Poppy Seed Ball

Stir the yeast with a little bit of sugar until smooth, add 3 tbsp of lukewarm milk and let it rise in a warm place with the lid closed until it has doubled in volume. Now add the remaining sugar, sour cream, egg yolks and flour and knead a firmer yeast dough. Let rise again … Read more

Strawberry Bomb

For the strawberry bomb, mix the curd, yogurt, powdered sugar and vanilla sugar well, heat the rum and gelatine.Mix the strawberries with the curd mixture and stir in the rum-gelatine mix. Cut the cooled sponge cake roulade into pieces and arrange them tightly in a hemispherical form. Pour the strawberry cream on top and cover … Read more

Strawberries-Romanov

For the strawberries Romanov, rinse, dry, deseed and cut the strawberries. Mix with sugar and port wine, infuse for 15 minutes at room temperature and then 45 minutes in the refrigerator. Whip the whipped cream until not quite stiff. Fill the strawberries with the port wine into iced glasses and decorate with whipped cream and … Read more

Strawberry Vanilla Shake

For the syrup, bring granulated sugar and water to a boil and simmer until sugar is completely dissolved. Allow to cool. Pre-chill large glasses in the refrigerator. Scrape vanilla pulp from vanilla bean. Clean strawberries and set aside 6 nice ones. Chop the remaining strawberries into small pieces. Blend them with milk, strawberry ice cream, … Read more

Lamb Moussaka

For the lamb moussaka, first preheat the oven to 200 °C top/bottom heat (or 200 °C hot air, gas mark 3). Cut the melanzani into 1/2 cm thick slices, season with salt and let stand for 20 minutes. Peel the potatoes and cut into 2-3 mm thick slices. Brush a round or oval gratin dish … Read more

Penguin Igloos

For penguin igloos, first prepare cupcakes according to basic recipe and let cool completely. Shape 12 small triangles (beaks) from orange fondant, set aside. From the remaining fondant, shape 24 small “waddling fins”: To do this, roll balls, flatten, shape into a triangle and press grooves into the wide side with a toothpick. Knead white … Read more

Iced Cucumber Soup with Walnuts and Mint

Peel, halve, seed and chop the cucumbers. Blend finely with yogurt, garlic and a little juice of one lemon in a hand blender. Add whipped cream and mix with a little bit of iced water to a homogeneous soup. Season with salt, sugar and cayenne pepper. Leave to cool for at least 1 hour. Dry … Read more

Lamb Köfte

For the lamb köfte, soak the shish kebabs in cold water. Put the lamb through a meat grinder or have it freshly minced at your local butcher. Soak the bread in a little milk and mince it as well. Finely dice the shallot and garlic and quickly knead with the meat, the bread, salt, freshly … Read more

Strawberry Pot Pie

For the strawberry pot pie, preheat the oven to 180 °C convection oven. Clamp a sheet of baking paper between the cake ring and the base (springform pan 26cm). Separate the eggs for the cake base. Beat the egg whites with the salt until stiff and refrigerate until further processing. Then beat egg yolks with … Read more