HOW TO COOK KASESPATZLE (KAESESPAETZLE)

How To Cook Käsespätzle (Kaesespaetzle) –this dish is very common, but again, many of us are not familiar with its name. Käsespätzle is a very German version of Mac and Cheese. In the Aryan countries in Central Europe, Käsespätzle is a traditional dish tossed with onions and also emmentaler cheese is used. Nutmeg is also an ingredient for this dish but because some people have an allergic reaction to it, I would like to say that you can replace the nutmeg with other sort of spices. Cinnamon is good for Käsespätzle as well as ground cloves. When Im making this dish, I add extra amount of onions because I like the taste of cheese combine with onions but in the recipe I am going to share with you, I just put 1 medium size onion beause some of us are not really big fans of onions but you can add more of that. Here is how to cook Käsespätzle (Kaesespaetzle):

Ingredients

1 cup all-purpose flour

1 cup emmentaler cheese (shredded)

½ teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon nutmeg (ground)

A pinch of black pepper (freshly ground)

2 eggs (whisked)

¼ cup milk

2 tablespoon butter

1 medium size sweet onion (thinly sliced)

Water and salt

Cooking Procedure

1. In a bowl, combine together flour, salt, pepper and nutmeg.
2. Pour the milk in the flour mixture little by little and stir simultaneously to form batter. Set aside.
3. In a pot, bring water to a boil combine with little bit of salt.
4. Press batter through a cheese grater or colander and press into the hot water.
5. When the spaetzle floated, remove and transfer it to a bowl.
6. Add cheese and mix perfectly.
7. In a pan, melt butter. Add onion and saute until browned. Add spaetzle and mix perfectly.
8. Remove from heat and serve.

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HOW TO COOK STOLLEN

How To Cook Stollen –this dish is another German food but it is famous even in the United States. I had my first Stollen when I was like 12 years old and I couldn’t forget how was the taste like. It is delicious and I  was wondering why this kind pf dish is not as popular as kebab and marzipan. I found out that this Stollen thing is tricky to make and it requires a lot of ingredients so I thought that is why. But it is worth the effort, believe me. It is good to  prepare when you expect especial someone coming to you for a visit like friends or relatives, they would fell the hospitality just by eating this dish. The recipe I am going to share with you is not mine, I don’t remember when I got it from though. Anyway, here is how to cook Stollen:

Ingredients

2 tsp active yeast (dried)

6 ounce warm milk

1 egg

3 ounce caster sugar

2 ounce currants

12 ounce flour (prime or second class)

1 tsp salt

3 ounce butter

½ tsp cinnamon (ground)

1 tsp icing sugar

2 tbsp lemon extract

2 ounce sultanas

2 ounce red glace cherries (diced)

200 grams marzipan

Flaked almonds for topping.

oil

Cooking Procedure

1. In a bowl, pour in the warm milk, add yeast and dissolve. Let rest for 10 minutes.
2. Add egg, sugar, butter, salt and flour. Mix perfectly until the dough is formed.
3. Add lemon extract, cherries,  sultanas and currants. Knead perfectly until the dough becomes smooth.
4. Grease a large bowl with oil. Put the dough in it and turn until all the surfaces of dough is oiled.
5. Cover with cloth and let rise in size for 1 hour.
6. Grease a baking pan with oil. Put the dough in it and spread to create a wide area.
7. Arrange and roll the marzipan in the center of the dough and fold to cover the marzipan. Tuck it in by pressing the seams together.
8. Turn the dough upside down and let rest for an hour.
9. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C.
10. Bake the dough for 10 minutes. Lower the heat to  150 C and let bake for half an hour.
11. Remove from the oven and let it cool down.
12. Scatter some icing sugar, cinnamon and almond flakes on the loaf.
13. And serve with hot chocolate or coffee.

