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Crispy Daim & Chocolate Mousse
2007-07-28 10:38:00
Daim is a Swedish chocolate bar which I like very much. It is a thin bar, covered with a thin layer of milk chocolate. Crunchy, because inside the milk chocolate layer, there is hardened caramel. The caramel is not enjoyed by everyone because it has a tendency to get stuck between the teeth. However, Daim works very well in desserts.I believe Daim can be purchased in other countries too, for instance Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Norway and United Kingdom. If there is an IKEA store near you, there might also be a Swedish food market, where you are able to purchase the Daim bars. Perhaps they sell the Marabou milk chocolate brand too. I use that brand for this chocolate mousse recipe.Anyway, there is always the possibility of ingredient substitution.INGREDIENTS:serves 4-6* 200 g of Marabou or other light milk chocolate* 3 organic free-range egg yolks* 3 dl (300 ml) whipping cream* 2 Daim barsDECORATION:whipped cream, chopped pistage almonds, chopped Daim bars, finely grated oran...
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Nameday Banana Cake
2007-07-24 10:51:00
Patricia! In the Swedish calendar, your nameday is on the 16th of April. Did you know that?You know, in Sweden we like to celebrate, not only our birthday but our nameday too. It is an old tradition of attaching personal names to each day of the year in our calendar. The tradition originates from the Christian church calendar. Long ago it was an old tradition to name children after saints.Karin is my first name, and the name is a Swedish short form of Katarina (Katherine), deriving from the Greek word "katharos". Old names have a meaning. This Greek word "katharos" means "clean and pure, free from corrupt desire and guilt free from every admixture of what is false".The days of the week between 19th - 24th of July is called "Fruntimmersveckan", (the Week of Women) because Sara, Margareta, Johanna, Magdalena, Emma and Kristina have name days. Ladies with these names are supposed to be celebrated with a coffee cake.I have made a cake for Kristina. Today, on the 24th of July, it is her ...
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Fillet of Pork in Pink Sauce
2007-07-20 23:05:00
This dish is an ideal dish when you have to come up with something quickly and easy made. It is also one of my favorite everyday meals because it can be prepared ahead. INGREDIENTS:Serves 6* 8 hg (800 g) fillet of pork* butter* salt and pepper* 3 dl cream or crème fraiche* 3/4 tbsp Chinese soy* 2 - 3 tbsp chili sauce (ketchup-like)* 2 cloves of garlic* 3/4 tsp French mustard* 3 tsp tarragon* ½ tsp black pepper* chopped parsley* ½ tbsp rosé pepper, or why not some red hot chili pepper flakes (optional).METHOD:1. Cut the fillet into slices, 1½ - 2 centimeters (150 - 200 mm).2. Brown the fillet slices in butter in a skillet.3. Salt and pepper to taste.4. Put the slices into an ovenproof dish.5. Pour cream or crème fraiche into a bowl. 6. Add the remaining ingredients, and stir around.7. Taste the sauce. pour it over the fillet slices, and stir around.8. When ready to serve, heat the oven to 225°C [=437 °F].9. Reheat about 10 minutes.Though simple, it is good-looking and tasty served wi...
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How To Make Pesto
2007-07-18 00:12:00
Oh no! Not another pesto recipe, you say. Well, perhaps not, or.....A Swedish Blogger friend of mine has a green house. Some weeks ago she asked for an-easy-to-make pesto recipe containing no odd ingredients. She had grown monstrous basil plants, and didn´t know what to do with all the leaves those basil plants produced. Her basil plants have got very large, medium green leaves. The taste is more sweet and mild than the Genovese Basil. Here´s the picture 4 Large leaf basil.I know, there are many pesto recipes on the internet. For the traditional recipes, you just have to combine basil leaves, nuts, garlic, olive oil, cheese, pepper and perhaps salt. So, if you already have a favorite pesto recipe, there is no need for another one, I suppose.I don´t want my homemade pesto to end up with a texture like the store-bought brands. They are fine, but usually too flavorless. How do you like yours?INGREDIENTS:* a mortar and pestle* 1 large bunch of basil, leaves only.* 2 cloves of garlic* ½ ...
