Die Rezepte
01Schweinshaxe vom Schweinenacken
Schweinshaxe-Style Pork Shoulder
Simmered in a juniper-and-root-vegetable broth, then roasted in two stages until the skin crackles. A German classic adapted from hock to shoulder for more meat per person.
Serves 4 · Active 25 min · Total 2 hr 15 min
02Schweinegulasch
Pork Goulash
Browned hard, then carried through tomato paste, red wine and Braten Fond until the sauce turns dark.
Serves 4–6 · Active 45 min · Total 2 hr +
03Rahmsoße aus der Gulaschsoße
Cream Sauce for Schnitzel
Not a sauce from scratch. Once the goulash is finished, its sauce is strained clean and taken in a different direction: dark with butter, or pale with cream.
Base Goulash sauce · Active 30 min · Total 30 min +
04Gurkensalat
Cucumber Salad
One large cucumber, sliced as thin as it will go, in a cream dressing sharpened with vinegar, mustard and horseradish. Served cold.
Serves 4 as a side · Active 15 min · Total 45 min with chilling
05Deutsches Frühstück
German Breakfast
Bacon, then eggs in the bacon fat, and Wiener Würstchen warmed in water with the heat already off. Everything else comes out of packets and onto the table at once.
Serves 4 · Active 20 min · Total 20 min
06Flämmkuche · tarte flambée
Flammkuchen
Not one of Heiner's, but a staple of this corner of Germany. A yeast-free dough rolled paper-thin, spread with soured cream, scattered with onion and bacon, and baked as hot as the oven will go.
Makes 1 large · Active 15 min · Bake 10–15 min
07Bratkartoffeln
Fried Potatoes
Boiled in the same vegetable stock as the Schweinshaxe, minus the pork, then cooled right down and fried.
Serves 4 · Active 20 min · Total Boil, then cool fully
08Blattsalat mit Kräuterdressing
Green Salad
Leaf lettuce, red onion and spring onions, under the same cream dressing as the Gurkensalat, carrying half a packet of herbs and a hint of dill. Dressed at the last moment.
Serves 4 as a side · Active 15 min · Total 15 min
09Spareribs aus dem Ofen
Spare Ribs
Bought cooked and seasoned, so the oven is only there to heat them through and firm up the glaze. Forty minutes and they are done.
Serves 4 · Active 5 min · Total 40 min
10Paniertes Schnitzel
Schnitzel
Pork steaks beaten thin, breaded in three bowls without hurrying, and fried in clarified butter with more hot butter spooned over at the end. The goulash sauce, enhanced with peppers and mushrooms, goes alongside.
Serves 3–4 · Active 30 min · Fry About 5½ min each
11Tiefkühl-Käsepizza #1
Frozen Cheese Pizza — Emmentaler, Mozzarella, Salami
Not one of Heiner's — a frozen cheese pizza built up at home. Original crust out of the box, then Emmentaler and mozzarella, mushrooms, salami, pepperoni and mild banana peppers on top.
Serves 1 · Active 5 min · Total per the box
12Tiefkühl-Käsepizza #2
Frozen Cheese Pizza — Real Mozzarella, Chilli, Basil
The second frozen cheese pizza, built a different way: real mozzarella torn over the top, chopped white onion and canned chilli pepper, and fresh basil added only after it comes out of the oven.
Serves 1 · Active 5 min · Total per the box
13Tomaten-Mozzarella-Salat
Tomato & Mozzarella Salad
Cherry tomatoes halved and mozzarella torn into chunks, with basil, green onions and a dill pinch under a balsamic-honey dressing brightened with lemon. A quick salad assembled at the table.
Serves 4 as a side · Active 15 min · Total 15 min