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Central European recipes

Pastry, spice and the patience that both require.

4 recipes found

Berliner DoughnutsBaking

Berliner Doughnuts

No hole, filled after frying, and marked by a pale stripe around the middle that tells you the lid was on. Germans judge a Berliner by that stripe before they taste it.

3 hr 30 minServes 12Medium
CremeschnitteDesserts

Cremeschnitte

The Lake Bled custard slice: a thick layer of vanilla custard, a cloud of cream, and two sheets of puff pastry. It needs a long chill, and there is no shortcut.

4 hrServes 12Hard
Mulled WineHot drinks

Mulled Wine

Kept below a simmer the whole time, because boiling drives off the alcohol and leaves a stewed, syrupy shadow of the wine you started with.

35 minServes 6Easy