Sunday, August 8, 2010

Market produce at St Stephansplatz, Konstanz...



Finally, after quite a hiatus from blogging, we've relocated to Konstanz [on the German/Swiss border] and are feeling settled in. So I'm glad to say, I'm now free to enjoy the great produce and food it has to offer.
The market I usually go to is in the old town at St Stephansplatz. It's very good and there's a real focus on 'bio' [organic] and thankfully, plenty of free range eggs.
At the moment there are plenty of berries, a large range of tomatoes and mushrooms [which I'm very excited about].

Pfifferlinge, the orange coloured mushrooms [pictured] from Gunnar Doberstein's stall [mushroom specialist] are in season now and very plentiful. They are a wild mushroom from Austria and it seems that everyone loves them! All the restaurants have a separate pfifferlinge menu in honour of the season. My favourite dish is Semmel Knodel or Servietten Knodel [will post photos soon] which is a traditional dumpling served with anything in a cream sauce, which in this case is pfifferlinge. A perfect combination.

The cheese maker is Rolf Keller, pictured here with his range of Bregenzerwalder Alpkase [alpine cheese: mild, medium and matured]. He makes a few other varieties including Tilsiter and Romadur. Rolf's cheeses seem popular with other market goers as well. Beautiful and fresh.

1 comment:

  1. we don't get berries like that in Brisbane! How beautiful and also wonderful to see you settled & enjoying your new home. Love to you both xx

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