glutenfree kale quiche with mushrooms & coconut milk

one of the complicated things when you have to eat glutenfree (at least in berlin) is eating in a restaurant or in a café.

if you are histamine-intolerante as well it´s even harder, but luckily i can tolerate more and more things again which are not low on histamine (like avocado and some nuts, even mushrooms like in this recipe). i really hope it continues like that and that one day this whole histamine-thing won´t be an issue for me anymore. but anyways, i was really craving for a piece of quiche since some weeks now. you can get a piece of quiche in almost every café in berlin but i never saw a glutenfree one yet.  yesterday we finally had the time to make a glutenfree one by ourselves. when nora and i went shopping for groceries we got inspired by this perfectly looking kale and these delicious looking king oyster mushrooms. and a was a very good choice because they really do taste great together, especially in combination with the coconut milk. give it a try guys!

for the shooting we used our beautiful white plate from dirk aleksic again. we always get asked on instagram were our plates are from, so here you have a link to his homepage again. 

happy sunday guys!

ingredients for a 28cm-ø quiche-pan

pastry:

250g rice flour
125g butter cold
1 dash salt (or you take salted butter)
1 large egg
filling:
200ml coconut milk
4 eggs
50g feta
200g kale
150g king oyster mushroom
1 red onion
2 garlic cloves
2-3 tbsp olive oil
1 tl vegetable broth
1 dash of nutmeg
salt

pastry:
combine roghly the rice flour, salt and smaller butter cubes by hand in a bowl. add the egg and knead for 2min. if the dough looks still to crumbly add a bit icecold water (by tablespoons). flour your countertop and shape the dough on it to a flat brick. cover with clingfilm and put for 1 hour into the fridge. butter and flour the quiche-pan. roll the dough between 2 layers of clingfilm (dust with flour). the pastryy should be about 5mm thick. overturn the pastry upside down on the quiche-pan. press on the pastry and cut off remaining parts at the sides. patch remainig holes with the pastry leftovers. 
allow the pastry to rest for 1hour before it get baked.
prepare the filling meanwhile:
wash and destalk the kale and chop into smaller pieces. clean the king oyster mushrooms with kitchen paper and chop into 1cm-sized-cubes.
chop onion and garlic into cubes and fry for 1minute. add the mushrooms for 2-3min, then add the kale and cook with lid on top on low heat. prepare some broth (ca. 200-300ml) and add to the vegetables. season with salt & nutmeg. cook for another 5-10min until the kale ist just before doneness and the broth has boiled away. preheat oven to 180degrees celcius (top/bottom-heat).
spread the vegetables on the pastry. mix the eggs and coconut milk, add a dash of salt and pour the mix on the quiche. cut feta into cubes and scatter on top. bake quiche at 180degrees celcuis for 30-35min until the egg-mixture is set ( when a knife inserted near center comes out clean). leave the quiche to cool down for 10min on a cooling rack until you serve the pieces (the best with a small salad).

german translation

eine der wirklich anstrengenden sachen, wenn man sich glutenfrei ernährt, ist es im café oder im restaurant zu essen (jedenfalls in berlin). es gibt zwar thai oder auch ein paleo restaurant aber die regel ist es noch lange nicht, dass man eine glutenfreie alternative auf der speisekarte findet, schon gar nicht im café. wenn man dann auch noch eine histaminintoleranz hat, wirds doppelt schwer. zum glück, wird es bei mir hinsichtlich der histaminintoleranz immer besser und nach 2 jahren kompletten verzicht kann ich in letzter zeit immer mehr nahrungsmittel wieder integrieren (z.B. avocado, ein paar nüsse oder auch pilze, wie in diesem rezept hier). ich hoffe sehr, dass es sich so weiter entwickelt und mich die histaminintoleranz irgendwann komplett loslässt. wie auch immer, jedenfalls hatte ich in den letzten wochen total appetit auf ein stück quiche. die bekommt man in so gut wie jedem café in berlin, aber natürlich nicht als glutenfreie variante. gestern hatten wir endlich die zeit uns selber an einer glutenfreien quiche zu probieren und freuen uns euch heute schon das ergebnis zeigen zu können.

