Am 01.02.2022 tritt die Kochbuchautorin Qin Xie bei der Sendung Kaffee oder Tee auf und kocht live für Millionen Zuschauern. Es wird ein schnelles und super leckeres Fusiongericht geben: Gebratene Spätzle mit Knuperstofu und Wintergemüse, dazu eine geniale Erdnusssauce! Um 17:15 geht’s los, nicht verpassen! 😋
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There is hardly any other fragrance in the world which can smell so seductively sweet as ripe strawberries. At the moment we can get the succulent and sumptuous red cuties in their full maturity from our regional market. I could really guzzle a huge portion of it every day, without batting an eyelid. 😉 Continue reading
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Do you like potato salad? Have you ever tried the German potato salad with vinegar? I really like this version of potato salad with its light and slightly sour taste. This potato salad is simply unbeatable for every barbecue party. 🙂
As the barbecue season is officially announced, today I have an Asian interpretation of the potato salad for you! At first I cooked the potatoes with lemon grass and kaffir lime leaves together. Thus, the potatoes can get a wonderful fruity note. Furthermore, fantastic sour lime juice, savory fish sauce, aromatic garlic and fiery Thai chili come into the dressing. Last, but not least, I round off the salad with whole cane sugar (which tastes wonderfully like caramel, but is much more healthier) and olive oil in real good quality.
I am ready for the next barbecue party! 😉
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The summer is knocking loudly on the door: Over 30 degrees temperature, sizzling sun rays and the blue cloudless sky … In such a beautiful and hot weather, I usually have no big appetite for the warm food. Its preparation produces even more heat both in the kitchen as well as in me.
Therefore, in the summer you could find cold or briefly cooked food very often on our dinning table, with plenty of crunchy vegetables and juicy fruit. As “satisfying food”, rice, pasta and potatoes play an important role. Often I like to cook a couple of boiled potatoes or some pasta, briefly blanched seasonal vegetables such as green asparagus, fava beans or peas for dinner. Serving with a homemade pesto or a quickly prepared sauce, such as this really simple yet unbelievably delicious hazelnut sauce. Mix well, add salt and pepper… Voilà! So easily and quickly prepared is a delicious and light meal for a hot summer evening! Continue reading
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At the weekly market I found these beautiful mini artichokes, whose magical violet-green color looked so appealing that I absolutely had to take some of them home. At that moment I still did not know yet what I should do with them. One thing was clear, they were to be fried with garlic together. This is the way I love to prepare artichokes best. Continue reading
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During my last journey to Japan this seaweed vegetable, Mehijiki, appeared almost everywhere in the restaurants, be it in a metropolis like Tokyo, Osaka or Kyoto, or in small villages in the Takayama mountain area. At that time I did not know how it was named and what it was, until my Singaporean friend Lee Yuen brought me a packet of the dried Mehijiki a few weeks ago. I decided to make myself a little bit clever and googled for this little and funny looking vegetable. Many thanks to dear Lee Yuen, if you are reading this post now. 🙂 Continue reading
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The Italian cuisine has a surprising number of similarities with the Chinese cuisine. The similarity of tortellini and wanton, ravioli and dumplings as well as risotto rice and Chinese round grain rice can not to be overlooked. You could argue about whether pasta was actually brought by Marco Polo from China to Italy (about this point, even the Italians do not have a common opinion) or whether risotto rice arrived in Italy via the Silk Road from China.
For me it does not really matter who owns the “copyright”, since I am quite well aware of how early in the human history the globalization has already taken place. Instead, the similarity between these two great cuisines is much more interesting for me. Continue reading
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If you love spicy food, this dish would be perfect for you: spicy, easy and quick to prepare. It also tastes very good when it is chilled, which means it is super suitable for the next barbecue party. 🙂
Kimchi is a Korean term for the vegetables which are prepared by lactic fermentation. To facilitate your imagination, you can just think of Kimchi as a kind of sauerkraut in Korean style, only it is spicy and with Chinese cabbage instead of white cabbage. 😉
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