Rote Grutze Recipe (Rote Grütze Rezept)

Rote Grütze is a very simple but also very delicious German dessert and one of my favourites, since it's not all too sweet and has lots of fruits in it.
Pictures this time are a little blurry, sorry.


Rote Grütze for 5 (150kcal/portion)

1000g (1kg) frozen berries mix (strawberries, blueberries, raspberries)
400ml water
100g sugar
3tbsp starch
3tbsp water


1. Put starch in a bowl and add the 3tbsp water. Stir until the starch has dissolved. Don't wonder, it keeps a milky white liquid.

2. In a big pot, heat the water on medium heat. Add the sugar and bring to boil. Slowly add the starch mix and stir until the liquid thickens.
3. Add the frozen berries. Stir and boil up shortly, then take from the cooking plate.

4. Put the mix into a bowl. Fill a bigger bowl with icy water and place the smaller bowl inside. Keep stirring while the berries are cooling off.

5. In the end just arrange in crystal cups and put on vanilla sauce, ice cream or enjoy the way it is.
6. Guten Appetit!

Cherry Clafoutis (Clafoutis aux Cerises) [Kirsch Clafoutis]

The last two days I was busy with ... cooking. I made one recipe a day and so I can present you those two!

I'll start with the Cherry Clafoutis - a cake, that I know for over ten years now from 7th grade when my French teacher told us about it on our very first day. The taste is very special and I can't describe it properly - it's like you're eating a VERY thick pudding. It's tasty but I couldn't eat it every day.

Cherry Clafoutis for 5 (340kcal / potion):

100g wheat flour
3 eggs
50g butter
80g sugar
250ml milk
380g sour cherries (glas)
butter to grease the baking dish
a fireproof baking dish (like for pies)

1. Preheat the oven to 160°C. I'm using an electric oven, you need to experiment with hot air.
2. In a bowl, scramble the eggs.
3. Let the butter melt in a pan at very low heat!
4.Put flour in a big bowl. Add the eggs and mix with a whisk.

5. Add sugar, milk and melted butter whisk well.

6. With a little bit butter, grease the baking dish slightly.
7. Lay in the cherries, so they lay side by side. Carefully shaking the dish a bit might help.

8. Slowly pour the dough.

9. Bake in your oven for about 40 minutes. With a toothpick, try to prick the thickest part of your cake. When the toothpick comes out clean, the clafoutis is done! If not, let bake for another 5 minutes, then try again.
10. Bon appetit!