Would be really cool if you guys did a follow up on an episode like this - where you try to make some of the items you said you'd "DIY" and compare them to the originals you purchased.
Seeing as everyone went totally crazy for the (cheap version) German Christmas treats, I'd love to send them some actual high quality Stollen and Lebkuchen from Germany. Try getting some original Nuremberg Lebkuchen and Dresden Christstollen if you can. You'll notice the difference immediately.
I suspect our grotty English taste buds wouldn't recognize the proper stuff! Making an assumption but if you introduce an English person to real Indian food they're usually baffled and don't know how to handle it.
As I live on the other side of the world Kuchenmeister is the only German Stollen I have ever known. I have to stay away from their bites because I tend to open a packet and then devour them all in a frenzy. I can only imagine what would happen if I got a hold of some traditionally baked or from pricier brands.
i love how affordable this episode was. often you tend to go high end when it comes to christmas. but seeing all these things from lidl and aldi (aka hofer to me) is a great reminder that christmas and christmas treats don't have to cost you a fortune
Haha yeah, I noticed that too. But to be fair, the "normals" in these episodes pretty much just stand there and taste things, while Ben has to prepare to talk about the products. So it must be hard to concentrate to read the notes and sing at the same time. Although I believe Ebbers probably would be able to do it if he wanted to. lol
The pajamas kill me everytime… I love this new way of reviewing products! It makes me feel so bad that I don’t live in the UK even more than usual?? Thank you guys for making me feel so happy this time of year that is always so hard for me!
what kills me is the fold in the middle of the chest. I mean a couple of seconds of steaming and it would not look like they had just taken them out of the box.
Ben was very much right. The Wensleydale production line was pretty much about to go out of business until Wallace & Gromitt. Seemingly the only reason Nick Park the creator of W&G picked it was he thought it would be fun to animate them saying Wensleydale as the word sounded god, he had no idea they were in danger of closing.
the fact that jamie thought the milk was measured out just goes to show how much the normals rely on the food team. hard to imagine how they manage to cope on their own haha
Being from Germany and also being from the city of dresden, which is famous for his traditional christmas market, round 2 was very funny to watch. the stollen bites were far away from being traditional stollen. but the stollen bites i had in germany were about the best christmas treat i ever had. the most funny thing whatsoever was watching the guys eating the cheap lebkuchen and having such a blast, because its just such a basic christmas staple for me and i never really thought about it. ^^
Lidl sell Stollen bites all year round. In our house we've had Lebkuchen every Xmas since the 70's from the supermarkets. I'm amazed that either of them are news to anyone.
I don’t know why it makes me so proud when Brits love our (German ) food, but it really does. Thanks guys, these are some of my favorites too by the way.
I think German food and British food definitely have that overlap of traditionally being warm, filling, slightly stodgy comfort foods, because both our countries have quite similar climates and you definitely want something to warm you up after a long day. So every time I come across a new German food, I’m never surprised when it turns out to be amazing!
Ngl im excited when anyone pays attention to german food, i think its underrated. Sure, its not as amazing as a lot of asian or south american cuisines, but its still good lol
Mike’s response to the cheese takes me back to the episode where he really liked all of the flavored cheeses that everyone else hated - it was truly one of the funniest sorted moments
Thank you everyone on Sortedfood team for dragging me through 2021! I still love the channel after 5 years. Especially now, when we in The Netherlands are again in lockdown since yesterday, Thank You for kinda being here for us! Have a merry Christmas and lots of love in 2022
I AM LITERALLY OBSESSED WITH THIS CHANNEL. The humour, cooking techniques, everything is on point. *Request:* I would like you to make biryani or Haleem (Pakistani style)
Every time Ben said “Lebkuchen” I died a bit inside, yet at the same time I loved his pronunciation so much 😂 And I know, the /x/ sound is very hard for English speaking people. Still it makes my day again and again
thats very interesting, as a german I learned in school that Lebkuchen translates to Gingerbread in english, but its definitely different recipes. Ben did well on the pronounciation, maybe a hint for the "ch" in german its pronounced like a mix of a welsh "ll" and a scottish "ch" as in "loch"
Expecting English people to correctly pronounce the "ch" in a random German word is a losing battle, considering it's pronounced like the ch in Scottish "loch" in about half the words and in the other half it's pronounced like ... can't even think of a comparison. A soft, breathy back-of-the-throat version of the former. Even if the person is able to make the sounds, they will guess wrong half the time. Still a bit annoying to listen to though xP
We have several kinds of gingerbread and lebkuchen are more similar to the cake style gingerbread rather than the more biscuity snaps and fairings- though of course they are not identical and lack the sugar glaze
@@k3y_sm4sh well… here it is. - first batch became one large cookie - second batch failed to cook somehow and got thrown out - third badge was so caramelised it wasn’t edible - fourth badge was baked properly, but I needed to use the cutters again to give them a shape, this is the badge I ended up gifting they however were cookie crumbles by the time everyone got them. Turns out: I’m not a baker. Or my previous oven was proper weird.
