Belugalinsen mit Cabanossi und Ofen-Rote BeeteBeluga Lentils with Cabanossi and Roasted Beetroots

Belugalinsen mit Cabanossi und Ofen-Rote Beete

Das ist so richtig schönes Wohlfühlessen für mich! Ich liebe alles in diesem Gericht: Linsen, Cabanossi (die man für die vegetarische Variante natürlich einfach weglassen kann) und im Ofen geröstete Rote Beete, die dadurch am besten schmeckt. Verfeinert mit einem ordentlichen Schluck Rotwein, passierten Tomaten, Karotten- und Selleriewürfeln, Oregano, geräuchertem Paprikapulver (wichtig, da es ein unvergleichliches Aroma gibt) und Chili.

Belugalinsen sehen besonders schön aus, nämlich wie Belugakaviar: klein und schwarz. Aber sie schmecken auch besonders lecker und vor allem behalten sie ihre Form auch noch wenn sie gegart sind. Bei mir müssen sie noch etwas Biss haben. Die Zutaten in diesem Gericht werden durch das Kochen wie eine Einheit. Es gibt keine richtige Soße, die ist eher dicklich geworden und umgibt (großzügig) die Zutaten. Eine kohlenhydrathaltige Sättigungsbeilage ist hierbei nicht von Nöten, man kann die Leckerei auch gleich aus dem Topf löffeln.

Belugalinsen mit Cabanossi und Ofen-Rote Beete

Dadurch, dass wir 6 Wochen im Urlaub waren, habe ich im Gegensatz zu den Daheimgebliebenen das Wintergemüse noch nicht über. Ein echter Vorteil (obwohl ich mich trotzdem auf frisches Frühlingsgemüse freue)! Diesen Herbst sind wir sowieso schon zu großen Rote Beete Fans geworden. Früher kannte ich sie auch nur als Salat und habe sie schon da geliebt! Inzwischen haben wir schon viele Rezepte ausprobiert und alles hat uns begeistert. Am besten ist aber immer noch das einfache Rösten im Ofen mit Olivenöl und Salz, so wie sie als „Sahnehaube“ in diesem Rezept verwendet werden.

Belugalinsen mit Cabanossi und Ofen-Rote Beete

Vor einem Jahr: Haferflorentiner

 

Beluga Lentils with Cabanossi and Roasted Beetroots

This is my perfect comfort food! I love every detail  in this dish: the lentils, the cabanossi (feel free to omit these for a vegetarian version, it’s still great then) and roasted beetroots, which is the best way to make them. Refined with a decent portion of red wine, pureed tomatoes, carrot and celeriac, oregano, smoked paprika (a great ingredients, because it gives dishes an extraordinary taste) and chilli.

Beluga lentils are beautiful, as they look like beluga caviar: small and black. But they taste also very delicious and they keep their shape very well while cooking. When I cook them they still need to be a bit al dente. The ingredients in this dish will melt together. The sauce will be very thick and surrounds the ingredients. A carbon hydrated side dish isn’t needed here, as you can just eat it by the spoon out of the pot.

Beluga Lentils with Cabanossi and Roasted Beetroots

As we spent 6 weeks in Asia, I’m not yet sick of winter vegetables. A real advantage (of course I’m looking forward to fresh spring vegetables)! This autumn we became huge fans of beetroots. In the past I’ve just known beetroots as salad, which then I already loved! In the mean time we tried a lot of recipes with beetroots and were delighted by all of them. But best is still to roast them in the oven with olive oil and salt, as I made it for this recipe.

Beluga Lentils with Cabanossi and Roasted Beetroots

One year ago: Oat Florentines

Wildfond Game Stock

Jetzt in den Wochen vor Weihnachten gibt es an einem Stand auf dem Markt auch Wild. Manchmal dies, manchmal das. Vor Kurzem entdeckte ich dort Wildhasen, den wir gleich mitnahmen. Die Gelegenheit kommt nicht oft. Dahinter standen zwei Tüten mit Rehabschnitten und -knochen, die ich schon interessiert beäugte. Nachdem wir noch eine Runde durch die Läden machten, musste ich sie noch haben. Und ein Glück, denn bisher hab ich dort keine mehr gesehen.

