#Christmas Garden @ Cologne Zoo

Illumination in the zoological gardens

Sauerbraten f/u

#recipe

In www.zahr.koeln/2022/12/1… I put the beef into the marinade.

Today took it out of the marinade and salted, peppered and browned the meat all around. The meat went with diced carrots, celeriac, leek, onion into a cast iron pot. Added Pumpernickel and Lebkuchen, 1 l of beef broth and enough of the marinade to mostly cover. Brought to a simmer. Now for 3 h in the oven at 120 C

The sauce will be done tomorrow.

Sauerbraten in pot, mostly covered in liquid, pieces of Lebkuchen swimming on top.

Sauerbraten

So, Cristmas Lunch prep done. #Sauerbraten #recipe

2.5 kg of beef (leg) will marinate for a week in 1l of red wine, 0.5l of red wine vinegar, water so that the meat is covered.

spices: onions, coriander, pepper, allspice, paprika, juniper berries, mustard seeds, ginger, bay leaves, cloves, cinnamon, thyme, mace, carrot, leek, celeriac, parsley

Beef in Sauerbraten marinade, spices floating on the surface

Cemetery (the rest of the lot?)

#photography #cemetery #NordfriedhofKöln

Two gravestones, black, with cross on top on the left, greyish on the rightGrey headstone with relief of an angelAbstracted Cologne Cathedral as a gravestone

Gänseschmalz - Goose fat

Poured into an ice cube bag yesterday, now going from fridge to freezer. This is about half the fat from a goose dinner for eight.

#Gänseschmalz #GooseFat #Recipe

Goose fat in ice cube bag ready to freeze