021/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Cinnamon Roll Apple Cake

Autumn, Cake, recipe, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

This time I thought of an apple cake that is a little different. I wanted to use a yeast dough and I came up with cinnamon rolls as the base.

25. October 2020/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Best Apple Pie

American, Autumn, Cake, Dessert, English, recipe, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

It is now time to go English, the American art.
I have baked this Apple Pie really often now, it is just delicious and so juicy.

10. October 2020/2 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Grießschmarrn – An Austrian Sweet Semolina Treat

Austrian, Autumn, Dessert, Main course, recipe, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

The Grießschmarrn is a typical Austrian sweet dish made of semolina. We have it mostly for lunch, one of my childhood memories. Tastes really delicious.

19. June 2020/1 Comment/by sweet and spicy

Simple Strawberry Cake

Cake, recipe, Spring time, Summer

I wanted to make a simple strawberry cake without a lot of frills, but with lots of strawberries. And this is what I got.

14. June 2020/1 Comment/by sweet and spicy

Poppy Seed Strudel

Austrian, Autumn, Cake, recipe, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

This poppy seed strudel is not the classical baked yeast dough, it’s a short pastry with sour cream.
So it’s perfect if you don’t have yeast.

8. June 2020/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Strawberry Rhubarb Tart

Cake, recipe, Spring time, Summer

We love strawberries, mixed with rhubarb it makes a great combination. The sweetness and fruitiness of the strawberries and the slight acidity of the rhubarb harmonize perfectly.

29. May 2020/1 Comment/by sweet and spicy

Vindaye Poison – Fish Vindaye

Autumn, Mauritian Food, recipe, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

Mauritius is known for its mixed exotic dishes. A mixture of Indian, Asian, Arabic and Creole cuisine.

Finally a speciality from Mauritius for you. 🙂
Vindaye Poison is usually eaten cold with baguette.

It is a kind of preserving the fish with spices: turmeric, mustard seeds, chilli, garlic, onion and vinegar.

Will preserve in the refrigerator for several days.

The mustard seeds in Mauritius are dark brown and much smaller than the ones we know here in Germany. We got these from the Asian shop. They are called brown mustard seeds. We also use these mustard seeds for the Mango Kutcha.

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Vindaye Poison – Fish Vindaye

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800 g fish steaks (cut in 2 cm slices) e.g. pangasius, tuna (best is a fish with less bones and firm meat.
8 cloves of garlic
3 middle onions
2 tsp tumeric (kurkuma)
70 ml vinegar
2 tsp black mustard seeds
2 green chilli
oil

Anleitungen

Salt and pepper the fish.
Fry fish in hot oil until golden brown. After frying, place on kitchen paper to drip of.
Cut onion in big slices, garlic in thin slices, chili in fine stripes. Using a mortar crush mustard seeds lightly.
Break fried fish into equal pieces and remove fishbones.
Heat in a wok 3 to 4 tbsp oil. Roast onions slightly.
Add garlic, tumeric, mustard seeds, chili and stir.
Add vinegar.
Add fish and season with salt to taste. Stir carefully until the fish is coated with spices.

Rezept-Anmerkungen

In a jar, it keeps in the refrigerator for a few days.

As a reminder, here are some of our recipes from Mauritius. We had so many requests – which we are very happy about – so we will try to blog more “spicy” recipes in the future.

Enjoy cooking!
Maggi & Family

Please do not hesitate to share your ideas with me!
Suggestions and critics are welcome.
Instagram: use #sweetandspicyde or @sweetandspicy.de, so I can see your creations.

15. May 2020/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Strawberry Swiss Roll

Austrian, Cake, recipe, Spring time, Summer

It’s great, the strawberry season has begun! We love strawberries!!! Picked fresh from the field, of course, they taste best. Even hidden in that swiss roll, strawberries are the best!

1. May 2020/1 Comment/by sweet and spicy

Engadine Walnut Cake

Autumn, Cake, recipe, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

The Engadine Walnut Cake is made of short pastry filled caramelized walnuts.
It has become very popular, far beyond the borders of switzerland.

