It is a matter of particular concern to us to process our juices gently and naturally. We opted for naturally cloudy juice. Like that, we can preserve as many nutrients as possible.

This is the way we bake our bread at the farmhouse. We always prepare bigger quantities, so that is a recipe for 8 loaves (or 8 kg of flour). Of course, you can easily calculate it down to your desired quantitiy.

Ingredients:

• 8 kg of flour (rye, spelled or wheat flour) + some flour for sprinkling

• 2 packs yeast (+ a little lukewarm water)

• 8 tablespoons salt

• Grind 8 tablespoons of ground spices (fenugreek, caraway, anise) with the spice grinder if necessary

• 4-5l of warm water (50-60 ° C)

• Nuts (such as walnuts), seeds (e.g., pumpkin seeds), etc., as desired.

Preparation:

1.   Dissolve yeast in lukewarm water and mix with some flour to form a kind of liquid pulp.

2.   Let it rest a bit so that the yeast bacteria can develop. This can be recognized by the bubbles that form.

3.   Put the flour, salt and spices in the bread mixer. Mix briefly.

4.   Add yeast and again knead briefly.

5.   Add water in portions. Knead after each addition to check for consistency. Depending on the type of flour, slightly different amounts of water are needed.

6.   Knead for about 15 minutes until it becomes a homogeneous dough.

7.   In the meantime, the work area can be well prepared: If necessary, clean the bread kneading board, the bread slider and the bread oven. The board, the breadboard, dusting the flour, the baskets and possibly other ingredients such as nuts, seeds, etc. depending on your needs.

8.   Scrape the dough from the edge of the kneading machine and let it rest in the bread mixer for about 1 hour in a warm place (preferably next to the heater).

9.   After the dough has risen well (about 1/3 of volume has increased) scrape the dough out of the machine and divide it in the middle. Divide one half again so that you get 4 portions of about the same size.

10.   Let the other half rest covered.

11.   Knead the portions well and if necessary add nuts etc.

12.   Moisten the basket well. Shape the loaves and place them in the cups with the drill upwards.

13.   Turn on the oven (turn all three switches to level 3).

14.   Leave the loaves in the cups well covered again for about 1 hour.

15.   After 1 hour, the temperature of the oven should be about 210 ° Celsius.

16.   Drop the loaves on the breadboard and put in the oven). First rear right, then rear left, then front right last left front.

17.   Now take the second half of the dough and divide it into 4 equal portions again. Knead the portions well again (see 12.), shape and place in the basket (see 14.).

18.   Switch the oven back to level 2.

19.   After about 20 - 25 minutes, turn the loaves 180 degrees. Put on gloves and carefully reach into the oven. Cave! Oven heats more outside than inside

20.   Switch the oven back to level 1 and bake the bread in the oven for another 30 minutes. The time varies according to the size of the loaf When the bread is finished, it sounds hollow.

21.   Remove the loaves from the oven and let them cool on the board.

22.   Now set the oven back to level 3 and wait until it has a temperature of 200 ° Celsius.

23. Put the other loaves in the oven and repeat steps 13 to 14 after 10 minutes.

Beware of hungry mouths, the smell of bread fills the whole house and attracts all sorts of hungry folks.

What is needed:

Preparation:

1. In the morning 8 liters of warm udder fresh milk are taken from the dairy station. On the stove, the milk is heated to 72 degrees in around 8 minutes (set the alarm clock). Be careful: once the temperature has reached 55 degrees, it must be constantly monitored, as 72 degrees must not be exceeded.
2. Put the pot in the sink filled with cold water and let it cool down to 32 degrees. Let cold water run smoothly. This takes about 20 minutes (set the alarm again).
3. Place the pot on the drainage cup. In the meantime take the liquid rennet out of the refrigerator and mix 32 drops in a small glass with lukewarm water. Pour the rennet into the milk, carefully stir in with the whisk and then stop the liquid. Cover with a towel and let it stand at room temperature for about an hour.
4. The milk protein has now solidified. Stir well with a whisk, cover again and place in the refrigerator (pantry) for another hour.
5. Place the large cheese strainer over the kitchen sink and use a ladle to skim off the mozzarella and strain it.
6. Meanwhile, prepare 3 liters of brine in a 4-liter pot. The liquid should taste a little too salty.
7. After two more hours, the cream cheese in the sieve can be turned onto a board and cut into two centimeter strips. Using a knife and a cake server, the pieces of cheese are carefully placed in the brine. It must rest in the liquid for at least two hours so that it takes on the pleasant, slightly salty taste.
8. The Styrian mozzarella should be prepared with herbal salts, herbs of the Provonce, basil, balsamic vinegar and Styrian pumpkin seed oil.

Preparation:

The milk is heated to 95 degrees in a pot on the stove and stirred well (the milk should not be boiling). When it has reached 95 degrees, remove the pot from the stove and let it cool down to 45 degrees. The quickest way to do this is to put the pot in a sink filled with cold water. When the milk has cooled down to 45 degrees, the natural yoghurt is stirred in thoroughly.

