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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!

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.

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

yield: about 25 small donuts

Ingredients:

230 g white rice flour
130 g potato starch/flour
60 g tapioca starch/flour
220 g sugar
4 tsp xanthan
1 tsp salt
1 ¾ tsp baking powder
3 sachets or 7,5 tsp instant dry yeast
275 ml warm milk or water
170 g melted butter
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
oil, suitable for deep-frying
extra sugar and cinnamon for tossing

Combine the flours, sugar, xanthan, salt, baking powder and yeast in a bowl of your stand mixer.

Add the warm milk, melted butter and eggs. Knead for 5 minutes at medium speed.

Let the dough rest for 20 minutes.

Line parchment paper on your counter. Fill the dough in a pastry bag, fitted with a wide round tip. Pipe donuts 6 cm in diameter onto the parchment paper. Let them rest again for 20 minutes. Cut the parchment between the donuts, so every donut sits on one piece of parchment.

Prepare your oil, either in a large pot or in your deep-fryer. We preheated the oil in the deep-fryer at 170°C.

Prepare a large dish lined with paper towels for the donuts. Mix the sugar and cinnamon for the topping in a tray. Place it all next to your deep-fryer.

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.

We had a party at the weekend. Celebrating our new apartment and my 25th. Lots of people, lots of food. Lots of fun!

They were so good! You would never ever notice those are gluten-free! It was a real surprise.

Gluten-free Donuts

yield: about 25 small donuts

Ingredients:

230g white rice flour
130g potato starch/flour
60g tapioca starch/flour
220g sugar
4 tsp xanthan
1 tsp salt
1 ¾ tsp baking powder
3 sachets or 7,5 tsp instant dry yeast
275ml warm milk or water
170g melted butter
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
oil, suitable for deep-frying
extra sugar and cinnamon for tossing

Combine the flours, xanthan, salt, baking powder and yeast in a bowl of your stand mixer.

Add the warm milk, melted butter and eggs. Knead for 5 minutes at medium speed.

Let the dough rest for 20 minutes.

Prepare your oil, either in a large pot or in your deep-fryer. We preheated the oil in the deep-fryer at 170°C.

Prepare a large dish lined with paper towels for the donuts. Mix the sugar and cinnamon for the topping in a tray. Place it all next to your deep-fryer.

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.

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…

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.

Indisches Mandelhühnchen

nach einem Rezept aus Indisch kochen von Tanja Dusy

für 4 Personen

4 Hähnchenbrüste
5 EL gemahlene Mandeln
3 grüne Kardamonkapseln
1/2 TL Chilipulver
1/2 TL Zimt
1/2 TL gem. Nelke
1,5 TL Garam Masala
125 g Joghurt
2 Knoblauchzehen
200g passierte Tomaten
Salz
1 Zwiebel
Ghee oder Butterschmalz
100 g Sahne

Das Fleisch in Stücke schneiden (etwa 5 cm).

Die Mandeln in eine kleine Schüssel geben, 6 Esslöffel kochendes Wasser dazugeben und verrühren. Die Kardamonkapseln in einem Mörser mahlen. Die Mandeln mit dem Joghurt und den Gewürzen verrühren. Den Knoblauch fein hacken und mit dem Tomatenpüree und einem 1/2 Teelöffel Salz unter den Joghurt rühren. Das Fleisch unterheben und abgedeckt mindestens 6 Stunden im Kühlschrank marinieren.

Die Zwiebel schälen und fein hacken. Butterschmalz/Ghee in einem großen Topf erhitzen und die Zwiebel anrösten. Hühnchen mit der Marinade zugeben, ebenso die Sahne. Rühren bis es kocht. Dann auf kleiner Hitze etwa 1,5 Stunden köcheln lassen. Ab und zu umrühren. In den 30 Minuten den Deckel entfernen, damit die Sauce eindickt, dafür eventuell die Hitze erhöhen.

Mit Reis, Batura oder Naan servieren.

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.

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

Indian Almond Chicken

adapted from Indisch kochen by Tanja Dusy

Serves 3-4

4 chicken breasts (skinless)
5 Tbsp ground almonds
3 green cardamom pods
1/2 tsp ground chili
1/2 tsp cinnamon, ground
1/2 tsp clove, ground
1,5 tsp Garam Masala
125 g yoghurt
2 cloves garlic
200g tomato puree
salt
1 onion
ghee or clarified butter
100g cream (or more to your taste)

Cut the chicken breasts into big chunks, about 5 cm. Give the ground almonds into a small bowl and add 6 Tbsp hot water. Whisk. Grind the cardamom pods in a mortar. Stir the almonds with the yoghurt and add the spices. Peel, crush and add the garlic. Stir in the tomato puree and season with 1/2 tsp salt. Mix in the chicken and marinate covered in the fridge for at least 6 hours.

