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VEGETABLES, NOODLES, RICE AND PASTA
DRINKS, DESSERTS AND CAKES
Austria
SPINACH GRATIN
Total cooking time: ca. 47-50 minutes
Utensils: Bowl with lid (2 I capacity)
shallow oval ovenproof dish
(ca.26 cm long)
Ingredients
2 tbsp butter or margarine (20 g)
1
onion (50 g), finely chopped
600 g leaf spinach, frozen
salt, pepper
nutmeg
garlic powder
1 TL
butter or margarine to grease the dish
500 g boiled potatoes, sliced
200 g cooked ham, diced
4
eggs
125 ml cream (Crème fraîche)
100 g grated cheese (e.g. Gouda)
paprika
1. Divide the butter on the bottom of the bowl, add
the chopped onion, cover and lightly cook.
2-3 Min.
800 W
2. Add the spinach, cover the bowl and microwave.
Stir once or twice during cooking.
12-14 Min.
800 W
Pour off the liquid and season the spinach.
3. Grease the oven-proof dish. Place the slices of
potato, the diced ham and the spinach alternately
in the dish in layers, finishing with potatoes.
4. Blend the eggs with the cream, season and pour
over the vegetables. Sprinkle grated cheese over
the dish and top with a sprinkling of paprika.
After cooking leave the gratin to stand for approx.
10 minutes.
1. 28 Min.
400 W
2. 5 Min.
400 W
Tip:
You can vary the ingredients for this dish
according to taste.
Spain
WHITE PEACH MOUNDS
(approx. 8 pieces)
Melocotones nevados
Total cooking time: approx. 3-5 minutes
Utensils: shallow, round glass dish
(approx. 24 cm diameter)
Ingredients
470 g tinned peach halves, drained
2
egg whites
70 g
sugar
75 g
ground almonds
2
egg yolks
2 tbsp cognac
1 tsp
butter or margarine to grease dish
1. Dry off the peach halves.
2. Beat the egg whites until stiff. Then trickle in a little
sugar (35 g).
3. Mix together the almonds, the remaining sugar
(35 g), the egg yolks and the cognac.
4. Fill each peach half with the mixture. Pipe the
beaten egg whites over the filling.
5. Grease the dish. Place the peaches in the glass
dish and grill on the low rack.
4-6 Min.
560 W
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