Sunday morning

Sis once asked: Does it snow in Zürich?

Today, yes.

As i took a video of the snow, i saw a woman from across the balcony doing the same haha..

Christmas here reminds me of CNY - cookies of which they call Guetzli.. mandarins, oranges...

MIL makes the best Guetzli really... they look even better than those in the popular Betty Bossi cookbook seriously... gonna hve to go watch her do them next year cos i've been too occupied with baby to even remember... sigh sigh...

 

: zimt sterne (cinamon stars), mäilanderli (crispy butter cookies, harder too due to low butter to flour ratio), thn there r those with sandalwood, the white ones have anis seeds in em, basler leckerli, brunsli (choc, spices, almond).. n few more.. 

basically most of em r spiced, sugar BUT low in fat (butter)... leaning heavily to nuts instead for fat... some don't even have yolks but only egg whites... 

d oranges r sour haha... but at least all r from an organic bio source so  i'm looking forward o drying the mandarin peels n making candied  orange peels for future use ;) 

made Duck breast with orange sauce yesterday... we liked the sauce..started with redwine vinegar n caramelizing some sugar in it, thn added some orange n lemon juice n finishing off with Madeira..cos no orange liquor on hand. blek. Now contemplating how to deal with that piece of leg of a castrated rooster for dinner... its big n fatty...just wat M likes n love to bits....

Rouladen Cake

 

this pic was taken from the old camera, thus explaining its strange appearance.. would love to make another cos it was soo good but... the berrie season was long over :( gotta wait tillnext year then sigh... 

recipe from betty bossi  

really finding it tough to bake anything right now due to orsons teething period... he feels better anywy with mama out and about instead of giving her attention on a cake or watsoever since babies don't eat sweets..

Basler Mehlsuppe

Beef stock + Roasted flour (on pan) + Cheese

Ochsenschwanz and Kartoffelstock

Älplermaccaroni

 

A simple pasta dish popular in some mountain parts of swiss. Basically its too simple to not make when u are feeling lazy ;p  Elbow pasta topped with crispy fried onions and served with apple sauce. Apple sauce is whats called Apfelmus here...  its amazingly simple and good ;p

M made this :D

Rindsbraten - RoastBeef with herbs n garlic stuffed in.

 

Orson aside... yaya, I was happily using him to model the crochet piece which is suppose to be used round the neck but it was just to cute to not play with ::p