Ingredients: 400 g pasta (farfalle) 500 g cherry tomatoes 1 - 2 spring onions 4 - 6 tsp wild garlic pesto (according to taste) 80 g pine nuts 2 tbsp ground hazelnuts 100 g grated Parmesan flakes 1 tbsp olive oil Pepper, Salt Pesto: 100 g fresh wild garlic 30 g pine nuts 30 g parmesan 80 to 100 ml olive oil ½ tsp salt ,Pepper
Method: Cook the pasta in salted water. Puree the ingredients for the pesto and season with pepper. Roast the pine nuts and then the ground hazelnuts separately until golden brown. Heat the olive oil in the pan. Add the cherry tomatoes and heat, turning, for two to three minutes . Cut the spring onions into rings and the white onion into pieces. Mix with the tomatoes. Season with salt and pepper. Drain the pasta water and mix first the pesto with the pasta. Then add the tomatoes and the spring onions and the pine nuts. Serve it on plates and sprinkle with the parmesan and the roasted hazelnuts.
Vreni's Liestaler cheesecake ("Chienbäse")
Ingredients for a round baking tray of 26 cm Cake dough: 100 g (cold) butter 200 g flour ½ tsp salt 70 ml water Topping: 2 dl milk 1 tbsp flour 100 g plain yogurt 100 g onion 200 g grated Emmental pepper salt nutmeg
Method: Preheat
the oven to 200 °C. Cut the butter into small pieces and mix with the
flour and salt. Add the water and mix everything together to form a soft
dough (do not knead). Mix the milk with the flour and bring to the
boil while stirring. Add the yoghurt. Slice the onion thinly and mix
with the cheese and the yoghurt-milk mixture. Season with pepper, salt
and nutmeg. Roll out the dough and place it in the baking tray. Prick
the dough base with a fork and spread the cheese mixture on top. Bake
for approx. 40 minutes until it is golden brown. Serving: Tastes best warm, but can also be served cold. It goes well with salad.
Jamila's Couscous ("Aargauer Grauen")
Ingredients: 4 dl vegetable bouillon 200 g couscous 20 g butter 50 g raisins 50 ml orange juice 75 g almond slivers 80 g dried apricots 4 to 5 dried dates 15 to 20 fresh peppermint leaves 1⁄2 tsp cumin seeds 1 tsp cinnamon 1⁄2 tsp cayenne pepper 1⁄2 tsp cardamom
Method: Bring the bouillon to the boil. Add the couscous and leave to soak (bis aufgequollen). Add the butter and mix with the couscous. Soak the raisins in the orange juice for a couple of minutes. Roast the almond slivers without fat in frying pan. Cut the apricots and dates into small pieces and chop the fresh mint leaves. Add the spices, mint leaves, fruits and orange juice to the couscous with the raisins and mix everything together.
Vreni's Basler Flour soup ("Chienbäse")
Ingredients: 1 onion 5 tbsp flour 50 g butter 1 l bouillon 100 g grated cheese (for example Gruyère)
Method: Peel
the onion and cut it into small pieces. Stir and roast the flour in a
pan at medium heat without fat until it is hazelnut brown. Do not let it
get too dark. Leave to cool. Sauté the onion in the melted butter.
Mix in the flour. Add the bouillon. Stir and bring it to the boil.
Reduce the heat and simmer for about 1 hour. Stir occasionally. Serving: Serve the soup into soup bowls and sprinkle the grated cheese on top or serve separately.
Moudschärre of Andrina's grandma ("Der Fluch von Aarau")
Ingredients: 500 g flour
1 ½ tsp. salt
1 tsp. sugar
1 – 2 bags yeast
60 g butter cut in small pieces
3 dl lukewarm milk topping:
grated cheese and bacon cubes or grated apples, raisins, cinnamon, sugar (if
needed)
Method: Knead all
ingredients into a smooth dough. Cover the dough and leave in a warm place to
rise. Roll it out to round flat cakes. savoury
version: Spread cheese and bacon cubes
on top. sweet version: mix apples raisins cinnamon, sugar and spread on top.
Start at one corner and fold all to the centre, until you are around.
Bake it in the oven at a temperature of 200 °C approx. 20 – 30 minutes.
Leave
to cool. Serving:
Tastes best when fresh.
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