@@Anna_TravelsByRail I've got a feeling you need to make profiteroles. Either great story to tell, or you'll gain some baking confidence back, cause I'm not a baker and got it on first try
@@nastyachernomorchenko1065 you might have been lucky. 😉 I remember the normals making chioux pastry and messing it up. But I’m sure willing to try something new. 😁
Stollen is thankfully easy, especially the one my grandma used to make (with Quark, no marzipan). The secret to a nice, moist stollen is to let the raisins soak in good quality rum overnight. The leftover rum can be used for other cakes and cookies. As the same very northern German grandma used to say about cakes and cookies: "They have to be sweet or else there's no point." and "Everything is better with rum." With one exception. Schmalznüsse ("lard nuts") so here's the obligatory comment section recipe because my grandma loved it when she could share hers: 250g lard, 500g flour, 250g sugar, the mark of one vanilla bean pod (or a package of vanilla sugar), 1 teasp hartshorn (ammonium bicarbonate), 1 dash of salt, 1-2 tablesp. dark cocoa powder Break your fingers kneading all this together for hours, form small spheres, put on a baking tray, give each of them a light pat for being a good boy, bake for 15-20 minutes. Do not move or touch until they've cooled or they'll crumble! (You can also leave out the cocoa powder for white ones but who'd want that?) If you got small hands and no kitchen aid and kneading the dough really becomes too painful, just add a little - you guessed it - rum. Additional liquid ruins the typical texture of the finished cookie but tastes good in its own way. As for mulled wine/Glühwein, after trying so many different brands, cheap and expensive, over the years, I can confidently say the best Glühwein is sold by one of our discounters, Penny, for under 2,- Euro per 1,5L box 😂 (no, seriously, it is damn good for that price, especially since it's one of the few that doesn't cause a headache after two mugs but yes, a lot comes down to preference. It's sweet and fruity and while you taste the alcohol, the actual grape wine flavour and its "bitter" factor are thankfully very, very subtle which makes it pleasant to drink if your tongue can't stand tannins.)
As a German, the reaction on the products from Germany were amazing. Also, Lebkuchen is the best ever. Can't wait for Christmas to come around every year, just to buy this. (Even though the sales actually start in August/September already haha)
Merry Christmas folks... love the pjs, ignore everyone complaining about the lack of ironing. Thanks for all the hours of entertainment over the past few years. You've kept me sane more than once. Have a happy Christmas and a safe New year.
My ex's mother was German and she always made the most amazing Christmas cookies and dinner. I'm not usually a super big fan of very sweet stuff and those cookies were just perfect! It's been almost 20 years and I still miss those and the traditional Christmas dinner
Oh I can absolutley tackle a whole Stollen and you can too. I'm from austria where Stollen is also a very traditional thing and I make one every year. The good thing is: If it's packed airtight it lasts weeks! That's the great thing about it. Stollen is a yeastdough based 'cake' which gets brushed with a load of molten butter fresh out the oven and then covered in powdered sugar. Then you pack it airtight and it has to have a resting time of at least two weeks before you open it because all the fruits and flavours need some time to fully develop. After those long two weeks you put a new layer of powdered sugar on the Stollen (because the butter/sugar layer does not look tasty - I don't mind that, i eat it without a new layer) and then you start to eat it. And inbetween you just cover it tightly.
@@elfenhexchen Almost all of the above is true, but it wouldn't last weeks. If I had a whole one at home, it would be reduced to crumbs within one week and I'd reach my christmassy dead weight prematurely 😅. I know Stollen keeps well, it's just my self-restraint that's faulty.
Warm it on a toaster for breakfast. If it's still around on the fourth day, treat it like you'd treat toast in a grilled cheese sandwich. And enjoy the ultimate calorie bomb: stollen, with more butter, and a melted cheese in the middle.
I'd just love to see you go and try to make a traditional stollen 'cake'. It is one of my favourites to go for on German christmas markets! Became a tradition to travel to Germany in wintertime and just get a stollen, some mulled wine and enough Lebkuchen to last the rest of the year.
absolutely LOVE this series, and showing us seasonal products I would never even dream of reaching for - now I want to buy it all! I could watch another 10 more episodes of them just trying seasonal treats! Love it!
My grandmother baked Stollen every year, but without any booze, hence the rum must be the British twist 🤣 I love how you say Lebkuchen, definitely one of the harder German words 😅
Where I live in Germany (upper franconia) there's a brand called Pema that makes many lebkuchen varieties, with gin, or contreau, whiskey, pina colada, and many more. Great stuff.
I don't know why but that ending where you were all singing just made me so happy! It was just sweet. Great vid as always guys! Thanks and Happy Christmas hugs all around.💕✨
Love the taste testing videos! I am definitely jealous of the prices. I see them showing things for 3 to 4 pounds and am thinking those things are 6 to 9 dollars at my stores in the US.
We didn't have anything like that this year, we had home made fruit cake and trifle but otherwise, we just had an antipasto style cheese board with a variety of cheeses, cold meats, olives, semi dried tomatoes and we added satay chicken kababs and a couple of salads. It was enjoyable because though I love our traditional roast chook and pork or lamb with all the wonderful roast veggies and the gravy and stewed apples which is a major feature of Christmas but this simple nibbles style of lunch meant the real focus was on conversations and watching the joy the the children enjoying their presents, the love that's shared. Thankfully I got the presents just right for my niece's and nephews this year, they really enjoyed their presents. 🥰
As a German living in the UK, glad to see Germany get some representation. Feel you guys could do an entire show on German Christmas food - it's all SOOO GOOD.
