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Florentine Spring Cake

dacipriano

22 May 2023

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Made by Alessandro Cipriano

Preface:

Enjoy the rich and flavourful “Florentine Spring Cake”, an old recipe from my grandma. This moist and delicious cake is infused with the warmth of vanilla and the irresistible combination of crunchy hazelnuts, sweet chocolate chips, sultanas, and dried cranberries. Each bite is a symphony of textures and flavours. Imagine taking a bite of a perfectly baked piece of cake. Your teeth penetrate the delicate crust, and an incredible taste of chocolate immediately unfolds on your tongue. It’s as if a tidal wave of delicious flavours conquers your palate. The rich, melting chocolate flavour slowly unfolds, leaving you with a feeling of bliss.

prep time: 30 MINUTES

cook time: 50-60 MINUTES

total time: 1 HOURS 20 MINUTES

cake tin (loaf tin): 30 cm

Ingredients

For the dough

200 g butter (soft)
200 g sugar
4 eggs
200 g flour
2 tsp baking powder
1.5 dl milk
100 g grated hazelnuts
100 g chocolate chips or chopped chocolate
100 g sultanas
1/2 grated lemon peel
100 g dried cranberries
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 tbsp rum (optional)

Glaze

100 g dark chocolate (e.g. crémant), in pieces
50 g butter, in pieces

Garnish

2 tbsp chopped pistachio nuts
1 hand sliced almonds roasted
Icing sugar

How to do it!

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius (top and bottom heat). Grease a loaf tin (approx. 30 cm) well and dust it with a little flour, or line the cake tin with baking paper.

In a large bowl, cream the soft butter and sugar. Add the eggs and beat them in well. I use the Kitchen Aid.

In a separate bowl, mix together the flour and baking powder. Add the hazelnuts, chocolate chips, sultanas and dried cranberries and mix well.

Gradually add the flour mixture to the butter and sugar mixture and gently stir until an even batter is formed. Gradually add the milk. Add the vanilla extract and and rum stir it in.

Pour the batter into the prepared loaf tin and smooth it out. Bake the cake for about 50-60 minutes or until golden brown, as a test take a wooden skewer inserted into the centre, if it comes out clean the cake is ready.

Once the cake has finished baking, leave it to cool in the tin. Then turn it out onto a cooling rack and let it cool completely.

Prepare chocolate icing

Melt the chocolate and butter in a thin-walled bowl in a water bath that is not too hot, stirring.

When the cake has cooled, you can spread the chocolate icing over the cake. The butter melted with the chocolate will make the icing nice and firm.

Then spread the chopped almonds and chopped pistachios on top. Sprinkle with icing sugar before serving.

Enjoy the Florentine Spring Cake as a delicious dessert or with your coffee! Enjoy your meal!

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Yeast Ring Cake, Gugelhupf with Candied Cherries

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Keto Farmer Casserole

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26 March 2022

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Made by Alessandro Cipriano

Save time and prepare this easy keto recipe. The preparation of the Keto Farmer Casserole is ready in no time. The vegetables are interchangeable and can be combined with many other ingredients. I prefer to use only green vegetables such as broccoli, courgette, kale, spinach, etc. Vegetables that are more suitable for the ketogenic diet.

Since I started the ketogenic and low-carb diet combined with intermittent fasting with the 16:8 method a good six months ago, the pounds started shedding, I feel fresher and more energetic than ever before.

This casserole can be divided into several portions so that you can still eat it on the days after, the so-called Meal-Prep. It makes the keto diet a little easier.

prep time: 25 MINUTES

cook time: 50 MINUTES

total time: 1 HOUR 15 MINUTES

Ingredients

For 6 Persons

600 g minced beef
2 large onion, chopped
3 cloves of garlic, sliced
100 g dried tomatoes, cut into strips
Sunflower oil for frying
Salt and ground pepper
1 large broccoli
3 large courgettes cut into slices
230 g mushrooms, Champignons de Paris, sliced
Olive oil for steaming
60 g cheddar cheese, grated
100 g mozzarella, grated
1 bunch chives, chopped, as garnish
4 large eggs
4 tbsp parmesan, grated
2 dl coconut milk, unsweetened
Nutmeg, grated

How to do it!

