KOSTBAR # 014 # Irish Stew w/ Gypsy Box

Winter Time = Stew Time! In this epsiode of KOSTBAR we cook the irish one - with vegetables and a good piece of meat and with a Guinness... in the sauce and in the glass. Drinking & cooking with our special guest Gypsy Box enjoying his stories about swing Manouche, brasilian batucada, latin roots and japanese restaurants. 

Listen here :: KOSTBAR # 14 # Irish Stew w/ Gypsy Box

Ingredients

1 kg beef meat

100 gr carrots

100 gr celery

100 gr parsnip

250 gr Guinness Beer

250 gr beef boullion

thym + rosemary

oil, salt, pepper

1 kg potatoes

bunch of spring onions

100 gr butter

100 gr cream 

salt, pepper

KOSTBAR's :: TOP 10 :: Cooking Movies

• Eat Drink Man Woman (1994) :: tons of love and traditional chinese cooking magic in this Ang Lee movie ::

• La grande bouffe (1973) ::  Marcello Mastroianni, Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Piccoli and Philippe Noiret eating on a weekend till death ::

• Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1989) :: crime goes through the stomach ::

• Le Mille et une recettes d’un cuisiner amoureux (1996) :: georgian wine, french cook and the Sowjets 1917 with Pierre Richard, directed by Nana Dzhordzhadze ::

• Babette's Feats (1987) :: good food changing life & religion in this danish movie, based on the novel by Karen Blixen. Oscar for foreign movie 1987 ::

• Estomâgo (2007) :: DON'T MESS WITH THE COOK ::

• Peculiarities of the National Hunt / Особенности национальной охоты (1995) :: a cinematic poem on drinking - the russian gastronomic highlight :: 

• L'aile ou la cuisse (1976) :: Louis de Funès killing it ::

• The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989) :: Peter Greenaway's classic ::

• Chocolat (2000) :: at last, but not at least: the dessert ::

KOSTBAR # 013 # Boeuf Stroganoff

The first Kostbar edition after a big break deals with summer memories and their musical recourses, with a 20 years anniversary, with sentimentalistic from Sowjet times and… with a legend from Russia - Boeuf Stroganoff, the dish we cook together with the one and only Katja Garmasch.

Listen here :: KOSTBAR # 013 # Boeuf Stroganoff

Ingredients

1 kg beef meat

500 gr mushrooms

1 liter bouillon or water (but then you have to put in garlic, onions small chopped and some vegetables to cook with)

300 gr salted cucumbers

250 gr creme fraiche

potatoes chopped in very small slices and fried in plenty of oil

KOSTBAR # 012 # Moussaka Burger # w/ DJ Beatrix & DJ Mettabbana

Kostbar goes to the next moussaka level! First time in US, searching for fusion & crossover with the "locals", here is a new creation - mooussaka burger. Talking in the middle of Washington DC with the DJ Beatrix, mastermind of the party Ottomania & bass expert DJ Mettabbana about love and sharing, Michelle Obamas vegie garden in the White House... drinking michelada and listening to an amazing soundtrack, created by the both djs.

Listen here :: KOSTBAR # 012 # Moussaka Burger # w/ DJ Beatrix & Mettabbana

Ingredients

Burger

500 gr potatoes

300 gr tomatoes

300 gr aubergines

300 gr ground beef 

fresh herbs, cinnamon, salt + pepper

Bechamel

1 lt milk

100 gr butter

150 gr flour

salt + pepper

Tzatziki

300 gr yoghurt

100 gr cucumber

salt + pepper

Salat

KOSTBAR # 011 # Pastalogy # special guest Darko Vlahovic

Kostbar goes this time into the Italian filling bussiness. Fresh pasta we prepaire, filled pasta. We didn't knew what form to choose, so we iprovised... Special guest this time is our radio collegue Darko Vlahovic. He is from Serbia, living in Germany, married to Italian, a man with stories to tell, gastronom knowledge to share, bringing the best soulfull music for our filled pasta. Buon appetito!