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Banana Split & Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream
2007-07-14 11:12:00
Warning! This blog post is probably not going to be worth reading for those who count weightwatchers points :).For generations ice cream has been the perfect ending to a feast meal. Today´s modern industrially-produced ice cream is not associated with feast any longer. However, homemade ice cream is very easy to make. I have a Philips ice cream maker. I must admit, it is usually a "shelf-warmer", which means, I don´t use it that often. But homemade ice cream with fine dairy products can become "a dessert for a king".Banana Split Serves 2 non-weightwatching peopleINGREDIENTS:* 4 egg yolks *from happy hens* 1 1/4 dl (125 ml) sugar* 2 teaspoons * Vanilla sugar* 2 dl (200 ml) whipping cream* 2 dl milk (200 ml)DECORATIONS:* 2 bananas* ½-1 dl (50 ml-100 ml) whipping cream* fruit and berriesMETHOD:1. Beat egg yolks and sugar until creamy and frothy.2. Stir in whipping cream and milk.3. Do not beat any more, just stir until everything is well mixed.4. Remove your cooling container from the f...
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Spaghetti Cooked Alla Carbonara
2007-07-11 12:55:00
Placed in Piazza Campo de' Fiori, Rome, is an old restaurant called La Carb onara. This name has nothing to do with the classic Italian dish Spaghetti alla carbonara.At the beginning of last century there was a coal shop in the neighbourhood. One day the owner of this shop decided to open an inn close to the shop. He called it Il Carbonaro.Later on the inn was moved to Campo de' Fiori square, and the name was changed to La Carbonara. Today it is a pricy type of eating establishment. However, they have a good quality cuisine, specialized in typical Roman Cooking. They serve Penne alla carbonara.Spaghetti cooked alla carbonara is what you cook at home when you are in a hurry. Most international recipes call for cream. The traditional Spaghetti alla carbonara shall never have cream, only pork (pancetta), pasta, eggs, cheese, and black pepper. Pancetta isn´t available at my supermarket. But any good quality bacon will do too.INGREDIENTS:Serves 4* 400-500 g spaghetti* 200 g bacon, cubed...
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Italian Pizza
2007-07-09 10:03:00
Eating out in Rome can be very expensive. Touristy restaurants with English menus tend to be more expensive than restaurants a block or two away from touristy areas. If you go to a trattoria or a pizzeria on side streets, you don´t have to eat a full meal, and you don´t have to pay for a full meal. Certain places sell food by weight. They have a counter with different types of pizzas (and other dishes). You choose a piece or two, they will weigh it, and you pay for the weight.A large pizza cut into slices can be shared by two or three adults. So, for us pizza was great for lunch. Simply thin bread garnished with small amounts of flavorful tomatoes and cheese. Most Swedish pizzerias serve monstrous pizzas. They are larger than the plate, and covered with fat toppings such as Bearnaise sauce and fried meat. I get a food coma after such a meal.Pizza (originally a Neapolitan dish) is simple. I haven´t baked a real pizza at home for ages. Once I had a recipe, which was full proof. Even m...
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Italian Antipasti/Appetizers
2007-07-05 21:21:00
Pizza ? pasta ? pancietta ? gelato ? panini ? limoncello - bruschetta ? prosciutto - and more ....Now I am back home from Italy. I am back home from Rome, where I have spent some lovely weeks. Well, the hot weather was not always enjoyable. The well equipped apartment at 4th floor of an ancient building (without elevator) was located only a few steps from Piazza Campo de´ Fiori.Piazza Campo de´Fiori is perhaps the most famous of Rome's many markets. Here you can buy all your fresh fruit and vegetables. This is a square with many faces. In the morning: A colorful food market. In the mid-afternoon: The garbage trucks arrive and the square is cleaned by a large team of street cleaners. The garbage trucks generates very high noise levels. Late afternoon: Rather quite. At night: A very lively place with its bars, pizzerias, restaurants, street musicians, clowns and mime artists.There was a historic food (butcher) shop (Antica Norcineria Viola), located on the ground floor of the old hou...
