Four recipes that don’t require an oven

Cooking without electricity: With these delicious dishes, the oven stays off

A Dutch oven – a cast iron pot – can be placed directly on the heat and covered with a lid.

Electricity and gas are useful for cooking, but not essential. Of course, you can’t cook every meal without an oven, but it’s still delicious. Four recipes to cook at home.

Just because the oven is cold doesn’t mean there’s only salad in there. These recipes taste good—for when the power goes out, to save energy, or to add some variety to your kitchen routine.

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The taste of cold soups is not only in summer

Cold soup is an integral part of the menu in many countries. Although they are mainly intended for warm days, they are also great for cold days.

This includes, for example Gazpacho soupit is made from uncooked vegetables and therefore contains an exceptionally high number of vitamins.

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For four servings of gazpacho you will need:

a can of peeled tomatoes (400 grams)
two red peppers
yellow pepper
cucumber
four slices of whole wheat toast
500 milliliters of tomato juice
an onion
cloves of garlic
50 milliliters of olive oil
a lemon
a little honey
Paprika powder, salt, pepper and oregano

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So it goes like this:

First, peppers are washed and cleaned – cucumbers are peeled and seeded. A quarter of the pepper and a quarter of the cucumber are now very finely chopped, and the rest are cut into pieces.
Now the onion and garlic are cleaned and finely chopped. Toast dipped in tomato juice (no skin). Lemon squeezed.
Then all the ingredients – except very finely chopped peppers, cucumbers and spices – should be cleaned. For this, for example, a hand-operated multi-chopper is also suitable.
Before eating, the soup should rest for about an hour – preferably in a cool place, such as a cellar. Just before serving, the soup is seasoned with honey and spices, then garnished with finely chopped pepper, cucumber and oregano.

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Open kitchen without electricity or gas

There are many options for barbecue bars. For example, you can simply grill patties for a delicious burger. But if you have an indoor charcoal or ceramic grill, you have a small kitchen in the garden – because almost anything can be prepared on it.

How about a delicious grilled pizza? In addition to the grill, you will need a pizza stone and a pizza shovel.

For four thin pizzas you will need:

For the dough

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250 grams of flour
half a cube of fresh yeast
110 milliliters of warm water
two tablespoons of olive oil
a teaspoon of salt

For pizza sauce

150 grams of peeled tomatoes
a tablespoon of tomato paste
half a teaspoon of dried oregano
salt and pepper

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Spread cheese or mozzarella

So it goes like this:

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First, put the flour in a large bowl and make a small well in the middle. Then put salt and olive oil in this cavity, grind the yeast and add a little warm water to dissolve the yeast. The yeast should be covered with a little flour and then rise for a few minutes.
After that, the remaining warm water is added, everything is kneaded well, and a dough is formed. Cover this container and leave it in a warm place for an hour.
Meanwhile, prepare the sauce. Place the peeled tomatoes, tomato paste and spices in a food processor and puree.
When the dough has at least doubled in size, knead it again firmly and divide it into four equal parts. Then separate pieces are spread out thinly on a well-floured surface.
Now it’s time to prove it. To do this, first spread about two tablespoons of tomato sauce, then spread any cup on top of the pizza – don’t forget the cheese at the end.
The pizza stone should be placed on the grill while it is lit. Now the pizza shovel is pushed under the pizza in a quick motion. Then slide the pizza onto the pizza stone in one quick motion. Note: The pizza is very thin, so it’s ready quickly – check often.

Layered Meat from the Dutch Oven

A Dutch oven – a cast iron pot – can be placed directly on the heat and covered with a lid. The food is cooked exceptionally soft in this way. Layered meat from a dutch oven is delicious.

For about six servings of ground beef, you’ll need:

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Three kilograms of pork neck (in two-centimeter thick slices)
400 grams of bacon
five green onions
250 grams of barbecue rub
500 milliliters of barbecue sauce

So it goes like this:

Preparation of layer meat begins in the evening. The pork neck pieces are rubbed on the barbecue, wrapped in cling film and placed in a container in the refrigerator. a threat: Layered meat should be grilled for about three hours.
The next day, peel the green onion and cut it into half a centimeter thick.
Now the bottom of the dutch oven is lined with three-quarters of the bacon. Then put the pot on its side and alternately layer pork neck slices and onion slices in the pot. Then pour barbecue sauce over everything – again horizontally. Finally, the remaining bacon is placed on top of the meat and onions in a checkerboard pattern.
Now it’s time to fire up the grill. Make sure you have enough charcoal or briquettes to run the grill for three hours.
The layered meat is so tender when cooked that you can shred it with a fork. The meat goes well with a hamburger, but tastes better on its own with a baguette.

It does not wrap more easily

Wraps can be prepared in a very simple way – because almost everything purchased is used immediately. The recipe below is for four wraps.

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This requires:

four wraps of tortillas
the salad
two tomatoes
paprika
red onion
Mozzarella
What else should be in the roll: like corn, beans…
favorite sauce

It works like this:

First, cut tomatoes into slices, peppers into strips, onions into rings, and mozzarella into slices.
Now spread the sauce generously on the wrapped tortillas (such as garlic or barbecue sauce is delicious).
Now all the ingredients are distributed in the wrapped tortilla – enjoy the meal.

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