Listen here :: KOSTBAR # 11 # Pastalogy # special guest Darko Vlahovic  

 Katja & Darko thinking...

 the dough

rolling it

 onions for the filling

Ingredients

Dough

4 eggs

500 gr flower

5 gr olive oil

little of water

salt

Filling

100 gr pancetta (or another bacon)

300 gr fresh spinat leaves

100 gr ricotta (or another creamcheese)

onions, garlic

bunch of fresh basil

100 gr butter

fresh salvia (salbei) leaves

Salat

KOSTBAR # 010 # Pollo Hermano

We love chicken. That's why we cook it again! But today on a different way... We want to beat the secret recipe of the well known food chain in Albuquerque (USA) and we use for that old russian-bulgarian tricks and a german "crumb avenue". This and much more with love selected tunes in the new episode of Kostbar. And with the best Katja, who is back again.

Listen here :: KOSTBAR # 010 # Pollo Hermano 

selfie with our recorder & our shoes

Katja & Kosta at work

the "crumb avenue"

the puffer

pollo and hermana

Ingredients

Chicken

salt, pepper, plenty of olive oil

whole chicken, separated form the bones and cuted in big peaces; you can keep the wings with the bones
500 gr flower

200 gr cornflakes

5 eggs

Salat

salat, tomatoes

onions

bunch of fresh koriander

Puffer

500 gr potatoes

herbs de provance

2 eggs

a little of flower

KOSTBAR # 009 # Moqueca Baiana # special guest "SoundGoods" Wolfram

April is Brazilian  At least for KOSTBAR with special guest Wolfram Lange, good friend, born in Germany and living since 10 years in Rio de Janeiro. He is one of the people for me, who knows the most about Brazilian music and culture. On his music blog SoundGoods he is presenting refreshing sounds, tendencies and news from the latin-african area, always the others ahead. We cook this time Moqueca, a Brazilian fish stew, speciality from Bahia. And Wolfram brings the soundtrack to it, of course tunes from Bahia - from traditional to bouncy electronic.

Listen here :: KOSTBAR # 009 Muceca Baiana # speicial guest "SoundGood" Wolfram 

Ingredients

salt, pepper, plenty of olive oil

fish ca. 1,2 kg for 4 pax
500 gr shrimps

500 gr onions

100 gr garlic

2-3 pepers (green and red)

chilli peppers if you want

lime juice for marinating the fish

500 gr coco milk

50 gr dendê oil (african palm oil)

you can serve this dish with rice and/or vegetables

KOSTBAR # 008 # Bass Chicken # special guest Kleinski

Special guest this time is Kleinski, DJ, party organizer from Cologne and big lover of music and food. To celebrate this meeting full of bass, rare groovy stuff and wine we cook a grilled chicken (on a skewer) with slowly underneath backed potatoes and carrots. A small first dish - fried panceta on bread plays also an important role in that edition. Listen & Enjoy!

Listen here :: KOSTBAR # 008 Bass Chicken # special guest Kleinski 

 the skewer

 hungry

 

done!

Ingredients

salt, pepper, plenty of olive oil

Grilled Chicken

1 whole chicken

marinate as you wish

on a skewer in the oven or grilled

Vegetables

1/2 kg potatoes

1/2 kg carrots

2-3 whole onions

KOSTBAR # 007 # A la Española # special guest Al Lindrum

A danish, a russian jewish from Uzbekistan and a bulgarian meet in Germany to cook spanish... This is not a joke, but the new episode of KOSTBAR with special guest Al Lindrum (Urban World/Kopenhagen). Al never stop moving, from Kopenhagen to Barcelona to Istanbul... And so it's the soundtrack he brought for this cooking-djing session - tunes from all around the world with a huge portion of love. Session inspired by the art of spanish tapas... ¡Que aproveche!

Listen here! :: with track list ::: KOSTBAR # 007 # A la Española # special guest Al Lindrum

 da meat

 pescado frito

 checking da soup

 soup & torilla

 food makes happy

 pan con tomate

 food makes happy allways

Ingredients

Chickpea soup

2 cans chickpeas

garlic

onions

fresh mint

Tortilla

500 gr potatos

4 eggs

salt, pepper

Carne a la plancha
1 kg carne (entrecote)
garlic, salt, pepper

Pescado frito
fish filet
salt, pepper
flower

Pan con tomate
pan toasted
whole tomatoes and garlic

Avocado salat
2 avocados
100 gr schrimps
pepper, salt