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Midsummer & Schnapps Salad
2007-06-18 09:51:00
Midsummer Eve always falls on the third Friday in June. It is a survival of Teutonic pagan festivals celebrating the summer solstice. Also known as St. John´s Eve. Celebrations continue into Midsummer Day. I am not going to bore you with any details about the traditions of Swedish Midsummer. You can read about them here4 Midsummer and some traditions or here4 Midsummer .A typical Midsummer meal consists of different kinds of herring served with sour cream (gräddfil), chives and fresh potatoes, schnapps and fresh strawberries.One of my family´s favorite dishes is the so-called Schnapps Salad . (Nubbesallad) served with a small glass of Scandinavian liquor distilled from a grain or potato mash and often flavored with caraway seeds. The main salad ingredient is Matjes Herring. Matjes means maiden. Matjes herring is made from female fish that have not spawned. They are filleted and prepared with salt, vinegar, sugar, and spices.INGREDIENTS:* 300 g Matjes Herring, cut into small pieces* 1...

To Cook A Frozen Roast
2007-06-16 11:38:00
Swedish: "Tjälknöl"English: "Frozen Lump"INGREDIENTS:Serves 6 - 81 - 1,5 kg (1000 g - 1500 g) frozen roast; beef, moose or deer, bonelessMARINADE:2 liter (2000 ml) water1 ½ dl (150 ml) salt½ dl (50 ml) sugar4 - 5 garlic cloves, roughly chopped10 black peppercorns2 dl (200 ml) fresh herbes OR 2 tablespoons dried herbs (thyme, rosemary, basil, chives, parsley...)METHOD:* Preheat oven to 75 - 80°C (170°F)* Take meat out of your freezer, and put it on the roven rack.* Place it in the lower part of the oven.* Place a pan underneath.* Bake meat for about 10 - 12 hours (overnight)* Insert a thermometer after 7 - 8 hours.* Meat is ready at 65 - 75C (Medium rare 145F, Medium 160F, Well done 170F)MARINADE:* Bring water, salt, sugar, and black peppercorns to a boil.* Remove from heat, add garlic and herbs.* Allow marinade to cool.* Pour it into a strong plastic bag.* Put the hot meat into the bag, seal the bag.* Make sure that the meat is emerged in the marinade.* Allow the meat to marinade fo...
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Pasta with Meat Mushroom Cream Sauce
2007-06-08 09:11:00
A simple, straight-forward recipe.INGREDIENTS:Serves 4* 1 large yellow onion* 200 g fresh mushrooms* 300 g ground meat* 1 tablespoon butter* 3 cloves garlic, pressed* 2 teaspoons chinese soy* 3 - 4 dl (300 - 400 ml) cream* cayenne pepper* saltMETHOD:1. Chop the onion and slice the mushrooms thinly.2. Melt butter in a large skillet, fry and crumble the ground meat.3. Add onion and mushroom.4. Lower the heat, simmer for 5 - 7 minutes, and give it a stir now and then.5. Add garlic, and season to taste with cayenne pepper.6. Stir in cream and soy.7. Simmer, stirring constantly, for about 5 minutes.8. Taste with salt.Let´s have a Pasta Sauce Potlock Party!There will be a large bowl with cooked tagliatelli, grated parmesan and salad on the table. I serve my sauce. You bring yours. I am thrilled! What will it be? A ragout or a sauce?http://minareceptsamlingar.blogspot .com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss
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A Strawberry & Almond Paste Pastry
2007-06-06 11:53:00
Today, on 6th of June, it´s holiday. It is the Swedish National Day. This day became the Swedish national day in 1983. Previously known as Swedish flag day. It marks the coronation of Gustav Vasa in 1523. This old king defeated the Danes and established Lutheranism in Sweden. This day also marks the adoption of one of our constitutions from 1809.The Swedish Riksdag (parliament) only designated this day a public holiday in 2005. Many immigrants associate the day with receiving Swedish citizenship. They celebrate living in a free and independent country.There are celebrations in Stockholm, 600 kilometers away. I do not know what to do with a holiday in the middle of the week.Anyway, here you are. I hereby give you the recipe of our National Day Pastry . A result of a pastry chef competition. The prize winner was Helena Bergmark.4The Recipe in SwedishINGREDIENTS:10 ServingsLAYER:300 g almond paste, grated150 g butter3 eggs, slightly beatenTOPPING:100 g almond paste, gratedabout 2 tables...
