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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: 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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