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Vegetables & Preserves

59 recipes in this category

Vegetable dishes, pickles, jams, and preserves — traditional ways to cook and preserve the harvest.

A pale golden steamed sauerkraut pudding unmolded onto a ceramic plate, glistening with melted butter, on a dark oak table.

Steamed Sauerkraut with Eggs

A light sauerkraut pudding — sauerkraut folded into a buttery egg mixture and steamed in a mold for 30 minutes, finished with hot butter.

70 min

4–6

A deep ceramic bowl of dark green Swiss chard stew with potato cubes and tomato in a glistening olive oil broth, on a dark oak table with a slice of crusty bread.

vegetables preserves

Swiss Chard in the Coastal Way

A hearty chard stew with tomatoes, potato, garlic, and olive oil, slow-cooked to a rich, soupy finish.

115 min

A white ceramic serving dish filled with green beans, kohlrabi sticks, potato rounds, and green peas coated in a creamy pale béchamel sauce.

vegetables preserves

Various Vegetables in Béchamel Sauce

Four garden vegetables — green beans, kohlrabi, potatoes, and peas — boiled, sautéed in butter, and finished in a rich egg-yolk béchamel.

70 min

4-6

vegetables preserves

Vegetable Dumplings

Hearty Central European dumplings of seasonal vegetables and stale bread rolls, boiled and finished with toasted breadcrumb butter and grated cheese.

75 min

4-6

A rustic cast iron pan of golden-baked wax beans in a pale custard, fresh parsley scattered on top, on a dark oak table.

vegetables preserves

Wax Beans Baked with Eggs

Tender yellow wax beans braised with onion and sweet paprika, finished under a golden milk-and-egg custard — a comforting Central European oven dish.

85 min

4-6

A rustic ceramic bowl of creamy white bean salad dressed with olive oil and scattered with parsley, served on a dark oak table.

vegetables preserves

Dalmatian White Bean Salad

A traditional Dalmatian bean salad with slowly emulsified olive oil, mellowed red onion, fresh herbs, and a bright wine vinegar finish.

500 min

A deep ceramic bowl of layered cabbage and potato salad with sour cream, served on a dark oak table with a linen napkin.

vegetables preserves

Sweet Cabbage and Potato Salad with Sour Cream

Layered Central European salad: vinegar-marinated cabbage and spring onion, alternated with boiled potato and celeriac, finished with sour cream.

530 min

Three firm tomatoes stuffed with creamy celeriac and mayonnaise filling, arranged on a dark ceramic plate on an oak table.

vegetables preserves

Tomatoes Stuffed with Celeriac and Mayonnaise

Firm tomatoes hollowed and filled with boiled celeriac bound in mayonnaise — a cool, elegant appetizer from the early 20th century table.

60 min

Three firm tomatoes stuffed with pale crayfish meat and paprika mayonnaise, arranged on lettuce leaves on a dark ceramic plate.

vegetables preserves

Tomatoes Stuffed with Crayfish or Crab

Firm tomatoes hollowed and filled with crayfish or crab meat, topped with sweet paprika mayonnaise — a refined cold appetizer from the early 20th century.

40 min

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