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Zwetschgentorte (Plum cake)

August 29, 2011

This delicious recipe is simple and tastes like a cross between cake and cobbler.  It’s moist and fruity with a crunchy top.  I adapted it from a recipe by Marian Burros. ingredients 3/4 cup (150g) plus 1-2 tablespoons sugar 8 tablespoons (112g) unsalted butter 1 cup (114g) unbleached all-purpose flour, sifted (Type 550 flour) 1 [...]

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Real German Cuisine Challenge: Zwiebelmarktkuchen (Weimar Onion Festival Cake)

November 16, 2009

This week’s recipe Zwiebelmarktkuchen (Onion Festival Cake) is a specialty from Weimar in the German state of Thüringen.  The Weimar Onion Festival, or Zweibelmarkt, takes place in October and has been going on for 365 years.  This dish is a specialty of the festival. The dish reminded me somewhat of Flammkuchen, except with more onions and a [...]

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Real German Cuisine Challenge: Grumbeersupp mit Quetschekuche

August 24, 2009

This week’s challenge was to make Grumbeersupp mit Quetschekuche, or potato soup with plum cake.  Rainer says this is one of the meals he grew up with, well actually, potato soup with pancakes is how his mom made it, and plum cake was something they had for coffee & cake.  Rainer says Grumbeersupp is how it’s called [...]

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Real German Cuisine Challenge: Zwetschgenmichel (plum casserole)

August 17, 2009

This week’s recipe was Zwetschgenmichel, or plum casserole, from the German state of Thuringen (Thuringia).  Thuringen is in central Germany and is home to the towns of Erfurt, Gera, Jena and Weimar. Zwetschgen are plums used to make prunes.  Zwetschgen trees are quite common here, almost everyone with a garden has one in it, including [...]

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Real German Cuisine Challenge: Blankenhainer Cherry Cake

June 7, 2009

This weeks recipe, Blankenhainer Kirschkuchen, was supposed to be Friedrich von Schiller’s favorite cake, and I can see why.  It was delicious! Unlike Jentry (see below), I didn’t have a cherry destoner, so I had to pick the stones out of the cherries by hand.  I don’t know if there’s supposed to be a trick [...]

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Real German Cuisine Challenge: Prasselkuchen (Crackling cake)

May 18, 2009

This week’s recipe was Prasselkuchen (Crackling Cake) a cake from the Saxony region of Germany. It is pretty easy to make.  You set out some frozen puff pastry to warm to room temperature, then roll it out, cut it into pieces, brush them with water, cover them with streusel, bake them, then brush them with [...]

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Video Wednesday: Persian Knife Dance

March 26, 2008

So here it is, the longer version of this Persian wedding custom.  The video isn’t perfect, I took it with my digital camera and the room was dimly lit.  I also stopped to take photos in between, so I included those snapshots. Here’s an explanation of the custom from the Persian Mirror: The purpose of the [...]

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