Just so you know: if you WANT to do a real christmas stollen yourself after you bake it (with prep it can be done in a day) it has to rest for 6-8 weeks. Which means you need to bake it end of october to early november. At least the yeast ones (which are the best ones) With baking soda you can do it as late as early december but if you were to do it now it wouldn't be nice enough for christmas.
I totally get Jamie’s comments about the mince pies. Every year my Nan and later my Mum would make them and I would happily munch away on them. Not because of the taste, which I hate, but because mince pies meant Christmas and represented the love and joy Mum and Nan brought to our whole family.
Idea for next year: Making Christmas treats from around the world. Then you can all try your hand at Stollen. Merry Christmas to all of you at Sorted!!!
You guys just have the most fun during Christmas, and it shows. Genuinely I look forward to your Christmas videos every year. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, etc., etc.!
🎵 Jamie and Mike are the best of friends They live together in a Christmas cottage They eat crumpets together 'cus they like to save money Deck my halls, Mike 🎵
Oh wow…I haven’t heard that song in years…lol. Great video that had me smiling the whole way through. Thank you! Hope you all have an amazing Christmas!!
Spent a few years living in Germany with my family as a pre-teen. Fell in love with Lubkuchen and have spent years trying to make them. Would love to see the boys have a go at replicating those cookies and Stollen.
If you watch Jamie's catch in slow motion you can see the panic rising in Mike's face until he accepts his fate of receiving the tea package in his face. Then the relief of the life-saving catch.
Quote of the Day: “Now you know me, sometimes I love a classic and I don’t want it played with. Sometimes, I love a twist.” Thé Bennuendo came across rather late in the video. 😂
That mulled wine is in Germany known as Glühwein (glow wine) and it's basically, when u make it yourself, made out of red wine, orange/-juice, cinnamon, cardamon, anis, nutmeg and sugar. When you feel fancy you can also add ginger, pomegranate and honey, some add rum for the extra kick. Just bring it to a boil, let the herbs infuse into the wine and enjoy it still warm. 👌 If i remember correctly Stollen is made out of a sweet wet yeast dough with candied orange and lemon, raisins, almonds, sometimes marzipan or Persipan for the poor people.
I just moved to Vienna and with my colleagues we like to go for a mug of Glühwine. one of them (not native Austrian) pronounces it like "glued wine" 🤣🤣 always makes me chuckle.
Yesss german treats!!! Always love to see German stuff on food channels :D And I agree with Ebbers, those glazed Lebkuchen are one of the best things about Christmas time, they are SO soft and delicious
I'm from Germany and now I feel like a fool for assuming the whole world obviously knows what Lebkuchen are, I didn't realize those could be something new in Britain or America.
I wouldn't say new, maybe becoming more popular and a larger variety. I've been eating stollen every Christmas in the UK for several years and I would love to go to Germany and sample more Christmas treats. So yummy, please send more 😄
I admit, anytime wensleydale cheese is brought up, I instantly think Wallace and Gromit. And I feel zero shame of that considering how those shorts actually saved the cheese from going out of production. Absolutely need to try it some day.
I appreciate the fact that SORTED is trying to be all-rounder by exploring Lidl, Aldi, Sainsbury's ... and not all expensive stuffs from M&S and Fortnum :) Will make a trip to Lidl now for the stollen bread :)
question: do mince pies have meat in them? somehow whenever i hear mince pie i think of a big pie filled with savory meat, but from the video seems to have fruit, jam and probably alcohol on some
Where in the world are you based? Mince Pies are usually a Christmas thing here in the UK. They're a sweet pastry with a mincemeat centre, which consists of a sweet, preserved mixture of currants, raisins, sugar, apples, citrus, spices and some sort of fat or shortening. There are many variations but yes they're usually all sweet :)
Mincemeat may have animal fat in it (like lard or suet, but I've seen vegetarian-friendly ones, too), but I don't think it has actual meat in it. That being said, I could totally see a meat and mincemeat pie working.
I might be misremembering - but I think centuries ago they did indeed have meat - but this wasn't possible for Ships out on long voyages, so the meat was replaced with preserved fruits (and I assume the pastry changed from Savoury to Sweet)
I love that the 'normals' still have a sense of wonder when they taste delicious food (and drinks). There is no pretence on their faces as they try, their faces, tone and body language tells how much they like or dislike what they're tasting. Also love the outro...and their singing
6:09 probably rum? when you make home-made mulled wine in Germany, you start with a bottle of store-bought mulled wine, you add the mulled-wine-spices (usually sold conventiently in tea-bags), orange juice, rum etc. to pep it up. One of the faculties at my uni always gave out free mulled wine in December and they always added tequila on top of that
As for what I make for Christmas, there's a lime Jell-O foam thing that's got pineapple, cottage cheese, pecans, a little mayo to make it more of that seafoam green and add some background creaminess & richness. It can be set in a festive mold, but we like it so much in our family, it's easier to just make it in a gallon bucket (think re-used ice cream bucket) and top it with a mold for display purposes. There's also this apple caramel I make using cultivated crab apples, diced & dipped in lemon juice, frozen in a baggie then thawed to get as much of the juice into the end product as possible. I then take that very bright, assertive, intensely apple caramel and use it as a filling layer in a chocolate ganache tart with a Graham cracker base. It's rich, it's indulgent, it's far from one note because the apple caramel is so assertive thanks to the lemon, it cuts right through the chocolate. And because it's so satisfying, you only need to portion out 1-inch/2cm slices, which is ideal for sharing with extended family or contributing to a holiday party.
