Blushing girl
Blushing girl , also blushing virgin , is a traditional Schleswig-Holstein dessert made from buttermilk and cranberries. It is also known in other regions of northern Germany .
For preparation, buttermilk is stirred with lemon juice and grated lemon peel, as well as cranberries or cranberry jam. Then soaked (red) gelatin is dissolved in a little lemon juice over moderate heat and lifted into the mass. Finally, it is refrigerated well for a few hours until it becomes stiff. Blushing Girl is served with whipped cream and lemon zest or it is served with liquid cream or vanilla sauce.
Depending on the recipe, vanilla sugar , grated almonds and sugar are also added. Blood orange juice or pureed raspberries are used as variants .
The dessert is not to be confused with " Mädchenröte ", a sweet dish with currants that also comes from Schleswig-Holstein cuisine , and also not with its variant from the Dithmarschen region (with either currants or raspberries), which is also known as the "Blushing Virgin" becomes.
literature
- Bärbel Schermer (Red.): The Teubner book. German cuisine . Teubner, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-8338-0464-9 , pp. 423 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Lothar Bendel: German regional cuisine from A – Z. With basic recipes to cook at home . Anaconda Verlag, Cologne 2013, ISBN 978-3-86647-961-6 ( excerpt in the Google book search).
- ↑ Eckhard Supp : Duden. Dictionary culinary arts. From amuse-bouche to decorative snow . Dudenverlag, Mannheim a. a. 2011, ISBN 978-3-411-70392-0 , Chapter: Regional dishes in German-speaking countries , p. 88 .