Am gleichen Wochenende hieß es also Wildfond kochen und einmachen. Da es auch für mich das erste Mal war, wollte ich mich kurz im Internet informieren um etwaige Zutaten (außergewöhnliches) und Kochzeit. Kurz war gut. Das Internet gab nicht viel her. Von 2-6 Stunden alles dabei. Kam mir aber auch etwas wenig vor. Facebook befragt. Arthurs Tochter half mit der konkreten Angabe 12 Stunden weiter. Also dann 12 Stunden. Und es hat dem Fond nicht geschadet.

Wildfond braucht man vielleicht nichts so häufig, aber wenn ja was macht man dann? Gut man kann einen überteuerten Fond kaufen. Da kostet das Glas mehr, als die Abschnitte zum Kochen. Und dann sind auch noch Zutaten drin, die mit Fond nichts zu tun haben.

Ich habe mit einmal Kochen 13 Gläser Fond eingekocht. Das hält ne Weile. Aber wenn man es danach auch noch schön im Backofen einmacht, hält sich das auch noch ewig (naja fast).

Und für alle die sich fragen, wie nun Wildfond kochen und einmachen im Backofen funktioniert, liefere ich heute eine pipifax einfache Anleitung dafür. Und schon steht dem leckeren Sößchen, egal zu welchem Wildfleisch, nichts mehr entgegen.

 
Wildfond
 
Vor einem Jahr: Schottisches Shortbread
 
Wildfond
 
 
 
Wildfond
 
 
 
Wildfond
 
 
Wildfond
 

Wildfond

 
Wildfond

 

Now, in the weeks before christmas a market stall on our market has game, too. Sometimes this, sometimes that. Recently we spotted some wild rabbit there, which we immediately bought. Not an everyday opportunity. Behind it, two bags with venison parures and bones, which I already eyed interested. After we made the curcuit in the shops, I had to have them. And that was wise, since I didn’t see some again there.

So on the same weekend cooking and preserving stock was the matter. Since it was the first time for me, too, I searched the internet for some informations about ingredients (something special?) and the cooking time. But the internet was rare. 2-6 hours, everything was given. So asking Facebook. Arthurs Tochter helped me with the precise information: 12 hours. So 12 hours then. And it didn’t do any harm to the game stock!

There’s not so much need for game stock, but when, what to do then? Well, you can buy one, which costs as much as the two bags bones I bought. And then there are ingredients listed, that have nothing to do with stock.

I made 13 glasses of stock with this batch. That’s a nice supply. But if you’re preserving them in the oven, these will maintain forever (well almost).

And if you’re now wondering how to make game stock and how to preserve it in you oven, I will show you an easy peasy instruction how to. So nothing stands in the way for your delicious sauce, accompanying your next game dish.

Game Stock

One year ago: Scottish Shortbread

 
Game Stock
 
 
Game Stock
 
 
Game Stock
 
 
Game Stock

 

Game Stock
 
Game Stock

glutenfreie ButterkekseDecorated Sugar Cookies with the Daring Bakers [gluten-free]

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The September 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Mandy of “What the Fruitcake?!” Mandy challenged everyone to make Decorated Sugar Cookies based on recipes from Peggy Porschen and The Joy of Baking.

For this months challenge everybody should choose a theme. I chose simply „autumn“, because it’s everywhere present for me and I’m totally enjoying it. So I cut out some different shaped leaves with the cookie cutters and decorated them with green, orange and yellow royal icing.

Decorated Sugar Cookies with the Daring Bakers [gluten-free]

Since the only time in the year when I bake sugar cookies is normally before Christmas, I wasn’t so eager on the cookies. So I chose to make them gluten-free, just to give it an extra twist and to try a new flavour. Also I didn’t want to try a different sugar cookie recipe than mine, since I believe mine is the best ;). But before Christmas there is just not the right time to reveal it. I used a sugar cookie recipe from Shauna and it worked out very well. Besides it tastes really good.

The icing was interesting, since I’ve never did it before. It worked well, too. But I’m not a fan of artificial colouring and to decorate cookies like this.It just does not look natural to me. Additionally the cookies just taste great on them selves. The sweet icing is not necessary for me. But it was a good experience.

Decorated Sugar Cookies with the Daring Bakers [gluten-free]

Vor einem Jahr: Triple Mousse

The September 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Mandy of “What the Fruitcake?!” Mandy challenged everyone to make Decorated Sugar Cookies based on recipes from Peggy Porschen and The Joy of Baking.

