Spargelsuppe (asparagus soup)

This simple soup allows the white asparagus to show its full taste and flavor.

Ingredients:

• white asparagus
• 10-15 cups of saltwater
• 4 Tbsp Butter
• 4 Tbsp Flour
• 5 cups asparagus Water
• Salt 
• Pepper
• Eggs

Cooking Instruction:

Clean and trim the asparagus and cut it into short pieces. Bring 10-15 cups of salt water to a boil and cook the asparagus in it until tender.
Melt butter on medium-high heat in a separate pot. Add Flour to hot Butter and stir it until it turns yellow.
Slowly stir in 5 cups of Saltwater from Asparagus pot. Add Salt and Pepper to create the right special taste.
Bring soup to a boil and add the cooked asparagus. Add the egg slowly to the boiling soup while stirring.

Enjoy it and have a nice christmas time…

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Vanillekipferl

Another international day is coming along and it’s exactly one month to go to christmas so today we present you a typical Austrian pastry for this time…the famous Vanillekipferl…enjoy!

Ingredients

• 260g all-purpose flour
• 200g butter
• 60g confectioners‘ sugar
• 1 egg
• 15g vanilla sugar
• 180g ground almonds
• a pinch salt

Start with combining the salt and the flour ind a large mixing bowl. Then cut in the butter or margarine and mix it in with your hands. Afterwards add the confectioners‘ sugar, the egg, the vanilla sugar, and the ground almonds to the flour mixture and place the dough in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. Then divide the dough into several parts and make rolls that are approximately 1 inch thick. Cut the rolls into 1 inch pieces, and bend the pieces into the shape of a semicircle ( just like a croissant). Place the kipferl on a baking tray, and leave them in the refrigerator for 15 minutes.  Bake at 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) for 10 to 15 minutes. When done, remove kipferl carefully from the tray and dredge them with some confectioners‘ sugar.

ENJOY!

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Swiss Role (English recipe)

Hi folks. Today we would like to present a lovely recipe for dessert, a swiss role.

Ingredients for 4 people:

• 4 eggs
• 5 sp. jam
• 100g flour
• 100g sugar
• powder sugar (on top)
• 60g butter
• vanilla sugar

The preperation:

First of all you have to mix the egg yolk, the butter, the sugar and the vanilla sugar. Stir it till the mass is thick.

Go on by beating the egg white. Afterwards mix it with the flour till everything is stiff.

Finish by bringing together both raw masses and withdraw it onto a buttered cookie sheet. After you have baked it for around 10 minutes at appr. 200°C, take the dough out of the oven and place it on a sugared towel. The last step is to brush the jam on the baked mass and role the tough with the help of the towel.

Cool it down and serve it sliced with powder sugar on the top.

Enjoy your meal

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Peach-Mango Smoothie

Smoothies are a great choice for a quick breakfast or just for lunch.

You only need:

• 2 Fresh Mangos
• 2 Peaches, sliced
• 250 ml Orange juice
• 250 ml milk or a cup of yogurt

First peel the mangos and cut them into small slices. Now put everything in a blender and puree it until  smooth. Enjoy your smoothie!

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Spinage tortilla – finger food (international day –> english recipe)

Today is another INTERNATIONAL DAY!

The recipe contains following ingredients for 4 people:

• about 900g of spinage (cooked)
• 1 cup sour cream
• 150g mayonnaise
• 1 package of cream cheese
• 200g of bacon
• 4 small onions
• 12 flour tortillas
• salt, pepper and chilli

What you have to do to prepare this food?

It is quite easy and takes about 3o minutes.

Firstly, you have to mix the mayonnaise, sour cream and the cream cheese.

After that add and cut the onions as wells as the bacon. Furthermore break the spinage into small pieces.

Add pepper, salt and chilli – refering to your taste!

Mix all ingredients and put it onto a tortilla. Roll it, Eat it !

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Kaiserschmarren (english version)

Sunday is another international day so it’s time to cook Kaiserschmarren! Kaiserschmarren is part of Austria’s long and traditional food culture so I really suggest to cook it.

Let’s start with the ingredients for 4 people:

– 6 eggs
– 200 grams flour
– 50 grams sugar
– 1/4 litre milk
– pinch of salt
– raisins
– butter

How to do:

First separate the egg whites from yolks. Afterwards mix the yolks, sugar, milk and flour carefully. Add a pinch of salt to the egg whites and beat until stiff.
If it is stiff you can add the egg whites to the dough and fold carefully.

Melt butter in a large pan. Put the dough into the pan and add raisins. Let it cook on one side for a couple of minutes, turn it and tear into pieces.
Watch out that you don’t overcook the pancakes, otherwise they will be dry! Sprinkle the Kaiserschmarren with powdered sugar.

As a side dish I would suggest to use plum or apple puree. Gourmets use lingonberries as well.
Bon appétit!

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Viennese Apple Strudel

Hey folks! Sunday is a typical day for delicious desserts in Austria.
Today is apple strudle day so check out the following recipe:

Strudel dough:

1 1/2 c. all purpose flour
1 egg
2 tbsp. oil
1 tsp. vinegar (white)
Dash salt
1/2 c. lukewarm water

Beat egg lightly with a fork. Mix flour, water, salt and vinegar until you have a smooth and silky dough. (Use your hands). Cover with a dish towel and let rest at least 1/2 hour. Flour an old table cloth (or any other piece of material) you need the kitchen table for this.

Roll dough as big as you can. Use enough flour on your table cloth so dough can’t stick to it. Then you have to pull the dough with your hands on all four sides until it’s paper thin and covers a large area of the table cloth. Be careful not to tear the dough.

Apple filling:

3 1/2 lbs. apples (peeled and coarsely chopped)
3/4 c. sugar
3/4 c. regular bread crumbs
1/2 stick butter, melted Cinnamon, lemon rind
Optional: 2 oz. grated hazelnuts and (or) raisins, as many as you like

Mix all ingredients in large bowl. After dough is rolled and pulled out, sprinkle with melted butter, then bread crumbs and finally apple mixture. Roll dough up quickly. Put dough on a buttered cookie sheet. Bake 45 minutes at medium heat. Brush melted butter on top. Serve hot or cold, with or without whipped cream or powdered sugar. In addition, vannila sauce is a perfect side for apple strudel.

Have fun and enjoy your strudle(s)! 🙂

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Palatschinken – english recipe

Welcome to our first international day!

Something which you can find in almost every country are pancakes. But I’m sure that Austrian „Palatschinken“ are the best ones… 🙂

So, here the recipe for 4 small Palatschinken:

• 130-150 gram flour
• 2 eggs
• 250 millilitermilk
• salt
• jam (usually apricot jam, but you can use every jam you like, just as Nutella)
• butter to bake
• powdered sugar to sprinkle over the Palatschinken

First you prepare the dough. Put the milk together with the eggs in a bowl and stir in the flour. Season the dough with a pinch of salt, mix through again and let the dough rest for about 30 minutes.
After half an hour you melt a teaspoon full of butter in a coated pan and pour enough dough in the pan that the base is full with dough (but not too much – otherwise the Palatschinken get too thick). Bake the Palatschinke at medium heat golden brown. Then turn it with a spatula and let it get golden brown on the other side as well.
Now you put the Palatschinke out and bake all the others in the same way. Put the Palatschinke in aluminum foil to stay warm until the others are ready.
Before eating you put jam (or Nutella) on the Palatschinke, roll it and put powdered sugar on it.

I hope you enjoy this very easy, traditional Austrian dessert…

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