Peel the onion and chop it. Heat the ghee in a large pot. Roast the onion, add the chicken with the marinade, as well as the cream. Stir until bubbling. Let it simmer on low heat for about 1,5 hours. Stir from time to time. In the last 30 minutes remove the lid to thicken the sauce. Maybe you have to adjust the heat at this point.

Serve with rice or batura.

Gemüse mit QuinoaVegetables with Quinoa

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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!

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

Zutaten:

180 g Quinoa
Gemüsebrühe
Olivenöl
2 Knoblauchzehen, fein gehackt
1 gelbe Paprika, klein gewürfelt
1 rote oder orange Paprika, klein gewürfelt
eine Handvoll Erbsen (TK)
2 Möhren, klein gewürfelt
2 Schalotten oder eine milde kleine Zwiebel, fein gehackt
Meersalz, Pfeffer
Petersilie, fein gehackt
Spritzer Zitronen- oder Limettensaft
etwas Zitronenschale
Basilikum, etwa 10 Blätter
frischer Oregano
Minze

Den Quinoa in einem feinen Sieb unter kaltem Wasser abspülen. Quinoa mit der doppelten Menge Wasser in den Reiskocher geben, wer mag gibt noch etwas Gemüsebrühe dazu. Den Reiskocher anschalten. Wenn ihr keinen Reiskocher habt, könnt ihr den Quinoa natürlich auch auf dem Herd im Topf kochen.

Währendessen einen Schuss Olivenöl in einer großen tiefen Pfanne erhitzen. Die Schalotten, Knoblauch, Möhren und Erbsen dazugeben und andünsten bis sie etwas weicher sind. Die Paprika dazugeben und unterrühren. Mit Salz und Pfeffer würzen. Den Zitronensaft, die Zitronenschale und Kräuter nach Geschmack zugeben.

Den Quinoa dazugeben und verrühren. Olivenöl dazugeben, bis der Quinoa lockerer wird und leicht mit Öl überzogen ist.

Sofort servieren.

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.

Vegetables with Quinoa

Ingredients:

180g (1 cup) quinoa
vegetable broth
olive oil
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1 yellow bell pepper, finely diced
1 red or orange bell pepper, finely diced
one handful of peas (frozen)
2 carrots, finely diced
2 shalotts or a small mild onion, finely diced
sea salt, ground pepper, to taste
fresh chopped parsley, to taste
squeeze of lemon or lime juice
some lemon zest
fresh basil, about 10 large leaves
fresh oregano
mint to taste (fresh or dried)

Rinse the quinoa in a fine sieve in cold water. Put the rinsed quinoa in your rice cooker and add the double amount (up to 2,5) of water. (If you put one cup quinoa in the cooker, you add 2- 2,5 cups water.) If you like, you can add some vegetable broth, too. Turn on the rice cooker.
If you don’t have a rice cooker, cook the quinoa in a saucepan on the stove, just like rice.

While cooking the quinoa, heat a splash of olive oil in large skillet over medium heat. Add the shallots, garlic, carrots and peas and stir until slightly softened. Add the bell pepper and stir again. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Add the lemon juice, to taste, as well as the herbs and the lemon zest.

Add the quinoa, when ready and give it stir. Add more olive oil to your taste. I added a good splash, until it got more loose and the quinoa had a light coating of the olive oil.

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!

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?

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.

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

Zutaten:

140 g Reismehl (weißes, kein Vollkorn)
100 g Tapiocastärke
65 g Braunhirsemehl
200 g brauner Zucker
1 TL Natron
1 Prise Salz
100 g kalte Butter, gewürfelt
80 ml milder Honig
75 ml Vollmilch
2 TL Vanilleextract

Die Mehle, Zucker, Natron und Salz mischen. Die Butter zugeben und in der Küchenmaschine oder mit dem Handrührer mischen, bis ein grobes Mehl entstanden ist.

Honig, Milch und Vanilleextrakt verrühren. Zur Mehlmischung geben und verrühren. Der Teig ist dann sehr weich und klebrig.

Den Teig auf eine mit Reismehl bemehlten Flächte geben und flach drücken (3 cm), In Folie wickeln und 2 Stunden kalt stellen (besser über Nacht).

Den Teig halbieren, die andere Hälfte wieder in de Kühlschrank legen.

Auf einer bemehlten Fläche (Reismehl) etwa 0,3 mm dünn ausrollen. Den Teig entweder mit einem Teigroller in Quadrate schneiden oder mit einem Ausstecher bearbeiten. Die Kekse auf Bleche mit Backpapier legen. Ausreichend Abstand lassen zwischen den Keksen. Die Bleche mit den Keksen in den Kühlschrank stellen und 30-45 Minuten kühlen.

Den Ofen auf 180° C vorheizen und die Kekse backen. Meine waren nach 10 Minuten fertig, sind sie dicker kann es auch entsprechend länger dauern.