Heat the sunflower oil in a frying pan, I like to use the wok. Add half of the chopped onions and the garlic. Now add the minced meat. Fry well and season with salt and pepper. Then add the sliced dried tomatoes and continue to fry. Season to taste and remove the meat from the pan. Set the meat aside.

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.

Wash the broccoli and divide into small florets, then blanch briefly in boiling salted water. Be careful not to overcook. Cool immediately. Season the broccoli with salt and pepper and a little olive oil. Set aside.

Wash the courgettes and cut them into not too thin slices. Heat some olive oil in a pan, add some chopped onions, sauté until glassy. Now add the courgette slices. Sauté well and season with salt and pepper. Remove from the pan and set aside. Then add the remaining onions to the frying pan with a little olive oil. Now lastly, sauté the sliced mushrooms briefly and hot, also season with salt and pepper.

For the glaze, take the eggs, coconut milk, salt and pepper, nutmeg and the Parmesan, put the ingredients in a blender, I always use the Nutribullet, blend everything together.

The basic ingredients for the casserole are now ready. Now you can start coating the casserole dish.

Coat the dish with a little olive oil. As the first layer, put some of the minced meat into the dish. Then add a layer of courgette slices, followed by a layer of broccoli. Now add some of the mushrooms and the cheddar cheese. Keep layering until all the ingredients are used up.

Finally, pour the glaze over the top and sprinkle with the grated mozzarella. Bake in the middle of the oven for between 45-50 minutes.

After baking, let rest for 2-3 minutes so that the liquid binds a little. Now you can portion and serve it. I serve the casserole on an Asian Sumatra plate from Butlers.

Bon appétit!

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Lasagne Al Forno, Da Cipriano

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Wiener Schnitzel with potato salad

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10 August 2021

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What could be better than a real Wiener Schnitzel? The classic from Austria is popular with young and old. A feast for the palate, quite simply. I like to serve it with fresh potato salad, apple horseradish and cranberries.

prep time: 30 MINUTES

cook time: 40 MINUTES

total time: 1 HOUR 10 MINUTES

Ingredients

For 4 Persons

2 eggs
60 g flour
250 g breadcrumbs (if you have Kaisersemmel dry) to make yourself. But can also be bought ready-made.
4 veal escalopes (150 gr. per portion) cut as large and thin as possible. The meat should be lean and without fat and sinews. The schnitzels can be from the back of veal or from the veal loin.
Salt, black pepper from the mill, or your own spice mix.
250 g frying butter, butter lard or preferably vegetable oil, add a little butter at the end.
1 lemon to garnish

Potato Salad

1 kg potatoes, firm boiling variety
1 medium onion, chopped
1 tbsp mild mustard
4 tbsp white wine vinegar
4 tbsp sunflower oil
2 dl vegetable stock, boiled hot
5-2 tsp salt
some freshly ground pepper
2 gherkins cut into strips
½ bunch chives
½ bunch parsley chopped

Apple Horseradish

4 apples
5 dl white wine
25 dl water
4 tbsp lemon juice
a little salt
2 tbsp fresh horseradish
a little sugar

Cranberries from the jar

How to do it!

The perfect Wiener schnitzel must be pounded very flat. Ask your butcher if he can do this for you. Alternatively, you can pound the schnitzel nice and flat at home with a meat tenderiser or heavy pan and a freezer bag. Don’t pound too hard until it tears or bursts.

Breading
Salt the schnitzels well on both sides. You can use your own seasoning mix for this, or use salt and pepper. Make sure you salt enough, because the breading absorbs a lot of salt, but you don’t need to over-salt.

After seasoning, turn the schnitzels in the flour so that the egg and breadcrumbs stick well. Always tap off the excess flour well.