For this months challenge everybody should choose a theme. I chose simply „autumn“, because it’s everywhere present for me and I’m totally enjoying it. So I cut out some different shaped leaves with the cookie cutters and decorated them with green, orange and yellow royal icing.

Decorated Sugar Cookies with the Daring Bakers [gluten-free]

Since the only time in the year when I bake sugar cookies is normally before Christmas, I wasn’t so eager on the cookies. So I chose to make them gluten-free, just to give it an extra twist and to try a new flavour. Also I didn’t want to try a different sugar cookie recipe than mine, since I believe mine is the best ;). But before Christmas there is just not the right time to reveal it. I used a sugar cookie recipe from Shauna and it worked out very well. Besides it tastes really good.

 

The icing was interesting, since I’ve never did it before. It worked well, too. But I’m not a fan of artificial colouring and to decorate cookies like this.It just does not look natural to me. Additionally the cookies just taste great on them selves. The sweet icing is not necessary for me. But it was a good experience.

Decorated Sugar Cookies with the Daring Bakers [gluten-free]

One year ago: Triple Mousse

Glutenfreie DonutsGluten-free Donuts

We had a party at the weekend. Celebrating our new apartment and my 25th. Lots of people, lots of food. Lots of fun!
Since one guest has celiac disease and I didn’t wanted to make everything special, a lot of the food was gluten-free. Also it was a good opportunity to make donuts. We love them, but it isn’t worth the work for only two people. But for 20. So searching the internet I found a recipe, that sounded good to me. We adapted it to the flours we had. To form the donuts you have to work with a pastry bag, because the dough is not firm enough to roll it out and cut out the donuts. But it’s easy. Don’t be afraid!
 
Gluten-free Donuts
 
They were so good! You would never ever notice those are gluten-free! It was a real surprise.
 
I think it really worked out so well, because we made our own mix of flours and didn’t use a store-bought mixture, which contains mostly corn flour (in Germany). Additionally we used xanthan as a gluten substitute. Xanthan is not very common in Germany. To be truth nobody (almost) knows it. Outside Germany you can maybe imagine how baked gluten-free goods look like here. And how they taste. It’s a shame, cause with xanthan it’s so easy. I’ve baked now three times with it and every time it worked out really well.  And I never baked gluten-free before that! I bought the xanthan here. It was shipped from Austria and you can purchase a larger amount, that isn’t that over expensive. Normally you need 0,5 – 1 tsp. per recipe, so if you bake often gluten-free, 500g are a good investment.
 
Gluten-free Donuts
Originally we wanted to coat the donuts with sugar glaze and with chocolate, but we were tight in time, so we tossed them in cinnamon sugar. F. said, they were not that fluffy like normal donuts. The texture was more like jelly donuts. But I couldn’t think, that this is something negative. I love jelly donuts, too. So feel free to make them ball shape and fill them with jam. Everything is possible and everything will be delicious!
 
Gluten-free Donuts

We had a party at the weekend. Celebrating our new apartment and my 25th. Lots of people, lots of food. Lots of fun!
Since one guest has celiac disease and I didn’t wanted to make everything special, a lot of the food was gluten-free. Also it was a good opportunity to make donuts. We love them, but it isn’t worth the work for only two people. But for 20. So searching the internet I found a recipe, that sounded good to me. We adapted it to the flours we had. To form the donuts you have to work with a pastry bag, because the dough is not firm enough to roll it out and cut out the donuts. But it’s easy. Don’t be afraid!
 
Gluten-free Donuts
 
They were so good! You would never ever notice those are gluten-free! It was a real surprise.
 
I think it really worked out so well, because we made our own mix of flours and didn’t use a store-bought mixture, which contains mostly corn flour (in Germany). Additionally we used xanthan as a gluten substitute. Xanthan is not very common in Germany. To be truth nobody (almost) knows it. Outside Germany you can maybe imagine how baked gluten-free goods look like here. And how they taste. It’s a shame, cause with xanthan it’s so easy. I’ve baked now three times with it and every time it worked out really well. And I never baked gluten-free before that! I bought the xanthan here. It was shipped from Austria and you can purchase a larger amount, that isn’t that over expensive. Normally you need 0,5 – 1 tsp. per recipe, so if you bake often gluten-free, 500g are a good investment.
 