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Exotic Chocolate Cake
2007-06-04 07:57:00
I was going to bake this cake in April. We had invited guests for dinner. I needed ripe passion fruits at once. The perfect coffee cake, I thought. However, the passion fruits were hard as stones and looked more or less like purple plums. How long would it take for them to ripen? A week or a month? No one knew.Now I am able to purchase wrinkled and crumpled passion fruit. Its seeds add a special taste and color to this sticky chocolate cake.INGREDIENTS:12 pieces3 dl (300 ml) flour4 dl (400 ml) sugar8 tablespoons cacao powder3 teaspoons vanilla sugar2 dl (200 ml) margarine, melted4 eggs100 g white chocolate ( check that it contains a high level of cocoa butter)2 passion fruitsMETHOD:* Heat oven to 175°C [ 350°F].* Melt margarine.* Mix flour, cacao powder, sugar and vanilla sugar in a bowl.* Mix the dry ingredients with margarine.* Add eggs, one at a time, stirring well after each addition.* Pour batter into a greased baking pan, 24 cm in diameter* Bake in the lower part of the oven f...
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Meatballs With Mushroom Stew
2007-06-01 09:04:00
Swedish meatballs are one of the best-known Swedish cooking specialties. However, there are so many recipes. Almost all meatball recipes call for some type of extender such as mashed potatoes, rolled oats or breadcrumbs. Less expensive items than meat. My mother ground very well trimmed meat (ab. 300-400 g) in a hand turned meat grinder. She even used to make her own breadcrumbs. She took 4 crisprolls and crushed them with a bottle between two layers of paper. Then the crumbs were soaked in 1 coffeecup of milk for a while to make a crumb paste. Salt, pepper, grated onion and 1 egg yolk were the other ingredients.My meatballs are a lot easier to make. [The recipe can also be used for patties]. Cook and taste one meatball before you bother forming the rest.INGREDIENTS:* 400 g ground meat (ab. 90 % beef + 10% pork)* 2 teaspoons potato starch* ½ dl (50 ml) milk* 1 - 1 ½ teaspoon salt* ½ - 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper* 1 egg* butterMETHOD:1. Mix the ground meat with egg, salt, ...
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Salmon Salad With Feta Cheese Custard
2007-05-30 09:34:00
Greeks view the olive, the bread and the wine as symbols of life. The olive, the fruit of the sacred tree, is processed in many ways. Oiled or vinegared, they accompany practically all dishes.Bread is a necessary accompaniment to all meals. Often bread is served with Feta Cheese . Feta, which has been known in Greece for centuries, always accompanies their traditional country salad.I won´t say this salad is a Greek dish even though many ingredients are items of a Greek Country Salad . I have been to Greece twice and never did I see Feta Custard on the menues. I wrote down this recipe several years ago and don´t remember where it originated. This salad is a meal in itself; tremendously tasty and healthy.INGREDIENTS:Serves 4* 600 g salmon, cut into cubes* salt and pepper* olive oil* 1 large tomato, cut into chunks* ½ cucumber, cut into slices* 1 red onion, cut into slices* black olives* green olives* salt, pepper and sugarCROUTONS:* white bread, cut into roughfly 1 cm cubes* 2 cloves ga...