24. April 2020/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Mohnzelten – An Austrian Speciality With Poppy Seed

Austrian, Autumn, Fingerfood, recipe, snack, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

Does Mohnzelten say anything to you? 🙂
Mohnzelten is a speciality of the Waldviertler region in the state of Lower Austria.
Just potato dough with a poppy seed filling.
As I always say, simple but really delicious! 🙂

17. April 2020/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Tyrolean Nut Cake

Austrian, Autumn, Cake, recipe, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

I haven’t had this cake for a long time now, don’t ask why. 🙂 It’s quick to prepare and really delicious!

27. March 2020/1 Comment/by sweet and spicy

Easter Sheep Bread

Bread and buns, Breakfast, Fingerfood, recipe, Spring time

This Easter lamb or Easter sheep (because it is so thick 🙂 ) is a speciality of ours around Easter time.

20. March 2020/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Chocolate Orange Loaf Cake

Autumn, Cake, recipe, Spring time, Winter time

In winter we love to eat oranges. For breakfast, freshly squeezed orange juice, in the afternoon just like that. And once in a while the oranges also hop into a cake, like in this one. 🙂

13. March 2020/1 Comment/by sweet and spicy

Poppy Seed Tart

Autumn, Cake, Dessert, recipe, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

I love this poppy seed tarte!!
It consists of a fine yoghurt base with a great layer of poppies on top. As topping we have the tasty meringue spots.
Simply heavenly!

6. March 2020/1 Comment/by sweet and spicy

Apple Cinnamon Treats

Autumn, Cake, Dessert, recipe, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

This Apple Cinnamon Treat is fruity, light, not too sweet and really delicious! It goes just as well with a festive coffee table as with a casual coffee klatch with friends. Big and small alike, like this great cake.

26. January 2020/2 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Coconut Balls

Autumn, Christmas, Cookies, recipe, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

These coconut balls are really juicy. Of course there is a full load of coconut in it. 🙂
It is also a good idea as a gift.
They are super easy to prepare, without baking or cooking…

18. December 2019/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Chocolate Peanut Fudge

Autumn, Christmas, Cookies, recipe, Spring time, Winter time

These little chocolates bites are so incredibly delicious! They melt on your tongue, with the delicate taste of caramel and crunchy peanuts. What a dream!!

15. December 2019/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Austrian Poppy Seed Fingers

Austrian, Autumn, recipe, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

An Austrian speciality.
We loved poppy seed fingers when we were little, we had them for lunch after a soup when we came home from school.
I still love them and so do our kids!

17. November 2019/1 Comment/by sweet and spicy

Pear Brownies

Autumn, Cake, recipe, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

Somehow I felt like I need chocolate. We also had ripe pears which should be used as soon as possible. And it has to be something quizy – quick and easy!!! So…

6. November 2019/1 Comment/by sweet and spicy

Salmon Quiche

Autumn, Breakfast, Fingerfood, Main course, recipe, snack, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

„Is there anything I could take to the office for breakfast tomorrow?“ My husband was feeling like our kids, when they had to take something to school on special occasions.

19. October 2019/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Blackberry Curd

Autumn, Dip and Spread, English, recipe, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

Lemon Curd is a long time on my to-do-list, but I did’nt get do it till now. Since I had some blackberries, I decided to make Blackberry Curd.

The result is a very creamy, silky and smooth “spread”.
It tastes fruity, slightly sour and not too sweet. And the great colour…..!

This curd is really easy and fast to do. Stored in the fridge it lasts 2 weeks.

You can use this Blackberry Curd for:

cake fillings,
tarts,
in crepes,
on ice cream and desserts,
on scones
or just as bread spread.

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Blackberry Curd

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280 g blackberries (fresh or frozen)
juice of half a lemon
100 g sugar
1 egg
2 egg yolks
50 g butter

Anleitungen

Bring blackberries and lemon juice to boil.
Crush blackberries with fork or masher. Let it boil till juicy.
Sieve blackberry juice in a pot.
Add sugar to blackberry juice and bring to boil.
Mix the egg and egg yolks in a separate bowl.
Pour blackberry juice slowly to the eggs while whisking.
Pour mixture back in the pot and heat on small fire for about 5 minutes until it thickens.
Stir in pieces of butter.
Fill the hot Blackberry Curd in a clean jar.

Rezept-Anmerkungen

Stored in fridge lasts about 2 weeks.

