This took awhile to make as the recipe was all in German and there were some mystery words for me. I had to send an email to Christina to figure out how to measure in metric and that resulted in a new kitchen gadget for me. I love new kitchen gadgets. The dough is a yeast dough so rising time was needed.
I went to the stand to get some zwetschgen and the guy there was laughing at me - you try saying 'Ich haette gerne zwei kilo zwetschgen' and you will see what I mean. He said, 'Machen sie datschi?" Indeed, my Bavarian friend, indeed. He cut up one on the spot for me to try, smiling at my reaction.
For those who don't know what zwetschgen are*, they are basically plums, but smaller and firmer. This makes them ideal for baking with since they hold their texture under heat.
In the end, I think it was all worth it but I need my taste tester here to confirm authenticity. A couple of notes on the recipe though...
It seems that 1 kilo is more than enough zwetschgen. Fine for me as I will eat the other kilo this weekend. Yum! I wonder if Mom and Dad remember last year when they were here and M. sent us on our way to Vienna with a couple kilo of zwetschgen that we toted and ate for 4 days straight. There were still a kilo left when we got back.
Also, it would have been better if I didn't roll the dough so thin. It ended up more like a pizza with crust than an evenly distributed cake.
Other than that I think I need to invite the neighbors over for Kaffee and Kuechen to make a dent in this!
Before:
After:
*I was summoned at work recently by a friend of a reader of this blog who said he was being asked what a dirndl was (prompted by a previous post of mine). You know who you are ;-) I will try to be better about explaining German things to the Americans in the future.
Posted from Munich
6 comments:
danke - it was clear it was some type of clothing but i wasn't sure what it was. t was likely laughing as i asked if it was sort of a german beermaid look. or he was offended. he never responded. :-)
I'm not sure if you intend to keep M.'s first name out of your blog, but if so, did you accidentally mention it in the "Zwetschgen in Vienna" paragraph? HTH, André
Oops! Thanks for the catch. Hard to always remember. :)
Ah, memories of Mom. She loved making Zwetschgendatschi... and WE loved eating it!
Save some for me; I'll be in Munchen next week! :-)
Carol
yummy! Now that looks incredible.
Oh man, your "after" picture made my mouth water!
Zwetschgen are everywhere here right now. Sunday a neighbor rang our doorbell-- she came in with an entire bucket of them. Filled to the rim! All of the locals seem to have relatives with garden plots and more plums than they know what to do with!
Your photo has me inspired-- I think I'll try to make a German cookie as well. :-)
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