It’s tea time. Well not quite. It’s actually time for pudding. Tea on a plate, to be more precise. Earl Grey mousse: Prepare 200 ml super strong Earl Grey tea. Sweeten with honey. Allow to cool on the fridge. Add 4 bloomed gelatine leaves and gently fold in 100 ml whipped heavy cream. Transfer to…
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Swiss egg pasta (Knöpfli or Spätzli)🇨🇭
For this week’s Swiss Food Discovery project, I’ve prepared shaped pasta typical to the Swiss cuisine. In Swiss German, the pasta is called Knöpfli translating into small buttons or Spätzli in reference to the diminutive form of sparrow. Prepare them pure or season them with spinach, pumpkin or hazelnut. Serve them as is or butter-fried –…
Grape • Pumpkin • Chanterelle • Rice 💚
Playing with colors – that’s what this dish is all about. And autumn flavors. Prepare the risotto by sautéing chopped shallot, garlic and Gioiello rice is some olive oil. Taste with salt and add some red wine. Allow the rice to absorb and, little by little, add hot water. Once cooked, add black aceto balsamico,…
Caramel custard (Brönnti Crème) 🇨🇭
Caramel custard is my next dish for for the Swiss Food Discovery. In German, this dessert is called “Brönnti Crème” translating to “burnt custard” in reference to the burnt sugar and protagonist of the custard. The sugar is not burnt, though, but rather caramelized into a very rich and luscious syrup. And that’s the secret of…
Inverted parasol mushroom omelet 💚
Today, I’m preparing another dish featuring mushrooms. The other day, my hubby hit the woods and returned with a basket full of parasol mushrooms. I couldn’t help myself but to combine these wild treats with a creamy French omelet. Sauté the hat of parasol mushrooms in olive oil. Season with fleur de sel. In the…
Scallop • Elderberry • Carrot • Bean
For the second dish I created on the occasion of this month’s Food Blog Challenge by Foodblogs Schweiz, I paired elderberries, different beans and heirloom carrots with scallops. This is the outcome. For the broth, combine fish stock with elderberry juice. You can use store bought products or make your own. For the fish stock, cover fish…
Pumpkin • Amaretti • Sage • Butter
Pumpkin with bitter almond cookies is a traditional combination originating from Lombardy in Northern Italy. It’s usually wrapped into pasta and paired with sage beurre noisette and quince or pear mustard. This is my low-carb variation of that traditional Italian treat. Steam pumpkin until soft. Mash and taste with quince mustard and fleur de sel….
Deconstructed golden beetroot 💚
More experimental cooking. This time, I created a dish featuring mellow golden beetroot served in three different ways – pickled, mashed and seared. Pickles: Pickle thin slices of golden beetroot in a liquid consisting of one part water and one part white aceto balsamico seasoned with salt, sugar and white pepper. Bring the liquid to…
Honeyed Tomme with roasted walnuts and caramelized nectarines
Cheese is convenience food at its finest. It’s extremely versatile in taste and texture. When I think about combining a spicy, savory cheese with sweet, fruity flavors, I get all excited. Aged Gruyère with treacly fig jam. Or nutty Madrigal with sun-ripe strawberries. Or baked soft cheese with caramelized drupes. Heaven! Bake portion sized Tomme…
Rosemary potato and squash cake
In this month’s basket for the food blog challenge by Foodblogs Schweiz, I found new potatoes, rosemary, squash, elderflower and strawberries (again). By means of two dishes, I will be able to use all five ingredients for the first time. First up are the new potatoes, rosemary and squash. Wash and slice the new potatoes….
Poached yellow and purple cauliflower on sourdough rye crisp soil and soft boiled eggs drizzled with buerre noisette 💚
When I was I child, one of my favorite veggie dishes was poached cauliflower drizzle with butter, coated with breadcrumbs and chopped hard boiled eggs and broiled in the oven. This is a decomposed and pimped-up version of my fond childhood dish. Poach purple and yellow cauliflower until soft. Season with fleur de sel. In…
Ristotto venere with golden oyster mushroom and Syrian purple carrots
“The best risotto I’ve ever had” according to my 6-year-old. No further introduction necessary. Risotto: Fry white onion and riso venere in olive oil. Add salt, garlic and some elderflower and apple cider vinegar and allow to absorb. Little by little, add hot water always letting the rice absorb all the water before adding more….
