A café whose weekend’s breakfast menu is just as overwhelming as its weekday’s lunches are and choice of homemade cakes, naturally shall not be missed on my list of recommendable places to eat out.
As soon as the family announces their next weekend visit, I naturally aim to make something very special for them, considering the fact that both my parents and…
However, if you wish to indulge in sweet and ripe plums, you got to hurry up: Plum season is almost over. Hence, I suggest you enjoy a scoop of vanilla ice cream with this plum tart for the ultimate taste of Summer, erh, Fall! Plum tart (Recipe slightly amended from DELI Magazin 3/2014) For the crust: 250 g flour, sieved 125 g soft butter 75 g sugar 1 egg (size M) also: dried pulse to blind-bake For the filling: 750 g plums, washed, halved and pitted 4 table spoons sugar 1/4 teaspoons cinnamon 3 tablespoons rusk crumbs 1 tablespoon red wine 25 g corn starch 250 ml whipping cream 2 eggs (size M) For the batter, knead flour, butter, sugar and egg until all ingredients are just incorporated. Grease a tart tin (28 cm), roll out the dough to the size of the tin, add to the tin and set…
Being inspired by the beautiful sunshine we are currently blessed with in Hamburg, I made a stack of Blueberry Lemon Pancakes for yesterday’s breakfast, one of my…
… A wise decision, I realized, as It turnt out that the rain would not stop for another six days. Luckily, I had found my recipe for a daily encouragement. The warm milk evoked already forgotten childhood memories, the spices made the hot chocolate taste aromatic and spicy, and whipped cream on top made it deliciously creamy. It may keep on raining outside, I really don’t mind staying inside drinking hot chocolate all day – eventually, I might even start to like January thanks to this recipe for a spiced hot chocolate! Love, Lea Lou Hot chocolate with cinnamon, vanilla and chili For two servings 450 ml low-fat milk 15 g cocoa powder 10 g sugar 1/2 tea spoon cinnamon 2 drops vanilla essence (optionally: the core of half a vanilla bean) 1/2 tea spoon chili flakes 100 ml whipped cream cinnamon, chocolate powder and/or grated chocolate to decorate Heat…
