Showing posts with label Life in Spain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Life in Spain. Show all posts

Monday, May 28, 2012

Ein kleines Stück Gemüseglück


Gestern war es soweit: Ich habe das erste Gazpacho der Saison zubereitet! Ein Glück, dass ich vor fünf Jahren nach Spanien gezogen bin und doppeltes Glück, dass mein Freund aus Andalusien ist, denn sonst hätte ich diese Köstlichkeit wahrscheinlich nie kennengelernt (oder sie zumindest ignoriert. "Kalte Gemüsesuppe" auf der Speisekarte klingt ja jetzt wirklich nicht so verlockend!) Also: Gazpacho und ich, wir haben eine besondere Beziehung. Und könnte man Gazpacho heiraten, ich würde es wahrscheinlich tun. Es ist einfach zuzubereiten, schmeckt jedesmal ein bisschen anders, lässt sich super in die Arbeit mitnehmen und vorallem - es erfrischt an heißen Sommertagen (oder schwülen Frühlingstagen in Kanada) ungemein. Also liebe Leute: Holt eure Stabmixer oder Blender heraus und auf gehts:

Ich mache das Ganze so (meine Schwiegermama schwört auf einen Apfel im Gazpacho, was ich nicht immer mache)

2/3 Gurke
2-2 1/2 große Tomaten
1 Knoblauchzehe
1/2 Zwiebel
Olivenöl
Essig (z.B. Rotwein oder Weißweinessig)
Wasser
Salz
Eiswürfel

Toppings, in kleine Stückchen geschnitten:
z.B. Serrano Schinken
hart gekochtes Ei
Gurke
Paprika
Tomate
Zwiebel

Alles schälen, in kleine Stücke schneiden und pürieren. Olivenöl und Essig nach Geschmack dazugeben und mit Wasser aufgießen bis die gewünschte Konsistenz (wenn ihr es aus einem Glas trinken wollt, dann flüssiger. Für den Suppenteller ein bisschen dicker) erreicht ist. Ab in den Kühlschrank oder, wenn es schnell gehen soll, Eiswürfel dazu. Mit den Toppings garnieren undGENIEßEN!

A little piece of veggie happiness. Finally: Yesterday I prepared the first gazpacho of the season. Lucky me that I moved to Spain five years ago, and double lucky me that my boyfriend is from Andalucia...otherwise I maybe would never have fallen in love with this delicous soup (or at least I would have ignored it, because afer all "cold vegetable soup" on the menu doesn´t sound very tasty!) Well: Gazpacho and I, we have a very special relationship. If it was possible to marry Gazpacho, I probably would. It´s easy to prepare, tastes different every time you prepare it, makes a nice lunch for work and most importantly - is absolutely refreshing for hot summer days (or humid/hot spring days in Canada). Therefore folks: Get your blender and let´s get started:

I do it like that (my mother in law ´s secret tip is to add an apple, which I sometimes do and sometimes don´t)

2/3 cucumber
2-2 1/2 big tomatoes
1 garlic clove
1/2 onion
olive oil
vinegar (red or white wine)
water
salt
ice

toppings, in little bits and pieces
e.g. serrrano ham
hard boiled egg
cumcumber
tomatoe
pepper
onion

Peel all your veggies and blend them. Add olive oil and vinegar to your taste and pour in water until you reach your preferred consistency (if you want to drink it from a glass, it should be a little thinner, if you want to have it in a soup bowl it can be a little thicker). Stick into the fridge or, if there is no time, just add some ice cubes. Garnish with the toppings and ENJOY!

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Sour makes happy

Far, far away from here my lemon and my orange tree have started to get fruit again. Thank you Loli, for taking such good care of them and sending me these photos!















Last year I made jam out of my lemons. I can´t remember if I spiced it up a little with ginger. Anyway, I think it would be a good combo if you would like to try it out for yourself. I guided myself by the following recipe, but remember not really having sticked to it.

2 lemons        
500 ml water  
500 g sugar  
50 g ginger    

The important thing here is to use organically grown fruits, since you want to use them entirelly, with their skin. Just make sure you cut them into really fine slices. Then bring all the ingredients to a boil. Let simmer for about an hour. Pour into sterilized jars. ¡Ya está!

The good thing about this recipe is, that you don´t need pectin, nor special sugar for jam making. The skin contains enough pectin to get this jellyjammy texture you are looking for in a jam ;) I imagined the lemon jam to taste real´ good with scones, but finally never tried it out. However, I experienced major success as breakfast component and gift ;)

Happy cooking!

Thursday, September 15, 2011

What I miss...and what not

Missing
Photo from here

I miss about Spain...
My friends
Jamóoooooon con pa amb tomaquet
My terrasse
Good coffee
Going shopping just walking
Beach
Mountains
Gazpacho every day

I don´t miss about Spain...
My neighbour drying her hair every Sunday at 8 in the morning
People peeing in the streets
One-hour-train rides to get to work
Going to dinner at 10 pm
Starting going out at midnight
Annoying and persistent calls from telephone companies