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Meat recipes with beef, pork, poultry, lamb and mince for the frying pan, oven, grill and casserole.
Pasta and noodle recipes for quick sauces, bakes, salads, Asian-style dishes and easy one-pot meals.
Rice recipes for curries, bowls, risotto, fried rice, salads, side dishes and creamy desserts.
Potato recipes for crisp roasts, pan-fried potatoes, mash, soups, salads, gratins and versatile side dishes.
Approachable fish recipes with salmon, cod, pollock, trout and more for the pan, oven, grill or pot.
Seafood recipes with prawns, mussels, scallops and squid for pasta, rice, soups, grills and starters.
Fruit recipes with apples, berries, pears and citrus for breakfast, cakes, desserts, drinks and savoury salads.
Seasonal vegetable recipes for quick skillets, oven dishes, soups, salads, curries and filling meat-free mains.
Recipes with lentils, beans, chickpeas and peas for curries, soups, salads, spreads and vegetarian mains.
Cheese recipes for pasta, potatoes, bakes, salads and snacks, from creamy sauces to crisp gratinated toppings.
Recipes
Beef goulash is sautéed vigorously and gently braised with onions, tomato paste, stock, bay leaves, carrots, celery and potatoes. Add vegetables after cooking and simmer the stew gently until the meat is tender without resistance.
Slices of sausage are browned and served with a boiled sauce made from tomatoes, tomato paste, curry, honey, vinegar and chilli. Roast the tomato paste and curry powder briefly, then reduce the sauce and only then taste sweet and sour.
Pumpernickel is spread with horseradish cream cheese and topped with cucumber, smoked salmon, dill and lemon. Pat cucumber dry and top the appetizers just before serving so that the bread remains firm.
Arrange the cheese in a large platter with grapes, nuts, crackers, olives, fig mustard and baguette. Tempering the cheese about thirty minutes before eating, but only just before serving.
Vanilla cream is bound with gelatin, filled into glasses and served after several hours of cooling with a short boiled berry sauce. Dissolve gelatin only in hot, not boiling cream and let the berry sauce cool completely.
After the dough has been cooked, it is cut out, baked in hot oil until golden brown and filled with jam after cooling. Keep the oil temperature constant and bake the berlin in portions so that they are not greasy inside and out.
Stoned dates are filled with almonds, wrapped in bacon and baked in the oven until crispy. Place the bacon seam down and brush the honey on towards the end so that nothing burns.
Mushroom heads are filled with a mixture of cream cheese, Parmesan cheese, garlic, parsley and crumbs and baked in the oven. Clean the mushrooms only dry and do not press the filling too tightly to brown and not to water the mushrooms.
Lamb pie dough is thinly covered with sour cream, onion and bacon, baked very hot and then cut into small pieces. Spread the topping sparingly and preheat the tin or stone completely to make the thin base crisp.
Tortilla chips are briefly fried with beans, corn, jalapeños and cheddar and served with salsa, sour cream and coriander. A flat layer and separately served moist dips keep the nachos crispy for longer.
Spiced pork shoulder is slowly cooked soft with apple juice, pulled, mixed with BBQ sauce and served in mini rolls with coleslaw. Meat needs low heat until it can be easily pulled apart; sauce is only dosed after plucking.
Sweat the potatoes, leeks and onions in butter, boil them in vegetable stock until soft and puree them with cream. Leave some of the potatoes in the pan and add the roasted onions to the plate to keep the soup textured.
Cooked prawns, avocado, lettuce and tomatoes are layered in glasses and served with a lime cocktail sauce. All ingredients must be well chilled and dry; cut the avocado just before layering and sprinkle with lime.
Cooked lentils are marinated lukewarm with lemon-honey dressing and later mixed with cucumber, feta, parsley and pomegranate. Cook lentils only al dente and drain well; fold in feta and pomegranate only after cooling.
Chopped beef is sautéed vigorously and boiled to a thick party chilli with onion, tomato paste, spices, tomatoes, beans and corn. Brown the chopped chilli in portions and simmer uncovered; add the beans only after the spices have been roasted.
Prepare cooked potatoes, mushrooms, peppers, corn and cucumbers in portions in raclette pans and sauté under cheese. Drain moist ingredients well and do not fill the pans too high to make the cheese brown.
Mountain cheese and Emmentaler are melted in portions in hot white wine and bound with garlic and mixed starch. Stir in the cheese over medium heat and do not boil until bubbling, otherwise the fat can separate from the mixture.
Puff pastry is spread with pesto, Parmesan cheese and dried tomatoes, rolled up, cooled and sliced until crispy. A short cooling time stabilises the roll; a sharp knife prevents the snails from being compressed during cutting.
Short pastry is pressed into small moulds and baked with sweaty leeks, egg-cream-glaze and gouda. Let leeks evaporate before filling and do not overfill the moulds so that the bottom and glaze cook clean.
Mix the minced meat with the egg, crumbs, onion, mustard and parsley, form small meatballs and fry them all around. Mix the mixture only briefly and fry a tasting spoon before the rest of the seasoning is determined.
Mulled wine is reduced with orange, cinnamon and star anise, while vanilla cream is bound with gelatin and later combined with the cooled mulled wine layer. Remove spices after drawing and never boil gelatin; both layers must be sufficiently cooled before assembling.
Curd cheese, butter, flour, raisins, candied orange peel, candied lemon and stollen are formed into small pieces and baked. Knead the dough only briefly and spread the warm confection with butter before adding plenty of icing sugar.
A speculoos base is baked with a cream cheese-curd filling and finished with cinnamon after completely cooling. Stir the filling only until smooth and let the cake cool slowly to ensure that the surface and consistency remain even.
Hollow out the apples, fill them with marzipan, almonds, raisins and cinnamon and bake them in the oven until they are soft and the skin is firm. Do not pierce the bottom of the apples and bake until the flesh is soft but the skin is firm.
Boil chestnuts, onion and potatoes until soft with white wine and vegetable stock, puree and finish with cream and thyme. Bring the white wine to a boil and add the cream only after pureeing, so that the soup tastes round instead of alcoholic.