HOW TO COOK PFEFFERPOTTHAST

How To Cook Pfefferpotthast-Another German dish. It is name derived from 3 things, the Pfeffer which means a general term for spicy and hot, pott  means cooked in a pot and the hast means fried meat. This Pfefferpotthast is not a tricky dish to cook, sometimes it is tougher to me when there is no place on earth I can get the ingredients. But this thing we are going to cook this time, the ingredients are common so there would be no problem at all. I have tried many versions of this dish but what I am going to share with you is the simplest but good enough to boast about. But don’t be so selfish, you are on the internet right now so why don’t you share this recipe and put it in your timeline? Let the world know about this great recipe. Here is how to cook Pfefferpotthast:

Ingredients

3 medium size onions (diced)

1 medium size carrots (diced)

1 leek (chopped)

2 stalks of celery (chopped)

2 tablespoon cooking oil

2 pounds beef (cut into serving pieces)

2 cups water

1 bay leaf

2 cloves

5 peppercorns (ground)

½ tablespoon salt

2 slices of rye bread (crumbled)

3 tablespoon lemon extract

¼ teaspoon sugar

Cooking Procedure

1. In a pan, heat oil, add the beef and saute until browned. Remove and set aside.
2. In the same pan, saute onions, carrots, leek, celery until almost cooked.
3. Put back the beef in the pan and saute for 1 minute together with the ingredients.
4. Add water, bay leaf and simmer for 10 minutes.
5. Remove the water from the stew and put it in a bowl.
6. In the bowl, add salt, pepper, lemon extract,sugar and bread crumbs. Mix perfectly to make gravy.
7. Put the meat and carrots in the gravy and simmer for 5 minutes.
8. And serve.

Note: You can serve Pfefferpotthast with boiled green peas and potatoes.

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HOW TO COOK PELLKARTOFFELN

How To Cook Pellkartoffeln –I can’t get enough of these German dishes. I still want more of them so I found myself looking up in the internet for the recipes. I don’t know why but they seem to be so appealing to me. I can’t blame myself because these German dishes are so delicious. Yes, most of them are just conterparts of the common food that we know but I always find mysterious taste whenever I eat them. I’m not saying that these dishes are the bests in the world but if there are 10 dishes that I would recommend, German Dishes would be on the list. This time, I am going to share with you another Deutschland food, I actually eat it for breakfast but I think it is also good for snack and even dinner. This recipe I am about to share with you is not mine. Here is how to cook Pellkartoffeln:

Ingredients

1 pound quark

¼  cup of low-fat milk

½ cup spring Onions (chopped)

Salt and pepper to taste

2 tablespoon flaxseed oil

¼ cup parsley (chopped)

2 pounds potatoes

Cooking Procedure

1. In a pot, boil the potatoes and simmer (do not peel it), do not overcook the potatoes.
2. In a  bowl, combine together  the quark, milk, onions, salt, pepper and flaxseed oil.
3. Stir perfectly.
4. In a serving plate, put a piece of cooked potatoes and pour a little quark mixture on the side. Garnish with parsley and serve.

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HOW TO MAKE KARTOFFELSALAT

How To Make Kartoffelsalat –this is just a potato salad, only a German version. But it has different taste and I like it. In Central Europe, this dish very common. I think this food originated in southern part of Germany and many restaurants all over the world including United States serve this dish. This salad is usually eaten combined with sausages or hotdogs or it can be served together with another sort of salad like vegetable or fish. This is very traditional typically in southern part of Germany and Ruhr Valley region. Many versions of Kartoffelsalat are made outside of Germany especially in Austria and Hungary. This salad is great to eat, warm or cold so it is not a seasonal dish because you can enjoy it during summer or even winter. Here is how to make kartoffelsalat:

Ingredients

2 lbs potatoes (unpeeled)

1 small size sweet onion (minced)

½ tsp yellow mustard

Salt ot taste

Ground black pepper to taste

1 cup of vegetable broth

2 tbsp white vinegar

2 tbsp olive oil

Cooking Procedure

1. In a pot, pour in water and salt enough to cover the potatoes.
2. Put the potatoes and simmer until the potatoes are cooked.
3. Remove the potatoes from water, let it cool and set aside.
4. Peel the potatoes and slice.
5. In a mixing bowl, combine potatoes with onions, mustard, pepper and salt.
6. In a pan, pour in the vegetable broth. Bring to a boil.
7. Pour in the potato mixture and stir perfectly.
8. Add vinegar and stir.
9. Remove from heat and let it rest for 10 minutes.
10. Add olive oil and stir.
11. Check the taste for saltness, add some according to your taste.
12. And serve.