Gluten-free Donuts
Originally we wanted to coat the donuts with sugar glaze and with chocolate, but we were tight in time, so we tossed them in cinnamon sugar. F. said, they were not that fluffy like normal donuts. The texture was more like jelly donuts. But I couldn’t think, that this is something negative. I love jelly donuts, too. So feel free to make them ball shape and fill them with jam. Everything is possible and everything will be delicious!
Gluten-free Donuts
Gently slide 4 donuts with the parchment paper into the oil and fry until golden brown. Flip the donuts, as you remove the parchment paper using tongs. Cook until golden brown again. Remove the donuts with a slotted spoon and place them on the paper towels.
While still warm toss the donuts gently in the sugar-cinnamon mixture.
Enjoy!

Indisches MandelhühnchenIndian Almond Chicken

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As I’m writing this, I’m looking out the window, watching the rain. And it’s nice. Last week was so hot, that we couldn’t imagine turning on the oven or making a hot meal. Over the weekend the weather cooled down to about 20°C and rain, now and then.

It’s refreshing in another way. And it’s comfortable. It’s also comfortable to cozy up a bit in between the heat and cook and bake again. It’s time for some real comfort food.

This is my ultimate comfort food. I could dig in it, that good it is.

Indisches Mandelhühnchen

This are chicken pieces, which have marinated at least 6 hours in yoghurt, tomato puree and lots of spices. After that you cook it about 1,5 hours. The chicken will be tender and you have an unbelievable sauce! You can serve it with rice, if you want it easy (cause this meal IS easy). But if you want it be best, make some Batura. It’s an indian yeast flat-bread, which is deep-fried. In one of my upcoming posts, I will write about Batura, too. It’s so good, I want to dig in that, too.

Now you can imagine, what that meal does to me…

Indisches Mandelhühnchen

So, hurry up, marinate some chicken, you won’t regret it tonight! Oh, and it wouldn’t be a fault to make the double amount. It freezes wonderful (and still tastes wonderful after thawing). And another night, when you’re too lazy to cook, you already have a dinner.

 

As I’m writing this, I’m looking out the window, watching the rain. And it’s nice. Last week was so hot, that we couldn’t imagine turning on the oven or making a hot meal. Over the weekend the weather cooled down to about 20°C and rain, now and then.

It’s refreshing in another way. And it’s comfortable. It’s also comfortable to cozy up a bit in between the heat and cook and bake again. It’s time for some real comfort food.

This is my ultimate comfort food. I could dig in it, that good it is.

Indian Almond Chicken

This are chicken pieces, which have marinated at least 6 hours in yoghurt, tomato puree and lots of spices. After that you cook it about 1,5 hours. The chicken will be tender and you have an unbelievable sauce! You can serve it with rice, if you want it easy (cause this meal IS easy). But if you want it be best, make some Batura. It’s an indian yeast flat-bread, which is deep-fried. In one of my upcoming posts, I will write about Batura, too. It’s so good, I want to dig in that, too.

Now you can imagine, what that meal does to me…

Indian Almond Chicken

So, hurry up, marinate some chicken, you won’t regret it tonight! Oh, and it wouldn’t be a fault to make the double amount. It freezes wonderful (and still tastes wonderful after thawing). And another night, when you’re too lazy to cook, you already have a dinner.

Gemüse mit QuinoaVegetables with Quinoa

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Gemüse mit Quinoa

Feeling like spring is coming over. Unfortunately winter in Germany is not thinking the same. We had a lot of problems with the masses of snow in Germany, up to the icebound island of Hiddensee. I’m sick of winter and snow and the cold!

Since I cannot do anything about that, I make myself a little bit warmer with food feeling like spring. Less meat, more vegetables.
And I’m juggling with trying new things, like quinoa. So it occurs, that this dish is gluten-free. Just another coincidence. If you do not have quinoa, you can also make some rice, maybe some wild rice? But I recommend you the quinoa. It gives you another flavour. A slightly flavour of nuts. Also it’s kinda lighter. I can’t describe it really, you have to taste!

Gemüse mit Quinoa

For making the quinoa I used my rice cooker, which worked perfect. But if you don’t have one, you can just make it in a saucepan on the stove.

You can vary the vegetables you use. Also available and fitting now are mushrooms, fennel or some squash for example. In summer you can use zucchini, tomatoes or cucumber and you can eat it cold as a salad with some fruit vinegar like quince vinegar. See, I’m already dreaming of summer!