Beat eggs with a whisk so that the egg mixture is airy. Now pull the schnitzels through the egg mixture. Many people also add a little cream to the egg mixture to make it airier, but this is not necessary.

Then turn the escalopes over in the breadcrumbs. After the breadcrumbs have adhered to the meat, just shake them off a little, never press them on, to prevent the breadcrumbs from developing air bubbles when they bake out. Place the breaded escalopes on a piece of kitchenpaper.

Frying
Now heat the oil or clarified butter in a deep frying pan, or I sometimes use a large wok. The escalopes should float in the oil, so they cook evenly and get a perfect colour and crust.

The pan should always be hot, it is recommended that you have 2 pans ready so that the escalopes can be cooked evenly. As soon as you put the cold meat into the hot fat, the temperature in the pan drops.

While you are frying the schnitzels, you should shake the pan a little, so that some fat always spills over the crust, so that the breadcrumbs come off the meat easily and you get the right consistency of a real Wienerschnitzel. After frying, remove the schnitzels with a slotted spoon and place them on a paper towel to drain. Please do not layer.

Your wieners are ready.

Serve with fresh apple horseradish, cranberries and lemon. A potato salad or parsley potatoes are also ideal.

Potato Salad

Wash the potatoes and boil them with the skin on until soft. Then peel them while hot and cut them into slices approx. 5 mm thick, put them in a bowl, set aside approx. 120 g for the sauce.

Roughly chop the onion, chop the chives into small pieces, puree with mustard, vinegar, oil, stock and the Gschwellti set aside, season well. Pour the finished sauce over the potato slices, mix well and leave to stand, covered, for approx. 50 min.

Cut the pickled cucumbers lengthwise into thin slices, cut the slices stacked on top of each other into fine strips. Now finely chop the parsley.

Arrange the finished salad in a bowl and garnish with the cucumbers and parsley.

Apple horseradish

Bring the white wine, water, lemon juice and sugar to the boil in a pan. Add the peeled apples cut into wedges to the broth. Cover and steam until soft. Drain the stock and purée the apples with a hand blender. Season to taste with salt. Stir in the freshly grated horseradish and refrigerate. Garnish with a little horseradish before serving.

Enjoy your meal!

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Bruno Catalano Incomplete Bronze Sculptures

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18 April 2021

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Bruno Catalano

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Ravagnan Gallery

Source: Ravagnan Gallery, Venice. Images by Da Cipriano in Courtesy of S.K. Zürich.

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DAVIDE

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HUBERT II

Bruno Catalano was born in Khouribga (Morocco), in 1960.
He lives and works between France and Italy.

Born in Morocco in 1960, from multiple Mediterranean origins Bruno Catalano and his family were constrained to exile in 1975. Landed in Marseille with the hope of a new beginning to his life, and yet he kept the painful memory of this uprooting. Became a sailor by the age of 18, then electrician, he encounter art and clay sculpting when he was 30 through such artists as Rodin, Giacometti, or César. He thereby decides to devote his existence to it.

Noticed for the first time in 2005 at a contemporary art fair by a Parisian gallerist, he evolves from clay to bronze, and sculpted bigger and bigger characters thereby realizing important technical prowess.

Bruno Catalano’s Travelers are astonishing bronze sculptures characterized by the absence of the central part of the body – ethereal characters able to establish a dialogue with the surrounding world before identifying with it.

The lack of material invites the viewer to complete the picture and to wonder how these figures can possibly stand by themselves. The luggage according to Bruno Catalano – who was forced to leave Morocco for Marseille – are filled with memories, life experiences but also desires and hope.

Nowadays the Travelers are part of the most prestigious public and private collections.

GALLERIA D’ARTE MODERNA RAVAGNAN S.A.S.
PIAZZA SAN MARCO 50/A
30124 VENICE ITALY

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Sihl Valley, Sihlwald national Park

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16 April 2021

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Cherish Nature

The Sihlwald, and Sihl Valley, is one of the most beautiful natural landscapes I have ever seen. It is not just because I live close by, no, I think it is great because the forest is left to itself. The forest recovers best in a sustainable way if we humans do not intervene and simply let it grow back, which is something we pay a lot of attention to here.