Sweets aka "Bird´s Nests"
2007-05-28 08:12:00
Cooking with kids is fun.These small sweet things are nothing much to look at but easy for kids to make. Perhpaps they will need some help measuring up the ingredients.INGREDIENTS:* 100 g margarine* 1 dl (100 ml) sugar* 2 tablespoons cacao powder* 1 tablespoon vanilla sugar* 4 tablespoons golden syrup* 1 ½ dl (150 ml) coconut flakes* 3 dl (300 ml) corn flakes* (or Kellogs Special K. Flakes)METHOD:1. Melt the margarine, add sugar, cacao powder, vanilla and syrup.2. Bring to the boil and simmer for 3 minutes.3. Remove from the heat, add the coconut flakes and cornflakes.4. Stir gently until the cornflakes are well coated.5. Spoon pieces of the mixture onto parchment paper (or into muffin cups).6. Refrigerate for about 10 - 15 minutes, then enjoy."When one teaches, two learn" (quote: Robert Heinlein 1907-1988)A young boy at my school once gave me this recipe. He called them "Fågelbon" (Bird ´s nests). I suppose he was thinking of magpies´ nests. A magpie is a European long-tailed, black...
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A Celebration Cake
2007-05-25 08:12:00
Whitsuntide. Weddings. Examinations. Christenings. Mother ´s Day.Mother´s Day is always celebrated the last Sunday of May in Sweden. Our memorial day in honor of mothers originated in USA. Earlier a similar British tradition was called "Mothering Day" or "Mothering Sunday"; a celebration on the fourth Sunday in Lent for all those working young boys and girls away from home. They were allowed this one day's holiday to return to their homes, visit their mothers and spend the day with them. They also brought a gift, a so called "Mothering Cake ".Anyway, now there are a lot of celebrations in Sweden.It is cake time.Actually this cake is meant to be a homemade wedding cake. The picture and the recipe come from a book called "Stora kakboken" (Bonnier 1965) (i.e. The Great Baking Book). I have never baked this cake myself. It does not look too difficult, though. I only hope to inspire somebody else. There is no need to follow the recipe blindly. Choose other fillings, fruits or berries. Cho...
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Our Daily Bread
2007-05-23 07:39:00
I might as well say it at once. I do not bake bread very often - only at special occasions. Why? Beacause my family likes the Swedish crispbread most of all.Wasa is the world's largest producer of crispbread. Every year the company sells around 60,000 tons of crispbread in 40 countries. Swedish people eat more crispbread than any other people in the world, almost 4 kilograms per capita. Well, my family eats a lot more than that; in fact, about 20 - 25 kilograms every year and most of the time we are only a two-person household.Although it is surprisingly easy to bake crispbread, I have only done that a few times. Here´s the recipe4Knäckebröd (Crispbread)INGREDIENTS:½ liter (500 ml) milk½ tablespoon honey½ tablespoon golden syrup15 g yeast500 g graham flour250 g rye flour (course-grained)3/4 teaspoon saltsome barley flourMETHOD:* Preheat oven to 250°C* Heat milk, honey and syrup to 37 °C* Mix in yeast, salt, ab. 250 g of the graham flour and ab. 125 g of the rye flour.* Then work in...
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Papas Arrugadas Con Mojo (Wrinkled Potatoes With Sauce)
2007-05-18 12:03:00
Here we are on Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, the archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean. (Early explorers discovered a great many dogs on the islands, hence the name from the Latin canis, meaning dog). Originally inhabited by Berberlike peoples, known as Guanches.We are sitting in the cave restaurant Tagoror, Barranco de Guayadeque, having "papas arrugadas con mojo". The Barranco de Guayadeque is a valley stretching from Gran Canaria's coast into the heart of the island. Within this valley there are hundreds of old Guanche caves and burial chambers. The traditional Guanche way of cooking potatoes was in sea water, they say.Small sized potatoes are nowadays served at restaurants, eaten with its skin and dipped in Mojo s. Sauce s come in many colors and tastes. The most well known and most common ones are the mojo picante (spicy red mojo) and the mojo verde (coriander green mojo).Trying to recall a memory from summer 1998 ....INGREDIENTS:Serves 4* ½ - 1 kg (500 g-1000 g) small new po...
