Advent Calendar
Thursday, 18th December 2008
A couple that really matches
The big event is very close. The third candle was lit last Sunday and the advent wreath starts slowly to mutate into waste. But I don’t think everybody has got all the gifts he or she requires. So do I.
Normally I would go out to buy what’s still needed. But honestly speaking, I really panic when I remember the crowded city in these days and I know what I am talking about. Some days ago I went downtown for shopping and get my skis adjusted. It took me long 45 minutes to find a free space at the car park. With my two kids, two ski boots and two skis in only two hands I reached completely exhausted the sports shop. Finally after waiting for a very long time I caught somebody to help me. And that was it for me. Fed up with that experience I went straightaway home without buying anything else.
Back home I decided to order the pending items via internet.
Only some of the home made presents were left. So I started today with one of them: a typical Bavarian “Griebenschmalz” (apple greaves dripping) and the “Rosmarin-Knoblauch-Öl” (Rosemary garlic oil). This couple really matches and is very suitable for a small present.
If you are still looking for something similar, I am offering this recipe to you:
Griebenschmalz (Apple Greaves Dripping)
Ingredients (for 5 x 200 ml jars)
800 |
g |
raw pork fat (from the belly ort he back) diced into small cubes |
2 |
sour |
apples |
1 |
big |
onion |
1 |
tbsp |
salt |
1 |
tbsp |
pepper |
(1 |
tbsp |
majoram) |
(1-2 |
cloves of |
garlic) |
Directions:
- Dice the pork fat into small cubes. Put them into a large pot and render the pork fat cubes over medium heat, occasionally stirring. After some time the cubes release more and more fat
- Peel apples, cut them into quarters and core them. Then cut them in thin slices.
- Cut onion in small cubes.
- Add all ingredientes into the fat and season it with salt and pepper (and if wanted: majoram and garlic)
- Simmer it over medium heat until onions and apples gain a golden brown colour.
- Remove from the heat and fill it in the sterilized jars.
- Close the jars, let them cool down and keep them in the fridge.
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Rosmary-Garlic-Oil
Ingredients (for 3 x 200 ml bottles)
600 |
ml |
olive oil |
3 |
small sprigs of |
rosemary |
3 – 5 |
cloves of |
garlic |
Directions:
- Peel garlic and dice into thin slices.
- Wash rosemary and pat it dry.
- Apportion the garlic and put it into the sterilized bottles. Then add a small sprig of rosemary.
- Then fill up with olive oil and close the bottles.
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