Germany

We were trying to figure out where to go next.  From all this talk of the Superbowl, I had football on the brain.  And football made me think of European football.  And soccer made me think of Mrs. Doubtfire.  And Mrs. Doubtfire made me think of England… So we’re going to Germany!  I actually went last summer.  I was invited by a friend of mine who’s living there.  To be honest, Germany wasn’t exactly calling my name, but I’ll try anything once.  After going, though, I loved it!  The people, the culture, the food, and the beer were great!

This week, no drink.  I know, I know, not our style, but it’s mid-week and we didn’t have it together.  I’d suggest some apfelwein or bier.  We do have a nice little menu, however.  Schnitzel and spaetzle and strudel, oh my!

 

Spaetzle is German dumplings.  Check out our awesome setup.  Unfortunately, the whole apparatus was in the pot of hot water moments later.  Never fear, you can always cut the dough off the edge of a plate.   

 

Next we made some wienerschnitzel. Take some thinly sliced veal and tenderize the heck out of it.

 

Dredge it in some seasoned flour, egg, and some seasoned bread crumbs.  The trick is not to press the crumbs into it.  Just let ‘em sit on there and do their thing.

 

Finally… Hallo Strudel!  We read that we should roll out the dough onto a floured towel.  This took us a while to understand… Why a towel? What kind of towel? Would it work on plastic wrap?  How about parchment paper?  Let us take the mystery out of it for you… Take a regular old kitchen towel, and put a bunch of flour on it.

 

 

Then roll your dough out onto the towel.

Now take your apple mixture and put it in the middle of the dough leaving some around the edge to wrap.

Bring the edges together.  Now… Here’s where the towel thing started to click.You flip the strudel onto a pan so the seams end up being face down. Ohhhhhh…

You can tell we didn’t like this at all, huh?

 

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