12 Jan 2014
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Crochet Vest

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A vest for all those who’d like to restart crochet or knitting and wouldn’t try difficult instructions or patterns. It’s only two rectangles of which one has to be twisted before assembling them. Instructions and wool were from wollfactory.de and I did my vest in half double crochets. It can also be knitted in nearly every pattern you like.  For a size 12 I crocheted the back 21 inches wide and 22 inches high. The front ist 23 inches wide and also 22 inches high. To finish your vest place front part on back part so that they accurately touch at the right side. Then gather the fron part in the middle from the top. Take upper and lower corner of left side and twist so that lay down on opposite position. Now close both shoulders over 8.5 inches with single crochet stitch. Leave 9.5 inches open for armholes and close sides from thereon with single crochet stitch until the end of your back. There will remain a small tip from your front part left.
For this model I took a tweed yarn and a needle a bit bigger than required. That makes my vest very cushy and yet it’s still warming. You may crochet around the edges but it’s not really necessary.

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  • Häkelweste/Crochet Vest/Gilet Crocheté
09 Jan 2014
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Party-Rolls

The Holiday season’s just finished but new invitations for New Year receptions, birhtdays or other events are coming in. Among our friends we don’t make gifts any more but everyone brings some food for the party. That relieves the hosts and always creates rich buffets for everybody. My today’s recipe is very easy and quickly done but will be savoured with pleasure. It’s puff pastry rolls filled with cream cheese in the style of alsatian Flammkuchen. I found this recipe from sternschnuppe01 on the Dr. Oetker site called Rezeptwiese.
They can be served warm or cold and both versions are delicious.

Party-Rolls
Light puff pastry filled like Flammkuchen
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Prep Time
20 min
Cook Time
15 min
Total Time
35 min
Prep Time
20 min
Cook Time
15 min
Total Time
35 min
Ingredients
  1. 2 rolls or 1 pckg. of puff pastry (fridge shelf)
  2. 7oz cream cheese
  3. 7oz sour cream
  4. 1 bunch of scallions
  5. 5oz bacon (diced)
Preparations
  1. Cover baking sheet with parchment paper
  2. Preheat oven at 360°F
  3. Unroll puff pastry or form one large sheet with three smaller ones.
  4. Mix cream cheese with sour cream, flavor with pepper and salt and discard on pastry. Wash scallions, cut into small rolls and spread over cheese with diced bacon.
  5. Roll up the pastry from its long side and cut into 0.5-1inch slices with a sharp knife.
  6. Place on your baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes. Then remove rolls with parchment paper and let them cool on a grid.
Bastelesel http://www.bastelesel.de/
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  • Party-Schnecken/Party-Snails/Pain alsacien

07 Jan 2014
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Quick decoration

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When all holiday decorations are packed away the rooms look blank and we’re pleased to see lots of early bloomers already offered now. I bought some cheap grape hyacinth and daffodils which I placed in glasses and a white clay pot. A blue felt ribbon fixed with a checkered smaller one round the glass and a small wooden flower sticked between the bulbs make a nice decoration for my hallway painted in blue and gray.
One single hyacinth I placed in a smaller glass which is decorated with a straw ribbon to which I attached a red porcelain heart. A further small wooden heart is glued to the ribbon and round the bulb I twisted some curly ribbon. This is a wonderful surprise for your sweetheart. Simply lay the table for breakfast in red and white, place this glass and a white or red candle in the middle and ready is your nonverbal declaration of love.
The daffodils are placed in a white clay pot and I covered the shabby bulbs with yellow sisal. For decoration I placed a little owl. I found it on a paper napkin, cut it out and glued it to a small wooden rod.
While decorating the plants you’ll look forward to their bloom. Though winter season hasn’t been too strong so far we’re waiting for spring, sunshine and fresh flowers.

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  • Schnelle Dekoration/Quick decoration/ Décoration simple
05 Jan 2014
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Innsbruck – Austria

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An unexcpected gift for Christmas directed us to Innsbruck in Austria to watch the 3rd ski jumping of the Four Hills Tournament. The Berg Isl, housing the ski jump, is to be seen from many places in the city and during the tournament lots of coaches are bringing fans for the event. The atmosphere in this “cauldron”, especially when Austrian jumpers are coming down, is fantastic. But as fair hosts and spectators the Austrians’re also honouring the performance of all foreign jumpers.
Before and after the tournament the historic center of Innsbruck offers a lot of possibilities for shopping and numerous restaurants offering specialities like Gselchtes (smoked meat),  Tiroler Graukaes (gray cheese) and of course the famous Tiroler Speck (gammon). The Goldene Dachl (Golden Roof), a house with a late gothic oriel covered with more than 2.600 golden copper clapboards is one of the mostly visited house in the midst of all the narrow streets. In Herzog-Friedrich-Street, like in the rest of the historic center, you will find many wonderful old houses with arcaded sidewalks and magnificent oriels. Drinking a small or a large Brown (coffee with milk) you may let your eyes wander over the facades and dream of the Dual Monarchy’s pomp and glamour.
For further informations about the Imperial Palace, the Ambras Castle, the St. John’s Dome see www.innsbruck.at.

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02 Jan 2014
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Lime Cheese Cake

The first recipe out of that little booklet sent for Christmas from our friends in France. Thanks to the pink colored ladyfingers this wonderful cheese cake looks a bit fancy. The reciprocity of sponge with desiccated coconut and cream cheese with lime was a very refreshing flavor beside all the sweet Christmas cookies.
Those who don’t have friends in France can buy these ladyfingers (biscuits roses de reims) via internet. I even found a blog with a recipe to do them at home – franzoesischkochen.de, english translation available. In Reims they’re usually savoured with champagne. Dip them into the beverage and let it melt in your mouth. Germans mostly invite for a cup of coffee and like to serve cake with it. That’s why I chose this recipe first.

Lime Cheese Cake
Serves 6
Refreshing cake with cream cheese.
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Prep Time
30 min
Cook Time
10 min
Total Time
30 min
Prep Time
30 min
Cook Time
10 min
Total Time
30 min
Cake
  1. 2oz pink ladyfingers
  2. 1oz desiccated coconut
  3. 1.5oz melted butter
Cream
  1. lime zest and juice of 3 limes
  2. 3 eggs
  3. 3.5oz powdered sugar
  4. 10.5oz cream cheese
  5. 5.2oz ricotta
Preparations
  1. Cover cake pan (7nch diameter) with baking sheet
Cake
  1. Pulverize ladyfingers and mix with powdered sugar and melted butter. Press into cake pan and keep in refrigerator.
Cream
  1. Mix eggs, powdered sugar, lime zest and lime juice and heat in a pan while stirring until it thickens. Blend cream cheese with ricotta and give one or two tablespoons of it into the warm egg cream. Then give all cream to the cheese, blend well and pour into the cake pan. Leave in refrigerator for 8 hours at least.
Notes
  1. Put aside some lime zest for decorating.
For my 11inch cake pan I duplicated all quantities and decorated it for Christmas as follows
  1. With a cookie cutter I pressed little stars into the surface of the cream. Three of them I filled with some powder of the pink ladyfingers.
Bastelesel http://www.bastelesel.de/
 
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  • Limettenkäsekuchen/Lime Cheese Cake/Cheese Cake citron vert

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