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HOW TO MAKE AACHENER PRINTEN

How To Make Aachener Printen- this is a sort of cookie (others call it candy too.) This cookie is very German but I’m not so sure if this has originated in Germany because I have never been there before, not at all. One day, I was feeeling like I want to eat unfamiliar cookie(to me) so I looked up in the internet and I happed to find this very delicious thing the Germans always make every Cristmas. I decided to make myself a version of it. I combined sorts of ingredients that are usually present in almost every cookie I know to make and Ican say that the outcome is not bad at all, of course, since it was my first Aachener Printen to make. The only thing that could make you feel disappointed is that you should prepare the dough 5 days before baking it and that is a very long time to wait, lol! But it’s worth it because it helps the taste way better. Here is how to make Aachener Printen:

Ingredients

½ Kg of corn syrup

3 tbsp of water

½ cup ll-purpose flour

600 grams of flour

1 pinch of ground cloves

2 tsp ground coriander

2 tsp ground aniseed

2 tsp cinnamon

60 grams of candied orange peel

100 grams of sugar

150 grams of rock candy

10 grams of potash (or baking soda)

1 tbsp Rum

Baking Procedure

1. Combine the syrup and water in a saucepan and place over medium heat. Stir until the syrup is almost boiling. Remove from heat and set aside. Get a cup of it for use after baking the dough.
2. In a bowl, combine potash and rum, stir together until the potash dissolves completely.
3. Grind the rock candy into coarse particles and add to the potash mixture.
4. Combine all the ingredients in the bowl, stir and knead well until the dough is being formed.
5. Cover the bowl and put it in a cool and dry place, let it rest for 5 days.
6. After days of waiting, grease the baking sheets.
7. Preheat oven to 350 F or a bit higher, but be care not to set it too hot.
8. On a dough board, scatter some flour slightly and evenly.
9. On the dough board, flatten the dough into ¼ inch thick. Make sure every side of the dough is slightly covered with four before cutting it.
10. Cut the dough into desired sizes, I did mine with 1x2 inches size.
11. Put the cut dough in the baking sheets with a distance of 2 inches between every dough.
12. Bake for 15 minutes. When done, just let the cookies rest on the sheet and cool it down.
13. Glaze the cookeis with syrup mixture and let it dry.
14. Serve or store it in a cool and dry place.

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HOW TO COOK WIESN HENDL

>How To Cook Wiesn Hendl –this dish is very common, it is just the German name that make us confuse. For those who do not know what Wiesn Hendl is, it is just an Austrian-Bavarian name for Roasted Chicken. In Munich, Germany (Munchen,) there is a festival called Oktoberfest. It is a 16-day festival that start from late September to early October. It is part of the Bavarian culture where huge amount of roasted chicken is consumed. Wiesn Hendl is just one of the many recipes prepared in the said festivity. This dish is prepared with butter, pretzel (brezeln) and the perfect drink for this dish is beer. In the American cities where large number of Germans live, Oktoberfest is still held and Weisn Hendl is also prepared. I am not a German but it does not mean that I should get rid myself of this very delicious dish. This time, we are going to discuss how to cook this thing, it is not tricky at all, just be carefull not to burn the chicken or else you are going to ruin your Roasted Chicken. Here is >how to cook Weisn Hendl:

Ingredients

1 whole dressed chicken (1-1.5 Kg)

70 grams butter

1 bundle of fresh parsley

1 tablespoon of salt

½ teaspoon of ground pepper

Cooking Procedure

1. We are going to use oven so preheat it to 195 °C.
2. Prepare the chicken by rubbing salt, pepper and butter to it evenly, both inside and outside.
3. Prepare the parsley by washing it perfectly.
4. Dry the parsley with paper towel and chop.
5. In a bowl, combine parsley with small amount of butter. Mix perfectly.
6. Stuff chicken with the parsley mixture.
7. Place the chicken in the roasting tray with the breast turned upward.
8. Put in the oven and cook for 1 hour or until the chicken turns golden brown.
9. When cooked, remove from the oven, let it cool for a bit.
10. Serve with Brezeln and beer.

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