beim einkaufen haben wir uns von diesem perfekt aussehendem grünkohl und den köstlichen kräuterseitlingen inspirieren lassen.

das war auf jeden fall beides eine gute wahl, die kombination schmeckt fantastisch, gerade in verbindung mit der kokosmilch.

also probiert es undbedingt aus!
für das shooting haben wir mal wieder unseren weißen lieblingsteller von dirk aleksic benutzt. wir werden so oft auf instagram gefragt woher wir diese teller haben, also hier noch mal der link zu seiner homepage für euch. 
habt noch einen schönen sonntag ihr lieben!

glutenfreie grünkohl-quiche mit kräuter-seitlingen & kokosmilch

zutaten für eine quiche-form 28cm ø

mürbe-teig:

250g reismehl
125g kalte butter
1 prise salz (oder gesalzene butter verwenden)
1 ei
füllung:
200ml kokosmilch
4 eier
50g feta
200g grünkohl
150g kräuter-seitlinge
1 rote zwiebel
2 knoblauchzehen
2-3 el olivenöl
1 tl gemüsebrühe
etwas muskat
salz

mehl, salz und kleine butterwürfel in einer schüssel mit den händen kurz vermengen. das ei kurz unterkneten und falls der teig noch etwas zu brösilg ist, etwas kaltes (esslöffelweise) dazugeben und unterkneten. teig auf einer bemehlten Arbeitsplatte zu einem flachen ziegel formen und für 1h in den kühlschrank stellen. eine quicheform buttern und mehlen. teig zwischen zwei (mit mehl bestäubten) lagen frischhaltefolie dünn ausrollen (etwa 5mm dick) und kopfüber auf die quichform "kippen". teig andrücken und überstehende ränder abschneiden (da der teig etwas instabil sein kann, einfach die ränder oder löcher mit übrigem teig ausbessern). teig 1h ruhen lassen, dann erst belegen und backen. 
während der 1h ruhezeit füllung vorbereiten:
grünkohl entstielen und in kleinere stücke zupfen, waschen. pilze mit küchenkrepp säubern und in ca. 1cm große würfel schneiden.
zwiebel und knoblauch zerkleinern und mit etwas olivenöl in einem großen topf andünsten. pilze für 2-3min dazugeben und anbraten, dann den grünkohl dazugeben und bei kleiner flamme mit geschlossenem deckel kochen lassen. etwas brühe (ca. 200-300ml) vorbereiten und in den topf geben. muskat und salz dazugeben. für weitere 5-10min köcheln lassen, bis der grünkohl bissfest und kurz vor dem garpunkt ist und die brühe so gut wie verkocht. ofen auf 180grad (ober/unterhitze) vorheizen. gemüse gleichmäßig auf der quiche verteilen. eier mit kokosmilch verrühren, etwas salz dazugeben und flüssigkeit auf die quiche gießen. fetawürfel darüberstreuen. quiche bei 180grad 30-35min auf der unteren schiene backen bis das ei gestockt ist (die quiche ist fertig, wenn am messer keine flüssigkeit zurückbleibt, wenn man hineinsticht). quiche für 10min auf einem kuchengitter ruhen lassen, dann lauwarm am besten mit etwas salat servieren.

glutenfree apple bundt cake with cardamom, cinnamon & ginger

the first post in 2015...a little bit late maybe, but happy new year guys!!

How did you spend your new years eve? after a busy 2014 we decided to take it slow and had a nice and cozy evening with friends in the countryside. we don´t take new years eve too serious. it´s the same every year, we try to avoid to celebrate it in berlin, because berlin is crazy on new years eve!

for me it´s much more important how i spend the first of january. 

that i have time for myself or spend it with the people i love. we slept long,  had a big breakfast with friends, a walk through the village a little bit time to read the newspaper. that´s what i call a good start!