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Salmon Served With Caviar Sauce
2007-05-16 09:05:00
Tomorrow, the 17th of May, it is public holiday (Ascension Day) in Sweden.Tomorrow Norway celebrates its Constitution. Norwegians certainly know how to celebrate their National Day!Hurray for Sweden?s neighbour-country and all the people of Norway on their National Day on the 17th of May!A special warm greeting to my Norwegian friends!INGREDIENTS:Serve s 6* 6 slices of salmon fillets (150 grams/each)* salt* pepperSAUCE:* 5 dl (500 ml) crème fraiche* 100 g red caviar* 5 tablespoons chives, finely chopped* lemon juice, freshly pressed* salt* black pepper* ½ teaspoon sambal oelekMETHOD:1. Combine sauce ingredients, taste with lemon juice, salt, pepper and sambal.2. Set aside in the fridge for a while.3. Sprinkle salmon fillets with salt and pepper4. Heat a large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat.5. Place fillets in the pan, grill about 3 minutes on each side.Serve together with the sauce and fried potatoes.(Norway continues to be the world?s largest salmon producer with increased ...
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A Sunshine Drink To Our Health
2007-05-14 09:31:00
Once the different parts of the human body became very cross with the stomach. They thought it had a too good time, lying there quietly in the middle of the body, having nothing else to do but enjoying all the good things, brought to it by the others.The hands did no longer want to bring food to the mouth, and the mouth did not want to receive it, and the teeth did no longer want to chew the food. And the feet meant, that they would no longer be at service by carrying the stomach back and forth. They were all very displeased with the constant toiting and moiting to please the stomach. It would be better if everyone minded their own business, and then you would see, how the useless stomach would manage on its own.What became the result ? When the feet did not want to walk, the hands not work, the mouth not eat and the teeth not chew, the body started to decline.Then all of them realised that the stomach had its work to do too. It did not only receive food, but also delivered nutricio...
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La pâte à choux
2007-05-12 11:23:00
Some weeks ago Gia at Cooking smart asked me about Swedish éclair recipes. At first, I did not know what an éclair was. I went searching and soon enough found that Petit choux, Profiteroles, and Cream Puffs are pretty much the same. I had eaten them but never cooked them myself - until now.Once, one of my sisters-in-law cooked them. She made a filling of genuine Swedish Caviar, [from siklöja (Coregonus albula) fished in North of gulf Bothnia, Norrbotten, North of Sweden]. They were served as a side dish and not as a dessert.Who came up with such an idea in the first place? Cooking dough in a saucepan!Pâte à Choux - which translates to "chou pastry" is not too complicated, but has to be done right, otherwise you end up with a terrible mess.INGREDIENTS:Makes 15* 3 dl (300 ml) water* 100 g butter* 2 dl (200 ml) flour* 3 eggsFILLING I:* 2 dl (200 ml) whipping cream* 2 bananasGARNISH:* powdered sugar* lemon juice* 50 g melted dark chocolateORFILLING II:* 2 dl whipping cream* raspberriesG...

Chicken Garam Masala
2007-05-10 08:04:00
All Indian and Pakistani cookery depends on herbs and spices. Every household has their own spice mixes. "Curry", which means "sauce", is the best-known Indian culinary term. Curries may be prepared in dozens, if not hundreds, of ways. They are, in fact, a whole category of cooking involving meat, sea-food, and vegetable dishes (although Hindus do not take beef)Garam Masala , whose literal Hindi meaning is "hot or warm spices", is a blend of ground spices: Peppers, cinnamon, basil, coriander, garlic, celery seed, cumin, cloves, nutmeg, cardamom, garlic, turmeric...Commercial spice mixtures may also contain dried red chili peppers, dried garlic, ginger powder, sesame, mustard seeds, bay leaves, and fennel.Indian cooking the Swedish way is not that spicy. A lazy day in my kitchen, when I wish to spice up a chicken, Santa Maria has already done the spice mixing job. So, I only pretend this is an Indian dish.INGREDIENTS:Serves 3-4* 4 chicken fillets* 1 pkg Santa Maria Garam Masala Spice ...