The Sihlwald can be reached by car in only 20 minutes. Various means of public transport will also take you there. From the main station, you can reach the visitor center of the Wilderness Park Zurich within a short time with the Sihltal-Zurich-Uetliberg train.

Sihlwald, Sihl Valley Impressions 2021, Sihltal railway line

The Wildnispark Zurich Sihlwald offers a unique combination of forest, wilderness and wildlife in the immediate vicinity of the cities of Zurich and Zug. Unforgettable encounters with wildlife in facilities close to nature and adventurous experiences in a primeval forest wilderness create exciting contrasts to everyday urban life.

Rangers regularly patrol the Sihlwald. Their function is multifaceted. They know the core and surrounding zones exactly and can point out to hikers and walkers where what is allowed.

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The Zurich Sihlwald Wilderness Park was the first nationally recognised nature discovery park in Switzerland. It is in the middle of the Zurich conurbation and is easily accessible to around 2 million people. Thanks to this peri-urban location, Sihlwald Nature Discovery Park can fulfil its role as a “starter park”.

A nature discovery park offers animals and plants undisturbed habitats close to the city and visitors the opportunity to experience intact nature. It always consists of two zones: In the core zone, nature can develop freely. In the transition zone, less stringent protection requirements apply to enable visitors to experience nature and relax. With the label, the Zimmerberg-Sihltal region and the Canton of Zurich have an internationally recognised seal of quality and the Zurich Wilderness Park Foundation receives important federal funding for the operation of the park.

Wooden Fountain at the Edge of the Sihlwald Pond

Natural forest / Pristine beech forest

The Sihlwald natural forest is an approximately 1100-hectare beech forest that originally covered about 80 percent of the area of Central Europe. It is a rare example of a large-scale, original forest on the Swiss Plateau.

An important component of the original forest is deadwood, which is constantly increasing in the Sihlwald. Old, impressive giant trees up to 250 years old, small, young trees and those at the prime age of around 120 years characterise the picture. This small-scale, mosaic-like forest structure with its constantly progressing dynamics is characteristic of the Sihlwald. It shows an impressive native forest wilderness that is unique in Europe.

Deadwood is the most important component of the forest ecosystem, for example as the basis of life for thousands of species of animals, plants and fungi.

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Since 1 January 2010, the Sihlwald has had the official label “Nature Discovery Park – Park of National Importance”. The protection of the Sihlwald is sealed by a forest reserve agreement (2007) and a cantonal protection ordinance (2008).

Flora and fauna in the Sihlwald

Hotspot for rare creatures

Although the Sihlwald has only been left to its own devices since 2000, there are already large parts of the forest where dead drought stands and fallen, rotting tree trunks give the impression of wilderness. Wilderness means diverse habitats for fungi, plants and animals.

You will find, among other things: an abundance of wild garlic, green shield-moss Buxbaumia viridis, copper beech and spruce, extensive moorland, frogs that lay their eggs in spring, many different species of birds.

If you have never been to the Sihlwald, you must do so. Every season has its own magic. At the beginning of the Sihlwald you will pass the dreamy pond. In summer, the pond is covered with water lilies and reeds.

Many different water birds that enliven the pond. It is utterly unique. Escape from the hustle and bustle of everyday life, come to rest. Surrounded by forest and a variety of wild plants and a beautiful scenery, you will find peace and deepest contentment here. It never gets boring. Especially if you spend a lot of time in the Sihlwald, you always discover new paths to take.

Not to forget the Sihl, the river itself. The source of the Sihl River is on the 2283-metre-high Drusberg. The Sihl flows through Lake Sihl near Einsiedeln in the canton of Schwyz and winds its way through the Sihl Valley to Zurich. During the thaw or continuous rainfall, the Sihl may well burst its banks. It is the largest tributary of the Limmat, 69 kilometres long and drains an area of 341 square kilometres. The Sihl flows into the Limmat in Zurich.

ihlwald, Sihl Valley Impressions 2021, Sihl river — The Sihl river is the largest tributary of the Limmat, 69 kilometres long.

