Deliciously Gabi / Gabi's cooking blog Wed, 09 Dec 2020 11:24:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 Simply The best Pizza Muffins /recipe/simply-best-pizza-muffins/ Thu, 09 Nov 2017 07:47:37 +0000 /?post_type=recipe#038;p=521 These pizza muffins are really incredibly easy to make. They are a success at DVD nights, kids parties, or family occasions. They can even be great for school lunches. Check it out!

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]]> Are you searching for a simple and quick, but delicious snack for your next DVD night with friends? You don’t have to search any longer here it is!

These pizza muffins are really incredibly easy to make. They are a success at DVD nights, kids parties, or family occasions. They can even be great for school lunches.

When I first offered them to our guests, I was not sure, if  these muffins could be a success. Have you ever tried a savoury muffin? It is a surprise for the first moment, isn’t it?

Usually we expect muffins to be sweet. I still remember my husband’s surprised facial expression when he checked his first one out. I haven’t told him that the muffins on the kitchen counter were pizza muffins when he came into the kitchen to simply taste the food I made. I was so busy that I simply forgot to tell him about my latest creation. His look was too good to be true 😉. Fortunately he liked them so that I decided to offer them to a guest we expected in the evening.

In the end they were such a big hit that we offer and enjoy them very often.

This recipe is also available in German on kochfokus.de. See here.

Now let us go for the recipe and have fun baking the pizza muffins!

Simply The best Pizza Muffins
Ingredients
  • 250g spelt flour
  • 1teaspoon baking powder
  • 1teaspoon baking soda
  • 1teaspoon salt
  • 40g dried tomatoes
  • 50ml olive oil
  • 1 eggmiddle-sized
  • 150ml butter milk
  • 1tablespoon tomato paste
  • to taste Italien herbsI use frozen herbs
  • 20 g salami
  • 30g boiled ham
  • 2tablespoons grated cheese.
Instructions
Preparation
  1. Line a muffin pan (I use a 12 cup muffin pan) with muffin paper liners.
Method
  1. Put the olive oil into a bowl, add the Italian herbs and the dried to tomatoes. Let it soak for about 30 minutes.
  2. In the meantime cut the salami and the boiled ham to bits and preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius upper and lower heat.
  3. Put the dry ingredients into a 2nd bowl and mix them.
  4. Crack the egg into a 3rd bowl and whisk it.
  5. Add the liquid ingredients to it and combine them. 
  6. Transfer the oil, tomatoes and herbs to the liquid ingredients, add these to the dry ingredients and combine them.
  7. Fill the dough into a muffin pan.
  8. Now sprinkle the muffins with the cheese, place the muffin pan on the middle rack in the preheated oven & bake for 25min.
  9. Enjoy!

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]]> Banana-Blueberry-Smoothie /recipe/banana-blueberry-smoothie/ Fri, 28 Apr 2017 15:37:09 +0000 /?post_type=recipe#038;p=313 Do you like variation as far as breakfast is concerned?  I do. After my run this morning I was not in the mood of preparing a bun or a bread. And the eggs in my fridge didn’t attract me either this morning, but the blueberries attracted my attention as soon …

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]]> Do you like variation as far as breakfast is concerned?  I do. After my run this morning I was not in the mood of preparing a bun or a bread. And the eggs in my fridge didn’t attract me either this morning, but the blueberries attracted my attention as soon as I noticed them. Why not starting the day with a smoothie? Immediately I decided to prepare a Banana-Blueberry-Smoothie. This decision was made for at least three reasons. Firstly the banana-blueberry-smoothie is very easy to prepare a smoothie, secondly it does not take much time, which is always good on busy mornings. Thirdly I love its taste, because I only put in things I like.

So here is another easy going recipe idea for you.

Check the banana-blueberry-smoothie out out and have fun! By the way your fantasy is not limited. I would be pleased, if you send me your variations to this recipe.

 

This recipe is also available in German on kochfokus.de. See https://kochfokus.de/rezepte/aktivfruehstueck/

Banana-Blueberry-Smoothie
Ingredients
  • 200ml buttermilk
  • 150g plain yoghurt
  • 50g fresh blueberries
  • 50g banana
  • 5-6 almonds
  • 1tbs rolled oats
  • to taste peppermint leaves to garnish
Instructions
Preparation
  1. Wash and dry the blueberries.
  2. Set some aside to skewer them.
  1. Peel the banana and cut into slices.
  2. Set some slices aside to skewer them.
Method
  1. Place the ingredients in a blender.
  2. Blend them until they are smooth.
  3. Now skewer the rest of the blueberries and the banana.
  4. Pour the smoothie into a glass and garnish it with the peppermint leaves and the skewered fruits.
  5. Enjoy your breakfast!