For me, a lot of Christmas is about cheese and veggies. I love cheese year round, but Christmas seems to be a time when it's just everywhere (I work in healthcare). And I just adore a good veggie/relish platter-crudites, olives, cocktail onions, pickles. You hardly ever see that any other time.
Would be really cool if you guys did a follow up on an episode like this - where you try to make some of the items you said you'd "DIY" and compare them to the originals you purchased.
I was going to say the same thing, would be a great episode. 🎅🌲
YEEEESSSSSSSS!!!
Great idea!
Definitely.
Especially once they realise that the German stuff takes literal week to make because of resting xD
Jamie’s face when his stollen joke makes everyone laugh is too damn adorable. 🥰
I really miss Dad Joke Of The Week.
He made multiple puns this video. Like "Christmas is all about cheesus"
the moment between Mike and Jamie after the tea toss, such a WHOLESOME friendship among the gang.
I must have replayed it 10x at least 😂
Catch of the year!
Is no one going to comment on the FACT that he caught it with the label perfectly displayed?
Mike legitimately saw his life flash before his eyes.
@@rviaud AND with his non-dominant hand, AND without looking at it. LAD.
Jamie gets 💯 points for the smooth catch... and a 🏅for saving Mike's handsome face. 😊👏
Those were proper dad reflexes, like “need to save my child” reflex!
Jamie catching the tea box so casually literally made the episode
He was ninja quick.
Imagine Mike's nose, had it been Ben sitting there...
Dad reflexes.
I re watched it like 5 Times
@@SortedFood And the logo being right way up.... So satisfying
Jamie’s catch was pure dad reflexes in action.
100%, he's been well trained by his kids! 😂
Jamies' little "christmas is all about cheeses though, isn't it" (11:32) was way too overlooked. Genius.
i just got it
Seeing as everyone went totally crazy for the (cheap version) German Christmas treats, I'd love to send them some actual high quality Stollen and Lebkuchen from Germany. Try getting some original Nuremberg Lebkuchen and Dresden Christstollen if you can. You'll notice the difference immediately.
And some Salzwedel Baumkuchen, when you're at it.
Even just making their own they'd be shocked how much better it can be.
Going to be making pfeffernüsse tonight.
I suspect our grotty English taste buds wouldn't recognize the proper stuff! Making an assumption but if you introduce an English person to real Indian food they're usually baffled and don't know how to handle it.
As I live on the other side of the world Kuchenmeister is the only German Stollen I have ever known. I have to stay away from their bites because I tend to open a packet and then devour them all in a frenzy. I can only imagine what would happen if I got a hold of some traditionally baked or from pricier brands.
What is the theme of the PJs?
"How would you make these?"
Ebbers: "Dunno. Never made 'em."
Me: Sounds like a beat the chef challenge in the making.
still waiting for it
i love how affordable this episode was. often you tend to go high end when it comes to christmas. but seeing all these things from lidl and aldi (aka hofer to me) is a great reminder that christmas and christmas treats don't have to cost you a fortune
At the end:
Jamie, Mike, Barry: *singing in three-part harmony*
Ebbers: *doing something else entirely*
Says it all, really.
But what was the song?
@@TerriHeal Des’ree - Life
Haha yeah, I noticed that too. But to be fair, the "normals" in these episodes pretty much just stand there and taste things, while Ben has to prepare to talk about the products. So it must be hard to concentrate to read the notes and sing at the same time. Although I believe Ebbers probably would be able to do it if he wanted to. lol
I love how Mike looks a little surprised when Jamie does a little run when he harmonizes.
The pajamas kill me everytime… I love this new way of reviewing products! It makes me feel so bad that I don’t live in the UK even more than usual?? Thank you guys for making me feel so happy this time of year that is always so hard for me!
At least the pajamas cut down on the wardrobe budget....
what kills me is the fold in the middle of the chest. I mean a couple of seconds of steaming and it would not look like they had just taken them out of the box.
Trust me you don’t want to live here.
I imagine the Crew is also in all matching pajamas.
2:20 I can’t believe how heroic Jamie is, saving Mike’s life on camera like that!! The reflexes on that guy! 🤭
Ben was very much right. The Wensleydale production line was pretty much about to go out of business until Wallace & Gromitt. Seemingly the only reason Nick Park the creator of W&G picked it was he thought it would be fun to animate them saying Wensleydale as the word sounded god, he had no idea they were in danger of closing.
Such an amazing story right? And yes.... such an awesome word to say!
the fact that jamie thought the milk was measured out just goes to show how much the normals rely on the food team. hard to imagine how they manage to cope on their own haha
'Christmas is all about cheeses isn't it really' - Jamie's been waiting to say that for ages, I can tell 😂
and he didn't even get a smirk for it. Shame. lol
I had to look to check someone commented, great pun, missed by the team entirely hahaha
I thought it was all about babybel...My old vicar used to say "at xmas never forget the little baby cheeses"
And everyone just missed it 😂
Essential gag. Did not get enough play.