But let´s speak about this easy and delicious bundt cake.

It was the last day before christmas, when nora and i were walking through the city, looking for the last small presents. It was grey and actually pretty warm for december and of course there was no snow. we crossed a little bakery when i saw the cutest little bundt cake ever with lot´s of powdered sugar on top in their shop-window. just looking at that little cake made me feel that the powdered sugar is everywhere and the missing snow and christmas-feeling were immediately there. Of course the cake was either glutenfree or low on histamine (lemon) so nora decided to bake one for me, when we got back home and it turned out so well.

it´s one of these recipes which is so easy and still so delicious. because of the apples the cake is not so dry like a usual bundt cake. we hope you like it as much as we do and happy sunday guys!

bundtcake-tin 18cm-ø

ingredients:

120g butter (room temperature)

185g sugar

2 eggs (room temperature)

185g rice flour

1,5 tsp baking powder

1,5 tsp cinnamon

1 dash cardamom

1 dash salt

3 small apples

1 small piece ginger

powdered sugar for dusting

preheat oven to 180degrees top/bottom-heat. for the dough mix first sugar and butter, then add the eggs one by one. sift the rice flour and mix with tartan baking powder, cinnamon, cardamom and salt. add to the butter-sugar-egg-mix in 3 portions. grease and flour the bundt-pan (so it will be easy to remove the cake from the pan). peel and shred the apples, stir them in the dough and add a bit of shredded fresh ginger. fill the dough into the bundt-pan. bake the cake at 180degrees for ca. 50-60min until the top starts to turn brown and a bit crunchy (check the doneness also with a toothpick). leave the cake outside for 10min to cool down, then remove the pan and let the cake cool down competely on a cooling rack. dust with powdered sugar. you can serve some whipping cream with the cake.

german translation

der erste post 2015...ein bisschen spät vielleicht, aber wir wünschen euch allen ein frohes neues jahr!!

wie habt ihr silvester verbracht? nach einem stressigen jahr haben wir es langsam angehen lassen und sind mit freunden aufs land gefahren. für uns ist silvester eigentlich nicht so wichtig. wir versuchen jedes jahr aus berlin zu flüchten, weil berlin einfach viel zu laut und verrückt an silvester ist.

und viel wichtiger ist es uns wie wir den ersten januar verbringen. wir haben lange geschlafen, ein großes frühstück mit freunden gehabt, sind durchs dorf spaziert und hatten zeit zu lesen. ein wunderbarer start ins neue jahr!

aber lasst uns über diesen einfachen und köstlichen gugelhupf reden...

Es war der letzte tag vor weihnachten, als nora und ich durch die stadt gelaufen sind um die letzten weihnachtsgeschenke zu besorgen. Es war grau und eigentlich viel zu warm für dezember und natürlich hat es nicht geschneit. wir sind an einer kleinen bäckerei vorbeigekommen, in deren schaufenster ich den süßesten kleinen gugelhupf - überdeckt mit ganz viel puderzucker - sah. ihn einfach nur anzuschauen, gab mir das gefühl der puderzucker sei überall und der fehlende schnee und die weihnachtsstimmung waren sofort da. natürlich war der kuchen weder glutenfrei noch histaminarm (zitrone..) also hat nora entschieden mir trotz weihnachtsstress einen glutenfreien gugelhupf zu backen als wir nach hause kamen. 

es ist eins dieser rezepte, die so einfach sind und trotzdem (oder gerade deshalb) einfach nur köstlich. durch die äpfel ist der teig auch nicht so trocken, wie es ja sonst häufiger mal der fall bei einem gugelhupf ist. wir hoffen euch schmeckt es genauso gut wie uns und habt einen wunderbaren sonntag! 

gugelhupf-form 18cm-ø

zutaten:

