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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

Strawberry Dumplings

Austrian, Dessert, Dumpling, recipe, Summer

How nice the strawberry season is! We love the little red fruits! The strawberry fields are full and just waiting to be picked and nibbled.

In Austria, we like to have sweet food for lunch, such as apricot dumplings, potato fingers or apfelschlangerl. The list could go on forever. 🙂
Today we have strawberry dumplings.
Main course or dessert, they are wonderful.

They just taste so delicious! Can’t stop eating!

The dough is simple and fast to do. (No need for it to rest.) Then the strawberries are placed in the middle of the dumplings. Placed in boiling hot water, before being rolled in delicious cinnamon crumbs. Ready to eat!! Give it a try!

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Strawberry Dumplings

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12 – 14 big strawberries

Curd dough

250 g flour
250 g curd (quark)
30 g softened butter
1 egg
1 egg yolk
a pinch of salt
30 g sugar

Cinamon bread crumbs

1 tbsp butter
2 tbsp sugar
½ tsp cinnamon
100 g bread crumbs

Anleitungen

Knead flour, curd, egg, egg yolk, salt and sugar to a dough. Form to a roll.
Cut dough in equal pieces, put in a strawberry, close dough and form to a dumpling.
Place dumplings in boiling salted water and simmer for about 10 minutes.
In the meantime roast breadcrumbs in butter, sugar and cinnamon. Stirring constantly.
Remove dumplings from the water, drain and roll dumplings in bread crumbs.

Rezept-Anmerkungen

You can also freeze the strawberry dumplings.
Place the raw dumplings (without boilling) on a plate in the freezer. When frozen, put in a freezer bag to store.
For cooking place frozen dumplings directly in boiling salted water.

Enjoy cooking!
Maggi & Family

12. June 2019/0 Comments/by sweet and spicy

Apricot dumplings

Austrian, Dessert, Dumpling, recipe, Summer

On her last visit my sister brought me a huge amount of apricots from Austria, to my joy! We had to use them soon, since they normally turn bad fast. Of course we started with eating some of them 🙂 . And the Kids had lots of fun throwing the seeds all over our garden.