Being from Germany and also being from the city of dresden, which is famous for his traditional christmas market, round 2 was very funny to watch. the stollen bites were far away from being traditional stollen. but the stollen bites i had in germany were about the best christmas treat i ever had. the most funny thing whatsoever was watching the guys eating the cheap lebkuchen and having such a blast, because its just such a basic christmas staple for me and i never really thought about it. ^^
Please keep sending over your German treats, I can't get enough of them :) Love from a hungry Englishman.
@Jake Dunham ikr - he pronounced it with a "sh" sound. Oh dear, oh dear
would be cool to have them try more german things, Grüße aus Aachen btw
Yesss so true!
Lidl sell Stollen bites all year round. In our house we've had Lebkuchen every Xmas since the 70's from the supermarkets. I'm amazed that either of them are news to anyone.
As a German, I love all the Christmas foods and traditions we have. Nothing beats German Christmas treats.
So true, most popular Christmas tradition comes from here (germany) anyway lol
Well, there is great Christmas food in Germany but eating wiener and Kartoffelsalat on the 24th is just mind boggling to me. (Btw. I'm half German)
@@leopolderhardsberger2727 Thanks for reminding me to get that!
Surprised you didn't say anything about Ebber's pronunciation?
@@leopolderhardsberger2727 It's what we're doing this year, Kaesekrainer mit Kartoffelsalat und Sauerkraut mit Nürnberger
I don’t know why it makes me so proud when Brits love our (German ) food, but it really does. Thanks guys, these are some of my favorites too by the way.
So true ☺️
I think German food and British food definitely have that overlap of traditionally being warm, filling, slightly stodgy comfort foods, because both our countries have quite similar climates and you definitely want something to warm you up after a long day. So every time I come across a new German food, I’m never surprised when it turns out to be amazing!
I lived in Cologne for 9 months, I was there over Christmas, it was the most magical time! I love Germany! ❤
Ngl im excited when anyone pays attention to german food, i think its underrated. Sure, its not as amazing as a lot of asian or south american cuisines, but its still good lol
Mike’s response to the cheese takes me back to the episode where he really liked all of the flavored cheeses that everyone else hated - it was truly one of the funniest sorted moments
Thank you everyone on Sortedfood team for dragging me through 2021! I still love the channel after 5 years. Especially now, when we in The Netherlands are again in lockdown since yesterday, Thank You for kinda being here for us! Have a merry Christmas and lots of love in 2022
Stay safe! Try to have Happy Holidays.
❤️ Stay safe in lockdown please!!
2:20 is so satisfying to watch. his dad reflexes are impressive.
Just want to assure Jamie that his 'Christmas is all about cheesus' comment may have been wasted on the boys, but it made me giggle.
Ohhh I didn't get it!
I AM LITERALLY OBSESSED WITH THIS CHANNEL. The humour, cooking techniques, everything is on point.
*Request:* I would like you to make biryani or Haleem (Pakistani style)
Thank you so much! We will pass your request onto the team :)
@@SortedFood pleasure! Will be looking forward to that😊
Every time Ben said “Lebkuchen” I died a bit inside, yet at the same time I loved his pronunciation so much 😂
And I know, the /x/ sound is very hard for English speaking people. Still it makes my day again and again
thats very interesting, as a german I learned in school that Lebkuchen translates to Gingerbread in english, but its definitely different recipes. Ben did well on the pronounciation, maybe a hint for the "ch" in german its pronounced like a mix of a welsh "ll" and a scottish "ch" as in "loch"
Expecting English people to correctly pronounce the "ch" in a random German word is a losing battle, considering it's pronounced like the ch in Scottish "loch" in about half the words and in the other half it's pronounced like ... can't even think of a comparison. A soft, breathy back-of-the-throat version of the former. Even if the person is able to make the sounds, they will guess wrong half the time. Still a bit annoying to listen to though xP
We have several kinds of gingerbread and lebkuchen are more similar to the cake style gingerbread rather than the more biscuity snaps and fairings- though of course they are not identical and lack the sugar glaze
Mike’s love of strange Christmas cheese is the BEST.
I just HAD to pause and rewatch that epic tea box catch! I even replayed it in slow motion! "Friendship trust," indeed!
Loved it too! Wow. So casual it was too! First time I've ever rewound something to see it again!
If Ben's never made stollen, that clearly means we need a sorted recipe video ready for next year- maybe for Lebkuchen as well
I think my favourite part of the Christmas episodes are the funky clothes, love it!
Haha, glad you like them!
@@SortedFood take a shot every time Barry pulls his at the back/front/neck and you'll be boozy like the fruit in round 3 😁
“Would you buy it or would you DIY it?”
Yeah… my Christmas Cookies Debacle of 2019 tells me I should just buy it. 😉
Ok, now I NEED to know this story 😂
@@k3y_sm4sh well… here it is.
- first batch became one large cookie
- second batch failed to cook somehow and got thrown out
- third badge was so caramelised it wasn’t edible
- fourth badge was baked properly, but I needed to use the cutters again to give them a shape, this is the badge I ended up gifting they however were cookie crumbles by the time everyone got them.
Turns out: I’m not a baker. Or my previous oven was proper weird.
