Super chocolaty rum truffles with a hint of fruit for Christmas
These rum truffles are amazing for the time right before Christmas and are super easy to make. What I love about them is that they are super chocolaty, but also have an amazing fruitiness from the apricot jam. It’s great, because it gives the truffles you way more complexity. Just try it out – you’ll love it! 🙂 Continue reading
Food & wine in perfect symbiosis
I followed Christian Tschida’s invitation to an evening with a great menu at Konstantin Filippou’s O BoufĂ©s and his wines as pairing.
Hearty winter stew with lots of vegetables
This is a perfect recipe for cold winter nights when you have guests over for dinner. The venison in combination with red wine give it a lovely substance with hints of sweetness from the dries cherries. The root vegetable round everything up. It is really really delicious :). Continue reading
Quick, delicious & warming chicken tagine with exciting spices
This dish has it all: tender chicken (aka protein), subtle sweetness, a hint of lemon, a nice crunch and lots of vegetables. It’s delicious, warming and just a great & light supper for cold evenings. Personally, I love the complexity of this dish, because it has so many different components that come together and form one great dish.
It’s all about the goose
Between the end of October and mid-November everything is about eating St. Martin’s goose in the East of Austria. Since this time of the year is almost over again and I hadn’t had goose yet I decided to seize the opportunity and visit ef16 on last night of serving its goose menu.
Light & healthy chicken breasts with tons of fresh flavors
Winter vegetables. Savoy cabbage. This is my first time trying to cook with it, but when I looked at its strong, green leaves it was clear to me that I had to wrap something in it. Chicken was my meat of choice and this is how we got here.
Spectacular food, amazing wine and the country inn concept implemented to perfection
After a long day at a wine seminar in Krems we were all looking forward to a nice meal and nice wine, and finally decided to swing by Hofmeisterei Hirtzberger. Hofmeisterei Hirtzberger opened in 2014 and serves fine, regional cuisine with a wide range of wines. The restaurant is located in WeiĂźenkirchen in Wachau, direcly by the river Danube in a building that was originally built around 1730 and features beautiful arches. It’s a charming place with terracotta tiled floors, rugs and warm light – all in all very cosy.
Delicious & warming beef soup to warm you up from the inside
November is here, it has cooled off in Vienna, it’s cold and grey and you see lots of people coughing and sneezing in the streets (always makes me feel slightly uncomfortable). So I thought what would be better for this kind of season and weather and health than a warming, strengthening beef soup?!
Warming comfort food happiness for grey Sundays
I was standing in the supermarket in the meat section last Saturday and started to wonder what ever happened to the good old Sunday roast. “Time to give it a go”, I figured, and took a nice piece of pork neck home with me. Pork roast is an Austrian classic, traditionally served with sauerkraut and bread dumplings and not usually placed in the “healthy” section of a menu. But since I need my beloved vegetables, I decided to go in a different direction and to serve the roast with sage, roast apples, (sweet) potatoes and a bunch of root vegetables. Continue reading
Delicious & easy fall food as a starter to share or a 1-person dinner
I just love to make tarte flambée. I swear, I could make & eat it almost every single night, because it’s quick and easy to make and simply delicious.
It’s (almost) pizza, has an amazingly crispy bottom that only takes 3 minutes to prepare, you can top it with anything you like and baking time is 10 minutes, which makes it incredibly quick.
Neni's Kitchen 