ZimtSterne ( Cinnamon Stars )
Hi Martha,
Depending where in Germany you were when you had those Prugelkrapfen.Often people call the same food different names even though they are alike or even the same. I have read your cookie request and it sounds alot like Cinnamon Stars. Here is the recipe, make it, enjoy it, even if it is not what you are looking for.
What is the worst that could happen.......You get to eat a great cookie :o)
Cinnamon Star Cookies
3 egg whites
9 oz powder sugar
10 1/2 oz skinned almonds
2 tsp. cinnamon
3 1/2 oz skinned almonds
Beat the egg white until stiff then add the confectioner's sugar spoon by spoon. (using a teaspoon). Save about 2 1/2 oz off the egg white for the frosting. Finely ground 10 1/2 oz almonds and add to the remaining egg white. Carefully fold in the almonds. Season with cinnamon. Finely ground the remaining almonds and sprinkle on the working surface. Place the dough on it and with lightly floured hands flatten the dough. Coat a rolling pin with flour and roll the dough out until it's almost 1/2 inch thick. Rinse a star shaped cookie cutter with water and shake off any excess. Cut out the cookies. In between wet the cookie cutter with water to avoid the dough from sticking. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Use a spatula to place the cinnamon stars on the baking sheet. Coat with the remaining egg white. Let them dry over night. Bake in the preheated 320F oven for 8 Minutes on the middle rung.
I hope that is what you are looking for.
Merry Christmas
Einzi
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On Demystifying German Salads.
From Trudy;
Germans use butter lettuce (kopf salad).
The julienne carrots are indeed carrots, and what
looks like a julienne turnip is canned, pickled Celery Root (Celeriac),
available at a German Deli. I think the salad dressing may be a mixture of
plain yogurt mixed with vinegar, salt, pepper, spices. Instead of yogurt I
use sweet heavy cream, vinegar, salt, pepper and mustard.
Christa also says
German Salad is like our Bib Lettuce. The other Julienne vegetable is celery root. Germans cook the celery root and peel it and make salad from it or they use it in soup. I had never seen celery stalk until I came to the US . The Knorr or Maggi salad dressings use 3 tablespoons of Water and 3 tbsp of Oil, we like to use EEVO since it's healthier. Hope this helps!
More on using celery root next issue
Christa Back
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German salads are mostly vinegar and oil based, through the addition of herbs, milk, bacon or other ingredients it can change the taste quite a bit.
For example take the
Bavarian Wurst Salad
3/4 German Bologna
2 medium onion sliced thin
4 tbsp oil
2 tbsp white vinegar
fresh ground pepper
0.2 oz suga2 tbsp chives
Cut bologna slices in quarters and onions into thin rings. Place in bowl and mix well. Make a dressing from the rest of the ingredients, hold chives. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes. Right before serving add the chopped chives. Serve with rye bread and beer.
Here is another good simple dressing
3x3x3 Salatsoße 3 tbsp oil
3 tbsp vinegar
3 tbsp cream
1/4 tsp sugar
1/4 tsp pepper
Sauce can be changed with the following:
horse radish
herbs ( dill,parsley, chives etc.)
garlic
In a bowl mix the top 3 ingredients,add salt,sugar,pepper and whatever herbs you prefe . I like the horseradish that comes in a glass jar, since I only use a little.
I am partial to garlic when I using butter cup lettuce.
Perhaps this will help you. Enjoy!
Einzi
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Knorr 7 Herb Salad Dressing Mix
Shop for Knorr Salat dressing mix
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Hot Dog Salad
Hi Audrey,
Looks like your mom used the Bavarian Wurst Salat and changed it to hot dogs because it tastes closer to it then American Bologna . Especially if you use the Nathan's or Saber et franks.( I hope I spelled the name right)I just sent this recipe to Martha, but she was asking for German Bologna Salad.try it and let me know if it worked out.
Enjoy
Einzi
Bavarian Wurst Salad
3/4 German Bologna
2 medium onion sliced thin
4 tbsp oil
2 tbsp white vinegar
fresh ground pepper
0.2 oz sugar
2 tbsp chives
Cut bologna slices in quarters and onions into thin rings. lace in bowl and mix well. Make a dressing from the rest of the ingredients, hold chives . Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes. Right before serving add the chopped chives . Serve with rye bread and beer.
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Arthur wanted to know about Frankfurter Green Sauce (grunesösse)
Eggs in Frankfurter Green Sauce
From the GermanFoods.org Recipe Exchange at www.germanfoods.org
Ingredients;
5 hard-boiled eggs
1/2 cup rapeseed oil
5 oz plain yogurt
5 oz sour cream
2 tablespoons finely chopped herbs (e.g. watercress, chives, sorrel, parsley, chervil etc)
1 garlic clove
juice of half a lemon
1 Tablespoon German prepared mustard
Salt and pepper to taste
1 pinch sugar
1 pickled German gherkin
1 onion
From the GermanFoods.org Recipe Exchange at www.germanfoods.org
Instructions
Peel the hard-boiled eggs, cut in half, remove the yolk and mash it with the oil. Add the yogurt and sour cream.
Finely chop the fresh herbs. Peel and crush the garlic clove and mix together with the herbs, lemon juice, mustard, salt, pepper and sugar. Finely chop the egg white and gherkin. Peel and grate the onion and mix the remaining ingredients together.
Serve with hard-boiled eggs. Serves 4.
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Zweibelschnitzel
4 Schnitzel
1 1/2 cups cream or half and half
1packs of a good onion soup
Lay the Schnitzel in somewhat deeper sheet pan.Sprinkle 2 packs of of onion soup mix over them. Pour 3 cups of cream over all.Bake 30 min in oven on 390-400 F. After that sprinkle the rest of the onion soup mix
and pour the rest of the cream over it.Bake additional 30 min.
serve over rice or toast.
Guten Appetite
Einzi
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