Puff pastry cases filled with various things: sweetbreads, Speck, rehydrated boletus, cream and some cheese leftovers from the fondue.
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This is one kilo of calf’s sweetbreads I ordered from my organic butcher. Want to try if the Turkish butcher can order lamb’s sweetbreads for me. Anyway, it’s the most expensive offal that ever exists. Actually, more expensive than any meat in this country. 50 euros per kilo.
I cooked it sous vide, 60C/1hr.
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Blast from the past… Medieval themed Christmas market in Esslingen, Germany. We like things medieval.
A few things they sell at the market: quark balls, Flammkuchen, “fire cheese”, waffles with icing sugar/cinnamon/sugar.
Drinks: smoke beer, abby beers, mulled wine (from white wine), elderberry wine.
A type of pastry with apples. Waffle rig with old-fashsioned waffle iron. Bottom photo says “enjoy the freedom”.
A stall dedicated to Maultaschen. Swabian pasta parcels filled with mince.
The houses are so close you could see everything in the neighbours’ rooms. Half-timbered buildings have very steep roofs. Wouldn’t want to be a roofer in medieval Germany.
Christmas market in Esslingen.
The market was so crowded, much better up here. There are vineyards right in the town. You can see the christmas market down below.
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Esslingen is a lovely small medieval town in Swabia.
Dinner after all the walking. “Maultaschen” and lentils with Speck and veal sausages. Both are home-style Swabian dishes. Restaurant brews own beers, too.