Thursday, July 31st 2008
Original Bavarian and real tasty: the "Obatzda"!
What can be better and more beautiful than a summer day in Bavaria? The sky is usually white and blue the temperature is about 30 degrees centigrade and everybody who has not the pressure to work is spending his time at one of the many lakes around or in the shadow of the old chestnut trees of a beergarden together with his beer mug and the typical Bavarian foodstuff.
Of course it is well known that most of this culinary specialities are normaly not very benifiting your body shape but this does not influence a real Bavarian at all. He likes to enjoy his Schweinsbraten, Leberkäs or Obatzdn.
This so called Obatzdn belongs to typical Bavarian "Brotzeit" (a meal or snack consisting of bread, cold cuts, cheese etc., usually between breakfast and lunch or in the evening) like the salt to the soup. The Obatzda combined with a fresh Brezn and a mug of beer raises the heart beat of any Bavarian and so does it mine.
But I have to admit that, at least, I try to keep my weight. And that´s not always easy. Due to that fact I created my recipes in a way that on one side the calories are kept in their limits but on the other the taste doesn´t suffer. And as you know, the children don´t know any mercy or tolerance if the taste of the food is not matching their expectation - they just deny to eat.
A common opinion is that there is no chance to reduce the calories of an Obatzdn without losing the typical taste. But my experiment proves - it is possible. If you do not believe me, try it yourself.
Here now both recipes, the original and the light one:
Original Obatzda |
Obatzda Light |
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|
300 |
g |
cream cheese (full fat) |
150 |
g |
cream cheese light (0,2% Fat) |
80 |
g |
butter |
150 |
g |
Cream cheese light (10 % Fat) |
300 |
g |
Camembert |
80 |
g |
butter light |
1-2 |
|
onions |
300 |
g |
Camembert light |
1 |
tsp |
paprika |
1-2 |
|
onions |
1 |
tsp |
ground caraway |
1 |
tsp |
paprika |
½ |
tsp |
ground pepper |
1 |
tsp |
ground caraway |
|
|
|
½ |
tsp |
gound pepper |
Cut the onions in small pieces or chop them but keep some onion rings beside for the later decoration. Crush and mix the cream cheese, butter, camembert and spices with the help of a fork. If you do like the mixture very creamy just use a hand-held-mixer instead of the fork. Now add the onions and mix it again (with the fork). Arrange the result on a plate decorated with some onion rings and serve.
I am quite sure nobody will notice the difference.
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