It’s black truffle season (you can get them all year long, of course, but in between December and February black truffle season peaks, with the truffles achieving their most intense flavor and aroma). So this little gnocchi and truffle dish is a wonderful way to celebrate this seasonal highlight. For me, truffles always are festive,…
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Purple Potato Soup: A Colorful Starter
This soup is easy enough to make and the purple color gives it a little extra wow factor. This time I served it with a bit of sour cream, crispy bacon and chives on top, but you can leave off sour cream and bacon and substitute the cream with coconut milk and you have yourself…
Peas, Goatcheese and Balsamico: A Starter to Impress
This little dish was the starter in our home-made 5 course Christmas dinner for two, a goat-cheese panna cotta combined with a pea purée, topped with some fresh peas, balsamico pearls and a prosciutto rose. I also added a slice of roasted bread to add some texture and bite. This starter was served half-heated, with…
Dreikönigskuchen – A mini Swiss King’s Cake for Two
The Dreikönigskuchen is a festive, sweet yeast cake pastry baked in a number of European countries on Epiphany Day or, in German, Dreikönigstag (January 6th). In Switzerland, the cake is traditionally served in form of balls, where eight or six pieces of dough are arranged in a ring around a central piece. The clue is…
No Waste Rumkugeln (Rum Truffles)
If you’re anything like me, you’ll be left with quite some baking leftovers after the holidays are over. This is a little something to re-use some of those leftovers so as not to produce any unnecessary waste – and as an additional benefit, they also taste delicious! In this recipe, I used leftover frosting from…
Swiss Caramels or Rahmtäfeli
This recipe is really simple and only requires a bit of patience and some arm muscles. Swiss Caramels are a classic Swiss sweet treat that are not unlike fudges in taste but crumblier and have more “melt in your mouth” texture – they are quite addictive! You can easily store them in a dry enviroment…