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HOW TO COOK SCHUPFNUDELN

How To Cook Schupfnudeln –this  delicious dish is a kind of home-made pasta. Its dough is made of potatoes and cut into some shapes like a spaghetti pasta noodles. This food is very popular in Germany especially in Baden-Wurttemberg. I already shared with you how to make spaetzle, I mentioned it because we are going to use that dish to make Schupfnudeln. This recipe I am going to share with you is served with many side dishes but what makes it more delicious is that this dish is best served with almost any kind of meat especially when the meat is roasted. This recipe is just a simple one just to help you get started on making this dish yourself. It is not tricky so don’t bother yourself skipping this recipe, lol! Here is how to cook Schupfnudeln:

Ingredients

½ cup flour

1 ½ lb russet potatoes

¼ cup butter

1 egg

½ tsp salt

1 tbsp chopped parsley

¼ tsp ground nutmeg

Cooking Procedure

1.      In a pot, boil potatoes with their peel until cooked, that is approximately half an hour.

2.       Remove from water when cooked. Set aside and let it cool down.

3.      On a clean wide board, scatter some flour on it. Peel the potatoes and mash it on the board.

4.      Add flour and the remaining ingredients except butter. Knead until dough is formed.

5.      Using a rolling pin, roll out the dough into 1cm thickness.

6.      Cut the dough into strips about 4cm long and stretch as much as possible. Set aside and let rest for 15 minutes.

7.      In a wide frying pan, put the butter and let it melt over medium heat.

8.      Fry the dough strips until golden brown each sides.

9.      Serve with bacon or sauerkraut.

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HOW TO COOK GAISBURGER MARSCH

How To Cook Gaisburger Marsch –this dish very common to us, it is just the name we are not familiar with because Gaisburger Marsch is just a counterpart of what we call beef and vegetable stew. Although this is very German, you can make your own version of it by replacing some of the ingredients used in this recipe. Unlike other beef stews we make, cooking this dish requires beer. I know that some wine gives better taste to stews but I didn’t know that beer could also be added to stews, I was amazed when I learned about this thing. Actually the beer is used to combine with broth used for simmering and that’s is what we are going to do. I have shared with you the recipe on how to make spatzle, I am mentioning it because this stew is not complete without it. Here is how to cook Gaisburger Marsch:

Ingredients

1 pound beef (cut into cubes)

1 cup beer

4 cups beef broth (or enough amount to cover beef for simmering)

1 medium size onion (diced)

1 stalk celery

2 medium size carrots (diced)

1 pound uncooked potatoes (peeled and diced)

1 small bowl spatzle (cooked)

1 tablespoon nutmeg

Salt to taste

1 onion, (cut into rings)

Butter

1 tablespoon parlsey (chopped)

Cooking Procedure

1. In a pot, put the beef , beer, salt, diced onion, celery, carrots and broth.
2. Bring to a boil and simmer until the beef is cooked and tender.
3. When the beef is almost cooked, drop the potatoes.
4. In a skillet, melt butter and fry onion rings until translucent.
5. Pour the stew in individual serving bowls and garnish with onion rings and parsley.
6. And serve.

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HOW TO COOK FLADLESUPPE

How To Cook Flädlesuppe –here is another Aryan dish that you would like and the good news here is that you can use your leftover pancakes, yes. It is not tricky at all. This dish is a soup so you wouldn’t worry about the sauce or gravy or anything that you may want to get rid of everytime you make dishes. Flädlesuppe is actually composed of pancakes and broth. You can use your favorite vegetable broth on this one. It is up to you, who knows, your broth is way better than mine. But please, take note that do not make this one way earlier than you are going to serve it because the broth will get cold and the pancakes will fall apart by soaking up the broth. You can prepare the ingredients earlier though. Here is how to cook Flädlesuppe:

Ingredients

8 cups of  vegetable broth

6 small size pancakes (cut into strips)

1 medium size carrots (cut into sticks)

1 green onion (cut into sticks)

1 celery (cut into strips/sticks)

½ cup chayote (cut into sticks)

1 tablespoon fresh parsley (chopped)

1 tablespoon celery leaves (chopped)

Salt and pepper to taste

Cooking Procedure

1. In a pot, combine all the vegetables, pour in broth and boil until the vegetables are cooked.
2. Add salt and pepper according to your taste, check the taste if not too salty to you.
3. Put the pancakes in individual serving bowls.
4. Pour broth over pancakes and add some cooked vegetables.
5. Garnish with parsley and celery leaves and serve.

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