Enjoy!
Maggi & Family

28. September 2019/1 Comment/by sweet and spicy

Cherry Crumble Cake with Marzipan

Autumn, Cake, recipe, Spring time, Summer

We had lots of cherries this season, we made a crumble cake with cherries and marzipan, not to forget our cherry coconut jam.

2. August 2019/2 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Strawberry Semolina Tart

Autumn, Cake, Dessert, recipe, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

We love semolina porridge and we also love strawberries. So I thought – let’s make a tart out of both. And that is the result!

14. July 2019/1 Comment/by sweet and spicy

Easy jam bundt cake

Austrian, Autumn, Cake, recipe, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

Sometimes the simple things are best! That applies for this Easy Jam Bundt Cake.

22. June 2019/3 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Strawberry Sour Cream Cake

Cake, recipe, Spring time, Summer

Finally!! The strawberry season is open! There are a few strawberry fields in the region, where we go pick as much as we wish.
Then we have our first Strawberry Sour Cream Cake.

5. June 2019/1 Comment/by sweet and spicy

Asparagus Salad

Main course, recipe, snack, Spring time

We love asparagus – specialy this asparagus salad!!!

28. May 2019/1 Comment/by sweet and spicy

Green asparagus wrapped in bacon

Fingerfood, Main course, recipe, snack, Spring time

Asparagus must not always be “naked”. Here is a “dressed” alternativ. Quick and easy – Asparagus wrapped in bacon! 😉

Goes perfectly with wine or even beer, on an evening with friends or just “dinner for 2”!

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Green asparagus wrapped in bacon

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12 spears of green asparagus
12 slices of bacon

Anleitungen

Cut the end of the asparagus and peel the lower third.
Wrap the asparagus with bacon.
Place on a baking tray with baking paper.
Bake in preheated oven at 180° for 25 minutes.

Enjoy cooking!
Maggi & Family

22. May 2019/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Rhubarb crumble cake

Austrian, Cake, recipe, Spring time, Summer

The beauty of spring!
It brings a lot of great things after the winter like wild garlic, rhubarb, asparagus, strawberries and many flowers, trees and bushes are blooming.
So enjoy the time outside! 🙂

Here we go with a rhubarb crumble cake for spring. The base is a simple fluffy cake. The rhubarb makes it moist, fruity and delicious. Topped with the crumble a great combination.

14. May 2019/2 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Wild garlic potato fingers

Austrian, Main course, recipe, Spring time

The wild garlic season is coming to an end. Since the season is short we try to make the best out of it. Wild garlic paste is the best way to conserve and use through out the year.

Here is a German and Austrian speciality with wild garlic. The famous “Schupfnudeln” – wild garlic potato (dumpling) fingers.
What a great colour and taste!

11. May 2019/1 Comment/by sweet and spicy

Wild garlic cheese puffs

Fingerfood, recipe, snack, Spring time

A little snack for in between! Wild garlic cheese puffs!! Cream puffs are normally sweet, but you should try out one of these. Delicious!!

5. April 2019/1 Comment/by sweet and spicy

Wild garlic tarte with tomatoes and mozzarella

Fingerfood, Main course, recipe, snack, Spring time

The wild garlic season is very short, so we have to use it out.

1. April 2019/1 Comment/by sweet and spicy

Wild garlic paste

Preserve, recipe, Spring time

We have been looking forward… its here!! The wild garlic!!!

27. March 2019/9 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Beigl – a traditional Snack in the fasting period

Austrian, Bread and buns, Fingerfood, recipe, Spring time

Beigl is an Austrian speciality in the fasting season. Very much enjoyed by children as an afternoon “teatime” snack instead of something sweet.

26. March 2019/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Carnival Titbits

Austrian, Autumn, Dessert, Fingerfood, recipe, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

Another Austrian speciality the “Schürfi” aka “Polsterzipf” (Polster Zipf = cushion or pillow corner)

3. March 2019/1 Comment/by sweet and spicy

Choco Coco Delight

Autumn, Cake, recipe, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

Fresh tasty Chocolate Coconut Delight. Easy to bake and always a hit.

I got this chocolate base recipe from a colleague and couldn’t wait to try it out.

26. February 2019/1 Comment/by sweet and spicy

Napolitaine – Mauritian Treats

Autumn, Cookies, Mauritian Food, recipe, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

“Soft like cotton candy that melts-in-the-mouth!” thats what our daughter says, as she let one vanish away.