@@Anna_TravelsByRail I've got a feeling you need to make profiteroles. Either great story to tell, or you'll gain some baking confidence back, cause I'm not a baker and got it on first try
@@nastyachernomorchenko1065 you might have been lucky. 😉 I remember the normals making chioux pastry and messing it up.
But I’m sure willing to try something new. 😁
Jamie says “possibly the sweetest spread I’ve ever licked” and not a single one of them batted an eye? The boys are growing up.
Ben looked so pleased with Mike's seal impression 🤣
Stollen is thankfully easy, especially the one my grandma used to make (with Quark, no marzipan). The secret to a nice, moist stollen is to let the raisins soak in good quality rum overnight. The leftover rum can be used for other cakes and cookies. As the same very northern German grandma used to say about cakes and cookies: "They have to be sweet or else there's no point." and "Everything is better with rum." With one exception. Schmalznüsse ("lard nuts") so here's the obligatory comment section recipe because my grandma loved it when she could share hers:
250g lard, 500g flour, 250g sugar, the mark of one vanilla bean pod (or a package of vanilla sugar), 1 teasp hartshorn (ammonium bicarbonate), 1 dash of salt, 1-2 tablesp. dark cocoa powder
Break your fingers kneading all this together for hours, form small spheres, put on a baking tray, give each of them a light pat for being a good boy, bake for 15-20 minutes. Do not move or touch until they've cooled or they'll crumble! (You can also leave out the cocoa powder for white ones but who'd want that?) If you got small hands and no kitchen aid and kneading the dough really becomes too painful, just add a little - you guessed it - rum. Additional liquid ruins the typical texture of the finished cookie but tastes good in its own way.
As for mulled wine/Glühwein, after trying so many different brands, cheap and expensive, over the years, I can confidently say the best Glühwein is sold by one of our discounters, Penny, for under 2,- Euro per 1,5L box 😂 (no, seriously, it is damn good for that price, especially since it's one of the few that doesn't cause a headache after two mugs but yes, a lot comes down to preference. It's sweet and fruity and while you taste the alcohol, the actual grape wine flavour and its "bitter" factor are thankfully very, very subtle which makes it pleasant to drink if your tongue can't stand tannins.)
Thank you
As a German, the reaction on the products from Germany were amazing. Also, Lebkuchen is the best ever. Can't wait for Christmas to come around every year, just to buy this. (Even though the sales actually start in August/September already haha)
"I'll put you out of your misery" he says and then proceeds to throw a box at mikes face. He was really going for it there haha
Merry Christmas folks... love the pjs, ignore everyone complaining about the lack of ironing. Thanks for all the hours of entertainment over the past few years. You've kept me sane more than once. Have a happy Christmas and a safe New year.
I feel like Jamie having kids saved Mike's life! Love it👍🏻😄
02:20 HOW COOL WAS THAT CATCH.
WELL DOME JAMIE
Saved Mike's beautiful face from total destruction! Lol
My ex's mother was German and she always made the most amazing Christmas cookies and dinner. I'm not usually a super big fan of very sweet stuff and those cookies were just perfect! It's been almost 20 years and I still miss those and the traditional Christmas dinner
Jamie , “ Christmas is all about cheeses.” Cheeses Priced! Did he actually sneak that in with a straight face?!? Loved it!!!
My husband hates Stollen and I can't tackle a whole one on my own (well, I shouldn't....), so the Stollen bites are a yearly treat for me.
same.
Oh I can absolutley tackle a whole Stollen and you can too. I'm from austria where Stollen is also a very traditional thing and I make one every year. The good thing is: If it's packed airtight it lasts weeks! That's the great thing about it. Stollen is a yeastdough based 'cake' which gets brushed with a load of molten butter fresh out the oven and then covered in powdered sugar. Then you pack it airtight and it has to have a resting time of at least two weeks before you open it because all the fruits and flavours need some time to fully develop. After those long two weeks you put a new layer of powdered sugar on the Stollen (because the butter/sugar layer does not look tasty - I don't mind that, i eat it without a new layer) and then you start to eat it. And inbetween you just cover it tightly.
@@elfenhexchen Almost all of the above is true, but it wouldn't last weeks. If I had a whole one at home, it would be reduced to crumbs within one week and I'd reach my christmassy dead weight prematurely 😅. I know Stollen keeps well, it's just my self-restraint that's faulty.
@@danielahitstheroad Hahahaha so true! I powered through a very big Stollen in 1 1/2 weeks last year. This year I told my mom to hide it from me :D
Warm it on a toaster for breakfast. If it's still around on the fourth day, treat it like you'd treat toast in a grilled cheese sandwich. And enjoy the ultimate calorie bomb: stollen, with more butter, and a melted cheese in the middle.
I'd just love to see you go and try to make a traditional stollen 'cake'. It is one of my favourites to go for on German christmas markets! Became a tradition to travel to Germany in wintertime and just get a stollen, some mulled wine and enough Lebkuchen to last the rest of the year.
I need a seal of approval for all reviewing videos from now on PLEASE AND THANK YOU!!
My German seal of approval for the "Stollen" joke. 🤣 Well done Jamie
I love these Holiday episodes!
