Thick Beetroot Blood Soup

For the beetroot and blood soup, peel and finely dice the onion. Heat the oil in a saucepan and fry the onion until golden. Cover and steam on low heat. While the onions are sauteing, wash the beets, peel them with rubber gloves and cut them into pieces. Add to the onions, pour in clear … Read more

Anise Cookies

For the aniseed cookies, beat the eggs with powdered sugar for 2 minutes. Stir in the flour and the remaining ingredients. Put the dough into a piping bag and pipe small (straight) heaps on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Let the trays “rest” in a were place for at least 1/2 hour. Preheat … Read more

Stuffed Chicken Drumsticks with Zucchini Long Grain Rice Rings

Remove the bones from the chicken legs. Clean chard, cut away white stems. Unfold removed chicken legs and cover with chard leaves on both sides. Insert 4 to 5 peeled garlic cloves in each. Roll up meat with light pressure and pack seam side down in baking dish. Add white wine, butter and olive oil … Read more

False Turtle Soup

Boil the bones with the veal breast and the root vegetables. When the meat is cooked, remove and dice. Strain the beef broth. Dice the shallot and lightly simmer it with the mushrooms, herbs and Madeira for ½ h. Strain everything together and add to the beef broth form. Bind with a little potato starch, … Read more

Whole Salmon Trout Cooked in Foil

Rinse the salmon trout well inside and out, rub dry and season heartily with salt and pepper. Coarsely chop the kitchen herbs and generously fill the trout with them. Cut the lemon peel into very fine strips and place them together with the butter flakes in the trout form. Coat a large piece of aluminum … Read more

Millennial Eggs

However, these eggs are rarely prepared at home in China. There you can buy them ready-made in any grocery store. They can also be found in some Western countries in the corresponding Chinese stores. In China, they are called pine flower eggs (Sung Hwa Dan), among other names, possibly because pine needle ash is needed … Read more

Chocolate Banana Souffle

Stir in sweetened snow, fill into buttered and sugared ramekins, cover with a few corners of the surprise egg and bake in a bain-marie on the stove. Caramelize the banana chips and the papaya slices in brown sugar, extinguish with white wine and simmer. Arrange everything on a flat plate and garnish with mint leaves … Read more

Mushroom Cutlet

For the mushroom cutlets, cut the mushrooms and sauté in a little oil. Mix the milk, cheese, herbs and spices and bring to a boil. Add the remaining ingredients and the mushrooms and steam on low heat with the lid closed for about 20 min, thicken with a little cornstarch. Cut the meat into bite-sized … Read more

Cheese Dip with Basil

For the cheese dip with basil, crush the basil leaves using a mortar. Peel and press the garlic and add to the basil. Grate the cheese and mix with crème fraîche, basil and garlic. Season the cheese dip with salt and pepper.

Vaudois Wine Tart – Tarte Au Vin

A cake recipe for all foodies: Almost everywhere in Vaud, people bake a delicate wine cake. There are many recipes for the famous ‘tarte au vin’. Some even use red wine for it – Salvagnin, for example – which gives a brownish red color after baking, but most use white wine, which gives the cake … Read more