first home made cheese

in Belize.





I already made cheese in Germany. It was easy to get all ingredients I needed. I could order the rennet and starter or edible mold cultures online. I could get fresh milk and heavy cream in every shop (and I could be sure that they're not spoiled when I open them at home).

Here it is a little different. To get decent and affordable milk for making cheese is not so easy. (Now I found a place but I have to pay 12BZ /gallon).

10 days ago I started and today was "the big day" - I took them out of my special fridge (not warmer than 60°F and not cooler than 56°F).

They look like edible mold cheese - and they taste like cheese... but unfortunately the milk had to less fat - so they taste like diet-cheese.

Next time I'll add heavy cream. But I'm so glad that it worked out. :)))))

Stollen

This is a traditional German christmas cake.



It's made with raisins, candied orange and lemon zest. I put theese three ingredients in a little bit of Belizian Rum and let it soak for 24 hours. Another important ingredient are almonds.

The bad thing about the Stollen is, that it has to sit for three weeks after baking . So it can develop the aroma.

Vanilla Crescents

Even though it's not cold here, no Christmas markets are around, Christmas decoration is poor and I have no "Christmas feeling"... today it's 1st Advents Sunday and this means, I need to have some Christmas cookies.



Like every year I started with vanilla crescents. They are my favourite cookies. I love the taste of vanilla with almonds.

CU Pat!

A good friend of mine will leave Belize and I don't know, when and if she'll come back to visit us. So I decided to organize a "farewell coffee".

Since I know (I hope that I don't confuse it) that she likes the cherry cake - I baked one, especially for her.

Pat - I hope we'll see you soon back in Belize!!!

little chocolates with marzipan

This is my first try to make some little chocolates (pralines).

They have a "heart" of marzipan and are covered with semi-sweet chocolate.

for chocolate lovers

Chocolate-Pear Muffins with caramalized Walnuts

I found this recipe in another food-blog and the pictures made me, to bake them.

It's a little bit time-consuming to prepare the muffins - but in the end, it's worth it. The pears and the melted chocolate make them so sappy and the walnuts give them crispy bits.

This is definitely a keeper.

French Baguette

I don't need much more on a Sunday Morning.

A warm baguette and a cup of coffee. I would certainnly prefer a Cappuccino or a Latte Macchiato... you see, there's still room for improvement. ;)