Kartoffelsoße is Oma Resel's speciality, and Sandra's favourite dish of all time. Literally "potato sauce", this dish of bread dumplings topped with potato sauce is something that frugal housewives would make their families in leaner times, when food was scarce and meat was expensive. In these carefree, crazy-wheeling consumerist days, little pieces of Fleischwurst sausage are added, but back in...
Towards the end of our holiday in Germany, we took a little daytrip to Rüdesheim am Rhein. Rüdesheim am Rhein is a winemaking town and part of the Rhein Gorge UNESCO World Heritage Site. It's super pretty and romantic, in a ye-olde-fairytale kinda way. And it's also home to the famous Rüdesheimer Kaffee! (More on that later). Before visiting the...
In Germany, the culinary event about which I was most excited was definitely Spanferkel, or suckling pig. Sandra's uncle Reiner (the mushroom man) built the rotisserie himself! How cool is that?!
We rocked up to Reiner's house in the afternoon, finding delicious smoky smells and the following marquee set up in the backyard. Squee!!
The marquee |
It got sprayed with beer throughout the cooking process, to stop the skin from burning before it was cooked all the way through.
Hehe... how many Germans does it take to roast a pig? |
"I built that" |
And finally, it was time to eat!
One of Reiner's friends is a professional butcher, who broke down the pig in no time!
Top row: Carrot Salad; Potato Salad Middle row: Pasta Salad; Pea & Leek Salad Bottom row: Spaghetti Salad; Pear, Avocado and Sunflower Salad |
We'd brought some desserts as well: Käsekuchen (made by Sandra's mum)...
Cheesecake |
Apple Cake |
It was a wonderful smoky, meaty, beer-filled afternoon. A perfect relaxing day!
Krokant Becher - 4,20€ A picture-heavy post for your blog-reading enjoyment today - all about the lovely ice-creams we enjoyed whilst in Germany. I've found that there are two things that German people miss when they're away from home: bread, and ice-cream. The Germans really have a way with ice-creams, and enjoy them in a way we don't seem...