Chef Joost
Zoetzure Augurken
Small cucumbers, salt, vinegar, sugar, and patience: zoetzure augurken are the Dutch larder at its sharpest, a jar of summer kept for the bread-and-cheese table.
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Chef Joost
Zure Bom
Zure bom is Dutch pickling with no manners and no apology: a fat cucumber kept whole, sharpened by vinegar and salt, and fished from the jar when the snackbar hunger arrives.
Chef Elsa
Zwetschkenröster (Stewed Plum Compote)
Zwetschken stewed gently in red wine with cinnamon and cloves until some collapse into sauce and others hold their shape, the compote that belongs beside every Kaiserschmarrn you'll ever make.
Chef Elsa
Zwiebelsauce (Viennese Onion Gravy)
The dark, deeply savory onion gravy that belongs on every Zwiebelrostbraten and half the roasts in Austria. Thirty minutes of patient caramelization, a good stock, a splash of vinegar, and your kitchen smells like a Viennese Gasthaus.
Chef Klaus
Zwiebelsoße (Zwiebelrahmsauce)
Onions cooked slowly until gold and sweet, then loosened with stock and cream: the German pan sauce that turns cheap supper into a proper plate.
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