Showing posts with label food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label food. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

again on sourdough


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I have to admit
it was not easy
after a long journey in sourdough baking
I know now how it works for me
the last loafs of bread got really good
I mean
round
bold
with air bubbles bigger then 2 mm
a crust that broke

I have learnt
that the starter really needs to be strong
that I have to feed the sourdough starter every week at least once
if I don't bake a bread, a part of it goes in the trash
that the dough may not be too sticky
that it needs time to double in volume
I do it now mostly through a whole night and bake in the morning
and I have to listen to my belly, the recipes are mostly not correct
and this book is shit-sorry-it's fool of mistakes

Saturday, December 6, 2014

Grittibänz



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a little childhood memory
the man for Santa Claus
for once no sourdough
butter and sugar and yeast
mmmh...
Miezi likes them too!

Grittibänz

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

zwetschgen



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zwetschgen oder pflaumen
wähe oder kuchen
mürbeteig oder hefeteig
mit guss oder ohne

das sind die Unterschiede
zwischen
einer Schweizerin und einem Deutschen

Diskussionen hatten wir viele
Missverständnisse
Tradition und Erinnerung

die süssesten kleinen Pflaumen erstanden auf dem belgischen Flohmarkt!
ihm zu Liebe einen Hefeteig gemacht
und
er war ganz glücklich

Monday, April 7, 2014

favorite vegan recipe I: sweet & sour

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after I participated at Matimuk for the "Zwischenzeit"I & II
I decided to post some of my favorite vegan recipes

I start with a classical sweet & sour
my sister gave it to me 20 years ago when I started to be a vegetarian and to live on my own
it's real comfort food and tastes good even 2 days after you cook it

Sweet & sour tofu

sauce

2cm ginger root, grated
2 tbs sugar
3 tbs vinegar, I take rice vinegar
2 tbs concentrated tomato
3 tbs soja sauce
2 tbs sherry or sake
5 tbs orange juice or apple juice with some lemonjuice

stir the ingredients well together

vegetables

2 cucumbers, in half, seeded, gut into pieces
1/2 kohlrabi, cut into pieces
1 red paprica, cut into slices
1 carrot, cut into pieces
any green like cabbage, spinach, broccoli, even salad, cut
1 mango, cut into pieces
2 red onions or spring onions, cut into rings
300 g tofu, pressed for 1/2 hour, to release all the water, cut into pieces, sprinkled with flour

in oil fry the tofu from all sides
in another pan fry in oil the vegetables, start with the mango, kohlrabi, onions, paprica, cucumbers and finally the greens
I do it in a wok, actually one by one, and mix it together at the end

finally pour the well stired sauce over it and let cook for about 3 minutes

serve with basmati rice

you can use all other vegetables you have in your fridge, the mango is necessary for the sweet taste

the rice I wash 3 times, using the water for the plants=excellent fertilizer!
then I let stand the rice in water for at least 1 hour=the grain gets much longer
pour the water away and add 1 1/2 times the amount of rice in water to cook it for 12 minutes with lid on it, let rest for 10 minutes or more

the photo is taken 2 days after I cooked it, actually without tofu, I fryed the rice!
second photo shows how tofu gets really firm to fry it easy


Wednesday, March 12, 2014

slow baking

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Ich und mein Sauerteig
eine Geschichte für sich
es sieht alles schön und zen aus
aber es ist eine Wissenschaft für sich
selbst übt man sich in Geduld
ein Brot braucht rund 9 Stunden bis es dann auch gebacken ist
das Resultat lässt sich nicht immer sehen
das Mehl
die Raumtemperatur
die Luftfeuchtigkeit
der Ofen
alles hängt irgendwie zusammen
aber wie, das ist die Frage
und das braucht Übung und noch viel mehr Geduld

begonnen habe ich vor rund 3 Jahren
mit nem tollen Buch, das aber voller Fehler ist
was ich irgendwann herausgefunden habe
echt scheisse, wenn der Sauervorteig einfach nicht richtig sauer wird
dabei alles schön nach Rezept gemacht
dann in Brooklyn im Coffeeshop ein anderes Buch entdeckt
und dem Fehler auf die Schliche gekommen
jetzt geht der Sauervorteig voll ab
das Brot geht während 6 Stunden gewalltig in die Höhe
und dann die Katastrophe
ich kriegs nicht mehr aus der Form
es klebt
sieht aus wie eine Tropfsteinhöhle
und landet als flacher Fladen auf dem Blech
Fladenbrot war nicht die Idee

gestern gings gut
weil ich inzwischen weiss
der Teig muss fest sein, darf auf keinen Fall kleben
aber auch nicht zu fest
man darf sich nicht immer ganz nach Rezept richten
mehr Mehl zugeben, bis er halt die richtige Festigkeit hat
zum Aufgehen lassen einfach im Raum stehen lassen
nicht in die Sonne, nicht auf die Heizung
sonst gehts zu schnell ab
eben
es ist slow baking

check out matimuk for her "Zwischenzeit"
I contributed as well, soon to come

Saturday, November 16, 2013

things I brought home

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the dackshund is moving his head and tail
he makes a good sculpture on the anvil from M.
another long wooden spoon think from California Red Wood
funnels and a star for my stove
hot sauce from the largest rooftopfarm in Brooklyn
liquid smoke does it great on tofu
the most beautiful can opener I ever saw, of course japanese
the tarot cards are amazing and are from the wild unknown
Mickey band-aids are just fun

