Bauernfrühstück (German Farmer’s Breakfast)#SundayFunday

Bauernfrühstück is a German country breakfast. A Farmer's breakfast which simple & filling dish made from fried potatoes, eggs, onions and bacon or ham, pan fried as an omelette. . The Berlin version of the same is called “Hoppel Poppel”. This can be had for lunch or dinner!

I made a vegetarian version to for my hubby, with an addition of cottage cheese and minus the ham rest ingredients and method the same.

Serves One
Ingredients
2 Medium Potatoes - skinned & sliced in roundels
2 - 3 Tablespoons Duck Fat /Bacon Fat or Olive Oil
1 Large Onion - sliced
2 Scallions/Spring Onions - roughly chopped
4 Tablespoons Each Red & Green & Yellow Bell Peppers - diced
2 Big Slices Ham  - chopped
4 Tablespoons Chopped Celery Ribs
1 Teaspoon Dried Chives
2 Tablespoons Chopped Parsley
2 Eggs- whisked
Salt to taste

Method

Slice the potatoes in roundels and boil the potatoes in a saucepan of lightly salted water till just cooked. Drain, rinse with cold water to cool and set aside.

Heat olive oil in a large skillet on medium high heat. Add the onions and sauté till they are golden brown. Then add the potato roundels and sauté till they too start to brown, 

now add in the ham and sauté for a minute 

then add the bell peppers, celery, chives and spring onions and sauté for 2 minutes or till they soften a little. 

Now spread it evenly and then add the whisked eggs, evenly distribute it. 

As soon as eggs begin to firm up, switch off the flame.

Serve and Enjoy!! We had this with garlic bread.
Labels: Breakfast, Egg, Bacon, Ham, Cottage Cheese, Boiled Potato, Main course, Germany, Sunday Funday, Serves One

For our event called Sunday Funday, wherein we share recipes our families will love to enjoy on a Sunday. Our host for this week's event for the month of October 2021, is Stacy of Food Lust People Love: and the theme is Oktoberfest (German recipes)".
Here are some of the German Recipes made by us.
Bauernfrühstück (German Farmer’s Breakfast) from Sneha's Recipe
Bavarian Cheese Spread from Food Lust People Love
Beer Braised Steak from Palatable Pastime
Beer Brats on Pretzel Rolls from Amy's Cooking Adventures
Obatzda (Cheese Spread) from Making Miracles
Oktoberfest Breakfast Casserole from A Day in the Life on the Farm
Sourdough Soft Pretzels from Karen's Kitchen Stories

Chicken Schnitzel With Garlic Mayo # FoodieExtravaganza

Schnitzel is a meat dish that is a very thin boneless cutlet of veal, pork, beef or chicken that is either breaded and deep fried or pan fried with or without a breading

Ingredients

4 Boneless Chicken Breast fillet - flatten
1 Teaspoon Salt
1 Teaspoon Pepper 
1 Teaspoon Mustard
2 Tablespoons Vinegar
4 Tablespoons All Purpose Flour
1 Tablespoon Egg - mixed with 1 Tablespoons milk
½ Cup Cornflakes crumbs 
½ Cup Bread crumbs
For the Garlic Mayo Sauce
2 Cloves Roasted Garlic - made to a paste
A Dash of Pepper powder
1/2 Cup Mayonnaise With Egg - Homemade

For Serving

French Fries 

Salad leaves as required for serving

Method

Flatten the Chicken Breast lightly. 

Mix bread crumbs, cornflakes crumbs.

Marinate chicken fillet with salt, pepper, mustard and vinegar, egg and milk, mix well. Leave this aside for at least for 30 minutes Then roll it in dry flour, then in combined crumbs to coat, shallow fry in a pan until golden

For the Garlic Mayo Sauce

Combine all the ingredients well till smooth and keep it in the refrigerator till ready to serve.

To Serve
Lay the chicken schnitzel on a bed of salad leaves and pour the sauce into a bowl or glass , place the french fries at the side and enjoy.

