Bruschetta di Pomodoro
Bruschetta is a toasted Bread. Usually like a white wheat or sourdough Bread. I found the Tuscan Bread from Aldi very yummy.
So when you say you are making Bruschetta, you also have to add what kind of Bruschetta you are making since it just refers to the Bread. In this case here, I am making a Tomato topping with is called Pomodoro (Pomodoro=Tomato). If you want to add Mozzarella cheese, then it's called
Caprese. You can show off a bit at your friends with that ;-)
This is what you need:
- 2 Slices of Bread
- 2 Big Tomatoes, thinly diced, seeds removed
- 1 glove Garlic
- fresh Basil
- 1/2 half shallot (its a milder onion but every onion would work)
- Salt and Pepper
- a bit Olive oil
This is how you do it:
Usually you would roast the bread on a special rack on the gas stove. I don't have a gas stove nor do I have that special rack. You can also just place the bread in the oven with a bit Olive oil sprinkled over it and bake until toasted. But if it has to go fast (sometimes it just happens that way), put them in the toaster and toast them this way. Maybe on a setting 2 1/2 or 3.
In the meantime, dice the Tomatoes without the seeds, dice the onion and the garlic very thinly. Roll the Basil and cut into strips, add that all together in a bowl, stir. Salt it and add just a tiny bit of olive oil, just to bring it all together.
When the bread is done, you can brush a bit olive oil on it first before you spoon the Tomatoes on top.
Guten Appetit
Fleischsalat
This "meat Salad" is perfect on a bread roll or bread. But we also eat it with pan fried Potatoes (Bratkartoffeln). A friend wished it to get added on here so, of course, I follow........
That's for you Marlene
This is what you need:
- Leberkaese or your favorite Bologna, thin sliced
- sweet Relish
- Mayonnaise ( I use half Miracle Whip and half Real Mayonnaise)
- German pickles and some of its pickle juice (Big Lots has german pickles and Aldi sometimes)
- Pepper
This is how you do it:
In a big bowl, add around 25-30 ml of the Pickle juice. Just eyeball it. Doesn't has to be much. Always start with less and add more if needed.
Add 1 TSP of the sweet Relish, 1 TBSP Miracle Whip and 1 TBSP Real Mayonnaise for around 1/2 lbs of meat (and around 3 big Pickles). A pinch of Pepper and stir well.
Cut the meat into thin slices. For example, cut the meat in half and then again, so you have 4h. Now you can just cut them nice and thinly. Add to the mayo and stir.
Cut the pickles in half and then slice them the same style as the meat. You can also make them a bit smaller then the actual meat. That's totally fine. Stir them into the meat.
Let it cool for at least 30 min so it can set. Enjoy it on a piece of bread or bread roll.
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Koetbollar
Swedish Meatballs
This is a dish I know from Ikea Restaurant. I know Ikea is selling the Instant Package for the Sauce but we hated it. So I googled around. I found this recipe on a german page and tried it first time around christmas when my stepson was here from Germany. All loved it so it's a keeper. I am translating this now for you.
This is what you need:
- 1 lbs mixed ground meat (half beef, half pork)
- 1 small onion, diced
- 3 TBS Bread crumbs
- 5 TBS Milk
- 1 Egg
- 1 Teaspoon Salt
- 250 ml (1 cup) Vegetable Broth
- 200 ml heavy whipping cream (or Crema Media in can)
- 1 TSP Corn Starch mixed with water
- 1 small Onion or a TBSP of granulated Onion
- Chives
- Salt
This is how you do it:
Dice the onion and pan fry it on medium heat with 1 TBSP of Butter until translucent. In the meantime, mix in a bowl the meat, Bread crumbs, Egg, Milk and salt. Now add the Onions. Form with wet hands the meatballs.
In a saucepan, add either Butter or Oil and fry on medium heat the meatballs from all sides for around 8 - 10 min.. Remove from the pan and keep them warm (in a 350 degree oven for example)
Now either fry the onion in the pan from the Meatballs or if you use Onion Powder, skip this step. When the Onion is translucent, add the Vegetable Broth and the cream. Now you add the Onion powder if you use this option. Let it simmer for a min or 2. Make a slurry with the corn starch and water and add to the sauce, constantly stir. Now salt it to your taste. If the sauce got to thick, just add more Vegetable broth (or chicken broth since I didn't have more Vegetable). Add chives to taste and feeling.
Put the Meatballs back into the sauce and let simmer for a min..
Perfect to this dish is mashed Potatoes and Lingonberry Marmelade.
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