Filled Pasta Bake or Maultaschenauflauf

I love the Swabian filled Pasta of Maultaschen. This time I used the store bought pasta for it.

Onr of the supermarkets has a special section of regional food from small producers. I love to check what's in store there. The Maultaschen are from the same section.

Bigmamas journey posted this on FB. I picked up pen and paper and wrote down the ingredients.

Preheat the oven first to 200 C because not much prepwork to do.

Ingredients:

350 g filled pasta Maultaschen, in bite size chunks

150 g cherry tomatos cut up

1 mozzarella or 20 mini balls

100 g grated mozzarella

250 ml tomato sauce

50 ml double cream

Pasta seasoning and pepper

1 spray oil for the oven proof dish

Bring all together and sprinkle the grated mozzarella on top. Bake for 20 min.

 

Salak or Snakefruit Taste Test

Discovering some new food is a challenge that I almost always take. 

Our super center has shelfs with baskets containing "exotic" fruits and veggies. For most people who shop there, they are exotic. But not for me. Today I was surprised when I saw a basket with snakefruits.

They are an exotic for me and I needed to try them. The kilo goes for €24,95 but I only took 3 pieces and paying €4,79 was worth it.

After I put my groceries in the fridge, I took a knife and peeled or broke the hard skin away. You can do it with your fingers, but the edges are sharp.

The fruit is build of 3 sections, like the garlic cloves in a bulb. Break one off and bite the top

Careful, in the middle is a glossy brown pit, that is not edible. It looks like a Litchi pit.

The consistency is a harder pear, it tastes like pear, litchi and pineapple.

Salak grows in Indonesia. It is a palm tree.

 

Flaming Fire Tongs Punch or Feuerzangenbowle

Rum Punch with burning sugar on top.

It is Christmas Market Time in the City. The time of year, when all parking garages are full and the public transport is crammed in the late afternoon until early evening. The best time to joyn the fun.

One thing I noticed over the last 10 years is that the amount of merchants who sell no food or drinks were decreasing a lot.

All over the three different stations where the stalls are huddled, Glühwein or mulled wine in all kinds of origin is sold. Made from grapes in red, rosé and white and made from berries, a list as long as my arm.

But only a few stalls are selling the Feuerzangenbowle. The cup needs a special addition to hold the rum soaked burning sugar.

Standing in the cold and looking at the flame is special. You nearly can't wait until the sugar has burned completely and the metall thingy dips down in the hot wine.

But there is a downside to it. Don't even think to take a sip just after the fire went out. The rim of the cup has stored all the heat. Patience is the king of the game.

When the rim is no longer like a furnace, take a sniff and the first sip and enjoy.