Gemüse mit Quinoa

vegetables with quinoa

Feeling like spring is coming over. Unfortunately winter in Germany is not thinking the same. We had a lot of problems with the masses of snow in Germany, up to the icebound island of Hiddensee. I’m sick of winter and snow and the cold!

Since I cannot do anything about that, I make myself a little bit warmer with food feeling like spring. Less meat, more vegetables.
And I’m juggling with trying new things, like quinoa. So it occurs, that this dish is gluten-free. Just another coincidence. If you do not have quinoa, you can also make some rice, maybe some wild rice? But I recommend you the quinoa. It gives you another flavour. A slightly flavour of nuts. Also it’s kinda lighter. I can’t describe it really, you have to taste!

vegetables with quinoa

For making the quinoa I used my rice cooker, which worked perfect. But if you don’t have one, you can just make it in a saucepan on the stove.

You can vary the vegetables you use. Also available and fitting now are mushrooms, fennel or some squash for example. In summer you can use zucchini, tomatoes or cucumber and you can eat it cold as a salad with some fruit vinegar like quince vinegar. See, I’m already dreaming of summer!

vegetables with quinoa

glutenfreie Graham Crackergluten-free Graham Cracker

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Last week I wrote about the Daring Baker’s challenge Nanaimo Bars, which were gluten-free. For that I needed gluten-free Graham Cracker, which I also made. And I promised they are worth an extra post. Here they are!

glutenfreie Graham Cracker

I loved the „Cracker“(which are another type of cookies and have nothing in common with other savoury crackers), since I tasted the dough out of the kitchen machine. It tasted full, but not heavy, little bit sweet and remembered me of some taste in my childhood… but I didn’t get it until now. I believe this special flavours comes from the sorghum flour I used.
You need rice, tapioca and sorghum flour. The rice and tapioca flour you can buy in an Asian store. The sorghum flour was much more difficult to found. But I discovered it in a large wholefood supermarket (Alnatura). They also had much more gluten-free flours.

By the way, does anyone know what you can bake with teff flour?

glutenfreie Graham Cracker

The dough was a little bit difficult to handle, because it was very sticky. More like a dough for a cake. But with a lot of rice flour for rolling it out, it’s no problem. You see that my cookies are not looking that beautiful. I hadn’t had the patience. Next time they will be prettier. But hey… shape’s not everything! Important is, that they taste fantastic!

In the picture below you see the finished dough in my kitchen machine.

glutenfreie Graham Cracker

After baking I stored them in an airtight container. If you let them cool completely after baking, they will get crisp. Because I didn’t wait, mine were a bit chewy. But for me that’s perfect for that cookie. The chewiness fits perfect with the flavour. Mine were also very thin, so if you like it thicker, go ahead! And do not forget to leave some space between the crackers, because they will expand while baking.
Of course you can change the gluten-free flours with normal wheat flours. I didn’t tried, but I wouldn’t, because they are great as they are!

glutenfreie Graham Cracker

Last week I wrote about the Daring Baker’s challenge Nanaimo Bars, which were gluten-free. For that I needed gluten-free Graham Cracker, which I also made. And I promised they are worth an extra post. Here they are!

gluten-free graham cracker

I loved the „Cracker“(which are another type of cookies and have nothing in common with other savoury crackers), since I tasted the dough out of the kitchen machine. It tasted full, but not heavy, little bit sweet and remembered me of some taste in my childhood… but I didn’t get it until now. I believe this special flavours comes from the sorghum flour I used.
You need rice, tapioca and sorghum flour. The rice and tapioca flour you can buy in an Asian store. The sorghum flour was much more difficult to found. But I discovered it in a large wholefood supermarket (Alnatura). They also had much more gluten-free flours.

By the way, does anyone know what you can bake with teff flour?

gluten-free graham cracker

The dough was a little bit difficult to handle, because it was very sticky. More like a dough for a cake. But with a lot of rice flour for rolling it out, it’s no problem. You see that my cookies are not looking that beautiful. I hadn’t had the patience. Next time they will be prettier. But hey… shape’s not everything! Important is, that they taste fantastic!

