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Real German Cuisine: Buttermilchplinsen (Buttermilk pancakes)

July 27, 2009

This week’s recipe was Buttermilchplinsen from the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.  This state runs along the beautiful Baltic sea coast of Germany, and it’s biggest city is Rostock, where we lived in 2004-2005.  I never had these while there, but I’m guessing these are more a home cooking dish than something you’d find in a restaurant. [...]

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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: 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: White Asparagus with Pancakes

April 27, 2009

After a break last week, we’re back with Spargel mit Kratzete (white asparagus with pancakes).  Spargel is pretty delicious and it’s everywhere in Germany this time of year.  Normally I have Spargel with Hollandaise sauce, but this recipe served it with butter. We had a big block of French butter we bought over Easter in [...]

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