Heavenly!

4. February 2019/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Austrian Potato Fingers

Austrian, Autumn, Fingerfood, recipe, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

Today we have a typical Austrian “Erdäpfelnudeln”. There is no englisch name known to me for this snack. That’s why I call them Austrian Potato Fingers. It used to be our midday fast food and since we were allowed to eat with our fingers it tasted 10 times so good. 🙂

25. January 2019/1 Comment/by sweet and spicy

Poppy Seed Cake

Autumn, Cake, recipe, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

I just love poppy seed cake – irresistible!
This Poppy Seed Cake is moist and succulent. I got the recipe from a very good friend of mines! Thank you very much!!!

12. November 2018/3 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Apfelschlangerl – An Austrian Apple Cake

Austrian, Autumn, Cake, Dessert, recipe, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

Apfelschlangerl – All-Austrian apple cake!

Surprisingly this apple cake is not really known in Germany. In Bavaria they would call it apple strudel, but its not an apple strudel. Read more

29. October 2018/1 Comment/by sweet and spicy

Buchteln

Austrian, Autumn, recipe, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

We are going through a so called golden October. Cold in the morning, sunshine and blue sky during the day. A weather for Buchteln.

A typical austrian type of bun. Ovenbaked yeast dumplings filled with jam.

17. October 2018/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Strawberry Elderflower Cake

Cake, recipe, Spring time, Summer

Strawberry season is nearly over. Let’s plug some and prepare a cake! Read more

2. July 2018/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Elderflower Syrup

Drinks, recipe, Spring time, Summer

Pluck some elderflowers.

I’ve made a elderflower syrup without using any kind of citrus fruit acid for maximum taste. Read more

10. June 2018/1 Comment/by sweet and spicy

Rhubarb Sour Cream Cake

Cake, recipe, Spring time

Spring is here! Its rhubarb time! As a kid we loved to wear the huge rhubarb leaf as a hat.

Unfortunately we don’t have rhubarb in our garden, fortunately we have markets selling regional fruits and vegetables.

Actually rhubarb is a vegetable, but it is mostly used in sweet dishes, or as juice, marmalade, jam and in cakes and tartes.

28. May 2018/3 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Homemade Baguette

Autumn, Bread and buns, Breakfast, recipe, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

Crunchy on the outside, soft inside. We love it. Read more

16. March 2018/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Mango Kutcha

Autumn, Breakfast, Fingerfood, Mauritian Food, recipe, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

This is a fruity, spicy, slightly hot speciality from Mauritius. Delicious!

Mmmhhh!! Just thinking about it, brings water in the mouth. Read more

24. January 2018/2 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Garlic-Ginger Paste

Autumn, recipe, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

We prepare our own garlic-ginger paste and store in the fridge for our daily use very practical.

Peel and garlic and ginger in equally amount. Put in blender.

Add salt and some oil and mix.

If it doesn’t mix properly, add more oil.

Put in a jar and store in fridge.

If not used too often, cover top of paste with oil.

Enjoy!

Maggi & Familie

24. January 2018/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Garlic Scones

Autumn, Bread and buns, Christmas, English, Fingerfood, recipe, snack, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

4 days left!!! Door Number 20!!

20. December 2017/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Olive Tomato Biscuits

Autumn, Christmas, Cookies, Fingerfood, recipe, snack, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

Now that we had so much “sweets”… It’s now time for something “salty”…

These biscuits go with wine and beer or just for nibbling. 🙂 My sis’s and bro’s would say “ti gajak”… 🙂
Our children love them too. Also good for “in between”, picnics or snack for school.

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Olive Tomato Biscuits

Gericht: Biscuits and Cookies

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50 g olives
50 dried tomatoes in oil
50 g cheese
125 g butter softened
2 eggs
1 pinch salt
1 pinch pepper
2 tbsp milk
250 g flour

Anleitungen

Chop olives and tomatoes. Grate cheese.
Whisk softened butter.
Beat 2 eggs, remove 3 tablespoon and put aside (to brush). Mix rest of beaten egg to butter.
Mix olives, tomatoes, cheese, salt, pepper and milk to egg-butter mixture, add flour and knead with hands to a dough.
Place in fridge for 1 hour.
Roll out on a floured surface and cut out shapes you fancy. Put on baking tray with baking paper and brush with remaining egg.
Bake in preheated oven at 210° C for about 12 minutes.