Labels  : Mayonnaise, Germany, Foodie Extravaganza Party, Chicken, Continental Cuisine, Jams & Sauces, Chutneys & Dips

This goes to our event Host of the month is Sue Lau  theme "September is the month for the Munich Oktoberfest. Let's celebrate by sharing our favorite Biergarten and German Cuisine inspired recipes! "

Posting day for #FoodieExtravaganza is always the first Wednesday of each month. If you are a blogger and would like to join our group and blog along with us, come join our Facebook page Foodie Extravaganza. We would love to have you! If you're a spectator looking for delicious tid-bits check out our Foodie Extravaganza Pinterest Board! Looking for our previous parties? Check them out HERE. 

Also check the recipes Foodies of this month have created -  for  - 

Foodie Extravaganza -  Oktoberfest
Autumn Crockpot Apple Sauerkraut by Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck Survive Despite a Whiskered Accomplice
Bierocks by A Day in the Life on the Farm
Braised Red Cabbage with Apples by Caroline’s Cooking
Brombeere-Butterkuchen – Blackberry German Butter Cake by Food Lust People Love
Chicken Schnitzel with Dunkelweizen Sauce by Palatable Pastime
Chicken Schnitzel With Garlic Mayo by Sneha’s Recipe
German meatballs with spaetzle by Cookaholic Wife
Nusskämme (German Hazelnut Combs) by Tara’s Multicultural Table

STOLLEN BREAD #BREADBAKERS

 This month our Host Stacy Livingston Rushton , the initiator of Bread Bakers group has choosen the theme - yeast bread that is sweetened and appropriate for Christmas.  My first choice was this Stollen bread which was on my mind for a long time since  I,  read about  history of this bread in  our church mazagine which am sharing with you.  

Stollen is a bread like cake traditionally made in Germany, usually eaten at Chirstmas time as Weihnachtsstollen or Christstollen . It is a light airy fruit cake leavened with yeast and is believed to have been invented during the 14th century in Dresden, Germany.

The shape of the cake was originally meant to represent Baby Jesus wrapped in swaddling clothes.

When stollen was first made the ingredients were very different, the advent season was a time of fasting and preparation and so the bakers were not allowed to use butter, only oil. 

Prince Elector Ernst and his brother Duke Albrecht decided to remedy this by writing to the then Pope, Pope Innocent X. They explained to the Pope that the Saxon bakers needed to use butter instead of oil which was so expensive and hard to come by. The Pope in 1490 sent a letter to the prince know as the "Butter Letter" which granted the use of butter (without having to pay a fine) - but only for Prince Elector and his household. Every year as Stollenfest takes place in Dresden. 

This historical tradition ended only in 1918 with the fall of monarchy and started again in 1994, but the idea come from Dresden's history. 

There are many variants to the Stollen bread. One can omit the fruits and nuts and use only the raisins, even the marzipan rope is optional.  I have made simple Stollen Bread ... let's make this bread

Ingredients
FRUIT MIX (Make three days ahead of time)
2 Tablespoons Raisins
2 Tablespoons Chopped Glazed Cherries
4 Tablespoons Chopped Mixed Fruit Candied peel
2 Tablespoons Chopped Walnuts
2 Tablespoons Chopped Almonds
2 Tablespoons Chopped Cashewnut
30 Ml Rum
30 ML Brandy

For the Dough
2.1/2 Cups Heaped All Purpose Flour

1.1/4 Teaspoon Rapid Rising Yeast
1 Tablespoon Milk Powder
75 Grams Butter - I used salted
2.1/2 Tablespoons Sugar powder
2 Eggs
1/2 Teaspoon Salt
1/3 Cup Warm Milk
1/3 Cup Warm Water - less or more

1 Teaspoon Cake Spice Mix - Homemade

1 Teaspoon Vanilla extract

Method
FOR THE FRUIT MIX
Combine all ingredients and let soak at room temperature for at least three days.
For the Dough

Before you start kneading the dough- place the soaked fruits into a strainer and drain out all the liquid.

