[:de]Meatball Subs mit Alibi-Spinat[:en]Meatball Subs with Alibi Spinach[:]

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Knusprige, saftige Brötchen und dazwischen eine Traumfüllung? Geht immer, oder? So wie diese Meatballs-Subs. Meatball-Subs sind einfach Fleischbällchen mit Tomatensauce im Sandwich-Brötchen. Ich hab zur farblichen Abrundung und zur Beruhigung des Gewissens noch ein paar Blätter frischen Spinats reingelegt und ab geht das Fest!

Zur würzigen Abrundung der Fleischbällchen und der Tomatensauce benutze ich Chipotle Chiliflocken, da diese  geräuchert sind. Das schmeckt herrlich! Wer keine Chipotle Chiliflocken (oder gemahlene Chipotle) bekommt kann auch normales Chilipulver nehmen und geräuchertes Meersalz anstatt normales. Auf geräuchertes Salz kann ich inzwischen nicht mehr verzichten, das bringt so eine tolle Würze gerade auf vegetarische Gerichte, einfach genial! Ich benutze gerne das smoked Maldon Sea Salt oder auch dänisches von meinem Gewürzhändler Wurzelsepp.

Wenn man die Brötchen beim guten Handwerksbäcker kauft und nicht wie ich noch selbst backt, sind die Meatball-Subs wirklich eine schnelle Angelegenheit. Obwohl ich Euch nicht davon abraten kann die Brötchen selbst zu backen, denn diese waren auch einfach nur genial! Das Rezept findet ihr hier. Heute gibt es nur rauchig würziges Streetfood!

Meatball-Subs mit Alibi-Spinat

Vor zwei Jahren: Piña Colada Eis

Vor fünf Jahren: Bruschetta

 

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Crispy, fluffy rolls and in between a luscious filling? Perfect everyday, right? Like these meatballs subs. Meatball subs are meatballs with tomato sauce in a sandwich roll. To round off the colours and for soothing my conscience I added a few leaves of fresh spinach. Done!

To balance the spicyness of the meatballs and the tomato sauce I used chipotle chili flakes, because they are smoked, which tastes divine! If you don’t get chipotle chili flakes (or ground chipotle) use normal chili powder and smoked sea salt instead of normal sea salt. I cannot relinquish smoked sea salt, anymore, since it adds a great zest especially to vegetarian dishes. Just awesome! I prefer to use smoked Maldon Sea Salt or a Danish smoked sea salt from my spice dealer Wurzelsepp.

If you buy the rolls from your local bakery and don’t bake them yourself these meatball subs are a quick affair. Although I will not hold you back from baking your own, because these rolls are amazing. If you like you find the recipe here. But today it’s just about some easy spicy streetfood!

Meatball-Subs mit Alibi-Spinat

Two yeas ago: piña colada ice cream

Five years ago: bruschetta

 

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LasagneLasagne

Heute gibt es einen echten Klassiker auf dem Blog, nämlich eine Hackfleischlasagne! Lasagne ist so ein echtes Soulfood, für das man aber schon einige Zeit für die Zubereitung braucht. Heute möchte ich Euch mal meine Version einer Lasagne mit Hackfleisch und Béchamelsauce zeigen.

Prinzipiell kann man aus allem eine Lasagne machen, so lassen sich auch viele vegetarische Lasagnen zaubern, da kann man sich wirklich kreativ entfalten. Aber ab und zu kommt man dann doch wieder zu dieser Version zurück, so wie ich sie schon lange mache. Wie mögt ihr denn eure Lasagne am liebsten?

Wer mal so richtig Zeit hat um zu seinem Zen zu finden ;), dem lege ich ans Herz die Nudelplatte selbszumachen für die perfekte Lasagne. Bisher habe ich das auch nur einmal gemacht, aber die Nudelplatten sind schließlich am schnellsten von allen Pastasorten zubereitet, denn man muss den Teig ja nur durchdrehen. Die Lasagne schmeckt dadurch nochmal um einiges besser und man kann die Platten genau passend der Form zuschneiden. Das empfinde ich als sehr großen Vorteil. Den Teig dieser Ravioli könnt ihr auch für Lasagneblätter verwenden.

Die Hackfleichsauce ist übrigens auch meine normale Bolognesesauce zu Pasta! Wer also nach der Sauce den Aufwand der Lasagne scheut, macht sich einfach Pasta dazu und genießt schon mal :)!

Lasagne mit Hackfleisch

Vor einem Jahr: Joghurt-Gurken-Ice Pops mit Mango

Vor zwei Jahren: Cantucchini mit Pistazien und Sauerkirschen, weiße Erdbeerschokolade mit Minze

Vor vier Jahren: Friandaises mit roten Johannisbeeren

Today I’m presenting a true classic on the blog: an italian lasagne with minced beef!  Lasagne is real soulfood, but you need some time for the preparation. Today I’m showing you my version of a lasagne with minced beef and béchamel sauce.

Basically it is possible to make a lasagne from everything, so you can also make a lot of vegetarian versions and get creative about that! But every now and then I come back to this classic one. How do like your lasagne best?