120g butter weich

185g zucker

2 eier

185g reismehl

1,5 tl backpulver

1,5 tl zimt

1 prise kardamom

1 prise salz

3 kleine äpfel 

1 kleines stück ingwer

zubereitung

ofen auf 180grad ober-/unterhitze vorheizen. für den teig zunächst zucker und butter 1-2min miteinander vermengen, eier unterrühren. dann das (gesiebte) reismehl, zimt, kardamom, salz und backpulver portionsweise unterrühren. die gugelhupfform buttern und mit reismehl bestäuben (dadurch löst sich der kuchennach dem backen leichter aus der springform). die äpfel schälen, raspeln (nicht zu fein) und unter den teig mischen. etwas frischen ingwer dazureiben. den teig in der form verteilen. bei 180grad für ca. 50-60min in den backofen bis die oberseite schön kross braun wird (zusätzlich zahnstocher-test machen). abkühlen lassen für 10min, aus der form lösen und auf einem kuchengitter abkühlen lassen. mit puderzucker bestäuben. 

gut zu einem stück apfelkuchen passt immer auch frisch geschlagene schlagsahne

Would You like to Represent Irish Food Overseas?

Bord Bia - The Irish Food Board, in conjunction with the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, are seeking 25 high potential, ambitious, motivated professionals who have aspirations to become future leaders in the Irish Food industry. 

Together they are offering a Marketing Fellowship which blends action learning, through a year long, fully-funded, foreign industry placement, with a ‘block-release’ academic business education programme.

This intensive 12-month action learning programme gives successful candidates the combined opportunity to gain hands-on experience working with some of Ireland’s leading food companies while also gaining a Masters degree - an MSc in International Marketing Practice.

The programme blends action learning, through a year long, fully funded, foreign industry placement, with a ‘block-release’ academic business education programme. This is a Level 9 NFQ qualification.

The two key elements of the programme are outlined as follows:
In-Market Placement with Bord Bia clients (based overseas) early-Aug 2015 to June 2016
Block Release Academic Programme (based in Ireland). Mid-June to early-Aug 2015; 2 weeks pre Christmas and 1 week pre-Easter 2016.

Who Should Apply?
Applications are welcomed from all graduates with a minimum of 2-3 years work experience. Some placements will require fluency in a second language (for example French, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Polish, Japanese or Chinese.)

Placement Locations
Placement of the Fellowship participants will be selected from locations which may include New York, London, Dubai, Sydney, Shanghai, Paris, Amsterdam, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, Düsseldorf and Warsaw.

Candidate Selection
There are 20-25 places available on this programme and participants will be selected following a rigorous and exacting recruitment process. Interested participants must be available if selected to take part in the interview and assessment process around April 2014 in Dublin (attendance on one day is required - exact dates to be confirmed) and if successful must be ready to commence the programme on the 16th June 2015.

Successful candidates must be available to commence the programme in Dublin on the 15th June. 

This is a full-time programme. 100% Tuition Fees are paid, plus a €22,800 bursary.

Closing Date for Applications is 5th Mar 2015.

For more details and application see: www.smurfitschool.ie/bordbia

Zack

Top 20 Best Irish Foods to Watch Out For in 2015

Every year, around Christmas Eve -  I ask a question on Twitter... "What was Your Best Irish Food Find of the Year?" I get hundreds of replies from food lovers all over Ireland and this year was no exception with the replies pouring in all over the days of Christmas and New Year. 

I collate all the suggestions for great new foods from all over Ireland on a spreadsheet and from that I create the Top 20 Best Irish Foods to Watch Out For in 2015!

There have been an amazing amount of new food businesses set up over the last year and many new products are being developed by small producers all over the Island of Ireland. Many established small food producers have also been streamlining their product offering and expanding their lines. People are testing their foods at country markets and farmers markets and getting great feedback from customers, chefs and restaurants. This obviously helps them bring a better product to market for us to enjoy.

