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Autumn salad with fruity pears and grapes (vegan)

Ingredients for 4 people :

For the salad :
approximately 150 g lamb’s lettuce
1 head of green salad, e.g. lettuce, endive, oak leaf
2 ripe pears
200 g grapes (mixed)
For the dressing :
2 shallots
2 cloves of garlic
1 tablespoon linseed oil
1 tablespoon walnut oil
1 tablespoon sesame oil
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
1 tablespoon raspberry vinegar
2 tablespoons semi-strong mustard
herb salt
freshly ground black pepper
Dill
coriander powder
marjoram
Plus
2 tablespoons sunflower seeds and 2 tablespoons pumpkin seeds

Preparation:
1. for the salad, clean, wash and spin-dry the lamb’s lettuce.
2. Clean, wash, spin-dry and crumble the lettuce.
3. wash the pears, quarter them, remove the cores and cut into thin strips.
4. Wash the grapes, peel them, cut them in half if necessary and remove the seeds.
5. For the vinaigrette, peel the shallots and dice finely.
6. Peel the garlic, remove the central germ and chop finely.
7. Mix the linseed, walnut and sesame oils with the apple and raspberry vinegars and the semi-strong mustard. Season with herb salt, freshly ground black pepper, dill, coriander powder and marjoram.
8. Toast the sunflower and pumpkin seeds in a fat-free frying pan.
9. In a salad bowl, mix the salad with the pear slices and grapes. Mix with the prepared vinaigrette and sprinkle with the toasted sunflower and pumpkin seeds.

My tips:

- - The salad is also delicious with apple slices. If you prefer, you can lightly caramelise them beforehand. Don’t do this with pears, as a ripe pear contains a lot of sugar.
  - Sunflower and pumpkin seeds can also be replaced by lightly roasted walnuts.

Product description :

The grape is a berry fruit and one of the oldest crops. The different varieties are distinguished mainly by their colour. White varieties include green, yellow and amber grapes. Dark varieties are red, blue or black-blue grapes. They are commercially available all year round. As part of a sustainable, environmentally-friendly diet, it’s best to use foods that are available seasonally. This means that grapes are in their prime from August to October, when they are particularly aromatic.

Gitta’s white wine cake with fresh apples (ovo-lacto vegetarian)

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Ingredients for a 28 cm Ø springform pan:
For the dough:
250 g wholemeal spelt flour (80 %)
100 g whole cane sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon cream of tartar baking powder
For the filling:
½ l white wine
½ l apple juice
180 g whole cane sugar
1 sachet vanilla sugar
2 sachets vanilla pudding powder
1 kg apples
For the garnish:
⅛ l cream
some egg liqueur

Preparation:

For the shortcrust pastry, mix the wholemeal spelt flour with the whole cane sugar, the egg and the cream of tartar until a smooth dough is formed. Immediately spread the dough evenly into the greased springform pan, forming a rim.
Wash and clean the apples, remove the core, then finely slice or coarsely grate the apples and place on the pastry base.
For the filling, prepare a pudding using the white wine, apple juice, vanilla pudding powder and whole cane sugar. After cooking, allow the pudding to cool slightly, then pour over the apples.
Bake the cake for about an hour at 180 degrees C. Leave to cool in the tin, then remove from the springform tin and leave the apple cake to cool in the tin overnight.
Before serving, whip the cream, add the egg liqueur and use it to garnish the apple cake.

Autumnal plum and apple cake with a nut topping (ovo-lacto vegetarian)

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Ingredients for a 26 cm Ø pie tin:

For the shortcrust pastry:
200 g wholemeal spelt flour (80 %)
100 g wheat flour
1 egg
½ teaspoon cream of tartar baking powder
80 g whole cane sugar
100 g butter
a pinch of whole sea salt
For the filling:
3 tablespoons ground nuts
500 g plums
2 apples
50 g whole cane sugar
juice of one lemon
For the nut topping:
about 80 g ground nuts
70 g whole cane sugar
about ½ l cream
1 sachet vanilla sugar
1 egg
a little ground vanilla
Also:
a little fat and flour for dusting the baking tin,
possibly whole cane sugar,
ground cinnamon

Preparation:

1. For the shortcrust pastry, knead the spelt and wholemeal wheat flour, egg, cream of tartar baking powder, whole cane sugar, butter and a pinch of whole sea salt into a smooth dough. Wrap in cling film and place in the refrigerator.
2. In the meantime, for the filling, wash, halve, core and slice the plums.
3. Wash, quarter and core the apples, then cut the quarters into thin slices.
4. Wash, halve and juice the lemon, then pour the juice over the fruit.
5. Lightly grease the pie dish and dust with a little flour.
6. Place the dough in the baking tin, create a raised edge and sprinkle with the ground nuts.
7. Arrange the plum and apple slices alternately on the dough base.
8. For the nut topping, mix the ground nuts with the whole cane sugar, cream, vanilla sugar, egg and ground vanilla until smooth and spread evenly over the fruit.
9. Bake the plum and apple cake on the bottom rack of the oven at 180 degrees C for about 25 minutes. Then remove the cake from the oven and allow to cool.
10. Before serving, you can dust the cake with a little whole cane sugar and cinnamon powder.

My suggestion:

Product description:

Plums are in season from July to October. They are blue-violet in colour and can be recognised by a pronounced abdominal seam. The flesh is difficult to separate from the stone. They can be eaten raw or used in a cake or pie. When cooked, plums are ideal for making compote, jam or jelly.

Spicy loaf with smoked tofu (ovo-lacto vegetarian)

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Ingredients for a loaf tin:

For the dough:
250 g wholemeal spelt flour (80 %)
1 sachet cream of tartar
150 g rapeseed oil
150 ml white wine
1-2 carrots
100 g black olives
1 red chilli pepper
120 g smoked tofu
sesame oil
100 g grated cheese
4 eggs
thyme
dill sprigs
herb salt
freshly ground black pepper
Also needed:
grease for greasing the loaf tin

Preparation:

For the dough, mix the wholemeal spelt flour with the cream of tartar, the rapeseed oil and the white wine.
Scrub the carrots with a vegetable brush, clean them and grate them coarsely or cut them into very small pieces.
Stone the olives and chop them up as well.
Wash, halve and deseed the red chilli pepper, then cut into very fine strips.
Cut the smoked tofu into small cubes and fry in a pan with the sesame oil until crispy.
Add the grated or finely chopped carrots, chopped olives, chopped red chillies, fried smoked tofu cubes, grated cheese and eggs to the dough and mix well.
Season with herb salt, freshly ground black pepper, thyme and dill sprigs.
Beat the egg white until stiff and fold into the dough.
Grease a loaf tin well and pour the prepared dough into the tin and smooth it out.
Bake the cake at 160 degrees C for about 1 hour (test with a skewer!).

My suggestions:

Other chopped seasonal vegetables, such as kohlrabi, courgettes, celery, tomatoes, etc., also taste delicious in this savoury cake.
Put the dough into muffin tins, bake small muffins and serve with drinks. Or cut the cake into finger-thick slices and then into small squares.

Product description:

Smoked tofu is gently smoked with beechwood and refined with shoyu. Tofu, which is made from soybeans, is an excellent source of protein and also contains polyunsaturated fatty acids, iron and other minerals. Smoked tofu is usually very compact and has a tart, smoky aroma. Due to its firm consistency and taste, it can be enjoyed as a snack or crispy fried as a topping in salads. It also adds a savoury touch to vegetable dishes, goes well with potatoes and rice and makes a special pizza or flatbread topping.