Schümli Pflümli & Co.
Die Entstehung meines neuen Buches, Schümli Pflümli & Co.
Hi, I'm Andie.
I live near the Swiss Alps, in Bern, and I love not only melting cheese, but all kinds of Swiss cooking.
Hi, I'm Andie.
I live near the Swiss Alps, in Bern, and I love not only melting cheese, but all kinds of Swiss cooking.
All in Drink like the Swiss
Die Entstehung meines neuen Buches, Schümli Pflümli & Co.
This Bowle, the German version of punch, is full of strawberries, mint and elderflower.
A nog-adjacent, custardy drink where the booze is already included in the bottle.
As my intrepid husband Sam knows, there’s no business like sloe business.
Like Switzerland’s beloved boozy coffee, but in cake form.
Whipped Coffee, or Dalgona coffee, is the viral hit of the lockdown, and it has two connections to Switzerland.
Honigmilch is a kind of cure-all in parts of Switzerland, with benefits ranging from sleeping better and lowering blood pressure, to curing a cold or reducing anxiety.
I’m delighted to introduce my friend Friedrich Studer, who wrote this guest post on how to make a perfect Schwarze, boozy coffee from the Entlebuch.
A Valais version of the classic French dessert. The custard is infused with saffron (did you know they grow it in Valais?) and Distillery Morand’s delicious mousse replaces the fussy meringues.
That’s right, you don’t have to poach meringues AND you get a hit of booze. You’re welcome.
The Swiss have some potent elixirs for when they want to make a match. Two of the best are the cherry-flavoured liqueur Röteli, from canton Graubünden, and Brächere Brönnts, a golden caramel schnapps from the Emmental.
My grandmother, like many Swiss, made Milchkaffee (strong, milky coffee) for every breakfast and dinner.
This isn’t your typical, overly sweet Christmas market Glühwein—it’s a generously spiced, serve at an intimate dinner party kind of Glühwein. It’s how to be a festive wine mom.
Throw some ice cream into a kalti Ovo, blend, and you’ve got a malty milkshake. Or double up your malt intake by adding a dark beer to the mix with a malt on malt float.
After a hard day of breaking flax, there’s no better reward than this traditional caramel schnapps.
Adventures in making sloe gin, a guest post by my husband Sam, in which he reveals our household motto: as long as it’s plummy, it’s bound to be yummy.
Switzerland has some seriously great craft beer and the highest brewery to citizen ratio in the world.
The grandfather of craft beer in Switzerland is Brasserie de Franches Montagnes, or BFM, who make a lovely brown ale, La Torpille, perfect for flavouring ice cream.
Of course the best kirsch should be drunk alone, however there are a wealth of drinks, like this Kirsch Sour, that could be made with less exclusive varieties (I know everyone who has ever made cheese fondue has a bottle in their liquor cabinet).
"I climbed out of the window, right past the police officer at my door, and I went to warn my friends."
So said the woman on the video, as the camera zoomed in on her knee high leather boots.
"I came in through the front door—boy was the cop surprised to see me. I invited him in and made him a coffee, but I had to promise not to tell anyone that I'd gotten out."
Green walnuts from the verdant valleys of Ticino meet the original green fairy in this cocktail that tastes like a bag of liquorice allsorts.