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Meringue Cake (a.k.a. Brita Cake)
2007-05-08 08:12:00
I do not know why this meringue cake is named Brita Cake . I can only guess.In 1960, a magazine arranged a Swedish Cake Championship. The winning recipe was a Pinnocchio Cake with an airy layer of meringue, chopped walnuts and whipped cream; baked in a round spring-form cake tin with separate bottom.Through the years, I have seen many varieties of this cake; often with fillings of whipped cream mixed with berries or fruit. So, maybe the mother of this meringue cake once was a woman named Brita.LAYER INGREDIENTS:* 125 g margarine* 1 dl (100 ml) sugar* 2 egg yolks* 1 dl (100 ml) milk* 1 ½ dl (150 ml) flour* 2 teaspoons baking powderMERINGUE:* 2 egg whites* 1 3/4 dl (175 ml) sugar* 1 teaspoon vanilla sugar* 100 g nuts, choppedFILLING:* 2-3 dl (200-300 ml) whipping creamMETHOD:Preheat oven to 180°C [ab. 350°F] Beat butter and sugar until fluffy.Add egg yolks and beat well.Blend flour and baking powder.Add flour mixture and milk alternatively.Beat egg whites until stiff, add sugar and van...
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A Tasteful Chicken Noodle Salad
2007-05-06 12:19:00
I bought my first wok about seventeen years ago. I saw it in a magazine and ordered it at once. My first thought was "what a large frying pan". But the wok was more than a frying pan. When I say "wok", I mean "stir fry", which means cooking food quickly, stirring constantly over extremely high heat in a small amount of fat. As a matter of fact, the wok worked good for steam-cooking too, and other methods of cooking.INGREDIENTS:Serves 4-6* 500 g noodles* 1 dl olive oil* 500 g chicken fillets* 3 cloves garlic* 3 teaspoons sesame seeds* juice of 3 limes* 4 tablespoons soy* 1 teaspoon wasabi paste* 3 tablespoons rice vinegar* 6-8 salad onions* 2 teaspoons sambal oelekGARNISH:* fresh coriander or parsleyMETHOD:1. Heat 2 tablespoons of the olive oil in a wok or frying pan.2. Fry the chicken fillets, set aside when they are cooked through.3. Peel and chop garlic, fry until golden with the sesame seeds.4. Add lime juice, soy, wasabi, rice vinegar, stir to mix, set aside.5. Cook noodles acco...
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Chocolate & Almond Cake with Cloudberry Cream
2007-05-04 10:41:00
Some weeks ago I was touched by Accidental Hedonist´s blog post about cloudberries - the precious berries, which I almost take for grantage. They are a bit picky about weather, though.This plant prefers moist tundra, bog habitats and heaths. It is widespread across the low arctic and boreal forest regions - in Sweden especially in the northern part of the country.Cloud berries are sometimes damaged by frost - in the sensitive period of flowering. Picking them in July and August means that you have to stand mosquitoes and other, bigger bloodthirsty insects - fight them and feed them.Cloudberry plants are male or female. Only the female plant bears fruit; a hard red berry with seeds that turn yellowish when ripe in late July. They are extremely rich in vitamin C, but they also contain amounts of vitamin A, iron, magnesium, folacin, calcium, kalium, carotene and fibers.I cannot describe the unusual, sweet-and-sour taste. When the cloudberries are eaten fresh, they have a tart taste: A c...