Mit der zweiten Hälfte Teig genauso verfahren.

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

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

gluten-free Graham Crackers

Ingredients:

140 g sweet rice flour (also known as glutinous rice flour)
100 g tapioca starch/flour
65 g sorghum flour
200 g dark brown sugar
1 tsp. baking soda
3/4 tsp. kosher salt
100 g butter (cut into 2 cm cubes and frozen)
80 ml honey, mild-flavoured
75 ml whole milk
2 tbsp. vanilla extract

In the bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade, combine the flours, brown sugar, baking soda, and salt. Pulse on low to incorporate. Add the butter and pulse on and off, until the mixture is the consistency of a coarse meal. If making by hand, combine aforementioned dry ingredients with a whisk, then cut in butter until you have a coarse meal. No chunks of butter should be visible. I made it all with my kitchen machine and it worked fine.

In a small bowl or liquid measuring cup, whisk together the honey, milk and vanilla. Add to the flour mixture until the dough barely comes together. It will be very soft and sticky.

Turn the dough onto a surface well-floured with sweet rice flour and pat the dough into a rectangle about 1 inch thick. Wrap in plastic and chill until firm, about 2 hours, or overnight.

Divide the dough in half and return one half to the refrigerator. Sift an even layer of sweet rice flour onto the work surface and roll the dough into a long rectangle, about 0.3 cm thick. The dough will be quite sticky, so flour as necessary. Cut into squares. Gather the scraps together and set aside. Place wafers on one or two parchment-lined baking sheets. Chill until firm, about 30 to 45 minutes. Repeat with the second batch of dough.

Adjust the rack to the upper and lower positions and preheat oven to 180°C.

Gather the scraps together into a ball, chill until firm, and reroll. Dust the surface with more sweet rice flour and roll out the dough to get a couple more wafers.

Prick the wafers with toothpick or fork, not all the way through, in two or more rows.

Bake for 25 minutes, until browned and slightly firm to the touch, rotating sheets halfway through to ensure even baking. Might take less (mine took only about 10 minutes, because they were so thin) , and the starting location of each sheet may determine its required time. The ones that started on the bottom browned faster.

glutenfreie Nanaimo Barsgluten-free Nanaimo Bars

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The January 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Lauren of Celiac Teen. Lauren chose Gluten-Free Graham Wafers and Nanaimo Bars as the challenge for the month. The sources she based her recipe on are 101 Cookbooks and www.nanaimo.ca.

This month challenge was to make a classic Canadian dessert to savour the Olympic Winter Games in Canada this year. This dessert consists of three layers. A base containing crumbles of Graham Crackers, coconut, cocoa and almonds. A middle custard layer and a chocolate topping.
Since Lauren is suffering under celiac disease (dt. Zöliakie) the challenge was to bake the Graham Crackers yourself and gluten-free. Ever I was interested to try some gluten-free recipe. Finally I had the chance!
A lot of people in the world (also in Germany, yes!) have to live gluten-free, as if they wouldn’t, their villi lining the small intestine would be trancated. This reaction is caused by proteins, found in wheat, rye, barley and other crops of the tribe Triticeae.

First it was very difficult to find the needed flours. We needed rice flour, tapioca flour and sorghum flour (dt. Braunhirsemehl). Rice flour I had already at home. Tapioca flour (or starch), I found in a local Asian supermarket. The sorghum flour was much more difficult. But in a larger wholefood supermarket I didn’t just found sorghum flour, but a lot of more gluten-free flours.

I will make an extra post for the Graham Crackers, because I really like them! I do not know how they taste with normal wheat flour, but actually I don’t really want to know… they are just great as they are and I think that special flavour comes from the sorghum flour. I will definitely bake them again!

Which I can’t say from Nanaimo Bars. I wasn’t so excited about that part of the challenge, as I would never make something like that for myself, as I do not like those sort of things. It’s just too much, too heavy for me.

I also made some differences regarding to the original recipe. I substituted the almonds with hazelnuts and since in Germany something like custard powder does not exist, I made a mixture of vanilla pudding powder, crème fraîche, butter, icing sugar and a lot of vanilla aroma, because it didn’t taste like vanilla after all and it was just too sweet.

