CHEESECAKE

serves: 8 to 10 Time: 45 to 50 minutes plus 30 to 35 min cooking MURBTEIG PASTRY: 3/4 pound (2 1/2 cups) all purpose flour 2 ounces (1/4 cup sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup butter yolks of 2 eggs 3 to 4 tablespoons cold water 1 tablespoon brandy THE FILLING 1 pound cottage cheese…

THE OLD WORLD KITCHEN

The rich Tradition of European Peasant Cooking Peasant Communities had no organised trade. Barter was the chief form of exchange, and there were no regular tradesmen to supply goods or services. Cooking was done on a single heat source. Possesions were scarce: A mediaeval kitchen would have been equipped with a boiling pot, a frying…

CHICKEN STEW

Waterzootsje(Belgium) This is a Belgian boiled chicken dish. All regional cooks have their own versions. And this soup-stew was also made with fish. in the days of furnaces and steam power, hungry deep-sea fishermen would cook the stew in a great iron cauldron hanging over the furnaces of the fishing boat. serves: 5 to 6…