Woodruff and lemon balm granita with orange custard and orange microwave mug cake
Foraging gets me really excited. Especially, when it can be done in my mother-in-law’s garden. In May, when the woodruff blooms, she’s kind enough to let me pick a couple of stems. That’s not all she’s sharing, though. She thought me how she extracts the typical woodruff flavor: She infuses flower clusters together with slices…
Nettle soup with 65°C egg 💚
In spring, when the nature awakens from its winter sleep, my foraging instincts come to life again. After wild garlic, it’s the turn for nettles. For the nettle soups, collect young nettle buds and then blanch them. Strain them, collect the water and chop the buds finely. Prepare a roux by melting butter. Add the…
Rabbit fillets with baby heirloom carrots, refried beans and tarragon foam
In earlier days, according to common belief, the folkloric Easter Bunny brought colored eggs, candy and sometimes even toys to the children behaving well. Similar to the Santa Clause tradition, the disobedient ones were left empty-handed. Today, the Easter Bunny is less strict and offers a delicious meal for young and old. Beans: Simmer a…
Pickled chard and rhubarb with wild garlic coated Vacherin Mont-d’Or and fried wild garlic bulbs
And the challenge continues. Last month, I wrote about the Food Blog Challenge organized by Foodblogs Schweiz and my three vegetarian dishes featuring hazelnut and carrots (a pie, pasta and a soup). This month, the provided food basket contained wild garlic, rhubarb, chicory, mint, spinach and chard. Challenging. Very challenging, indeed. I pulled all my…
Confit egg with bacon jam on black salsify
Bacon and egg – that’s a typical weekend breakfast in our household. Bacon and egg deluxe – that’s what this dish is. And a sensational way to kick off your Saturday. Enjoy! Start with the bacon jam, as it will need to slow cook. Fry finely chopped bacon, yellow onion and garlic. Remove any excess…
Hazelnut spätzli with carrot ragout
Combining elements of different culinary traditions is not only the definition of fusion cuisine, in my opinion, it’s the most exciting part of it. Very bourgeois, very Swiss egg noodles served with a veggie ragout filled with Moroccan flavors and a smooth cream made of Greek sheep milk feta cheese. That’s my second dish featuring…
Heirloom carrot roses on a hazelnut crust 💚
My first dish for the Food Blog Challenge organized by Foodblogs Schweiz is a tasty pie consisting of a really short hazelnut crust filled with creamy goat cheese and topped with roses of naturally sweet heirloom carrots. Start with the crust. Cream 200 g butter. Add 2 egg yolks, 1 tsp salt and 1 tsp…
Rib steak with herb butter
I consider myself a flexitarian: I enjoy all diets – vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian, pollotarian and omnivore – without limiting myself to one. Now and then, I treat myself to a piece of red meat. And when I do, I like enjoying my meat without any sides. Just meat and condiments. Like dry aged rib steak…
Chocolate cake
Today, we’ve celebrated my baby girl’s fifth birthday. She’s an amazing kid. Always up for a laugh. Childishly witty. Full of great ideas. Extremely cuddlesome. A bundle of joy, really. A perfect girl deserves a perfect cake for her birthday. And what suits that occasion better than a cake chosen the best chocolate cake in…
French omelet 💚
Egg is one of my go-to ingredients when I’m in a hurry. It’s something I always have at home, it cooks fast, it’s wonderfully versatile and it’s low carb. Today, I treated myself to a smooth and silky French omelet paired with a fresh green salad. At medium temperature, melt butter in a pan. Homogenize…
Pork • Parsley root • Parsley • Pimenta
Remember my Cinque Pi? This is my Quattro Pi (with some additional ingredients). Turn pork shanks (also know as ham hocks or pork knuckles) in wheat flour and roast them in olive oil. Taste with salt and black pepper. Add quartered onions as well as pimenta (allspice) and rosemary. Braise in white wine until the…
Pepparnötter (Peppernuts)
My past week has been so incredibly busy. Privately and professionally. I have barely had any time for blogging. Am I the only one thinking: “Why does Christmas have to be so stressful?”. As of today, there will be no more stress. We are leaving Switzerland to spend the holidays in Finland’s winter wonderland. Time…
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