Enjoy baking!
Maggi & Family

19. December 2017/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Beetroot Cookies

Autumn, Christmas, Cookies, Fingerfood, recipe, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

Today is the 3rd Advent. In a weeks time its Christmas! The children are of course very excited.

What’s behind door number 17?

17. December 2017/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Choco Coco Cake

Autumn, Cake, Christmas, recipe, Spring time, Winter time

Are you curious to know what’s behind door number 14? Rüdiger? 🙂

14. December 2017/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Banana Walnut Cookies

Autumn, Christmas, Cookies, Fingerfood, recipe, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

These cookies are ideal to use a ripe banana. They taste really delicious, also for children.
Not only at Christmas time.

2. December 2017/2 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Scones

Autumn, Bread and buns, English, Fingerfood, recipe, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

Scones are typical english! They are eaten at tea time with double cream and a marmelade, black tea with a drop of milk.

We have scones mostly on weekends for breakfast. Warm with butter melting… I love it with jam. Just delicious!!!

My husband enjoys it with butter and cheese (preferably cheddar 🙂 ).

Our kids love it with everything!

The dough is easy and fast to prepare and baked.

This is the family recipe from Mauritius. It has been handed down over the last years and everyone in the family bakes them. From Mauritius to Australia to England over to Gemany/Austria.

Our daughter shows you how to make them:

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Scones

Gericht: Breakfast, Tea Time

Länder & Regionen: English

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280 g flour
2 TL baking powder
1 TL sugar
1 TL salt
45 g butter
1 egg
125 ml milk

Anleitungen

Whisk milk and egg.
Sive flour and baking powder, mix in salt and sugar.
Cut the butter in little pieces and mix well with flour.
Pour milk-egg-mixture in center of flour and knead lightly.
Put an a floured surface and roll out to 1,5-2 cm thick, cut out.
Brush with milk.
Bake in preheated oven at 220° C, for 12 - 14 minutes.

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They taste best still lukewarm.
We like to do twice the amount.

Enjoy baking! (it‘s really quick ?)

Maggi und Family

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20. November 2017/4 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Chocolate and Coconut Chip Cookies

Autumn, Cookies, Fingerfood, recipe, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

Hello everyone!

Today we have Chocolate and Coconut Chip Cookies.

I love chocolate. Who does not? 🙂
Like everyone else I try not to eat a lot of chocolates, but sometimes it has to be “chocolate”!! 🙂

If you open a bar of chocolate, you have to finish it… otherwise it might go bad… 🙂

Same goes with Choco Cookies, just delicious. That´s why we wish to share this recipe.

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Chocolate and Coconut Chip Cookies

Gericht: Biscuits and Cookies

Portionen: 70 Cookies (approx.)

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280 g flour
20 g cacao powder
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp salt
250 g butter, softened
140 g sugar
140 g brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
2 eggs
300 g chocolate, chopped
100 g coconut chips

Anleitungen

Sieve flour, cacao powder and bicarbonate of soda. Add salt and mix.
Whisk softened butter, sugar, brown sugar and vanilla essence.
Add an egg mix and then add a second egg and mix. (do not add both eggs at the same time)
Mix in chopped chocolate and coconut chips.
Form little "balls" using two teaspoons and place on backing tray, leaving enough space in between.
Bake in preheated oven at 190° C for 10 minutes.
Remove from oven and let to cool for about 2 minutes. Do not remove cookies immediately from tray. Cookies are still soft.

Enjoy baking!

Maggi & Family

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12. November 2017/2 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Tasty apple cake

Autumn, Cake, recipe, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

You can get apple cake in every variation. Here is an easy and quick one.

A quick prepared dough with spelt flour, fresh juicy apples and of course cinnamon. Brown sugar is for the hint of the caramel effect and the almonds to make it crunchy.