If you have some time and want to find your inner zen 😉 I recommend you to make the lasagne sheets yourself. That will make truly the perfect lasagne! I only made that once, but these sheets are the fastest kind of pasta to make, if that helps you for motivation ;). The lasagne is even better with homemade sheets and the best is the sheets can be made so they fit perfectly in the pan. That’s a huge plus here! You can also use the dough of these ravioli for the lasagne sheets.

By the way, the minced beef sauce is already a great bolognese sauce for pasta! So if you are afraid of the labour for the lasagne, just make the sauce and some pasta and enjoy!

Lasagne with minced beef

One year ago: yogurt cucumber ice pops with mango

Two years ago: cantucchini with sour cherries and pistachios, white chocolate with strawberries and mint

Four years ago: friandaises with red currants

Hackbraten à la JamieMeatloaf à la Jamie

Update: Für das deutsche Rezept nach unten scrollen!

Yesterday we had a spectacular dinner.

Sometimes you make a recipe and doesn’t expect anything. Well not much. And then it happens… the food is just overwhelming. This doesn’t happen often. Normally I already read about a food or recipe and I have an idea, even it’s just the slightest, how it will turn out.

Ok, we all have a faint idea how meatloaf tastes. But believe me this is different. Totally. Almost everyone has his own meat loaf recipe (or is still looking for the right one at the bottom of their heart), but give this a try, because of that.

Meatloaf à la Jamie

 This recipe is an easy one and doesn’t call for a lot of ingredients. It’s delicate and luscious and  soft like a good cinnamon bun. Sorry, I’m still thinking of a recipe, that I saw this morning. But there’s truth in that sentence.

But the best is the taste. I cannot describe it, because I couldn’t find out from what ingredient the taste comes. In the end it isn’t important, it just means, you have to follow the recipe. And I hope the taste doesn’t derive from the rye toast I put into, instead of the breadcrumbs, which were out. I don’t want you to look after toast made of rye, just because of a simple meatloaf recipe, but to be true the rye toast is very good – for a toast, I mean it’s still just toast, but a good one. I just stumbled upon it recently, as I was filling up my toast stock.

Yeah I have a toast stock! For my defense, the meatloaf wouldn’t have been possibly without it, yesterday. And maybe the rye toast is the secret ingredient for the splendid taste. And if you are out of real bread AND granola, well you can eat it for breakfast, too.

Meatloaf à la Jamie

So why Jamie? I have a cookbook these days, which I borrowed from the library. And I’m testing it. You think right, it’s from Jamie Oliver (Jamie’s Food Revolution or in German: Jamie’s Kochschule). I like his books, but I made the experience, that there are only a few recipes in his books, that I cook (mostly the same). Some have too fancy ingredients, some are just not my kind. And therefore the books are too expensive.

This time again,I liked the book, after I first flipped through. But as I got it from the library, I can now test a lot of recipes, without buying it and then (almost) regretting it (I normally have no regrets buying or possessing any cookbook). And until now the book did a good job.

So if you are still looking for a dinner recipe, give this a try and if not today, then tomorrow or at the latest next weekend. I beg you!

Meatloaf à la Jamie

Vor einem Jahr: Überbackene Tofunocken mit Tomatensauce

Yesterday we had a spectacular dinner.

Sometimes you make a recipe and doesn’t expect anything. Well not much. And then it happens… the food is just overwhelming. This doesn’t happen often. Normally I already read about a food or recipe and I have an idea, even it’s just the slightest, how it will turn out.

Ok, we all have a faint idea how meatloaf tastes. But believe me this is different. Totally. Almost everyone has his own meat loaf recipe (or is still looking for the right one at the bottom of their heart), but give this a try, because of that.

Meatloaf à la Jamie

 This recipe is an easy one and doesn’t call for a lot of ingredients. It’s delicate and luscious and  soft like a good cinnamon bun. Sorry, I’m still thinking of a recipe, that I saw this morning. But there’s truth in that sentence.

But the best is the taste. I cannot describe it, because I couldn’t find out from what ingredient the taste comes. In the end it isn’t important, it just means, you have to follow the recipe. And I hope the taste doesn’t derive from the rye toast I put into, instead of the breadcrumbs, which were out. I don’t want you to look after toast made of rye, just because of a simple meatloaf recipe, but to be true the rye toast is very good – for a toast, I mean it’s still just toast, but a good one. I just stumbled upon it recently, as I was filling up my toast stock.

Yeah I have a toast stock! For my defense, the meatloaf wouldn’t have been possibly without it, yesterday. And maybe the rye toast is the secret ingredient for the splendid taste. And if you are out of real bread AND granola, well you can eat it for breakfast, too.

Meatloaf à la Jamie

So why Jamie? I have a cookbook these days, which I borrowed from the library. And I’m testing it. You think right, it’s from Jamie Oliver (Jamie’s Ministry of Food or in German: Jamie’s Kochschule). I like his books, but I made the experience, that there are only a few recipes in his books, that I cook (mostly the same). Some have too fancy ingredients, some are just not my kind. And therefore the books are too expensive.

This time again,I liked the book, after I first flipped through. But as I got it from the library, I can now test a lot of recipes, without buying it and then (almost) regretting it (I normally have no regrets buying or possessing any cookbook). And until now the book did a good job.

So if you are still looking for a dinner recipe, give this a try and if not today, then tomorrow or at the latest next weekend. I beg you!

Meatloaf à la Jamie

One year ago: Tofuballs with Tomatosauce