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2025: German classics and International Yums |
  A DRINK, are you serious? I hear you gulp. You ran out of culinary steam THAT early in the year already!? Nah, I didn't. Don't worry.  Okay, I didn't think I'd do this one, either, as actually I don't like Lassi that much.  For those of you, who haven't had the pleasure yet: Lassi is a traditional Indian drink with a water-yoghurt base, which is served to take the hotness out of the spicy Indian food.  For example, for such culinary wusses like European Me.  Lassi as such is "bad", but I don't like the mango that's most commonly used as fruit around here in West-Middle-Europe (if you make a "fruity" lassi. By now there are further variations, e.g. with melon).So what gave me the idea to make Lassi with rather European plants like apple + spinach if I don't like it in the first place?  Well, it was kind of a culinary emergency.  I had forgotten the remaining two of a bunch of apples I'd bought, and they threatened to run away on their own. So I browsed my cooking-/baking books for recipes to use them up , and found THIS recipe in Madeleine & Florian Ankner's Apfelküche (= apple "kitchen") in which the authors offer 70+ hearty + sweet recipes featuring apples. )And, yes, you guessed right: only available in German). ) Egal... Let's go to the kitchen and make this rich drink that's actually bordering food.  Okay, it doesn't look pretty , BUT: you might experience a fruit-veggie delight. Serves: 3 glasses à 325 ml / 11 US fl.oz. Prep Time: about 20 minutes Degree of Difficulty: super easy WE NEED 2 large, sweet-sour apples I used a home-grown (= from the German Bodensee region) sort called "Fräulein". And no, Kein Sch... 2-3 stalks fresh mint 1 handfull fresh spinach In MY case that were 40 gr / 1.5 oz.. Bigger hand = more 2 tbsp sugar 300 gr / 1.25 cups yoghurt Used a 50:50 mix of plain + Greek 300 ml / 10 US fl.oz. water WE DO 1. Wash + shake dry spinach + mint. Pluck the stalks outta the spinach and the leaves from the mint stalks. Wash, de-seed + cube the apples. 2. In a large jug, gradually puree the apple cubes. Not ALL at once, your stick blender might call it a day! Add spinach, mint + sugar and blend them in, then yoghurt, and eventually the water. The texture shall be smooth + viscous3. Fill it in to glasses, and enjoy. It also keeps fresh in the fridge for about three days. I've had one on three consecutive afternoons, as a nourishing "snack" Guten Hunger! |
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