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Recipes
Cakes, Bread, Desserts and Drinks
Germany
Curd Puff Pastries
makes about 12 servings
Total cooking time: about 14-16 minutes.
Dishware:
Baking pan (Diam. about 30 cm)
Baking parchment
Ingredients
200 g
Flour
1 Tsp
Baking powder (3 g)
200 g Low-fat
curd
200 g Butter
1 Dash
Salt
Jam for filling
1 Egg
white
1 Egg
yolk
1 Tbsp
Water
Powdered sugar
Zubereitung
1. Mix flour and baking powder. Add low-fat curd, butter
and salt, knead with the kneading attachment of a
handheld blender to make a dough. Cover the dough
and place in a cool area for 30 minutes.
2. Roll half of the dough on a floured surface about
1/2
cm
thick. Cut the dough into 6 squares (about 12x12 cm),
place one teaspoon of jam into each center.
3. Baste the edges with egg white and fold to form a
triangle.
4. Cover the backing pan with baking parchment. Mix egg
yolk and water, baste the pastries with this mixture and
place on baking pan. Bake on the low rack in the pre-
heated microwave oven.
14-16 Min.
230° C
After cooling, dust with powdered sugar.
5. Prepare the other 6 puff-pastry squares and bake.
Tip:
Also try other fillings, e.g. nuts, almonds, almond paste,
curd, whole fruits, fruit stew or hearty fillings.
Austria
Gugelhupf
makes about 16 servings
Total cooking time: about 23 minutes.
Dishware:
Gugelhupf pan (diam. about 22 cm)
Ingredients
1 Tsp
Butter or margarine to grease the pan
170 g
Butter or margarine
140 g Powdered
sugar
4 Egg
yolk
40 g Almond
slivers
40 g
Raisins, washed and some shredded
Lemon rind
4 Egg
white
280 g
Flour
1 Pck.
Baking powder (15 g)
Preparation
1. Grease the Gugelhupf pan.
2. Beat butter and powdered sugar with a handheld
blender until creamy. Slowly add egg yolk. Add almond
slivers, raisins and the shredded lemon rind. Mix well.
3. Beat egg whites until they are stiff and carefully fold in.
Mix flour and baking powder, sieve and carefully fold in.
4. Fill dough into the baking pan and bake on low rack.
(This recipe will make about 0.9 kg).
INSTANT ACTION “Cake”
Spain
Almond Cake
“Tarta de almendras“
makes about 12 servings
Total cooking time: about 26-30 minutes.
Dishware:
Spring form (diam. about 24 cm)
Ingredients
2
Puff pastry sheet (200 g) frozen
1 Tsp Butter or margarine to grease the pan
100 g
Butter or margarine
100 g Sugar
Shredded skin of one lemon
4 Eggs
1/2
Tbsp Cinnamon
200 g Almond
powder
Preparation
1. Thaw the puff pastry according to package directions.
Grease the pan.
2. Roll the dough to the size of the baking pan and place
into the pan. Pierce dough several times with a fork and
place on the low rack in the pre-heated microwave
oven.
8-10 Min.
230° C
3. Beat butter and sugar with a handheld blender until
creamy. Add eggs slowly, one at a time, keep mixing.
Add shredded lemon rind and cinnamon. Slowly add
almonds.
4. Distribute almond mixture evenly on puff pastry, bake
on low rack.
18-20 Min.
200° C
5. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve.
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