Featured Recipe
Spicy Chicken Kebabs with Tomato Salsa
Monday, April 13, 2026| |
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Juicy, wonderfully flavoured chicken skewers, marinated with a spicy and flavour-packed mixture, and grilled until caramelized and beautifully charred. Perfect for a weeknight dinner, or for a summer grill party at your backyard. Serve them with a fresh homemade tomato salsa and cooling yoghurt dressing or more chilli sauce if you are really into spicy food. If you are not a fan of cilantro, replace it with flat-leaf parsley, Thai basil or mint leaves.
Raspberry Curd Cookies
Saturday, April 11, 2026| |
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These delightful zesty thumprints have a tender, melt-in-your-mouth butter cookie filled with tangy homemade raspberry curd and then drizzled with white chocolate and crumbled freeze dried raspberries! They're super easy to make and have just the right balance of sweet and sour! White chocolate drizzle and freeze-dried raspberries are completely optional.
Carrot and Flaxseed Bread
Friday, April 10, 2026| Baked with dark malt beer | Baked with water |
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Hearty, flavourful, with a hint of natural sweetness from grated carrots and a crispy crust, this flaxseed bread is packed with loads of fiber-rich organic brown flaxseeds, tasty and something you can really enjoy and feel good about it. The bread turned out deep golden and nutty with a moist and tender crumb - simply perfect for your breakfast, afternoon sandwich, or a hearty midnight smear of nut butter. I baked the bread with both German dark malt beer and water, but you certainly can use other types of beer or a mix of beer and water.
Chicken Cracklings
Thursday, April 09, 2026These crispy, zero-carb, keto-friendly chicken cracklings taste delicious on their own or as a starter with delicious dips and sauces. You can also use chicken cracklings to add some crunch to a salad or soup. They are incredibly easy to make, either in an air fryer or oven. Both work pretty well, but I personally preferred the air fryer. Make sure to save the rendered fat, aka schmatlz, for later cooking.
Wild Garlic Buns
Wednesday, April 08, 2026| |
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Nothing says spring quite like that unmistakable scent of Bärlauch or bear leek in English, aka wild garlic or ramson, in the woods! According to folklore, when bears break hibernation, they will gorge themselves on wild garlic to help detoxify their bodies and regain their strength. In this wild garlic bread, I’ve combined it with a moist yeast dough. Crispy on the outside, soft and moist on the inside – that’s exactly how bread should taste. The wonderful aroma when the bread comes fresh out of the oven is simply amazing.
Bärlauch-Franzbrötchen – Wild Garlic Franzbrötchen
Tuesday, April 07, 2026| |
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Franzbrötchen (literally French roll) are Hamburg’s iconic pastry. Basically, it is nothing more than a yeast Danish pastry with cinnamon, and yet the Franzbrötchen is something special for the Hamburgers. They are usually served in the afternoon with coffee or even for breakfast. This sweet treat was initially limited to the greater Hamburg area, but since the early 20th century, Franzbrötchen have become popular in many German cities. Today you can easily get a Franzbrötchen from many bakeries across Germany. They are now available in various versions, including with raisins, crumble topping, chocolate chips, marzipan and poppy seeds.
The Franzbrötchen gets its name because it was first made in Hamburg during the French occupation in the 19th century (1806–1814). It is a blend of the French croissant style (Plunderteig / puff pastry) and German baking traditions.
Today I’m turning this sweet pastry from Hamburg into something savoury with seasonal wild garlic. Wild garlic season has just begun! So I simply couldn’t resist. If you’d like to try the recipe, you’ll need to hurry, because wild garlic season is short and usually starts in late March. Around May, the plant begins to flower and the leaves lose their distinctive aroma.
Raspberry Pudding Tart
Monday, April 06, 2026| |
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This absolutely delicious raspberry pudding tart isn’t just beautiful to look at – it tastes delicious too. The creamy fruity raspberry pudding gives the tart a heavenly flavour, and the lime zest and raspberries the perfect finishing touch. Fresh homemade raspberry syrup is great pouring over pancakes, cheesecakes or adding to sparkling water.
Persimmon and Frisée Salad with Goat Cheese
Saturday, April 04, 2026Are you looking for a quick salad that is fresh, delicious and full of flavour? Then this frisée salad with persimmon and goat cheese is just right for you. This salad not only tastes great, it also looks pretty. Frisée lettuce can be stacked attractively on a plate thanks to its curly, frizzy texture. The tangy, earthy flavour of goat cheese provides a delightful contrast to the sweet and crunchy texture of ripe persimmons while the apple cider vinegar dressing emphasises the fruity sweetness. I prefer the goat cheese as it is, but you can try brushing the goat cheese rounds with 1-2 teaspoons of honey and roast at 200C/400F for 8-10 minutes.
Creamy Chicken Thighs with Wild Garlic
Friday, April 03, 2026| |
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This delicious one pan chicken meal comes together in under an hour with minimal effort—but tastes like you spent all day in the kitchen. If you don’t have herbes de Provence, use Italian herbs or even just oregano or thyme. Feel free to use some other greens instead of wild garlic or add in some extra mushrooms. It makes a perfect midweek dinner for a family.
Carrot and Snow Pea Quiche
Thursday, April 02, 2026| |
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A delicous vegetable quiche that’s great for a spring meal. It’s super easy to make, perfect hot or cold for brunch or dinner. Make the crust from scratch if possible, but if you are in a pinch, a quality store-bought all-butter crust would work as well. I replaced some flour with toasted sunflower seeds, you can use almonds or just same amount of flour instead. The filling is loaded with lots of snow peas and baby carrots, but you can use whatever veggies you want for it.
Soya Braised Chicken Legs
Wednesday, April 01, 2026| |
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These oven-braised chicken legs are fall-off-the-bone tender, flavourful and so versatile that you can serve them with a wide range of sides, from classic steamed jasmine rice, chow mein, buns, and stir-fried vegetables to fresh salads. And the bonus? You just need one pan to have this delicious meal ready in less an hour. If you can’t find Chinese Shaoxing rice wine, use dry Sherry in a 1:1 ratio. However, it is worth noting that there is also a small amount of wheat or barley starters/yeast in Shaoxing rice wine. So it’s not gluten free.
No Knead Potato Bread
Tuesday, March 31, 2026| |
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Adding mashed potatoes to the bread makes it softer, moister, and fluffier, but you'll still get that iconic crusty golden crust. The bread uses very little yeast and the dough does not even need to be kneaded. Instead, it relies on a lengthy fermentation time to develop gluten. You can add some chopped rosemary or thyme to the dough to make it even more interesting and delicious. I baked the bread into a loaf, but you can shape them into a boule and bake in a Dutch oven.