From there the Limmat continues. The area in the triangle formed by Brugg, Turgi and Klingnau in the canton of Aargau, where the three rivers Aare, Reuss and Limmat join shortly after each other as the Aare at the Gebenstorf district of Vogelsang, is known as the “Wasserschloss” of Switzerland. After passing the Klingnau reservoir (Stausee), the Aare flows into the Rhine at Koblenz.

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The forest is the place of recreation for many people. I go as often as possible. It offers a variety of experiences, shapes, scents and colors and is irreplaceable because of its originality and natural character.

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Idyllic winter scene. The Sihlwald in winter. A dreamy winter landscape. All you find is beauty, peace and silence.

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Forest Nature Trail Sihlwald, a wooden walkway leads past various attractions.

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Portuguese olive bread with sun-dried tomatoes and Sagres beer

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11 April 2021

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Made by Alessandro Cipriano

A wonderful and tasty Portuguese olive bread with sun-dried tomatoes and Sagres beer. The scent of freshly baked bread, olives and tomatoes makes you dream. Especially in this difficult time of Covid-19, when you cannot travel, you should bring the distant fragrances into your home. I created this recipe, I am happy to share it with you!

prep time: 40 MINUTES

cook time: 90 MINUTES

total time: 2 HOURS, 10 MINUTES

Ingredients

For 1 Bread

500 g of wheat flour
1 pack of dry yeast
250 ml of lukewarm water
1.5 tsp of salt
75 ml of olive oil
70 g green olives
70 g sun-dried tomatoes
2 tsp of fresh thyme
1 dl Sagres beer to coat the dough

How to do it!

Sieve the flour, then add the yeast and mix both components.

Add the water, salt and oil and knead everything evenly into a smooth dough with the food processor. Now take the green olives and tomatoes and cut them all into small slices. Then add the olives, tomato pieces and the thyme and knead the dough again. Now you can cover the dough in a bowl in a warm place and let it rise for about 1 hour.

Then shape the dough into a bread as you wish. Spread well with the Sagres beer, the beer gives the bread a nice shine and gives the whole thing a wonderful taste.

Let rise again for about 30 minutes. Preheat the oven to 220 ° C (convection 200 ° C). Bake the bread for about 30-40 minutes until golden brown and leave to cool on a rack.

Ready to serve, enjoy!

Portuguese Olive Bread with sun-dried Tomatoes and Sagres beer

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Focaccia Italiana

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22 May 2020

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Napkin Dumpling with Bacon, the real Serviettenknödel

dacipriano

9 April 2021

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SERVIETTENKNÖDEL mit Speck, a Napkin Bacon Dumpling. A side dish that goes wonderfully with sauce dishes, I served it with a Hungarian Goulash. The name comes from the fact that you wrap the bread mixture in a cloth napkin and tie the ends with a string.

prep time: 20 MINUTES

cook time: 40 MINUTES

total time: 1 HOUR

Ingredients

For 6 servings

1 large onion chopped
70 g butter
1/4 l milk
1/2 cup breadcrumbs
200 g bacon, diced
250 g sliced bread, 1-2 days old, dry
4 eggs (M)
1 bunch parsley chopped
salt, pepper, nutmeg

How to do it!

Peel and finely dice the onion. Roughly chop the parsley. Dice the bread rolls 1 cm.

Warm the milk a little and pour over the bread cubes, stir a little and leave to rest for about 10 minutes.

Melt the butter in the pan, sauté the onion in it for 2 minutes until translucent. Now add the chopped parsley, stir briefly. Add the bacon and sauté until it has a nice colour, let it cool down a bit.

Now pour over the bread cubes, the onion and bacon mixture, the breadcrumbs and the eggs, mix well and leave to stand for about 20-30 minutes so that the mixture can swell well.

Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg, mix everything together loosely. If the mixture is a little too dry, you can add a little milk. If the mixture is too liquid, simply add a few breadcrumbs.

Preparing the dumplings

Take 2 white cloth napkins and moisten them with water. Spread out the napkin and place half of the dumpling mixture lengthwise on the damp napkin. Now roll the mixture into a sausage, always pressing well so that the dumpling has a compact shape. Tie the ends with a string.

Cook the dumplings:
Boil plenty of water in a large wide pot. Put in the dumplings, boil for 20 min. with the lid halfway on. Turn off the cooker and let the dumplings steep in the water for another 20 min. Lift the napkin dumplings out of the water, unwrap, slice and serve.

Dumplings in the steamer:
Cook the dumplings at 100° C for about 30 minutes, then turn off the steamer, remove and portion just before serving.

Ready to serve, enjoy!

The dumplings go well with!

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Urban Fire Cooking, Hungarian Goulash

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9 April 2021

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Urban Fire Cooking, Hungarian Goulash

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9 April 2021

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Made by Alessandro Cipriano

A classic Hungarian goulash is relatively easy to prepare. After the preparation, you can let the dish cook, and at the same time you can devote yourself to the side dishes.

Of course, an open fire requires a bit more effort, as you always have to add wood to the fire, but it’s definitely fun. Try it out if you have the possibility and the space.

Many kinds of side dishes go well with a Hungarian goulash. You can add raw potato pieces directly into the goulash, just before the end of the cooking time, or a garlic bread, or as I served it with Napkin bacon dumplings, or mashed potatoes, etc. Let your imagination run wild. Have fun trying it out.

prep time: 30 MINUTES

cook time: 90 MINUTES

total time: 2 HOURS

Ingredients

For 4 servings

4 onions

(classic: the same amount of onions as meat) for binding the sauce

3-4 garlic cloves chopped
2 red peppers, cut into pieces
2 large tomatoes, roughly diced
800 g stewing beef, cut into cubes
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp sweet paprika powder
1 pinch chilli flakes, homemade
2 tbsp tomato purée
5 dl red wine
4 dl beef stock or water
Salt
a little pepper
Cornflour to thicken the sauce, if necessary

How to do it!

Peel and halve the onions, then cut into strips. Peel and slice the garlic as well. Cut the red pepper and tomatoes into bite-sized pieces.

If you got large pieces of meat from the butcher, you can cut them well in half, depending on your preference.

The fire:
I’ll give you the tip: light the fire early enough so that it can develop well and it has enough heat for the cooking process. The dish must cook well. As soon as the fire is ready, you can start.

Now hang the casserole over the fire, now add the olive oil and let it get hot. Add the meat all at once and fry it well. Add the onions and garlic. Sauté well. Add the tomatoes and chilli peppers and sauté. Now sprinkle paprika on top.

Add the tomato purée and mix well. Deglaze with red wine and fill up with beef stock or water. Cover and simmer for about 1 hour. Check whether the meat is already braised, if not, let it cook a little more. Remove the lid and let the liquid boil down. If the sauce is a little too liquid, you can mix some cornstarch with red wine and add it to the sauce, it also gives the sauce a nice gloss. Season to taste with salt, chilli flakes and pepper.

Ready to serve, enjoy! or as the Hungarians say: Jó étvágyat!

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Napkin Dumpling with Bacon, the real Serviettenknödel

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Thanksgiving Russian Loaf

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21 November 2020

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Made by Alessandro Cipriano

Preface: Like every year, I am looking forward to Thanksgiving. I love this tradition, you can let off steam in the kitchen and try out new recipes. So I have slightly edited and changed this Russian Loaf recipe.

prep time: 120 MINUTES

cook time: 40 MINUTES

total time: 2 HOURS 40 MINUTES

Ingredients

For the dough

300 g white flour sifted
½ tsp salt
40 g sugar
60 g butter, soft
½ cubes yeast, crumbled
1,5 dl milk, lukewarm

Filling

150 g ground hazelnuts
80 g sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
40 g sultanas
1 small apple, grated with skin
0,5 dl cream
1/2 grated orange peel
1/2 orange juice, fresh
1/2 lemon peel grated
1/2 lemon juice, fresh

Glaze

40 g icing sugar
10 g lemon juice

How to do it!