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Tasty apple cake

Gericht: Cake

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1 kg apples
125 ml milk
125 g butter
4 eggs
250 g sugar
1 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla essence
300 g spelt flour You can also use plain flour.
2 tsp (10g) backing powder
cinnamon
75 g brown sugar
75 g flaked almonds

Anleitungen

Peel and cut apples
Bring milk and butter slowly to boil. In the meantime whisk eggs and sugar.
Add milk-butter-mixture, salt and vanilla essenz, constantly mixing.
Add sieved spelt flour and backing powder. Mix thoroughly.
Pour dough on a backing tray with backing sheet, spread evenly. Spread apples, sprinkle cinnamon, brown sugar and flaked almonds.
Bake in preheated oven at 200° C for 30 minutes.

Enjoy baking!
Maggi & Family

1. November 2017/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Semolina flummery

Autumn, Dessert, recipe, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

We prefer to eat semolina flummery when the temperature falls, autumn and winter. Best with orange sauce, it somehow taste different. In summer preferably with fresh strawberry or raspberry sauce. Easy to prepare!

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Semolina flummery

Gericht: Dessert

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500 ml milk
75 g sugar
60 g semolina
pinch salt
orange cest
lemon cest
1 egg
orange liqueur optional

Anleitungen

Separate the egg. Mix the egg yolk with a little milk.
Put the milk with salt, orange and lemon cest to boil, add half of sugar and semolina. Boil, constantly stirring until mixture thickens.
Mix in the egg yolk-milk-mixture.
Beat egg white with remaining sugar until stiff and fold with the orange liqueur and semolina mixture.
Fill in moulds and cool well for at least 2 hours.
Serve semolina flummery with a fruit sauce. Enjoy!

Enjoy!!

Maggi and Family

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22. October 2017/1 Comment/by sweet and spicy

Beet root Pull-apart bread

Autumn, Fingerfood, recipe, snack, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

I wanted to try something else using beet roots. I once made beet roots buns and mayonnaise. So it’s now time for beet root pull-apart bread.

A nice and strong color. First I made beet root purée and mixed it in the bread dough, let it rise and rolled it out. Spread melted butter, sprinkled fine chopped chives and cut in to equal squares.
Puting the pieces on top of one another, I then place the whole vertically in a loaf form, let it rise again and in the oven.

Goes to BBQ. No need for a knife. Looks great. Taste great!!!

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Beet root Pull-apart bread

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Dough

500 g flour
1,5 tsp salt
1 tsp sugar
½ cube fresh yeast or 1 packet (7g) dried yeast
1 egg
3 Tbsp oil
1 Tbsp sour cream or creme fraiche
200 g warm beet root puree
50 ml warm milk

"Filling"

30 g melted butter
chives

Anleitungen

Knead all ingredients to a dough. If sticky add some flour, if crumbling add milk.
Place dough in an oiled bowl, cover and let rise for 1 hour.
Greace loaf form with butter, sprinkle with flour.
Knead shortly on a floured surface and roll out flat.
Spread butter evenly and sprinkle with fine chopped chives.
Cut into equal squares and put pieces on one another and place the whole in loaf form.
Cover and let rise for another half an hour.
Preheat oven to 200* C.
Bake for 30 minutes.
Let cool for 10 minutes and remove from mould. Best serve warm.

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For the beet root puree:

Boil whole beet root in pressure cooker. When cooked puree it.

Enjoy baking!
Maggi & Family

9. October 2017/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Homemade tomato ketchup

Autumn, Dip and Spread, recipe, Spring time, Summer

I always make this tomato ketchup in summer, when tomatoes are of abundance – from our garden or from the shop.

Tomato ketchup tastes very good with grilled chicken or turkey. If the weather is bad, we would roast the chicken in the oven and tomato ketchup shouldn’t be missing.

As bring along to BBQ parties.

It is very fruity, slightly sour and sweet in taste. Can not be compared with the normal ketchup in the supermarket. Our children are crazy about it.

I use very ripe tomatoes, gelling agent 3:1, for example…

Like jam, homemade ketchup should be stored in a cool, dark room or cellar. Used jars should be kept in the refrigerator.

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Homemade tomato ketchup

This homemade tomato ketchup goes with grilled chicken or turkey best.

