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Real German Cuisine Challenge: Bickbeerpfannkuchen (Bilberry pancakes)

June 29, 2009

Bickbeerpfannkuchen are pancakes made with bilberries, known in Germany as Bickbeeren or Heidelbeeren, also known as blueberries.  Last week while buying mushrooms at the mushroom stand in Neupfarrplatz, I saw they were selling wild forest-grown Heidelbeeren.  We grabbed a container and made these that day. Wild heidelbeeren are much smaller than regular blueberries, I didn’t notice [...]

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Real German Cuisine Challenge: Rote Grütze (Red Fruit Jelly)

June 22, 2009

This week’s recipe was Rote Grütze.  I had trouble figuring out how to translate this, the closest I could come up with was red fruit jelly, but I’m sure there’s a better way to describe it.  And it seems I have bad timing.  This recipe requires sour cherries, red currants (rote Johannisbeeren) and raspberries.  When [...]

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Real German Cuisine Challenge: Hollerküchle (Elder flower pancakes)

June 21, 2009

This is a surprise bonus challenge, really sorry for the last minute notification.  I know that’s really lame. Hollerküchle is battered and fried Holunder (elder, elderberry) flowers.  They can also be translated as elder flower pancakes.  I had no idea what an elder tree/bush looked like, and neither did Rainer, so I’d put this recipe aside and forgot [...]

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Real German Cuisine Challenge: Scheiterhaufen

June 15, 2009

This week’s recipe was Scheiterhaufen, an apple-bread casserole from the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern section of the book.  It is just Brötchen (large German rolls), cut in half, soaked in an egg-milk mixture, then layered with grated apple and raisins.  Scheiterhaufen is German for the pile of wood used in burning people at the stake.  I have no [...]

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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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Real German Cuisine Challenge: Apple Strudel

March 9, 2009

This week’s challenge was Apfelstrudel (Apple Strudel).  I wussed out this week and didn’t knead the dough by hand.  I knew I had to spend an hour peeling apples, so I took a short cut here. I had to sprinkle a little more flour into the machine, and when I cut it directly after removing [...]

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