I made just half the recipe and it’s still enough and to spare. Is used an adjustable cake setting ring with 16 cm in diametre.
If I would try it another time (I won’t, but IF), I would leave out the coconut and cocoa from the bottom layer, because the main taste is coconut and cocoa. Just too much of it!
Be cautious! The vanilla pudding powder, as well as the chocolate you take for the topping has to be gluten-free as well, if you want to make it all gluten-free!

glutenfreie Nanaimo Bars

Zutaten:

für den Boden:

115 g Butter
50 g Zucker
5 EL Kakao
1 Ei, verschlagen
60 g glutenfreie Graham Cracker Krümel
55 g gehackte Mandeln (oder andere Nüsse nach Wahl)
130 g Kokosraspel

für die Cremeschicht:

115 g Butter
300 g Crème fraîche
1 Tüte Vanillepuddingpulver
Vanilleextrakt
250 g Puderzucker

für den Schokoladenguss:

115 g Zartbitterschokolade (ich hab Vollmilch verwendet)
2 EL Butter

Für den Boden: Die Butter mit dem Zucker und dem Kakao im Wasserbad schmelzen. Das Ei dazugeben, dabei rühren. Wenn die Masse eingedickt ist vom Herd nehmen. Die Kekskrümel, Nüsse und die Kokosraspel unterrühren. Alles in eine eckige Kuchenform von 20 x 20 cm oder eine 20 cm Springform drücken.

Für die Cremeschicht. Die Butter mit der Crème fraîche, Puddingpulver, Vanilleextrakt und Puderzucker hell und cremig rühren. Auf dem Boden gleichmäßig verteilen. Danach im Kühlschrank kühlen. Am besten ein paar Stunden, dann lässt sich die Schokolade leichter verteilen.

Die Schokoladen mit der Butter schmelzen. Etwas abkühlen lassen, dann auf der Creme verteilen.

Den Kuchen im Kühlschrank aufbewahren.

gluten-free Nanaimo Bars

Ingredients:

for the bottom:

115 g butter
50 g sugar
5 tbsp. cocoa powder
1 egg, beaten
60 g gluten-free graham cracker crumbs
55 g almonds (or other nuts you like, finely chopped)
130 g coconut (shredded, sweetened or unsweetened)

for the middle layer:

115 g butter
300 g créme fraîche
1 sachet of vanilla pudding powder
vanilla extract
250 g icing sugar

for the top:

115 g semi-sweet chocolate (I used whole milk chocolate)
2 tbsp. butter

For the bottom layer: Melt the butter, sugar and cocoa in top of a double boiler. Add the egg and stir to cook and thicken. Remove from the heat. Stir in crumbs, nuts and coconut. Press firmly into an ungreased 8 by 8 inch pan.

For the middle layer: Cream the butter, créme fraîche, vanilla pudding powder, vanilla extract and icing sugar together. Beat until light in colour. Spread over bottom layer. After that I used to cool mine. It’s easier to spread the chocolate afterwards.

For the final layer: Melt the chocolate with the butter over low heat. Cool. Once cool, pour over middle layer and chill.

Selbstgemachte GemüsebouillonpasteHomemade Bouillon Paste

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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.

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!

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.

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

nach einem Rezept von 101 Cookbooks

Zutaten:

150 g Lauch
200 g Fenchel
200 g Möhren
200 g Sellerie (ich nehme Knollensellerie)
30 g getrocknete Tomaten
100 g Schalotten, geschält
3 Knoblauchzehen, geschält
150 g feines Meersalz
80 g glatte Petersilie

Das Gemüse waschen.

Den Lauch halbieren und in Scheiben schneiden. Den Sellerie schälen und in Stücke schneiden. Ebenso Möhren, Knoblauch und die Schalotten. Die Petersilie grob hacken.

Wenn ihr einen Pürierstab verwendet, ist es leichter, wenn man das Gemüse in kleine Stücke schneidet.

Die ersten 4 Zutaten in die Küchenmaschine geben und etwa 20 Mal pulsen. Alternativ mit dem Pürierstab pürieren. Die anderen Zutaten dazugeben und pürieren bis man eine feuchte Paste bekommt. Mit dem Pürierstab kann das länger als 5 Minuten dauern.

Die Paste in ein kleines Glas füllen und den Rest portionsweise einfrieren.

2,5 TL auf 250 ml kochendes Wasser verwenden.

Die Paste hält sich sehr lange im Kühlschrank.

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.

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

Homemade Bouillon Paste

adapted from 101 Cookbooks

Ingredients:

150 g leeks
200 g fennel
200 g carrots
200 g celery (I prefer roots)
30 g sun-dried tomatoes
100 g shallots, peeled
3 cloves garlic, peeled
150 g fine grain sea salt
80 g flat-leaf parsley

Wash the vegetables.

Slice the leeks. Peel the celery. Chop the fennel, carrots, celery, shallots and garlic. Chop the parsley loosely.

If you are using an immersion blender, it’s easier for you to cut the vegetables into smaller pieces. Place the first four ingredients in your food processor and pulse about 20 times. Or puree with your immersions blender. Add the other ingredients and puree as long as you get a moist paste. If you use an immersion blender it can take over 5 minutes.

Fill in a jar and keep it in the fridge. Freeze the rest in portions.

Use 2,5 tsp. of bouillon per 250ml (1 cup) boiling water.