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]]> Coconut Cookies With Sour Cherries /recipe/coconut-cookies-sour-cherries/ Fri, 24 Feb 2017 10:15:57 +0000 /?post_type=recipe#038;p=220 There is nothing more disappointing tan an empty cookie box. Fortunately you can easily solve this problem by baking these incredibly tasty Coconut Cookies With Sour Cherries

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]]> When I had a look into our cookie box yesterday afternoon, I looked into an empty cookie box. I think you all know how disappointing this can be. Especially when you have been looking forward to having a tasty homemade cookie with your afternoon cup of coffee. Seems as if a cookie monster is in our house or is there any other explanation for the quick loss of cookies?

No matter what the reason might be, I decided to refill this empty cookie box as fast as possible. So I have to bake new ones. My intention is to use less sugar and to combine the sweetness of the coconut with the sourness of the sour cherries and here they are.

I hope I could attract your attention. Enjoy baking them!

 

 

 

 

 

One last remark before we start baking our the coconut cookies with sour cherries, this recipe is also available in German. Just click here.

Coconut Cookies With Sour Cherries
Ingredients
  • 2 eggsmiddle-sized
  • 80g sour cherriesdried
  • 150g butter softened
  • 100g powdered sugar
  • 1tbs vanilla sugar
  • 180g spelt flour
  • 1/2tsp baking powder
  • a pinch of salt
  • 100g shredded coconut
Instructions
Preparation
  1. Crack the eggs into a bowl and whisk them.
  2. Add the sour cherries and mix them in.
  3. Put the bowl aside and let the mixture soak for about an hour.
  4. Cut the cold butter into lumps and put them into a second bowl.
Method
  1. After an hour preheat the oven to 175 degrees Celsius (350 degrees Fahrenheit) upper and lower heat.
  2. Using an electric mixer beat the butter lumps until they are creamy.
  3. Then add the powdered sugar and the vanilla sugar and beat it until it is smooth.
  4. In a separate bowl mix the spelt flour with the baking powder and the pinch of salt, sift this mixture into your creamy butter and stir it in.
  5. Add the shredded coconuts and the mixture of eggs and sour cherries to it and fold it gently in.
  6. Line a baking tray with baking paper.
  7. With your hands or with the help of teaspoons form the dough into round cookies and place them onto your baking tray. Leave a bit of space between the cookies.
  8. Place the baking tray on the middle rack in the preheated oven and bake the cookies for 10 to 15 minutes until the Coconut Cookies With Sour Cherries are set and golden brown.
  9. Enjoy your coconut cookies with sour cherries!

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]]> Almond Cake for Valentine’s Day /recipe/almond-cake-valentines-day/ Tue, 14 Feb 2017 10:49:16 +0000 /?post_type=recipe#038;p=308 We all know that baking is love. So why not surprising the ones you love with a homemade heart cake? The Almond Cake for Valentine’s Day is a special gift to the ones you love, because it is a homemade one.

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]]> Today is Valentine’s Day. The recipe I present today is very easy to do, but it is though a special gift coming from the heart, which can be easily and quickly used as a last minute surprise.

I personally like to surprise my loved ones with homemade gifts. So what do you think about giving this heart to the ones you love?

In the recipe I use almonds. If you are allergic to them or simply don’t like them just substitute nuts for the almonds. Furthermore I use spelt flour in this recipe. If this is not available you can use all-purpose flour instead.

Are you curious of the Almond Cake for Valentine’s Day?

And here we go for our Almond Cake for Valentine’s Day. Enjoy baking it!

One last remark before we start cooking our porridge, this recipe is also available in German. Just click here.

Almond cake for Valentine’s Day
Ingredients
  • 150 g butter
  • 250g spelt flour
  • 2tsp baking powder
  • 2 eggslarge-sized
  • 150 g sugar
  • 1tbsp lemon zest
  • 150g almondsground
  • to taste powdered sugarto dust the cake
Instructions
Preparation
  1. Grease the heart cake pan and spread it with bread crumbs to assure that your baked heart will release from the pan perfectly.
  2. Preheat the oven to 160 degrees Celsius (320 degrees Fahrenheit) upper and lower heat.
  1. Put the butter into a saucepan and melt it at low heat. When the butter is melted set it aside to cool down.
Method
  1. Put the spelt flour and the baking powder into a bowl.
  2. Mix the spelt flour with the baking powder.
  3. Add the eggs, the sugar, the almonds, the lemon zest, and the melted butter.
  4. Stir well using an electric mixer until the dough is smooth.
  5. Pour the dough into the prepared heart cake pan, place it on the middle rack in the preheated oven and bake the heart for an hour.
  6. Remove the cake from the oven and allow it to cool, before dusting the almond heart with powdered sugar.
  7. Happy Valentine's Day

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]]> Easy Peasy but Healthy Raspberry Smoothie Pancakes /recipe/easy-peasy-healthy-raspberry-smoothie-pancakes/ Thu, 09 Feb 2017 11:20:56 +0000 /?post_type=recipe#038;p=456 Can a day start better than with freshly fried pancakes? Discover the Easy Peasy but Healthy Raspberry Smoothie Pancakes. You will love them!

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]]> Can a day start better than with freshly fried pancakes? I love to eat mine in the morning. One day one of my friends claimed that healthy food excludes sweets. Honestly I don’t believe her. I think one can enjoy sweet and delicious food and eat healthy though. How do you feel about that?

My idea for this recipe is to make as easy and quick as possible. Sometimes I don’t have much time to prepare breakfast for me. My day usually starts with preparing breakfast for my family, preparing my second son’s  lunch box for school, and to walk or run with our dog. After having had my shower the daily work calls for me so that there is sometimes not much time left for a long preparation of breakfast. Fortunately I found out that my blender can do more than just preparing smoothies. I can use it to make doughs and batters, too.

Well, my idea for the Easy Peasy but Healthy Raspberry Smoothie Pancakes is very simple. I let my blender prepare the batter. This has some advantages.  One is very obvious the blender works very quickly so that I save time. Another advantage is that I don’t need any bowls, because I pour the batter right out of the jug into the frying pan so that I just clean the jug after the preparation. This really easy and quickly done.

I hope I could attract your attention. Enjoy your Easy Peasy but Healthy Raspberry Smoothie Pancakes!

One last remark before we start cooking our porridge, this recipe is also available in German. Just click here.


Easy Peasy but Healthy Raspberry Smoothie Pancakes
Servings11 pancakes
Ingredients
Ingredients Smoothie
  • 80g raspberriesfresh or frozen
  • 1 orange
  • 1/2 banana
Ingredients Pancake Batter
  • 120g Whole-Spelt flour
  • apinch of salt
  • 1tsp baking soda
  • 80ml buttermilk
  • 1 eggmiddle-sized
  • 1tbsp honey
  • to taste colza oilto fry the pancakes
Topping
  • to taste powdered sugar/confectioner's sugarto dredge the pancakes
  • to taste raspberriesto garnish the pancakes
  • 1/2 bananato garnish the pancakes
Instructions
  1. Take the raspberries out of the freezer, put them into your blender, and all allow them to defrost slightly.
  2. Halve the orange, squeeze the juice from its halves, and add it with one half of the banana to the raspberries in the blender.
  3. Blend the ingredients until they are smooth.
  4. Add the egg and the remaining ingredients for the pancake batter to the smoothie and blend on program high until the batter is creamy.
  5. Put the frying pan on a medium heat and after a minute, add the oil.
  6. Then pour the batter into the frying pan. If you fry two or more pancakes at a time, leave enough space between each one so they have room to spread out slightly.
  7. When the pancakes are golden on both sides, transfer the pancakes to a plate.
  8. Continue with the remaining batter until there is no batter left.
  9. Finally dredge the pancakes with the confectioner's sugar and garnish them with banana slices and raspberries.
  10. Serve the pancakes straight away. Bon appétit!

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]]> Easy to cook and super delicious Spaghetti with spinach and tomatoes /recipe/easy-to-cook-and-super-delicious-spaghetti-with-spinach-and-tomatoes-spaghetti-con-spinachi-e-pomodoro/ Fri, 20 Jan 2017 10:03:38 +0000 /?post_type=recipe#038;p=325 Sometimes we all don't have much time to cook, but we want a delicious and heathy dish though. The Super delicious Spaghetti with spinach and tomatoes are easily and quickly prepared with fresh vegetables.

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]]> The dish I present today to you is a very easy to do dish. I love Italian food that’s why I cannot resist cooking it. Sometimes I’m so busy that I don’t have much time to cook, but I prefer to cook with fresh vegetables though. As it is not really complex to prepare spinach, it is one of the vegetables I use when I have to be quickly in the kitchen. Once you’ve prepared it you will love it.

To be honest my kids don’t like it that’s why this recipe will be sufficient for two adults. I would be happy, if you have any suggestions for improvements for this dish. Feel free to leave a comment. I’m looking forward to your comments.

But now let’s go for our easy to cook and super delicious Spaghetti with spinach and tomatoes. I hope you like my recipe.

 

This recipe is also available in German on kochfokus.de. See https://kochfokus.de/rezepte/spaghetti-con-spinaci-e-pomodoro/

Spaghetti with spinach and tomatoes (Spaghetti con Spinachi e Pomodoro)
Ingredients
  • 250g spaghettiwhole grain
  • 250g spinach
  • 100g tomatoesI use cocktail tomatoes
  • 1 red onion
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 1tbs olive oilextra virgin
  • to taste mozzarella
  • to taste salt
  • to taste pepper
  • apinch of nutmegfreshly grated
Instructions
Preparation
  1. Wash and clean the spinach.
  1. Remove the stalks and unpleasant parts. Set the spinach aside.
  2. Peel and chop the onions and the garlic cloves.
Method
  1. Pour the oil into a pan and heat it at medium heat.
  2. Add the onions and the garlic and fry them until they are soft.
  3. Chop the spinach into stripes and add it to the onions and the garlic.
  4. Let it simmer for about 5 minutes.
  5. In the meantime prepare the Spaghetti according to the instructions given on the packing.
  6. Season the spinach to taste with the salt and the pepper and add the pinch of nutmeg.
  7. Wash and halve the cocktail tomatoes.
  8. Add the tomatoes into the pan and season them with salt.
  9. Chop the mozzarella into slices and add 1-2 slices to the spinach and tomatoes.
  10. Let the mozzarella melt.
  11. Put the spaghetti on two plates and arrange the vegetables on top of the pasta.
  12. Wising you Buon Appetito!

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]]> Homemade Low Carb Bread /recipe/homemade-low-carb-bread/ Tue, 03 Jan 2017 19:08:26 +0000 /?post_type=recipe#038;p=294 Planning a low-carb lifestyle doesn’t mean that you’ll have to resist bread for the rest of your life. My Homemade Low Carb Bread is a perfect alternative to bread

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]]> Happy New Year to all of you! I hope the new year has started in a good way for you. Have you planned any good resolutions for 2017? Some of us may have decided to move more, to take more time for relaxation, to eat healthier or to loose weight. May our good resolutions be fulfilled at the end of the year.

In order to loose weight some reduce the consumption carbohydrates. I’m a typical German I love fresh bread. As there are more than 300 different kinds of bread in Germany, it is not so easy for my to resist a good fresh bread. Furthermore bread plays a great role in German nutrition. Among this variety the so-called “Eiweißbrot” (protein bread) is more and more on advance. I like the idea of reducing carbohydrates in the evening. That’s why I bought a protein bread in a bakery and tasted it. As it was really good, I decided to look for some recipes to make a homemade one.

I found a large number of German recipes.They all have in common that you need 6 to 8 proteins for a single bread. My question is: “What do I do with 6 to 8 egg yolks?” I don’t want to throw the egg yolks away. That is why I do it a bit my way. That is to say I use 3 middle-sized eggs instead of 6 proteins and further more I add hazelnuts to the given recipe. Here it is my first Low-Carb Bread.

I hope you like it! Have fun baking your homemade low carb bread!

This recipe is also available in German on kochfokus.de. Just click here.

 

Homemade Low Carb Bread
Ingredients
  • 100g almondsground
  • 3tbs flaxseed
  • 5tbs Whole-Spelt flour
  • 115 g baking soda
  • 1tsp salt
  • 300g low fat quark
  • 3 eggsmiddle-sized
  • 2tbs sunflower seeds
  • 2tbs pumpkin seeds
  • 1tbs hazelnutschopped
Instructions
Preparation
  1. Preheat the oven at 175 degree upper/lower heat.
  1. Line a loaf pan with baking paper.
  2. Roast the sunflower seeds and the pumpkin seeds in a pan without any fat.
Method
  1. Put the ground almonds and the flaxseed in a large bowl.
  2. Add the Whole-Spelt flour, the baking powder, the salt and mix well.
  3. Add the eggs, the low fat quark, the chopped hazelnuts and stir well until the dough is fluffy.
  4. Spread two tablespoons of the roasted sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds on the bottom of the loaf pan.
  5. Pour the dough into the loaf pan, place it on the middle rack in the preheated oven and bake the dough for fifty minutes.
  6. Wishing everyone bon appétit!

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]]> Easy to make Last Minute Gift Christmas Apple Jam /recipe/easy-to-make-last-minute-gift-christmas-apple-jam/ Sat, 17 Dec 2016 14:48:22 +0000 /?post_type=recipe#038;p=227 The Easy to make Last Minute Gift Christmas Apple Jam is so incredibly delicious that it might be hard to give it away.

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]]> Oh time really flies at the moment and Christmas is just around the corner! Are you looking for a last minute Christmas present? Here you are. The Christmas Apple Jam is a really delicious and not too difficult to prepare. However, I recommend to set aside enough time, because it takes some hours to prepare the jam. If you serve the jam to children please substitute for example apple juice for the rum. As I’m not very fond of raisins I use a mixture of raisins and cranberries to make this jam. If you don’t like raisins at all you can leave them completely off and use only cranberries instead and inversely.
Wishing you a joyful Advent time with lots of happy moments and fun to make homemade presents such as this one.

I hope you like this recipe! Have fun making your Last Minute Gift Christmas Apple Jam!

This recipe is also available in German on kochfokus.de. Just click here.

Merry Christmas to you!

Christmas Apple Jam
Ingredients
  • 1000g apples
  • 1000g gelling sugarlabeled 1:1
  • 50g raisins
  • 50g cranberries
  • 100ml rumalternative: apple juice
  • 1tbsp vanilla sugar
  • 1tsp cinnamon
  • 100g almondsslivered
Instructions
Preparation
  1. Wash and sterilize your jars.
Method
  1. Wash the apples, peel and core them.
  2. Finely cut them into apple wedges.
  3. Mix the Vanilla sugar with the cinnamon.
  4. Put the apple wedges into a large cooking pot.
  5. Fill in the mixture of vanilla sugar and cinnamon, the gelling sugar, and gently stir it.
  6. Cover your cooking pot and let the mixture soak for at least 3 hours.
  7. In the meantime mix the the raisins and the cranberries with the rum.
  8. Put the almonds into a pan and roast them without fat.
  9. Using an immersion blender, chop the apples after 3 hours and add the roasted almonds to the mixture.
  10. Stir everything very well with a cooking spoon and bring this mixture to a rapid rolling boil (that is a boil which doesn't stop bubbling while stirring). Don’t stop stirring.
  11. When it starts rolling boil you have to cook the mixture for 4 minutes while stirring well continuously until the jam reaches its setting point. After 3 minutes add the mixture of the raisins, cranberries and the rum.
  12. Remove the cooking pot from the heat and take the cooking spoon out of it.
  13. Let the jam drain. If the last drop is set, your jam is ready. If not, return the cooking pot to the heat and cook the jam for a minute or two more and test again.
  14. To fill the jam into the jars a wide mouth funnel is really useful, because your jam very hot. Please fill it very carefully into the sterilized jars until it reaches 3/8 inch at the top and close the jars.
  15. Place the jars for at least 5 minutes upside down on a towel and finally place them upright to cool completely.
  16. Merry Christmas!

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]]> Homemade Cappuccino Plätzchen (Cutout Cookies with Cappuccino) /recipe/homemade-cappuccino-platzchen-cutout-cookies-cappuccino/ Wed, 30 Nov 2016 11:48:05 +0000 /?post_type=recipe#038;p=186 With baking the Cappuccino Plätzchen (Cutout Cookies with Cappuccino) a good mood is really guaranteed. They taste delicious and are so easy to make.

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]]> Are you in the mood for baking Christmas Cookies? With baking the Cappuccino Plätzchen (Cutout Cookies with Cappuccino) a good mood is really guaranteed.

I love coffee in all varieties. As I’m that fond of coffee, I decided to bake some Christmas Cutout Cookies with Cappuccino. If you do not like cappuccino at all substitute for example baking cocoa for the cappuccino.

Cutout Cookies are a German tradition. We bake lots of this kind of cookies during the advent season. So here I introduce on the one hand a typical German tradition to you and on the other hand one of my favourite ingredients.

I hope you like this recipe! have fun baking the homemade Cappuccino Plätzchen!

This recipe is also available in German on kochfokus.de. Just click here.

