Hello everyone, it's that time again: The Christmas season is approaching which brings along the question of what to give to your loved ones. So today here is this blog post from me: Gifts from the kitchen – 3 easy recipes. It’s well known that the way to the heart is through the stomach and I have been giving away homemade things from the kitchen for years. So if you get something edible from me, then you can be sure, I like you :-). I also find it very practical to create gifts in the kitchen with children, because they can help a lot there and also for example decorate the glasses or labels. I have put together 3 easy recipes in cooperation with Migros Bio/Alnatura Switzerland*. With high-quality organic ingredients from Migros and the matching decorations you can find there.
Gifts from the kitchen
It's important and a special appreciation for us and the recipients to use high-quality, organic ingredients. What I also appreciate about edible gifts: they are sustainable. It’s not something that stands in the corner and collects dust, but it’s “used” and enjoyed. I usually use jars and vessels that I already have at home and only buy the labels and stars for decoration, nature supplies the rest. Gifts with high-quality ingredients taste even better - and that is ultimately the most important thing if you want to give someone a gift.
3 gift ideas
But now back to the 3 simple recipes, there is something for everyone: for coffee lovers, for chocolate fans and for everyone who prefer it savory. Of course, all three gifts are vegan and delicious! I used the fine Caruso organic coffee, the Alnatura fine dark chocolate, the organic basil tofu and the herbal olives from Alnatura. And these are the results:
- **Coffee syrup **
- Chocolate chips with peculoos biscuits
- Pickled basil tofu with olives
Recipes
This sounds all very yummy, doesn’t it? So here are the recipes for you:
Coffee syrup
Coffee syrup
A delicious syrup with coffee flavor, with your coffee or for any sweets
- 500 ml (2 1/8 cup) strong coffee
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 1 pinch of cardamom
- 250 g (1 ¼ cup) raw cane sugar
Brew fresh coffee
Put it in a pot along with sugar and the spices and boil up
Let simmer at medium heat (approx. 20-30 minutes), stir occasionally
When the desired thick consistency is reached, fill it into a bottle. The cinnamon sticks can be added to the bottle
I used the new Caruso Crema Bio for syrup and brewed a strong coffee. The syrup can of course be used for cappuccino, but also for desserts or pancakes, so actually for everything that uses syrup. This is definitely the ultimate gift for any coffee lover and because of the added sugar the shelf-life is several weeks.
The second recipe is for all chocolate lovers:
Packed in a pretty box, they are a great to take to an Advent coffee or as a gift for loved ones.
