German Cooking

„Saure Bratwürste“

for 4 persons

6-8 Sausages (Pork Bratwurst)

6 onions

1 liter of water

1/8 liter of white wine vinegar

5 or more peppercorns

5 or more juniper berries

3 bay leafs

salt

sugar

Cut the onions into rings. Combine water with vinegar, salt and a pinch of sugar in a pot and add peppercorns, juniper berries, and bay leafs. Put the onions into the water and boil them until they are soft. Turn down the heat, add the sausages and let them infuse about 20-30 minutes. Make sure that the water does not boil anymore. Serve the sausage with onions and bread.

Schnitzel “Vienna Style”

for 4 persons

4 tenderized pork sirloin chops

salt

pepper

1 cup flour

2 eggs

1 cup breadcrumbs

1/8 cup oil for frying

Salt and pepper the pork chops on both sides. Dredge in flour. In a shallow dish, beat the eggs. Coat the chops with egg mixture, then with bread crumbs. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Place pork chops into the hot oil, and cook until browned on both sides.

Potato Salad

1 kg waxy potatoes

1 onion

125 ml vegetable broth

4-5 tablespoons canola or sunflower oil

4-6 tablespoons white wine vinegar

salt

pepper

Cook the potatoes with their peel until tender but still firm. Peel them, cut them in small pieces and mix them with the diced onion in a bowl. Add salt, pepper, broth, oil and, vinegar. Mix all ingredients well and let it infuse for a while. If necessary add more broth. The salad should be juicy.

Korean Pancakes

Ingredients
1cup all purpse flour (or Korean pan cake mix).

1cup or more of water

1/4 cup potato starch if you use flour

1t of salt.

4 green onions (cut in half)

shrimp 4-5 per one serving

squids (sliced) 1 per one serving or oyster 4-5 per one serving

red chilli pepper(sliced) to garnish*

cooking oil

1 egg

*we used Korean Green Pepper(above) this time.

Dipping Sauce

2 T of soy sauce

1t of rice vinegar

how to cook

1. Cut green onions in half

2. Cut shrimps in half and slice squids into small strips.

3. to make batter, pour flour and potato starch in a bowl and add water slowly. Stir until all well mixed.

4. Preheat frying pan over high heat when the oil is heated reduce the heat to medium

5. ladle a scoop of the batter and place green onions and sprinkle the shrimps, squids and red chili pepper.

6. break the egg on top and stir it

7. Turn the pancake and fry until each side is yellowish brown.

8. Serve the pancakes with dipping sauce

We got most of our ingredients from a Korean Market called "H-Mart".

Mexican-Chiles Relloenos, Salsa, Rice and Beans

Chiles Rellenos

Ingredients(12 servings):

1 pound of Mexican Cheese (el Mexicano brand is a good one)

12 Anaheim Chiles
6 eggs
1 small bottle of Vegetable oil (like Canola)
1 small box of toothpicks
2 cups of all purpose flour

Instructions: with your hands coat all the chiles with oil, put them in a very hot flat pan or comal. Keep turning them until the skin is ready to peel off. Put them all into a produce plastic bag and close the bag. Wait for 5 min, during this time the chiles get steamed, which helps the skin separate from the chiles.

Cut the Mexican cheese into strips. Peel all the chiles. Open the chiles but carefully making a slit through the top part of the chiles, and begin stuffing the chiles with cheese, until the Chile is full. May use toothpicks to seal the slit. In a flat plat put 1 cup of flour and spread across the plate. Put 3 chiles there and coat all over.

Making the egg batter. Separate the eggs whites from the yolks. Save the yolks for later. With a mixing machine, mix whites until white and fluffy. Then return the yolks into the egg batter and continue to mix. The egg batter should look yellow, soft and fluffy.

Heat a large skillet, put enough oil to cover the flat surface about 3 table spoons of oil. A lot of oil is needed for the chiles to cook well.

Cooking the Chiles. Take flour coated chiles, bath them into the egg batter quickly then put in to the hot skillet. Cook no more than 4 in the skillet. Turning once. The chiles should looking golden brown. Put the cooked chiles in a square-baking dish. Can served with a side of Mexican rice and fresh roasted tomato salsa over the chiles. Frijoles de la Olla( beans from the pot) can be served as a side dish as well.