Thank you, we love filming them too :)
Christmas is always about cheeses 😂😂😂😂
Such a straight faced delivery, bravo
absolutely LOVE this series, and showing us seasonal products I would never even dream of reaching for - now I want to buy it all! I could watch another 10 more episodes of them just trying seasonal treats! Love it!
My grandmother baked Stollen every year, but without any booze, hence the rum must be the British twist 🤣 I love how you say Lebkuchen, definitely one of the harder German words 😅
I never know how to pronounce that
@@GPORTER43 layb-cuh-khun :)
@@lolatmyfacehaha Great thanks.
@@GPORTER43 It's "Leh" not "lay", otherwise that was spot on.
Where I live in Germany (upper franconia) there's a brand called Pema that makes many lebkuchen varieties, with gin, or contreau, whiskey, pina colada, and many more. Great stuff.
I’ve been waiting for this all week!
I don't know why but that ending where you were all singing just made me so happy! It was just sweet. Great vid as always guys! Thanks and Happy Christmas hugs all around.💕✨
"The number one way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear!"😇🌲🌲⛄
Jamie’s catch of the box was incredible!!! That would have hurt if it had whacked Mike in the eye! Nice one Jamie!!
Big shoutout for the 3 live pass it ons this week 👍🏼 amazing entertainment
Love the taste testing videos! I am definitely jealous of the prices. I see them showing things for 3 to 4 pounds and am thinking those things are 6 to 9 dollars at my stores in the US.
Yes Sorted! Keep banging out this Christmas content we want to see!
I can't wait for lebkuchen every year, don't know how or when but I fell in love with it and hate not having it throughout the year
We didn't have anything like that this year, we had home made fruit cake and trifle but otherwise, we just had an antipasto style cheese board with a variety of cheeses, cold meats, olives, semi dried tomatoes and we added satay chicken kababs and a couple of salads. It was enjoyable because though I love our traditional roast chook and pork or lamb with all the wonderful roast veggies and the gravy and stewed apples which is a major feature of Christmas but this simple nibbles style of lunch meant the real focus was on conversations and watching the joy the the children enjoying their presents, the love that's shared. Thankfully I got the presents just right for my niece's and nephews this year, they really enjoyed their presents. 🥰
Absolutely love these videos, I always find something new to add to my shopping list!
It's a great way to find out some new foodie festive treats!
As a German living in the UK, glad to see Germany get some representation. Feel you guys could do an entire show on German Christmas food - it's all SOOO GOOD.
Although I cringed at Ben's pronunciation of Lebkuchen :D
Just so you know: if you WANT to do a real christmas stollen yourself after you bake it (with prep it can be done in a day) it has to rest for 6-8 weeks. Which means you need to bake it end of october to early november. At least the yeast ones (which are the best ones)
With baking soda you can do it as late as early december but if you were to do it now it wouldn't be nice enough for christmas.
Holy cow!!!!!
It cannot be baked in one day if you candy your own peel.
I totally get Jamie’s comments about the mince pies. Every year my Nan and later my Mum would make them and I would happily munch away on them. Not because of the taste, which I hate, but because mince pies meant Christmas and represented the love and joy Mum and Nan brought to our whole family.
Idea for next year: Making Christmas treats from around the world. Then you can all try your hand at Stollen. Merry Christmas to all of you at Sorted!!!
You guys just have the most fun during Christmas, and it shows. Genuinely I look forward to your Christmas videos every year. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, etc., etc.!
🎵 Jamie and Mike are the best of friends
They live together in a Christmas cottage
They eat crumpets together 'cus they like to save money
Deck my halls, Mike 🎵
2:19 , can we just talk about that catch for a second. Friggin legendary.
"Christmas is all about cheeses though, isn't it." 😂 How did they not hit that one? Guess they were worried about offending some folks.
Not the Brits! They don't care! Their American audience though....possibly...(no judgement on either country btw)
Oh wow…I haven’t heard that song in years…lol.
Great video that had me smiling the whole way through. Thank you!
Hope you all have an amazing Christmas!!
Stollen is very difficuult to make/get right. We need a vid of you making Stollen now Barry! :d
Spent a few years living in Germany with my family as a pre-teen. Fell in love with Lubkuchen and have spent years trying to make them. Would love to see the boys have a go at replicating those cookies and Stollen.
I’m just beyond impresses at how straight a face Jamie kept when he said “Christmas is all about cheese-us” lol
If you watch Jamie's catch in slow motion you can see the panic rising in Mike's face until he accepts his fate of receiving the tea package in his face. Then the relief of the life-saving catch.
Quote of the Day: “Now you know me, sometimes I love a classic and I don’t want it played with. Sometimes, I love a twist.”
Thé Bennuendo came across rather late in the video. 😂
Oh what fun at the end! Love it!
I love how every time Mike likes a cheese the others hate it 🤣🤣🤣
That mulled wine is in Germany known as Glühwein (glow wine) and it's basically, when u make it yourself, made out of red wine, orange/-juice, cinnamon, cardamon, anis, nutmeg and sugar. When you feel fancy you can also add ginger, pomegranate and honey, some add rum for the extra kick. Just bring it to a boil, let the herbs infuse into the wine and enjoy it still warm. 👌
If i remember correctly Stollen is made out of a sweet wet yeast dough with candied orange and lemon, raisins, almonds, sometimes marzipan or Persipan for the poor people.
