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Schnitzelfest 2012
One of the side effects of a month of virtuous eating, was the excessive mental energy given to thinking about verboten foods, mostly in the form of fried potatoes, stewed meats, warm bread and pastry. By the end of January, we had planned a dinner party. Schnitzelfest is our mid-winter culinary tradition, usually centered around short ribs, spätzle and braised cabbage. This year, we decided to go with saurbraten, which needed to be marinated for 5 days before the party. Although it was delicious, I think shortribs are a better contrast to the braised cabbage.
Here is the menu:
VORSPEISE
Pretzels with Quark
Fun-sized Wienerschnitzel with Preserved Lemons
Latkes with Smoked Whitefish and Horseradish Sauce
HAUPTSPEISE
Saurbraten
Spätzle
Braised Red Cabbage
NACHSPEISE
Apfelstrudel mit schlag
Thumbprint Cookies
Underberg
The biggest success of the evening was the Strudel. Made by gradually stretching pastry dough over a bed sheet draped over our kitchen table, my husband managed to pull it out to 3 feet square! The result was magnificent. One friend brought perfect thumbprint cookies and another brought small bottles of Underberg to finish off the evening. It was a Bavarian bender like no other.
We’re back to reality now. No more mini-schnitzels. sigh.
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Everything looks mouthwatering and decadent. How can you stick with reality? How about a seven layer cake cleanse?
That Underberg reminds me so much of my Mom. Everytime she visits her mother in Berlin she smuggles back tons of it and carries the little bottle off to bed with her when she would kiss me and tuck in for the night. I always thought German food was kind of boring but this actually makes it look really good! Have you made German Pancakes? I grew up with the and make them now. The girls sprinkle powdered sugar and roll them up like cigars and if you are feeling REALLY crazy you blow on one end of the cigar and watch all the powdered sugar come out of the other end like smoke. Then your mom tells you to stop doing that but you keep laughing.
I think you really need to come to the next Schnitzelfest and bring some pancakes! xo
Everything was amazing, you two really went all out. Thanks so much for inviting us!
Why you are the schnitzelfest crew! Already planning for next year…
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