These biscuits have been part of our family Christmas for as long as I remember: crumbly and buttery shortbread-style biscuits, filled with apricot jam – ‘Marillen’ being the Austrian dialect word for apricots. In many ways they are a distant cousin of my butter biscuits, which I openly preferred when smaller, because of the fact that…
Like many German families, we enjoy playing card games. It’s such a great way to let off steam – beating your partner at Canasta makes up for him forgetting to bring out the bins; my son, unfortunately, seems to enjoy beating me at games far more than I consider to be healthy. I suppose it’s…
The oldest recipe for Linzer Torte dates from the 17th Century, making this perhaps the oldest known cake recipe in the world. Its ongoing success is no surprise: the dough is made primarily from either hazelnuts or almonds, subtly flavoured with cinnamon, and filled with red currant jam. ‘Ribisel ‘ as the red currants are…
Lebkuchen, a sweet spiced bread, have been popular in Germany since the Middle Ages – in fact, specific Lebkuchen bakers were mentioned as early as 1239 in a document in the city of Ulm, documenting the popularity of the breads. Lebkuchen are the product of an increasingly successful international trade in the period: the introduction of…
Christmas time is not just a time for spending time with family and friends, first and foremost it is a time for frantically searching for presents. For your foodie friends and those with a sweet tooth, I make these little cakelets in jam jars: in the fridge, they last for a good 4 weeks (or…
Springerle are probably one of the most decorative biscuits: the delicately carved molds which are pressed onto the dough to leave the most intricate imprints have been around since the Middle Ages. Originally depicting Christian imagery, over the centuries they have evolved to mark a wide range of special occasions, such as christenings, weddings and any other…
Today we spent a few hours playing a new board game: Scotland Yard. It’s a real classic – I grew up playing it and now my son asked for one, too, having played it on holidays in Germany. Fortunately for all of us, Granny kindly sent him one – which meant we could spend a lazy…
Today is St Nicholas, celebrating the patron saint of children. The night before St Nicholas, we place out shoes outside the door in the hope that St Nicholas will fill them with apples, sweets, nuts and – hopefully! – a little present. Before he became the official poster boy for a well-known beverages company, St…
These gorgeous little stars have been part of our family Christmas for as long as I can remember. They are not easy to make as the dough is incredibly soft and sticky, but they are absolutely worth the effort: the earthy taste and coarse texture of the whole almonds is balanced out by the soft meringue,…
The traditional English Christmas, really, is a mix of German traditions and Charles Dickens: most of the ‘traditional’ decorations associated with Christmas were made fashionable by Prince Albert, the husband of Queen Victoria, who must have brought them along as his dowry. When a London journal published a picture of the royal family gathered around…
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