I just moved to Vienna and with my colleagues we like to go for a mug of Glühwine. one of them (not native Austrian) pronounces it like "glued wine" 🤣🤣 always makes me chuckle.
You guys have raisins in your shredded wheat?! I am so jealous right now.
Yesss german treats!!! Always love to see German stuff on food channels :D And I agree with Ebbers, those glazed Lebkuchen are one of the best things about Christmas time, they are SO soft and delicious
I’m thinking that DIYing Stollen would be a much bigger challenge than it sounds.
Possible future video…?
The brotherhood is what keeps me watching
I'm from Germany and now I feel like a fool for assuming the whole world obviously knows what Lebkuchen are, I didn't realize those could be something new in Britain or America.
I'm in California, Los Angeles, and had never heard of lebkuchen or stollen and now I want to try to find some!
I always thought so too, in Russia it's called pryanik (пряник).
I wouldn't say new, maybe becoming more popular and a larger variety. I've been eating stollen every Christmas in the UK for several years and I would love to go to Germany and sample more Christmas treats. So yummy, please send more 😄
I admit, anytime wensleydale cheese is brought up, I instantly think Wallace and Gromit. And I feel zero shame of that considering how those shorts actually saved the cheese from going out of production. Absolutely need to try it some day.
I really hope the tea set belongs to Ebbers
I appreciate the fact that SORTED is trying to be all-rounder by exploring Lidl, Aldi, Sainsbury's ... and not all expensive stuffs from M&S and Fortnum :) Will make a trip to Lidl now for the stollen bread :)
Alright, Ben has to try making Stollen.
I'd love this format even more if the four of you tasted the products together :)
question: do mince pies have meat in them? somehow whenever i hear mince pie i think of a big pie filled with savory meat, but from the video seems to have fruit, jam and probably alcohol on some
Where in the world are you based? Mince Pies are usually a Christmas thing here in the UK. They're a sweet pastry with a mincemeat centre, which consists of a sweet, preserved mixture of currants, raisins, sugar, apples, citrus, spices and some sort of fat or shortening. There are many variations but yes they're usually all sweet :)
Mincemeat may have animal fat in it (like lard or suet, but I've seen vegetarian-friendly ones, too), but I don't think it has actual meat in it. That being said, I could totally see a meat and mincemeat pie working.
I might be misremembering - but I think centuries ago they did indeed have meat - but this wasn't possible for Ships out on long voyages, so the meat was replaced with preserved fruits (and I assume the pastry changed from Savoury to Sweet)
@@SortedFood I’m in Southeast Asia so it’s very foreign to me 😆
@@SortedFood in Canada I've heard tourtiere called minced meat pie before.
I love that the 'normals' still have a sense of wonder when they taste delicious food (and drinks). There is no pretence on their faces as they try, their faces, tone and body language tells how much they like or dislike what they're tasting.
Also love the outro...and their singing
Jamie with that milk 🤣
The musical number at the end was my favorite bit. Merry Christmas, y'all!
the unpressed pyjamas are back and we love to see it!! can't wait for my Christmas tree crumpet breakfast too
What do you like on your crumpets?
@@SortedFood Well i love wensleydale too so ive got my eye on some festive fruity cheesy crumpets!!
6:09 probably rum? when you make home-made mulled wine in Germany, you start with a bottle of store-bought mulled wine, you add the mulled-wine-spices (usually sold conventiently in tea-bags), orange juice, rum etc. to pep it up. One of the faculties at my uni always gave out free mulled wine in December and they always added tequila on top of that
Anyone else think of Janice when they hear Last Christmas by Wham?
Hahaha, we can totally see why!
"Yes! Hopefully this is cheese that doesn't taste like cheese!" 🤣😂
Not what one normally expects to hear from someone eating cheese. 😆
You can see the pain in Bens eyes when Jamie said that he is single :(
I felt it hard
As for what I make for Christmas, there's a lime Jell-O foam thing that's got pineapple, cottage cheese, pecans, a little mayo to make it more of that seafoam green and add some background creaminess & richness. It can be set in a festive mold, but we like it so much in our family, it's easier to just make it in a gallon bucket (think re-used ice cream bucket) and top it with a mold for display purposes.
There's also this apple caramel I make using cultivated crab apples, diced & dipped in lemon juice, frozen in a baggie then thawed to get as much of the juice into the end product as possible. I then take that very bright, assertive, intensely apple caramel and use it as a filling layer in a chocolate ganache tart with a Graham cracker base. It's rich, it's indulgent, it's far from one note because the apple caramel is so assertive thanks to the lemon, it cuts right through the chocolate. And because it's so satisfying, you only need to portion out 1-inch/2cm slices, which is ideal for sharing with extended family or contributing to a holiday party.
Ah yes my favorite Christmas tradition... Mike loving weird cheese.
The singing at end made me laugh y'all are my favorite RUclips channel and i might try to make a mincemeat pie. So thanks for the inspiration.
ah just realised, you filmed these all in one day, hence no ironing of the jammies hahaha
For me, a lot of Christmas is about cheese and veggies. I love cheese year round, but Christmas seems to be a time when it's just everywhere (I work in healthcare). And I just adore a good veggie/relish platter-crudites, olives, cocktail onions, pickles. You hardly ever see that any other time.