Vegan Strawberry Marbled Elderflower Kissel 🌱

My second dish for this month’s food blog challenge by Foodblogs Schweiz features strawberries and elderflower. Since I created two dishes also containing these very ingredients last month (a sweet and a savory one), I wanted to come up with something unexpected, yet familiar. Let me present: a strawberry marbled elderflower kissel reminiscent of a…

Elderflower marmalade 🌱

Isn’t it great when you prepare something and – as a happy coincidence – create a nice by-product. This happened to me in course of making the elderflower tart with a meringue topping. By accident, there was elderflower marmalade. Add 8 g agar agar to 0.5 L elderflower syrup ready to drink and bring to…

Elderflower tart with meringue topping 🌱

I love experimental cooking – and baking, obviously. In particular, when the result turns out delicious. This vegan tart is a combination of the lately so popular crystal clear pumpkin pie and a very traditional lemon curd pie, with which I strongly associate a meringue topping. Crust: Blend 1.5 dl whole grain wheat flour, 1…

Elderflower syrup 🌱

The sun is shining and the sambucus is blooming – a perfect time to make elderflower syrup. Collect 15 fully opened, not browning elderflower blossoms. Remove the stems and any free passengers by shaking the blossoms. Don’t wash them, though, as this would cause loss of flavor. Place the blossoms, a thinly sliced lemon, 2…

Berries • Vanilla • Verbena • Flowers

Spongy rose water cakes with a soft creamy filling and a fresh berry topping. That sounds delicious, right? My initial plan was to combine the pudding and berries with crunchy honey meringues, though. Mini pavlovas for dessert. Meringues need a long oven time, so I started preparing them early this morning. And left them in…