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1 kg ripe tomatoes
250 g onions
1 apple
300 g sugar
1 Tbsp salt
1,5 Tbsp red pepper powder
1 tsp pepper freshly ground
0,5 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp coriander seeds
2 bay leaves
200 ml vinegar
1/2 package gelling agent 3:1

Anleitungen

Cut the tomatoes into quarters and the apples into eight. Put to simmer for about 20 min.
Strain.
Dice the onions and add to the tomato puree.
Add 200g sugar, salt, red pepper powder, pepper, cinnamon, and vinegar.
Put the crushed coriander seeds and the bay leaves into a tea bag and put in the pot.
Let simmer for 15 min stirring occasionally.
Mix sugar and gelling agent 3:1 together and mix well into the ketchup.
Simmer further 3 minutes.
Remove the spice bag.
Rinse the jars with boiling water and pour in the hot tomato ketchup.
Closing the jars immediately tight = vacuum.

Strainers I use:

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12. September 2017/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Our Asian pan

Asian Food, Autumn, Main course, recipe, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

We don’t believe there’s a right or wrong way when it comes to cooking. It’s just a matter of taste. The ingredients should somehow fit.

Here is our typical Asian pan, the way we cook it. Really delicious!!!

The chinese vegetable Yu Choy, one of our preferred, which we get in litte chinese shop near our place.

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Asian pan

Gericht: Main Course

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3-4 pieces chicken thighs
10 g mu-err mushrooms
1 bunch yu choy (chinese green)
2 carrots
1-2 onions
250 g tofu
2 tsp. garlic/ginger paste
mung bean sprouts
1 tsp. black bean garlic sauce
rice wine for cooking
salt
pepper
coriander sprig
oil

Anleitungen

Debone chicken thighs, cut in equal pieces. Spice up with salt, pepper, red pepper powder and some oil.
Soak mu-err mushrooms for around 15 minutes in hot water, drain and cut in thin slices.
Cut yu choy stems in about 4 cm length, and leaves roughly.
Cut carrots in sticks.
Dice onions.
Crush equal amount of ginger and garlic to paste.
Wash mung bean sprouts and drain.
Chop coriander roughly.

Let's heat the wok now!! 🙂

In turn slightly roast in a bit of oil: carrots, onions, mung bean sprouts, tofu and yu choy green(starting with stems, adding leaves after a few minutes).
Spice up with salt and pepper each time. To onions and yu choy green add 2-3 tablespoons of cooking rice wine.
Fry garlic/ginger paste, add marinaded chicken, stir mix well.
Add black bean garlic sauce and mu-err mushrooms.
Cover and let to cook for 10 minutes, stirring every now and then.
Add a bit of cooking rice wine, stir well.
Add carrots, tofu, onions, yu choy, mung bean sprouts, stirring constantly. Salt to taste, spread coriander.
Serve with rice. We use basmati rice.

Nice week all!!

Maggi and Family

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4. September 2017/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Gateaux piment / Mauritian Chilli Fritters

Autumn, Fingerfood, Mauritian Food, recipe, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

Gateaux piment or Gato pima (creol)

In some countries it is bread and butter with jam, in Mauritius it is a hot crunchy baguette with butter and Gateaux piment. My husband is crazy about Gato pima. 🙂

You can buy them on almost every street corner, sizzling hot out of the pan.

Much enjoyed as finger-food or in a so called Rougaille (mauritian spicy tomato sauce) to go with rice.

It´s also perfect for party and picnic.

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Gateaux piment / Chilli fritters

Gericht: Appetizer, Snack

Länder & Regionen: Mauritius

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250 g yellow split peas Asia Shop
1 pinch salt
1/2 tsp pepper
2 Tbs coriander leaves, chopped
1 Tbs peppermint leaves, chopped
2 small green chillies
4 curry leaves
1 sprig spring onion
frying oil (eg. sunflower oil)

Anleitungen

Soak yellow split peas overnight or 4 hours prior to preparation. Rinse and drain.
Blend into a rough consistency. Half fine, half rough.
Add chopped coriander, peppermint leaves, chilli, spring ognion, curry leaves, salt and pepper and mix well.
Using a teaspoon as measurement, shape mixture into small balls.
Deep-fry to a gold brown crisp.
Serve hot.

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28. August 2017/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Cream horns

Austrian, Autumn, Dessert, recipe, Spring time, Summer, Winter time

You will get cream horns on every fair, fancy fair in Austria, in all sizes and taste, with icing sugar, dipped in chocolate or chocolate and coconut flakes.

My cousin sister started making cream horns, since then I can’t remember any party without them. Just the right size. Delicious!!

Once you start eating them, you can’t stop…

21. August 2017/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy