Fruit Salad
What a nice snack for in between. For the fruit salad, I can't give you a "recipe".
You just cut any fruits you like into a bowl. We like apples, Bananas and strawberries. For
season you can add pineapple, grapes, cherries, Raspberries. The list goes on and on.
But now, here is my twist to it. I add a bit of sugar. Nothing new. I also add a bit of either
apple or Orange juice (sometimes pineapple juice). Nothing new as well. But now, here is my
twist: Heavy whipping cream!!! Just a nice splash of it into the mixture and stir it well.
Its going to coat the fruits nicely and makes the juice stick better. And it is soooooo yummy.
Try it
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Obatzda
Obatzda is a common thing in the south region of Germany. Mostly Bavaria. It's a Brie cheese
mix we serve with fresh bread or Pretzles.
This is what you need:
- 1 pack of your favorite Brie cheese. Room temperature
- 40 gr soften Butter
- 1 small onion (sweet onion)
- 1 TSP Paprika
This is how you do it:
You will need a food processor for this. That would be the easiest way. You basically just throw
all the ingredients in the food processor and pulse it till its nice and smooth.
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Bavarian Sausage
Making your own sausage is a challenge itself. First, I had to find the casings. I did, at Bass Pro Shop. Then, I had to have a sausage attachment for the Kitchen Aid. I did, at Amazon.
Then I had to have the guts to actually do it. Well, I skyped with my Mom in Germany and she
told me, that she made her own sausage. I was like, no way. She never did that before and it
can't be that she did it before me. So, challenge accepted.
This is what you need:
- ground pork (it depends on how much you want to make. I used 1/2 lbs)
- Salt
- Pepper
- Marjoram
- maybe a little bit of paprika
This is how you do it:
Combine the meat with the spices well.
Wash and water the casings very good.
Put the casings on the sausage attachment and slowly let the meat get into the casings. I did
it sausage by sausage. I kept the meat tray so I could freeze some of the sausage.
Then just fry it like regular Brats. Once you figured out how to make your own sausage, you
probably won't by the store ones no more. You can spice them with whatever you want. Garlic, rice
and paprika are a very common mix.
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Chili con carne
In Germany, Chili con carne is a bit different made then here. We like to add corn, but you
don't have to put it in. You can also put little pieces of tomatoes in it if you like. We also have
and Instant product named Maggie Fix for Chili con carne. I personally like that a lot because
it is not to spicy and its made quick. Now I found that online page where someone is experimenting
so long till they found the same taste as the fix product. I really do love this page. Now I am
basically just converting it into english and understandable for non-german speakers.
This is what you need:
- 1 lbs ground beef
- 2 cans of Kidney beans, drained and washed
- 1 can corn, drained and washed
- 1 onion (or 1/2 if its a big one)
- 2 cloves Garlic, minced
- 4 TBSP (or one small can) Tomato Paste
- 800 ml ( a little bit more then 1 can) crushed Tomatoes
- 200 ml strong veggie broth
- Salt, Pepper
Spice mix (you can prepare ahead):
- 1 TSP (or more if you like it more spicy) Chili powder
- 4 big TBSP mild Paprika (hungarian one is the best)
- 1/2 TSP smoked Paprika
- 1 TSP Thyme
- 2 TSP Oregano
- 1 TSP Careway Seeds
1 TSP ground ginger
- 2 TSP sugar
This is how you do it:
First, dice the onion and fry it in a bit oil til its softened (not to high heat, you don't wanna burn it). Then add the ground beef and fry it crumbly. Then add the minced garlic and Tomato paste and let
it fry for a min or 2.
Then you add the crushed Tomatoes and the veggie broth. Stir and combine everything thoroughly. Next you add the drained Kidney beans and the corn. At the very last you add the spice mix and salt
and pepper to taste.
You can eat it right away or, like every good tomato sauce, cook it a bit longer. I like to serve it with
either french bread or garlic bread. Garnish with a spoon of sour cream. You can also put the Chili powder on the table for the ones who want it a little bit more spicy then you ;-)
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