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A Warm Chicken Salad
2007-05-03 08:03:00
"Salad day". I went Googling for that word. What I found was that there probably is no such word in English. Maybe "Saladday" is a Chinese or a Japanese name. I do not know. Dozens of sites with foreign characters were found.The Swedish word "sallad" has a double meaning - on the one hand different kind of lettuces, on the other hand, in most cases, one or several ingredients mixed with some kind of dressing. As a rule, when I talk about green salad I think of lettuce. In reality, there are several similar plants.So today it is Thursday, but it is also Salad Day. I know, I should eat a salad every day, but I do not. I would not mind losing weight. Salads are not difficult to make. Everyone knows how to make them and there are endless ways to make and season a salad.*A squeeze of lemon juice enchances a salad.*Adding vegetables that are seasonings in themselves: Onions, parsley, peppers, tomatoes, and mushrooms.*Olive oil, herbs, spices, seasoned bread crumbs, dices of cheese, chopped...
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Homemade Coconut Milk
2007-05-01 11:08:00
Living in a country far away from palm-trees and coconuts, having a husband who does not like coconut milk/cream available in cans from supermarkets. What to do when a recipe calls for coconut milk/cream? When Christmas time comes around, I can buy real coconuts. The seed is surrounded by a buoyant and impervious fibrous husk. I have tried to break through that hard husk once. I am not going to do it again. What a mess! Three "eyes" on the husk suggest a monkey´s face, hence the genius name Coco s, which is the Portuguese word for "grinning face".How about making your own from coconut flakes? (French: Noix de coco rapée; German: Kokosraspel)METHOD I1. Bring 3 dl (300 ml) whipping cream and 3 dl (300 ml) milk to a boil.2. Pour in 200 grams (ab. 650-700 ml) of coconut flakes.3. Stir and set aside for ab. 5 minutes.4. Pour mixture into a blender and run.5. Strain through a piece of muslin cloth, gather the ends of the cloth together and squeeze it in your fist to extract the liquid OR s...
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Pear Marmalade
2007-04-28 11:46:00
I had never been a big fan of marmalade until I discovered how delicious it was to just spoon a tiny little bit of it on cheeses. Usually, marmalades are preserves made by boiling the pulp and part of the rind or skin of citrus fruits with sugar to the consistency of jam. However, marmalades can be made from almost any fruit and any berries: Unripe tiny aubergines, green apricots, quinces, small green bitter oranges, rhubarbs mixed with raspberries ... you name it, I probably got a recipe.This recipe of pear marmalade serves about 8-10 at a buffé table.INGREDIENTS:* 3 pears (ab. 250 g)* 2 tablespoons water* ½ lime, zest and juice* 1 teaspoon Certo® fruit pectin (powder)* 2 dl (200 ml) sugarMETHOD:1. Peel the pears, remove the seeds.2. Cut them into smaller chunks and put in a saucepan.3. Add water, lime zest and juice.4. Cook covered för about 10 minutes.5. Mix pectin with 2 tablespoons of the sugar.6. Stir the mixture down into the saucepan.7. Add the remaining sugar and cook for a...
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Pineapple And Strawberry Cake
2007-04-27 10:58:00
The Norwegian "wet cake" (blötkake) is not as bad as it sounds. In fact it is very much like the savarin - the sponge cake made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar and eggs and baked in a ring mold and then soaked with some syrup, wine or fruit juice. I do not like the cake too wet. Therefore I just gently spoon fruit juice over the layers. I always make this cake using my ordinary aluminium cake pan. It is very important to grease the cake pan carefully. To be sure; line bottom with parchment or wax paper too.INGREDIENTS:cake pan 23-24 cm (9-10 inches)* 4 eggs* 120 g (1 1/3 dl) sugar* 120 g (1 1/3 dl) flour* 1 teaspoon baking powderFILLING AND TOPPING:½-1 l (500-1000 ml) strawberries1 large can crushed pinapple in its own juice, drain, reserve juice1 large can pineapple slices in its own juice, drain, reserve juice4 dl (400 ml) double cream, whipped2 tablespoons sugarMETHOD:1. Grease a round cake pan (non-stick or not), dust with fine bread crumbs.2. Beat eggs and sugar unti...
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