When you can’t bake Buns in your oven, just prepare some Steamed and slightly Fried Scallion Buns

Unfortunately, the works in our home aren’t quite finished yet, that’s why we still are surrounded by chaos, and I can’t use my oven. So when I was thinking about another side dish our barbecue, I had to come up with something that can be prepared without an oven. Some time ago, I had seen…

Berliner, Krapfen, Puffel, Pfannkuchen or just Strawberry Jam Donuts without a hole

Well, yes, all these names are given to the same pastry, depending on where in Europe you’re eating it. Where I come from, in Switzerland, we call them Berliner, as the people of Berlin do. But in southern Germany or Austria, they are called Krapfen. In some other places, they are called Pfannkuchen or Puffel…

Delicious and stuffing mushroom-cream filled Potato Buns

My vegetable vendor had delicious fresh cremini mushrooms for sale, and I just couldn’t resist buying them. Since we had planned to have a barbecue in the evening, I thought about the side dish. I fancied something made from a dough, but side dishes made from wheat dough sometimes aren’t just satiable enough. At the…

Another speciality from France: Pain au Chocolat (with a very small twist)

After preparing the Flan Parisien with a twist, I thought about trying another speciality from France: Pain au Chocolat. Pain au Chocolat is a Viennoiserie Sweet roll, which is made from a yeast based, laminated dough similar to puff pastry, and filled with chocolate, preferably dark one. It was my first try of preparing a…

Potato and Mozzarella stuffed Garlic and Celery Butter Hasselblad Buns

As you maybe remember, I often like to prepare a bread-based side dish for our BBQs. But somehow, bread alone isn’t very satiable, so I thought about another way to include potatoes and mozzarella in my dish. I also wanted to have something that was already portioned during the preparation, and a bit of an…

Simple Plain Steamed Buns

We still had some Kaya (coconut jam) at home, so I decided to prepare some plain steamed buns to spread it on, and enjoy it. The big advantage of steamed buns is that you can prepare them without an oven, which is pretty essential in the hot weather that we have here. These simple and…