The mixture is then poured into the sterile jars and these are sealed and placed on a baking sheet in the 50 degree oven. The glasses should stand in the oven for 12 hours at a constant temperature of 50 degrees. However, it must be ensured that the oven does not get hotter than 50 degrees, otherwise the bacteria in the yoghurt will die. After 12 hours, the stove is switched off. The jars with the yoghurt can still be left inside to mature. When the yogurt has the desired consistency, the jars can be removed from the oven and be placed in the refrigerator.

Cottage cheese is a special dairy product. You might also know it as curd or quark. In Austria, we call it "Topfen" and use it as ingredient for various sweet dishes. This is how we process it at the farmhouse:

What is needed:

Preparation:

1. The sour milk is carefully stirred into the cow-warm milk. Then, the warm milk is left well covered in a warm room, preferably next to the stove. After 2.5 hours, four drops of rennet are stirred into 250 ml of water and added to the milk. It is carefully stirred again. Then the milk is left to thicken for about 10 hours. A solid, acidic mass is formed. This mass is cut into 5 cm pieces with a long knife. After that, it is left to stand for another 6 hours.
2. The curd cheese is skimmed off in a clean fine-meshed cloth to drain well. It is best to hang the cloth over the sieve in the bucket. After a while, the cloth is folded over the corners and the curd is pressed a little so that the last whey can drain off well.
3. If the curd cheese is a bit too grainy, it will become more creamy when it is mixed in the food processor or with the hand blender. If the curd is too firm, it can be refined with milk or a little cream.
4. This homemade curd cheese is suitable for making spreads, fresh cheese rolls or curd cheese balls in a spice or herb coating. When making curd cheese balls soaked in oil, the curd cheese must be pressed particularly well so that no residual whey gets into the oil.

During the year, our orchard and the rectangular hedge provide many delicacies. To ensure that we can benefit from the for a long time, we process them to fine jam.

How jam is made at the farm:

• Raspberry jam: (1 kg of fruit to 500 kg of sugar and 22 grams of gelling agent, 4 tablespoons of lemon)
• Pear jam: (1 kg of fruit to 500 grams of sugar, 22 grams of gelling agent, 4 tablespoons of lemon)
• Plum jam: (1 kg of fruit to 500 grams of sugar, 22 grams of gelling agent, 4 tablespoons of lemon)
• Apple jam: (1.5 kg of fruit to 500 grams of sugar, 33 grams of gelling agent, 4 tablespoons of lemon)
• Apricot jam: (1 kg of fruit to 500 grams of sugar, 22 grams of gelling agent, 4 tablespoons of lemon)
• Greengage jam: (1 kg of fruit to 500 grams of sugar, 22 grams of gelling agent, 4 tablespoons of lemon)

Time required: 1 hour

Preparation:

1. Open the jam jars and heat with the lid in the steamer for 10 minutes. Remove the baking dish with the glasses and place it away from the stove.

2. Place the two plates near the pot and put two glasses plus the funnel on top.

3. Now cut the fruits in pieces and extract seedlings etc.

4. 1 kg are mixed with 500 grams of cane sugar and 22 grams of gelling agent and 4 tablespoons of lemon juice in a saucepan and heated. When it begins to boil, stir for four minutes to avoid burning.

5. From the second minute onwards, some of the fruits are mixed with a hand blender

6. After 4 minutes, do the gelling test. Put the hot jam on a plate with a wooden spoon, let it cool down briefly, put the plate at an angle and see whether the jam is still running or has already gelled. If it still too fluid, let it boil for another minute.

7. Take the pot off the stove and immediately use the scoop to pour the jam into the warm glasses. Full them to the brim, close, turn over and place them on a towel.

8. Let them cool and after 3 minutes turn over again and place on the tray. Remove the jam residues with a sponge.

9. When the jars are dry, write on them, use labels or, if it has to be done quickly, a masking tape and permanent marker (type of jam, month, year)

10. Line a place in the pantry with newspaper and store the glasses.

Other recipies:

• Cornel cherry jam: https://www.chefkoch.de/rezepte/1476611252915374/Kornelkirschen-Marmelade-fast-pur.html
• Sea buckthorn jam: https://www.kochbar.de/rezept/442382/Raffinierte-Sanddornmarmelade-mit-Orangen-Note.htm
• Quince jam: https://utopia.de/ratgeber/quittenmarmelade-kochen-ein-einfaches-rezept/
• Elderflower jam: https://www.gutekueche.at/holunderblueten-marmelade-rezept-12239
• Jam recipe without sugar: https://www.gutekueche.ch/einkochen-ohne-zucker-zuckerfreie-konfituere-und-co-artikel-993

We are currently 6 members of a solidarity agriculture community: Vegetables have been grown on the Kleewein family's farm for many years. At 800 meters above sea level, field vegetables are plowed on over 1000 m².

What is done by the community?

• Sowing, potato planting machine, (1 day)
• Weed every 2 weeks (3 hours)
• Pick up Colorado potato beetles (4 days of 4 hours each)
• Harvesting (4 days of 5 hours each)
• Scoring and tinning the cabbage (4 hours)

The work is very exhilarating because the group gets along very well and exchanges a lot of experiences and wisdom. The landscape impresses with its uniqueness: surrounded by herds of cows and in close proximity to the Grimming (local mountain) you feel like in paradise. On very hot days, work does not start until the late afternoon, when the sun is no longer so strong.

 After work, people eat together in the courtyard garden or have a joint coffee and cake.