Our International Food Night

It was a fun idea, we have a few different countries of origin under our belt with Australia, Colombia, Germany, Korean and Syria being represented. Each person brings something for us to eat, we talk, maybe play a board game and the night goes on.

I cooked a curry and with the help of Ingrid we made a slice. This slice was a mash of influences and ingredients. Simple to make though. The end result is similar to a Caramel Slice. Delicious.
In Colombia they have a caramel that’s made from milk called Arequipe, you can look up how to make it if you choose. At the Polish/Russian grocery store they sell tins of the stuff. We bought one, as well as a packet of plain biscuits (a cross between Arnott’s Arrowroot or Milk Coffee varieties). At a regular German supermarket we bought a jar of Nutella and butter. That’s all one needs!
You smash the biscuits, blend them into little bits. Melt some butter. I guess you want three quarters as many grams of butter to the amount of biscuits you’re using, so if you’re using 100 grams biscuits, then 75 grams of butter. You mix those two together and put that mixture into a tin. Put the tin in an oven heated to 180 degrees C for roughly 20-30 minutes (I recommend checking after 20 minutes). We poured the Arequipe over the top of the biscuit mixture and then spread the Nutella on top of the Arequipe. Place the tin in the freezer and wait for as long as you can.

Ingrid cooked a Colombian tomato sauce for dipping. We cut carrots, capsicum and bread for dipping into the dips. We also bought Bärlauch, which tastes like a garlic dip.

Our Korean/German friend brought ‘Western Fries’ after promising Southern Fries and before that he promised Korean Food… hahaha

Our Syrian friends made Falafel and Fatteh.

It was all delicious and super filling. We ate so much that there was no time to play any games. We can assume that I probably would have won.