So, lots of people comment after we have our feast about what we made, how it tasted, and where we found the recipes. I thought I'd get my butt in gear and started blogging about it so I could answer the questions, and hopefully convince some of you to try our favourite recipes.
This week's theme: Oktoberfest
Because it was, well, October, we thought it fitting to go German. On the menu was braised cabbage, German potato salad, soft pretzels, an onion tart/pizza, applesauce, spaetzle, and schnitzel. Did I forget anything? Most of the recipes came from the internet, mine came from a friend familiar with all things German. She wrote out recipes from Luisa Weiss' "My Berlin Kitchen", and Classic German Baking.
Zwiebelkuchen filling:
1 1/2 cups smoked bacon (300 g, I used pork butt, best to get a whole piece and dice it) 1 tsp canola oil 6 big onions (1 kg) Caraway seed (I didn’t use because I don’t like the taste) 2 cups of gryère cheese (I added some mozzarella, the recipe calls for Emmentaler) 1 cup cream 1 dash nutmegAs I said, I took her list of ingredients and spread them on the store bought pizza dough. I cooked it at 400 for 30 to 40 minutes. It was perfection. Most of the other recipes I am seeing for it call for sour cream instead which would give it a totally different flavour. Hmmm.
The tart/pizza was epic. It's too time intensive to put into weekly rotation, and I even cheated with frozen pizza dough. I discreetly disposed of the bag before my sisters got to my house. Ha! The potato salad (Kartoffelsalat), however, will now be part of my repertoire. Well, at least the "sauce".
Boil potatoes, peel, dice, and put in a serving bowl. Take remaining ingredients and make sauce and simmer. Pour over potatoes and toss. Sprinkle with fresh parsley. MAKE DOUBLE THE SAUCE. That's my best advice :)
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