This year, people tweeted about old-style butters, artisan bakers, flavoured vinegars, innovative seafoods, hand-dried salts, top quality meats, hand-made confectionery, unusual dips and chutneys, honeys, crisps, foraged foods and much more!

One new food product, above all others, received the most mentions. I'll save that to last! I have included a Twitter Follow button so you can easily follow them to get details of their delicious food products.


And so, here are the Top Twenty Best Irish Foods to Watch Out For in 2015 as voted for by you, the food lovers on Twitter, all over Ireland!

• Tartine Organic Bakery - Co. Dublin

Food Lover and artisan baker Thibault Peigne is passionate about baking bread and uses the finest organic ingredients and traditional methods. He has created Tartine Organic Bakery to make freshly baked sourdough breads, french pastries and cakes.

• Improper Butter - Co. Dublin

A range of improperly delicious, Irish flavoured butters that inspire creativity at mealtimes, made by Elaine Lavery and Hannah O'Reilly.

• Wild About Foods - Co. Wexford

Fiona and Malcom Falconer produce a wide range of artisan chutneys, preserves, syrups, seasoning rubs, cocktail bases and wild pestos made from foraged and homegrown ingredients. They specialise in native wild ingredients like nettles, hips, haws, sloes, damsons, elderberries, crab apples, rowan berries, guilderose and whatever else is in season.

• Goatsbridge Trout - Co. Kilkenny

Fresh Trout, Smoked Trout, Trout Pate, Trout Caviar and more are all farmed, processed and produced on the banks of the Little Arrigle River by the family of Mags and Ger Kirwan. They have a passion for trout, which comes across in the quality of their product.

• The Wild Irish Foragers & Preservers - Co. Offaly

Sharon and Gordon Greene create exclusively Wild Syrups, Sauces, Fruit Cheeses, Pontack & more homemade to old recipes using hand-picked ingredients from their Millhouse Farm near Birr, Co Offaly.

• Abernethy Butter - Co. Down

Alison and Will Abernethy make handmade butter from local cream, handmade in churns the traditional way and patted into rolls. It is creamy and slightly salty to give a luxurious creamy taste. They also make fudge.

• Broughgammon Farm Kid Goat - Co. Antrim

Broughgammon Farm produce Cabrito (Kid Goat Meat), Free Range Rose Veal, Seasonal Game and Hand Harvested Irish Seaweeds. Their ethos is to produce great food locally, sustainably and competitively while balancing the growing requirements for food production with environmental protection.

• Rebel Chilli Hot Sauces - Co. Cork

Ken and Paul Moore's award winning 'Red Chilli with Lemongrass and Ginger' is a crowd favourite and the Cork-based Rebel Chilli range also includes the fantastically hot 'Chillionaire' and the sweet 'Jalapeno and Raspberry Jelly'.

• Irish Bee Sensations - Co. Cork

Tom and Croéin Ruttle are multi award winning producers of artisan Honey and Jams made only with their own Irish Raw Honey. They have a passion for their bees and for the reintroduction of the native Irish Bee.

• Achill Island Sea Salt - Co. Mayo

Achill Island Sea Salt was founded as a family business by Kieran, Marjorie and Sean O'Malley in July 2013, reviving the age old tradition of salt production on Achill Island, creating a sustainable and pure artisan product, which has received critical acclaim from chefs and cooks alike for its appearance, texture and taste.

• Le Fournil Bakery - Co. Donegal

In 2007, French chef Franck Pasquier retired from restaurant kitchens to set up Le Fournil Artisan Bakery in Donegal Town & Sligo. He bakes superb sourdough breads, patisserie items, tarts, croissants & much more. He also supplies the breads to Clotilde Rambaud and Tomasz Giderewicz at Le Fournil in Sligo town. Clotilde makes all the patisseries and chocolates in the Sligo store.

• Killowen Farm Yogurts - Co. Wexford

The Dunne family have been farming in Enniscorthy for nine generations. Their award winning yogurts are gluten free, low in sugar, naturally low fat and contain no artificial additives. Everyone says they taste great!