Mix flour, salt and sugar, now add butter in small pieces to the flour. Dissolve yeast with milk and pour into the flower mix. Mix everything well and join together to form a dough. Knead the dough until it is soft and elastic. Place the dough in a bowl, cover with a damp cloth and leave to rise at room temperature for about 1 hour to double its volume.

Filling

Mix all ingredients well and let it rest for about half an hour.

Shaping the Russian Loaf

Roll out the dough on a little flour to a rectangle. Spread the filling over it up to a 1 cm wide edge. Roll up the dough from the narrow side. Cut the roll in half lengthwise with a sharp knife, twist it spirally with the cut surface upwards. See picture.

Place the loaf in the baking tin lined with baking paper. Cover the loaf with foil and leave to rise at room temperature for 60 minutes.

In the meantime, preheat the oven to 190° C (convection oven).

Baking

Bake the Russian Loaf in the preheated oven for 40 minutes.

Glaze

Add the lemon juice to the icing sugar and mix everything so that no lumps are visible. Then lightly brush the still hot loaf with the icing. Let it cool down.

Ready to serve, enjoy your teatime!

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Yeast Ring Cake, Gugelhupf with Candied Cherries

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25 April 2020

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Chicken Sweet and Sour with Basmati Rice

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13 November 2020

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Made by Alessandro Cipriano

Chinese cuisine is very important to me. It is light, digestible and simply delicious. A sweet and sour dish with chicken is a must.

prep time: 20 MINUTES

cook time: 20 MINUTES

total time: 40 MINUTES

Ingredients

For 4 servings

600 g chicken filet cut into pieces
salt and pepper
1 handful of corn starch
3 eggs, lightly broken
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 large red pepper, cut into 1 chunks
3 garlic cloves, chopped
2 small sticks of spring onions, finely cut
1 tbsp sesame oil

The sweet and sour sauce

70 g white or brown sugar, whatever you have
8 tbsp ketchup
few chili flakes
3/4 cup vinegar, I use cider vinegar
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp of water
2 tbsp pineapple juice

Basmati rice ingredients

1 large cup of basmati rice
1.1 / 2 cups of water

How to do it!

Cut the chicken into even, bite-sized pieces. Season with salt and pepper.

Now put the cornstarch in a bowl or plate. Beat the eggs in another bowl and put them aside.

Sprinkle the chicken with the cornstarch in portions and then dip it in the egg. It is known that the cornstarch makes the meat much more tender.

Heat the oil in a large frying pan or wok.

Now put the meat into the hot oil in portions and fry well on all sides. Do not fry thoroughly, because the meat will be finished in the oven with the sauce. The breading should be nice and crispy. Then put the roasted meat in an ovenproof dish and set aside.

Remove the frying fat and replace it with some fresh oil. Now add the garlic, red pepper and pineapple pieces and fry the ingredients. Season with some salt and pepper. Then spread the vegetables evenly over the chicken.

Preheat the oven to 175°C convection.

The sauce

Mix sugar, ketchup, apple vinegar, soy sauce, water and pineapple juice in a bowl. Pour the sauce over the chicken.

Then cook everything in the oven for about 40 minutes, stirring occasionally so that the sauce mixes well with the meat.

Next to it you can cook the basmati rice. Basmati rice is very easy to prepare.

I would not salt the rice, mostly white rice is perfumed and it tastes much better of course. Let the rice cook (covered) for 2 minutes and it is best to put the rice aside. It continues cooking on its own.

Voilà, now you can arrange your Sweet and Sour dish nicely, I like to put sliced spring onions over the meat. Perfume with a few drops of sesame oil. The rice can be served separately, but many people also put the meat on top of the rice.

Ready to serve, enjoy!

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