Thursday, November 14, 2013

Brooklyn and Manhattan shops, drink, eat

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BROOKLYN/ WILLIAMSBURG

Parlor coffee bar - found through die Zeit and was not the only one

Oslo coffee - the best coffee I had

Diner mexican Restaurant

Maison Premiere - Bar - old fashioned, good Absinth Cocktails

Café Mogador - moroccan food - not too expensive, nice atmosphere

Catbird - jewelry and schnickschnack

Whisk - kitchenware - hugh

Joinery - kind of ecological fashion, candles, ceramics, books - nice shop

Bird - fashion high end and hip, expensive but nice shop

Malin Landaeus - select vintage - expensive but special

AD HOC Shop - mens ashion - small, not too expensive, very nice joice

MANHATTAN

McNally Jackson store - stationary - very nice

ACE Hotel shop - nice selection










Wednesday, October 23, 2013

white winter food

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Hirsebrei mit Apfel, Honig und Nüssen
Sellerie-weisse Bohnensuppe mit Tahin
warm
etwas schleimig
Herzerwärmend

for healthy vegan recipes I discovered this
hope to eat some of that when staying in Montclair next week
to be honest, most of american food isn't like that
especially if you stay somewhere next to a Highway in Totowa!

Monday, October 14, 2013

grey and orange

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the automne is here
rainy, grey and cold
orange seems to be the new winter color
not really my favorite except in nature
it's tea and Eintopf time
beeswax candels

really love this ring from wsake
this knitted sweater from Toast for M.
and this dufflecoat for me

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

cooking with Ottolenghi

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I got the tip from my friend T.
she is turning more to a vegetarian
while I'm turning after 20 years sometimes back to meat
to cook all day long vegetables in different ways
is just not that simple to be honest
so trying out some recipes from Ottolenghis different cookbooks

I mean, I can be happy
that I live in Antwerp in the moroccon quarter close to "Chinatown"as well
all this different ingredients are not easy to find

Thats what I cooked the last days
a lot with tomatos, they are sweet and incredible cheap at the moment

ok, I think Ottolenghi does a great job!

Monday, August 19, 2013

lazy mix

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I'm kind of lazy still
hanging around at home
made pesto
tryed to make mountains with milk
crocheted cushion
changed the colors from this one which I started months ago
it's already unfinished Whiskeys new favorite hangout spot
went to sell some things on the fleamarket
need more space again
trying to find the perfect green upholstery fabric
for my yellow sofa
and love the shades on the wall from my new lamp

Friday, June 28, 2013

smocked tofu & udon

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my adaption of Harumi Kurihara's sauce for udon noodles
japanese style vegetarian noodle sauce

1 onion                                chopped
2cm ginger                         chopped
1 garlic                                chopped
1 piece of smocked tofu   gratted on a rasp
100ml Dashi
1 tbsp Sake
1 tbsp Sojasauce
2 tbsp Mirin
1 tbsp sugar
4 tbsp Awase Miso

in oil fry the onions, garlic and ginger and add later the tofu
mix together dashi, sake, soja, mirin and sugar and add the miso
add the mixture to the tofu and let simmer till it thickens in for about 15 minutes
ready

I added some chopped tomatos to have a little color!


Sunday, March 31, 2013

Ostertaube

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Happy Eastern
smelling traditional swiss bread
candle for my dad
longing for spring

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

new bread recipe

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tryed out a new recipe for slow food bread
from here
mixed it with my sourdough starter and used less vinegar
a tasty one

Thursday, February 14, 2013

lemon squeezer


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I like lemons a lot
so do I like my different squeezers
the huge one should be for grapefruits

Friday, February 1, 2013

some green_some red

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in winter
my senecio himalaya has exactly one sweet smelling flower
actually my greenhouse gets wilder
soon Mieke should come back maybe


Saturday, November 17, 2012

ginger lemonade

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for winter
against the cold
colour like deep frozen ice
fresh and sparkling

homemade ginger lemonade
another wonderful recipe out of this book
gibt's auch in Deutsch

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

stress cooking in the morning

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I don't have time to blog recently
work is almost growing over my head
cooked this morning some elderberry sirop
I hope to keep the taste till November
till it's calm again in my head and around me

my first movie I work for
with my boss starring in
he has more then enough ideas I have to work out

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

purple vegetables




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because of M.s favorite color I'm obsessed in looking for violet
this vegetables I discovered the last days
most of them organic species
the beans are fantastic, but
they loose their color by cooking
the little eggplants are from the Pakistan shop

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

sallow thorn, reine claude & potato bread



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bought fresh sallow thorn in Vienna
reine claude in the moroccan shop in Antwerp
baked bread with potatos
the best sourdough I did so far
finally a round proofing basket from manufactum