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Chinese Potstickers With Pork

If you are in search of a traditional chinese pot stickers recipe, this is not it. We pretty much winged it and figured out potential ways to fold a dumpling the DIY way. A very fun and memorable cooking experience. And an even better one eating them.

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Indian Chicken Stew

Another entry for the whole chicken project. For a first try the recipe turned out very nice, though there is room for improvements. Its a very easy to prepare meal and I will revisit it in the near future for sure.

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Beef Salad With Pumpkin Seed Oil & Beef Broth

Beef Broth with noodles is a very traditional christmas meal in Austria. The real highlight however is the beef salad. It is a Styrian recipe and not well known but if you have good pumpkin seed oil at home give it a try!

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Daal With Spinach

Daal is a very fast to prepare indian dish. I don’t think spinach can be found in any traditional recipe, though I really enjoy the combination of flavors. This recipe contains two spicing variants, one more traditional and one more experimental heavily relying on other self made spice mixes.

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Murg Makhani (Indian Butter Chicken)

A recipe for this dish has been sitting in my bookmarks for literally 10 years. After a few iterations my recipe differs quite a bit from the original one, though now it fits my taste perfectly.

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Chicken Schmalzed Potatoe Wedges

This version of potato wedges uses schmalz made from left over chicken skin. It is an amazing and delicious example on how to prepare a great meal out of something that often does not get used and thrown away instead.

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Goulash

This is the classic variant of goulash. It is very easy to prepare, though it does take some time as it has to cook for several hours. Its delicious and I do cook it far too rare.

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Spätzle

Spaetzle is a very traditional side dish and used in a lot of other meals as well. I could not believe that I have not written down a single spaetzle based recipe within the last year. So here we go. More to come.

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Chickenheart Goulash

I guess most people will read this title, frown and read the next one. And while I do get the initial hesitation, trust me this dish is worth a try! Thanks Otto to introducing me to this romanian delicacy.

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Fast Sweet Sour Dish

This is the first dish I cooked with my Spicy Pear Chutney and it was so fast and easy to prepare that I did not even consider posting it at first. Though I decided to do it never the less, if only to remind myself of this awesome fast food in times of need.

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(Spinach) Bread Dumplings

Bread Dumplings (or “Semmelknödel”) are one of the most un-photogenic foods Ive posted so far. But they are delicious and a very popular side dish here in Austria. A variant, the spinach bread dumpling, is also considered a main dish when served with a gorgonzola sauce or browned butter and rasped hard cheese.

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Orange Almond Couscous

This recipe was the result of a graving for couscous in combination with leftover ingredients we had to use soon. I was honestly surprised how well the combination of the chosen ingredients worked for this dish. While I would not say any of the three parts are outstanding on its own, the combination was a very delicious fresh summer meal.