SPREEFOREST – RECIPES

“What strengthens and fuels the Spreeforest heart?Potatoes, linseed oil and quark.

What do people like on a Sunday?Pancake, Plinsen and a pot of coffee.

What lifts spirits when the mood is maudlin?Lovely pork sausage with a nice bit of crackling.

What is drunk when cares are worn?Clear and medicinal Cottbus Korn.

What clears the head when feeling dour?Lübbenau gherkins, crunchy and sour.

What else thrives here besides fresh fish?Onions, asparagus and horseradish.”

WHAT MAKES THE SPREEWALD STRONG ? POTATO, LINSEED OIL AND COTTAGE CHEESE

For 4 servings You will need:small potatoes, 500g cottage cheese ( soft curd cheese), linseed oil, salt, onions herbs, milk

Preparation:- The potatoes needn`t be of very good quality and too large.- Wash them and boil them with peel.- After about 10 - 15 minutes of cooking you can peel them .- In the meantime the soft curd cheese ( quark ) is prepared.- Depending on your taste put small chopped onions and herbs

inside.- Then mix the quark with linseed oil and milk, stir till it has a creamy

consistency.- Add a pinch of salt and you're done!- To garnish, you simply sprinkle a little linseed oil on the curd,

sprinkle some fresh herbs (e.g. parsley), fresh and rich Spreewald gherkins, too .

FOR BREAKFAST

(WHITE) BREAD, IN LINSEED OIL, COVERED WITH SUGAR

Preparation: - cut the (white) bread into pieces- prepare 2 plates: one full of linseed oil, one full of sugar- dip the pieces into the oil, then into the sugar- after that: taste and enjoy it

FOR DINNER

STEAMED FISH IN „SPREEWALD“ – GRAVY WITH SAUERKRAUT (OR OTHER VEGETABLE) AND POTATOES

Ingrediants: - several kinds of fish (carp, pike, pike-perch, red fish…)- onions, carrots, leek, celeriac- several herbs and spices

Preparation: - boil some water with vegetables, spices and herbs in it (about 30 minutes)

- put the salted and sliced fish into itDON´T LET THE FISH BOIL !

- keep the fish warm while making the gravies

SPREEWALD - GRAVY:- take the “ fish-water” and thicken it- add butter or whipped cream- of course: you need dill, lemon juice

SAUERKRAUT:- steam it with onions, a small slice of bacon- add vegetables like carrots, leek or (even) apples

POTATOES- boiled in salted water- served with cut parsley on them- Why not JACKED POTATOES ?

CUCUMBER SOUP

Ingredients: (for 4 persons)- 1 stick leek- 2 cucumbers- 1 onion- 500 ml vegetable broth- 1 avocado- 250 ml buttermilk- some spices like salt, pepper, nutmeg- some herbs like parsley, dill weed

Preparation: - fry the onion a little bit crispy- put the washed and sliced cucumber into the pot- add the broth, the avocado (pressed), the buttermilk- boil it- if you want: add some whipped cream- herbs and spices will complete the soup

Serve the meal warm or cold.

CUCUMBER SALAD

…to peeled or smashed potatoes and scrambled eggs

- peel and rasp 3 salad cucumbers- (found the cucumber water)- add spices like salt, pepper, 1tsp sugar and a splash of vinegar- let it draw for a while- top up it with sour cream or sweet cream- add a really splash of linseed oil and fresh hacked dill weed- if available give under parsley and chives

POTATO SALAD

Ingredients: - 1,5 kg potatoes- 1 glass of mayonnaise or salad cream- 1 big cut onion- 1 glass of pickled gherkin- 1 apple

Preparation: - cook the potatoes and then let them go cold- peel and cut them into small cubes and spice with salt and pepper- cut also the pickled gherkins, the onion and the apple into cubes- add the mayonnaise and stir all carefully- should be the salad too “dry”, you can add a little bit cucumber water

and mix it- let it draw well for a long time (overnight)- serve the potato salad and garnish it with cooked eggs and fresh

herbs

POTATO SOUP

ingredients:- 500 g potatoes- 1 carrot- 1 stick of leek or 1 medium onion- 1 piece of celeriac- 0,5 tsp caraway, salt- 11/4 l water or broth- 40 g bacon- Celeriac leaves and parsley

preparation: - half the peeled potatoes, add the cleaned root vegetables and fill up

a bit of the boiling water and let it cook, covered, on a little flame.- smash the potatoes- cut the bacon into small cubes and melt them- add the bacon as like as the hacked herbs- with a “ flour sweat” the soup will get creamy

FOR DESSERT

PUMPKIN DESSERT

Ingredients: - 750 g pumpkin- 3/8 l water- 1/8 l wine vinegar - 100 – 150 g sugar- spices: cinnamon, cloves, ginger, lemon peel

Preparation: - peel and scrape the pumpkin- cut it into cubes- boil the water with vinegar sugar and spices- steam the cubes in the sugar-water mix

“PFANNKUCHEN”

Ingredients: 10 g yeast

- 1 kg flour- 250 g butter- 125 g margarine- lemon peel, vanilla sugar- 4 eggs- plum sauce- 0,5 l milk- 100 g sugar

Preparation: - give flour, sugar, lemon peel and vanilla sugar into big bowl- melt the butter- dissolve the yeast in the warm milk- add melted butter, milk and the eggs into the bowl and knead all

well- let rest the dough on a warm place for about one hour- knead the dough again and form small balls- bake them in hot pork lard- after that roll them in sugar and fill in the plum sauce or jam

PANCAKES

Ingredients: - 500 ml milk- 2 eggs- 1 tsp sugar- 250g flour- 1tsp baking powder- a pinch of salt

Preparation: - put all ingredients into a bowl and mix them to a liquid dough- heat a few oil in a pan- pour the dough into the pan with a ladle- bake them on both sides to a golden brown color- serve the pancakes with sugar , jam or apple sauce

tip: change a little part of milk through mineral water – the pancakes get looser.

DELICIOUS BETWEEN THE TIMES

FAST CUCUMBERS

ingredients: - 1kg cucumbers- 1 soup spoon of sugar- 2 spoons of salt- 2 spoons of mustard corns- 6 spoons of vinegar- 3 onions (sliced)- dill weed

preparation: - cut the cucumbers- mix them with the ingredients in a bowl- mix it strongly

Enjoy the SNACK one day later.

RELAXING AFTER ALL “EATING “

SPREEWALD - LIQUEUR- Full of herbs

- ONLY FOR ADULTS !!!

TYPICAL SPICES AND HERBS OF THE SPREEWALD REGION:

- onions- celeriac- linseed oil- horseradish- leek- carrots- mustard corn- dill weed- parsley- chives