Thursday, 30th October 2008

Eat’n Style – A must for every (hobby-) cook

There is a big mark in my diary, showing the fair “Eat´n Style” on Sunday.
For weeks I have been looking forward to this date. You remember, last year I visited the fair “Kochgeflüster” . But when I learned that the fair has been suspended for this year, we, my friends Isabell, Sabine and myself decided to visit the fair “Eat´n Style” in the Olympiahalle in Munich. Gert Bormann a friend of Isabell and  chef de cuisine in a restaurant and a well known all-round-genius wanted to join us.
When we met there at the spot, Gert was accompanied by a friend Michael Sobota a gourmet-chef, working in the  Restaurant Salzburger Stube in Rielasingen-Worblingen. He was there to perform later a cooking show at the fair. Of course we were intending to participate but at first we wanted to see what was going on at the fair. So we strolled from stall to stall. Everywhere were we passed by the exhibitors gave us friendly information, even without being asked, about their products.

Spices

Chocolate Fountain

And Gert provided us with proposals and hints like: “If you like to taste my wonderful recipe for a superb chocolate tarde, just take 150 g flour, 600 g cream, 600 g chocolate ….”
All that useful information I absorbed like a sponge and tried to store it onto my internal hard disk thinking already at which occasion I could use it.

Just before a Cooking Show

Then we joined the audience of  Michael´s cooking show. He presented his “Stuffed Crispy Pancake with Cured Trout and Tomatoes and Lemon-Wine-Sauce“.
We were selected to taste the result. And I tell you, it was wonderful.
On the spot we decided to repeat the whole thing next year again.

Gourmet-Chef Michael Sobota

To sooth my family before I left home for the fair   I prepared for them a tasty “Cut-Up and Sugared Pancake with Raisins“ a hommade apple sauce.

Directions apple sauce:

1. Skin, core, and cut your apples into quarters.
2. Place apples in a pot.
3. Combine sugar, vanilla sugar and cinnamon.
4. Mix with apples.
5. Stir in water and lemon juice.
6. Cover and cook on low ½ hour.
7. Stir for a chunky sauce.
8. Serve hot or cold.

Ingredients for Cut-Up and Sugared Pancake with Raisins:

1. Soak raisins in rum or hot water.
2. Separate the egg whites from the yolks.
3. Beat egg yellows, sugar, cinnamon, salt and vanilla sugar in a bowl until fluffy and creamy.
4. Add milk, melted butter and flour, then raisins and nuts.
5. Whisk egg whites stiff and  fold in batter.
6. Heat butter in a flat-bottomed pan, pour in the batter and fry over moderate heat. Turn and finish frying.
7. Shred the pancake into small pieces while it is still in the pan.
8. Sprinkle on powdered sugar before serving.