Beefsteak mushroom. It may be sliced and fried like liver, or eaten raw with a salad, when it should be cut into thin strips, soaked in salted water, drained and then dressed with a vinaigrette.
Leipziger Allerlei is a dish from Saxony of crayfish tails stewed with vegetables and flour dumplings.
"Leipzig larks. " Originally made with larks, these were banned and replaced with small cakes made with nuts, almonds and strawberry jam (US: jelly). Said to be shaped like larks, but I never saw a lark that looked like a Bakewell tart before!
Lovage. A large unwieldy herb. Pick the stems off the leaves, tie them and hang them to dry for about 3 days. When crisp, crumble the leaves and store. Good in hotpots. Lovage seeds are used mainly in Indian cooking, and are from a plant of the caraway family. The greenish-brown seeds are a little larger than celery seeds and have a strong aroma of rather coarse thyme. Oregano can be substituted.