In a bowl add the flour, milk powder, yeast and sugar , mix it well. Add in the eggs, vanilla essence and mix well, then add the  milk, water gradually,  knead to form smooth, soft dough ( if necessary add more water),  slightly slack / loose dough . This dough is a rich and sticky dough, do not be tempted to add more flour,  just take this dough on to a lightly dusted  work surface,  rub in the salt and butter into the dough gradually ( do not knead the dough too vigorously, just rub it in the fat) till you get a smooth and soft  dough.

Lightly dust the table surface and roll out the dough into an oval 10 inches in length, sprinkle the fruit mixture, press into the dough. Roll this dough lightly into a ball.

Place the entire loaf onto a well greased baking tin and leave it to prove till double in size. While the dough is proving, pre heat the oven to 200 degrees.

Lightly brush the dough with egg wash and bake at 200 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes.

Remove from the oven and brush with melted butter and let it cool for a few minutes, then take it off from the baking tray and dredge it with icing sugar (this is optional ).

When the bread was baking in the oven it rose too much to my amazement.   It got  a dark brown color on the surface,  since it was too close to the top element of the oven.. but it  was not burnt.  

When I was removing it form the tin it broke into half ( my heart to broke ... cried my beautiful bread .... broke ).

Nevertheless it tasted great..  cut slices of it and buttered it , took it for my friends the next morning , had it with tea... they all enjoyed this beautiful fruity and pillowy soft Stollen Bread.

Labels:   Candied Fruits, Christmas, Germany, Breads, Bread Bakers

Take a look at what our other bakers have made...

American-Style Panettone from Passion Kneaded
Beehive Bread from Sara's Tasty Buds
Candied Fruit Sweet Rolls from Cindy's Recipes and Writings
Chestnut Roll Wreath from Food Above Gold
Chocolate Cherry Brioche Buns from Baking Sense
Chocolate Swirl Babka from Cook's Hideout
Cranberry Sweet Rolls from Food Lust People Love
Estonian Kringle from I Camp in my Kitchen
Finnish Nissua Bread from Gayathri's Cook Spot
Fruit & Nut Sourdough from What Smells So Good?
Ginger Orange Stollen from SpiceRoots
Holiday Wreath with Sweet Nut Filling from Hostess At Heart
Kugelhopf from Ambrosia
Marzipan Stollen from Palatable Pastime
St. Lucia Buns from Karen's Kitchen Stories
Stollen Bread from Sneha's Recipe
Sweet Milk Dinner Rolls from A Day in the Life on the Farm

Here’s the html for the wording: #BreadBakers is a group of bread loving bakers who get together once a month to bake bread with a common ingredient or theme. Follow our Pinterest board right here. Links are also updated each month on this home page.

We take turns hosting each month and choosing the theme/ingredient.

Kartoffelbrot - German Potato Bread

For this months Tame the yeast challenge Priya Srinivasan’s shared this recipe with us. This bread was very tasty and easy to make. We all loved this bread. I also made some bread crumbs with the side pieces of the this bread and they came out crunchy when used.

Ingredients
1 Medium sized Potato
1.1/4 Cups of All Purpose flour
1/2 Teaspoon Instant yeast
1/2 Teaspoon Salt
3 Tablespoon Water (Water used to cook potato can be used)
1 Teaspoon Oil

Method

Wash and peel the potato and cut into 6 cubes. Cook them until soft. Let it cool completely. Drain and keep the water aside for kneading the bread.

Mash the potato fine. Now add the flour, yeast and salt to this and start kneading to make a soft dough. While kneading add water, oil slowly and knead the dough.

Once the dough holds a ball shape, take it to the kitchen counter, Knead around 10 minutes to get a smooth, dough. Let the dough rest in a well-oiled bowl for an hour or until it doubles.

Once it doubles, transfer the dough into a well floured kneading surface. Punch it down and shape it loosely into a ball. Do not handle the dough hard, just loosely roll it into a ball.

Grease a baking pan with oil or line a parchment. place the ball of dough into it and let it sit for another 30 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 220 C, using a scissor just make small cuts on top of the bread. Do not make deep cuts, bake the bread for 30 minutes or until the top is well browned. 

Take it out of the oven, remove the bread to a wire rack, let it cool completely. Slice and serve.

Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doingBM#47.


Labels : Breads, Blogging Marathon, Germany