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Schupfnudeln with Smoked Sausage

Schupfnudeln with Smoked Sausage

I mentioned previously that I quite like the themed weeks that Lidl does, recently they had an Alps style week with their Alpenfest style range of products. I got some classic smoked sausages and some German style potato dumplings, schupfnudeln. I cooked them first just in the pan, the next time I cooked them in a different way.

This time I sliced the smoked sausage and cooked it in the frying pan with some onions. When the onions were soft I added some mushrooms.

I pan fried the dumplings in a separate pan. I did add some butter to the schupfnudeln towards the end of cooking to add some colour.

I then combined the two pans with some crème fraîche and parmesan cheese.

Tasty and different to what I had done before.

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Schupfnudeln with Smoked Sausage

Schupfnudeln with Smoked Sausage

I quite like the themed weeks that Lidl does, recently they had an Alps style week with their Alpenfest style range of products. 

I got some classic smoked sausages and some German style potato dumplings, schupfnudeln.

They were easy to prepare, and I pan fried the sausage and dumplings in separate pans. I did add some butter to the schupfnudeln towards the end of cooking to add some colour. The schupfnudeln reminded me of fried gnocchi.

This was a really tasty meal, and I served mine with some salad on the side.

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French Week at Lidl once more

I do quite enjoy the way that Lidl does themed flavour weeks, and I often visit just to see what they have and get a few things. This week is French week.

I enjoyed the Rosette Air-Dried Salami last time it was French week, so I bought that. I also got some French cheeses including the Laiterie de la Montagne Tomme de Montagne. This is a delicious cheese. Soft and mild flavoured, I really like it.

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It’s back, that Lidl Coffee Ice Cream

It’s back, that delicious Lidl coffee ice cream.

Lidl Coffee Ice Cream

As part of their Flavours of Italy week Lidl are back selling their small tubs of coffee ice cream

When I first started buying these tubs, they were selling them at 99p per tub. The cost of living and inflation has obviously hit, as they are now £1.49 per tub.

They are not huge tubs, but what you get is a tasty creamy coffee ice cream, with a little chocolate in there as well.

We also like the amaretto tub and the lemon sorbet one is nice too




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Parmentier Potatoes

I quite like parmentier potatoes. I have been known to make them myself, but sometimes I buy them ready prepared.

I bought a pack from Lidl and cooked them.

Parmentier Potatoes

They were quite good.

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Back this week…

Back this week are the Greek Tzoumagias-Style Sausages from Lidl.

There are seven sausages and in the pack.

During a previous Greek week at Lidl I bought some Tzoumagias-Style Pork Sausages with Leek. I cooked them simply in a warm frying pan until they were browned and hot all the way through. These have a lovely meaty texture and some nice flavours. I have no idea how authentic these are, but I do like them.

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It’s back…

I’ve mentioned before how much I enjoyed Lidl’s Italiamo Italian Style Coffee Ice Cream. So I was pleased to see that it will be back next week (from the 22nd September 2022) in their stores, along with the lemon and amaretto versions as well.

Italiamo Italian Style Ice Cream Coffee

Still good value at 99p a tub.

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Homemade Gluten Free Fritto Misto

One thing I do quite like is seafood in crispy batter, what the Italians call Fritto Misto.

So after enjoying my recent attempts at gluten free Frito Misto, I thought I would cook it again. I went with the recipe I had used before.

Again I used the mixed seafood mix from Lidl. As part of their Andalusian range, Lidl had a bag of frozen prepared mixed seafood. It contains pieces of skin-in cod pieces, anchovy fillets, squid rings, chopped Indian squid and peeled shrimp. As I said before I do think there could be more shrimp (prawns) in there, but it is a good mix of seafood. I did take some of the squid rings and cut them into smaller pieces.

I took the seafood and defrosted it in a bowl and removed any excess water. I coated the seafood in seasoned flour and then left it for a while, a couple of hours all in.

I cooked the seafood by deep frying in hot oil. The end result was a crunchy coating on the seafood. This was then seasoned with a little salt.

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Greek Tzoumagias-Style Sausages

During the recent Greek week at Lidl I bought some Tzoumagias-Style Pork Sausages with Leek.

There are seven sausages and in the pack.

I cooked them simply in a warm frying pan until they were browned and hot all the way through.

These have a lovely meaty texture and some nice flavours. I have no idea how authentic these are, but I do like them.

These were better and much nicer that the sausage I recently had at The Real Greek.




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More Gluten Free Fritto Misto

One thing I do quite like is seafood in crispy batter, what the Italians call Fritto Misto.

So after enjoying my recent attempt at gluten free Frito Misto, I thought I would cook it again. I decided though, this time, to try a slightly different recipe.

Again I used the mixed seafood mix from Lidl. As part of their Andalusian range, Lidl had a bag of frozen prepared mixed seafood. It contains pieces of skin-in cod pieces, anchovy fillets, squid rings, chopped Indian squid and peeled shrimp. As I said before I do think there could be more shrimp (prawns) in there, but it is a good mix of seafood.

I took the seafood and defrosted it in a bowl and removed any excess water. I coated the seafood in seasoned flour and then left it for ten minutes. 

I cooked the seafood by deep frying in hot oil. The end result was a crunchy coating on the seafood. I think this was better than my previous attempt.