• Soul Soup - Co. Dublin

Lloyd Hamilton-Felton wanted to bring the healthiest and tastiest soups possible to soup lovers all over Ireland. He is now supplying some of Dublin's best artisan cafés and health shops.

• Keoghs Farm Crisps - Co. Dublin

Keoghs Farm say they produce Ireland’s only “hand cooked on the farm” artisan potato crisps. The family have been farming their potatoes for over 100 years and their crisps have become a favourite at home and abroad.

• John Stone Beef - Co. Longford

John Stone comes from a very long line of butchers and has been at the forefront of gourmet meat production for almost fifty years. His meats come from small manageable farms and he believes that the natural lifestyle of the cattle gives his meat it's unique and delicious flavour.

• The Foods of Athenry - Co. Galway

The old milking parlor on the Lawless family farm is now the bakery where they bake wheat and spelt soda breads & bread mixes, scones, cakes and pies as well as a range of Gluten Free breakfast cereals, cookies, crackers, flapjacks and cakes.

• Ballyhoura Mountain Mushrooms - Co. Limerick

Ballyhoura Mountain Mushrooms produce a wide range of foraged and cultivated speciality mushrooms and also a selection of handmade artisanal mushroom products. However, it was their Shiitake Dust which caught the imagination of so many people this year. This Powdered Irish Shiitake Mushroom delivers delicious buttery and umami notes making it perfect for seasoning meat, fish, vegetables, gravies, soups & sauces.

• Toons Bridge Buffalo Cheeses - Co. Cork

The first Toons Bridge buffalo calves arrived in the early spring of 2011 but their buffalo mozzarella took almost two years to perfect. A joint venture between Toby Simmonds of the Real Olive Co. and his neighbouring farmer Johnny Lynch, the dairy is now producing Buffalo Mozzarella Balls, Ricotta, Halloumi, a salty Greek-style cheese, Cachocavalio and smoked Scamorza cheeses. From time to time, milk quantities allowing, they also make buffalo milk yogurt and butter. And Ireland loves it all!

• Silver Darlings Herring - Co Limerick

Kirsti O’Kelly pickles Irish herrings according to traditional family recipes handed down from her mother and grandmother in her native Finland. She marinates the fish in a combination of mild vinegars and spices which dissolve the herring bones and keep the integrity of the fish flesh allowing it to take on the subtle flavours of aromatic spices like mustard seeds, sandalwood, cinnamon, bay leaves, cloves, pink peppercorns and fresh herbs such as dill, tarragon and coriander.

And the Best Irish Food to Watch Out For in 2015 as voted by the Irish Public, via Twitter, is ...

• Wild Wood Vinegars
  
  
  

  Rathlacken, Ballina, County Mayo

Fionntan Gogarty is an artist, vinegar producer, a lover of fine food, poetry and the wild rugged west of Ireland, an organic farmer, a dry-stone-waller, a beachcomber and an innovator. He is indeed all of these things!

Fionntan Gogarty of Wildwood Vinegars

Wildwood Vinegars, based in the little village of  Rathlackin, near Ballina in County Mayo, are a unique range of foraged wild fruit, herb, berry and blossom infused vinegars that unlock the hidden magic of nature's flavours and essences. Fionntan has only been producing them for less than a year but already they have been received with rapturous delight by all who have tasted them and have won several awards.

The fruity and flavourful vinegars are used for sauces, salad dressings, marinades, desserts and chilled as an alternative to sorbet or even added to soda-water for a refreshing soft drink!

If ever there was a product that gives you a true taste of the best of Ireland, Fionntan Gogarty's Wildwood Vinegars are just that! It's no wonder that so many people all over Ireland tweeted that this product was their Best Irish Food Find of the year.

Congrats to Fionntan and everyone else that made to Top 20 Best Irish Foods to Watch Out For in 2015. We look forward to another great year for Irish Food!

Zack