Saturday, August 18, 2018

Strawberry Parfait

I admit, this isn't the season anymore, but I forgot to post this one. However, take fruit of the season, right now we still have apricots, peaches, melons, blackberries and pears. I will be trying something with the pear glut we have at the moment, this is to come and will be an experiment on the salty side because actually we don't eat all this sweet stuff..
The sketch recipe is in German again because it also served for another purpose, but this is the good thing about sketchipes, they are mostly understandable without translation, easier to remember and fun to make.
I am still experimenting with different styles and pencils. The colors are made with Derwent Intense pencils. They can be used just like normal pencils or diluted with water like watercolors (only once however, once you did this, they remain like this but you can layer with other colors).
So: blend 500 g of strawberries (or any fruit you like), add 2 spoons of lemon juice, 100 g of sugar and the yolk of two eggs, one package of vanilla sugar until creamy. Then add the 250 ml of whipped cream carefully and fill it in parfait forms (coffee or tea cups will do also).
Freeze for at least three hours. Nice dessert for friends which doesn't take too long to make and can be made in many different ways.

Wednesday, August 15, 2018

Swordfish with capers


Mostly plants, but sometimes fish is also a healthy option. Still going on with sketchnote studies, so you will have to accompany me on my trip in this new experience and hopefully see me improve. If somebody reads this, let me know your opinion. So this is also an occasion to learn German.
Let me write down the ingredients:
500 g swordfish (Schwertfisch), 

50 g capers (Kapern), olive oil (Olivenöl), 1 onion (Zwiebel), 3-4 garlic cloves (Knoblauchzehen), 2-3 fresh tomatoes (Tomaten), 1 chili, salt (Salz)
cut into small pieces, and soften in the pan, add the pieces of swordfish and some white wine and water until ready.