In the picture below you see the finished dough in my kitchen machine.

gluten-free graham cracker

After baking I stored them in an airtight container. If you let them cool completely after baking, they will get crisp. Because I didn’t wait, mine were a bit chewy. But for me that’s perfect for that cookie. The chewiness fits perfect with the flavour. Mine were also very thin, so if you like it thicker, go ahead! And do not forget to leave some space between the crackers, because they will expand while baking.
Of course you can change the gluten-free flours with normal wheat flours. I didn’t tried, but I wouldn’t, because they are great as they are!

gluten-free graham cracker

Selbstgemachte GemüsebouillonpasteHomemade Bouillon Paste

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Selbstgemachte Gemüsebouillonpaste

As I was ill the last two weeks, I wanted to do more for my blog. I made some things – I swear! But it happened, that those things were not good enough for my blog. Unfortunately.

Now that I’m back to work, I’ve done some great things and even more great photos of it! But just no time to write. So this evening I just take the time.

In my ill-time I had a lot of time to read lots of blogs, recipes and other interesting things. I got hold on a simple recipe making your own bouillon paste of vegetables. Since I’m very into making everything on my own, I was thrilled.

Selbstgemachte Gemüsebouillonpaste

Since I’m not a fan of glutamate in food, I’m using only organic granulated bouillon, because it never contains glutamate. But it can contain other things that you don’t want in there, for example gluten or allergens. So making your own paste, disposes this problem. And of course it’s just great to make your own bouillon, without making a real stock!

Selbstgemachte Gemüsebouillonpaste

I adapted the recipe from 101 Cookbooks. You can vary, which vegetables you use and also the ratio. I do not like celery stalks. But I like the root. So I just used that. Equally I do not like cilantro, thus I used just parsley. However It would be interesting to add some basil the next time or parsnips.

Selbstgemachte Gemüsebouillonpaste

It’s recommended to use a food processor. As I do not have one, I thought optimistic and use my blender. Hmmm… wasn’t that good idea. It didn’t get the leek and the carrots alright. Celery was good with it. In the end I used my immersion blender. It took some time longer I think (since I can’t compare), but it worked very well and I got a moist paste. I didn’t used as much salt, as stated in the „original“ recipe. Maybe that leads rather to a „creamy“ paste, than a loose paste. For me it’s salty enough and if not, adding salt is less a problem, than to withdraw some.

My recommendation is to dissolve 2,5 tsp. per 250 ml (1 cup). It dissolves very good, if you wonder ;-).

I put one jar of the bouillon in the fridge and froze the rest in portions. If you are not using that much bouillon, you can freeze it in ice cube trays, so your portions to thaw are very small. I froze the rest in three portions, every equal to the amount in my fridge. It yields about four 200ml jars.

Selbstgemachte Gemüsebouillonpaste

homemade bouillon paste

As I was ill the last two weeks, I wanted to do more for my blog. I made some things – I swear! But it happened, that those things were not good enough for my blog. Unfortunately.

Now that I’m back to work, I’ve done some great things and even more great photos of it! But just no time to write. So this evening I just take the time.

In my ill-time I had a lot of time to read lots of blogs, recipes and other interesting things. I got hold on a simple recipe making your own bouillon paste of vegetables. Since I’m very into making everything on my own, I was thrilled.

homemade bouillon paste

Since I’m not a fan of glutamate in food, I’m using only organic granulated bouillon, because it never contains glutamate. But it can contain other things that you don’t want in there, for example gluten or allergens. So making your own paste, disposes this problem. And of course it’s just great to make your own bouillon, without making a real stock!

homemade bouillon paste

I adapted the recipe from 101 Cookbooks. You can vary, which vegetables you use and also the ratio. I do not like celery stalks. But I like the root. So I just used that. Equally I do not like cilantro, thus I used just parsley. However It would be interesting to add some basil the next time or parsnips.

homemade bouillon paste

It’s recommended to use a food processor. As I do not have one, I thought optimistic and use my blender. Hmmm… wasn’t that good idea. It didn’t get the leek and the carrots alright. Celery was good with it. In the end I used my immersion blender. It took some time longer I think (since I can’t compare), but it worked very well and I got a moist paste. I didn’t used as much salt, as stated in the „original“ recipe. Maybe that leads rather to a „creamy“ paste, than a loose paste. For me it’s salty enough and if not, adding salt is less a problem, than to withdraw some.

My recommendation is to dissolve 2,5 tsp. per 250 ml (1 cup). It dissolves very good, if you wonder ;-).

I put one jar of the bouillon in the fridge and froze the rest in portions. If you are not using that much bouillon, you can freeze it in ice cube trays, so your portions to thaw are very small. I froze the rest in three portions, every equal to the amount in my fridge. It yields about four 200ml jars.

homemade bouillon paste