 

Homemade Cappuccino Plätzchen (Cutout Cookies with Cappuccino)
Ingredients
  • 150g softened butter
  • 100g sugar
  • 1 middle-sized egg
  • 250g all-purpose flour plus additional for the work surface, the rolling pin and the cookie cutters
  • 25g instant cappuccino
  • 100g dark couverture chocolate
Instructions
Preparation
  1. Line the baking tray with baking paper.
  2. Remove the butter from the fridge to bring it to room temperature.
Method
  1. Cut the butter finely into small pieces.
  2. Put the butter and the sugar into a bowl and using an electric mixer beat the butter and the sugar until fluffy.
  3. Add the egg and continue beating.
  4. Sift the flour into this mixture and add the instant cappuccino, too.
  5. With your hands knead the dough until the flour is completely worked up.
  6. Form the dough into a ball and wrap it in saran wrap.
  7. Let it chill in the fridge for 60 minutes.
  8. Before removing the dough from the fridge, preheat the oven to 170 degrees Celsius (340 degrees Fahrenheit) upper and lower heat.
  9. To prevent the dough from sticking to your work surface, flour your counter top. Lightly flour your rolling pin and dip your cookie cutters in flour, too.
  10. Get the dough out of the fridge and roll the dough to 5 mm thickness (between 1/8 and 1/4 inches).
  11. You may use your favourite cookie cutters and cut the dough into different shapes. Advice: I use a multi cookie cutting sheet so that I don't have to roll out the dough as often as with single cookie cutters.
  12. Place the cookies one inch apart on a baking tray lined with parchment paper.
  13. Then place the baking tray on the middle rack in the preheated oven and bake for 10 to 15 minutes until the cutout cookies are set and lightly brown.
Melting the couverture
  1. Chop the couverture into small pieces.
  2. Now add two-thirds of it into a heat resistant-bowl or small pan.
  3. Then fill your boiling pan with water so that it almost comes to the top of your heat resistant-bowl and bring it to a gentle simmer.
  4. Place the heat-resistant-bowl onto the boiling pan. Frequently stir your chocolate until it has melted completely.
  5. Remove your heat resistant-bowl from the heat and let the chocolate cool down for a few minutes.
  6. Now add the remaining chopped chocolate to the melted couverture and continue stirring until the remaining couverture has melted, too.
  7. Finally, the melted couverture has to be tempered, that is to say the heat-resistant bowl is placed onto the boiling pan again to warm it up. But make sure not to overheat it. The temperature should not reach more than 32 degrees Celsius.
  8. Coat a part of each cookie with the melted couverture and decorate it to taste.

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]]> Healthy and delicious porridge with berries /recipe/healthy-delicious-porridge-berries/ Thu, 10 Nov 2016 08:24:34 +0000 /?post_type=recipe#038;p=134 Now that the days are getting more and more grey the healthy and delicious porridge with berries is the best way to start into the day.

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]]> Now that the days are getting more and more grey I really love to start the day with a warm breakfast. After a walk through a dark morning with our dog Whoopie through lightly rain I think a porridge is a perfect way to warm up and to keep the cold out. It is also a healthy breakfast. That makes it even more valuable for me.

What about you? How do you start your day?

Why not having  a porridge with berries? As fresh ones are not available at the moment I prepare mine with frozen blackberries, blueberries and strawberries. If fresh berries are available, you should of course prepare the porridge with them. This porridge serves one person.

I hope I could attract your attention. Enjoy your healthy and delicious porridge with berries!

Healthy and delicious porridge with berries

One last remark before we start cooking our porridge, this recipe is also available in German. Just click here.

Healthy and delicious porridge with berries
Ingredients
  • 4tbsp rolled oats
  • 250ml milksemi skimmed (1,5 % fat)
  • 70g mixture of berriesfrozen
  • a pinch of salt
  • 1/2 bananafresh
  • to taste walnut halves
  • to taste sunflower seeds
  • 1tsp honey
Instructions
Preparation
  1. Get the frozen berries out of the fridge and allow them to defrost.
  1. Peel the banana, cut it into halves, and cut one half into slices.
  2. If you use fresh berries, wash and dry them. If necessary, cut them into pieces.
  3. Hash the walnuts.
Method
  1. Pour the milk into a saucepan, add the pinch of salt, and bring it to the boil, stirring occasionally.
  2. Add the rolled oats to the boiling milk and let it simmer for 4-5 minutes, stirring halfway.
  3. In the meantime pour the honey into a pan and heat it at medium heat.
  4. When the honey gets liquid add the walnuts and sunflower seeds. Stir occasionally and let it caramelize.
  5. Put the porridge into a muesli bowl, top it with the berries, the banana slices and with the caramilized walnuts and sunflower seeds.
  6. Bon appétit!

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