Vegetarian Landsgemeinde menu by Noah Bachofen

Ziger-Dumplings

2 piece Eggs
1 kg Potatoes, floury cooking
130 g Flour
2 Pinches salt
1/2 piece Ziegerstöckli, grated

 

 

Peel the potatoes, cut them into small pieces and boil them in salted water. Press the cooked potatoes through a potato ricer and mix them with the remaining ingredients. Shape the potato dough into small balls and slowly simmer them in salted water.

Onion sauce

3 piece Onions
200 g White Wine
100 g Vegetable stock
200 g Cream
50 g Butter

 

 

Peel and finely chop the onions. Sauté them slowly in butter and deglaze with white wine. Reduce the white wine and add the vegetable stock. Add the cream and the cold butter and mix everything well. Strain the sauce and thicken with a little cornstarch if necessary.

Dried plum compote

200 g Dried plums or prunes, pitted
200 g Water
100 g Red Wine
40 g Sugar
1 piece Cinnamon Stick

 

 

Soak all ingredients in a pan for about 1 hour. Bring to a boil, simmer over medium heat for about 10 minutes.

Mushrooms

8 pieces Mushrooms (crimini or portobello mushrooms)
a lot Butter
Salt / Pepper

 

 

Slice the mushrooms in half. Cut a chequered pattern on the underside. Fry slowly in a lot of butter. Season.

Arrange

evtl. Chives
evtl. pickled onions

 

 

Arrange all the finished components nicely on a plate. Garnish to taste with fresh chives and pickled onions