carpaccio(tuna and salmon)

with roquette, pine nuts, parmigiano, balsamico and olive oil

cookie cheesecake

the recipe is quite extensive and i dont have too much time in the next few days so you have to be a bit patient :)

Snickers peanut butter cookies

150g flour
80g brown sugar
100g butter
100g peanut butter
1 egg
200g snickers bars
vanilla bean
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder

mix sugar, butter and peanut butter and stirr
add pulp of the vanilla bean and the egg and stirr

mix flour, baking soda and baking powder and slowly add to the butter mixture while stirring constantly

chop the snickers into little pieces
form the dough to little cookies and lay down the snickers pieces on top
fold up the dough(it can fall apart slightly, completely normal) and coil up to little balls

place the balls on a baking sheet(+ baking paper) and pressure on

bake at 180 degrees celsius (356 fahrenheit) for about 15-20 mins

peanutbutter cups

amount/weight is just a rough estimation, havent measured exactly

150g chocolate(75g dark, 75g milk choc)
2 tbsp peanut butter
20g butter(melted)
10g brown sugar
20g honey
cinnamon
salt

fill muffin form with those paper thingies(and use a bit cooking spray)

- melt chocolate using double-boiler(or microwave)and put on bottom
-mix peanut butter, butter, sugar, honey, cinnamon and salt and put on top of the choc
-now cover with remaining choc
-put in fridge for a few mins

you can adjust everything to your taste, reese´s a bit too salty for me(cant really taste the chocolate) so i went a less salty and more sweet road

beef roulade (filled with mustard, pickle, bacon and onions) with spinach-spaetzle

roulade:

300g beef "top round"
100g bacon
2 pickles
1 onion
mustard
bouillon
salt, pepper, paprika
some flour for roux

spaetzle:

250g creamed spinach
125g flour
1 egg
salt

beat the beef until it is very thin
flavor with salt, pepper and paprika
coat with mustard

add bacon, pickles and chopped onions

roll in the sides slightly and cover pickle/onions on the side
roll up the beef lenghtwise and fixate with toothpicks

sear the  roulades in a big pot in oil on both sides until it gets a nice colour
add bouillon(or water) until the roulades are completely covered

cook about 90 mins

if you want a sauce with a nice consistency you probably have to do a roux at the end(or use a  random sauce binder)

spaetzle:
unfreeze spinach

mix flour, spinach, salt and egg and stirr

press the dough into cooking salt water(im using a spaetzle press)

fish out the spaetzle swimming on top

and finally add some butter

new recipes

recipes for the lasagna, dumplings and ice cream have been added
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Lasagna

dough:
250g flour(i used 1/2 white flour and 1/2 whole wheat flour)
2eggs
2tsp olive oil
salt(about 1 tsp)

pasta sauce: 
 400g mixed ground
1 onion
1 carrot
garlic
tomato paste
500g crushed tomatoes
red wine
oregano
majoram
thyme
nutmeg(beware, do not use too much)

bechamel sauce:
250ml milk
20g butter
20g flour
nutmeg

pasta dough:
mix all ingredients and knead it for 20-30mins
cover the dough and let it set for about an hour

use your pasta machine do make it thin
if not available use rolling pin

pasta sauce:

sear the ground(not all 400g at once tho because it gets too watery) and put aside

sear onions and carrots until onion get glassy

add garlic and tomato paste and sear for a very short time(tomato paste otherwise gets bitter)

deglase it with red wine and boil down
add crushed tomatoes and cook for a while

add herbs, salt, pepper and ground close to the end(for a lasagna with fresh pasta dough we need a really thick sauce btw)

bechamel sauce:

melt butter in a pot and briefly saute the flour(we dont want it to get brown)
add milk and boil up for like 10 mins stirring constantly
we need it really thick so if it is to fluid add some more flour stirring constantly
add salt, pepper and a little bit nutmeg

butter the lasagna form and start with bechamel sauce -> then the fresh pasta dough -> pasta sauce -> pasta dough -> bechamel sauce etc

if you want less carbs you can do
bechamel -> pasta dough -> pasta sauce -> bechamel -> pasta dough etc as well

add parmesan(about 50g i would guess) on the top layer and bake at 200 degrees celsius(392 fahrenheit) for 25-30 mins