Today's recipe is a moist apple cake that makes the whole house smell delicious! With only 15 minutes preparation time it's fabulous and foolproof –simply perfect for this time of the year and especially on a rainy day! Ingredients: 3 large Bramley apples 125 g butter 125 g caster sugar 125 g flour (strong white) 2 eggs 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp cinnamon 50 g ground almonds 3 tbs brown sugar 1...
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Norwegian lazy breakfast – Waffles
It's still holiday and as we are enjoying those lazy mornings where you are slowly woken up by the sunshine. As a holiday treat we made Norwegian waffles today. Served with home made strawberry jam, recipe here: Strawberry Jam Scandinavian style waffles are thin, made in a heart-shaped waffle iron. The batter is similar to other varieties. The most common style are sweet, with whipped or sour...
Read moreSweet Cherry summer dress
I have cherries on my mind... Need to search for cherry recipes -as there is cherries everywhere in our kitchen after a Cherry Picking event at friends house yesterday! Let me know if you have some you want to share! Meanwhile let me present this sweet cherry dream dress from Swedish label plastisock. A sophisticated A-line style dress with a cheeky print in bright colours - this stunning summer...
Read moreSmåfolk presents tasty danish biscuits
Ingredients: 500 g flour 1 bar vanilla 385 g butter 250 g sugar 1 egg 1 teaspoon coated ammonium bicarbonate 100 g carefully chopped almonds. Method Sieve flour, vanilla corn and ammonium bicarbonate together. Cold butter is chopped in. Egg and sugar is mixed in. Almonds is copped carefully and added. Take the dough through the mincer and formed into "wreath-shaped cakes". The dough is easier to...
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Lamb Burger with Potato Wedges, this weeks dish by Scandinavian Dad
Traditionally in Norway we would eat a lot of lamb at this time of the year, in fact our national dish "Fårikål" (cabbage and lamb stew) even has it's one special day, the last Thursday every September. Another classic is "Smalahove" (sheep's head), which is only for the bravest of the brave. Both "Fårikål" and "Smalahove" is often served as party food. You would gather all you friends and...
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Pasta Bolognese, this weeks dish by Scandinavian Dad
Today's recipe is real comfort food on a windy and wet day; Pasta bolognese, or in Italian; ragù alla bolognese, which in reality is a meat based sauce (not tomato based as we usually see bolognese presented as in the shops), so try to forget everything you know about chopped tomatoes and soggy pasta :) When you cooking the bolognese sauce, make sure you make more than one portion, after all it...
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Recipe of the week: Pan-fried fillet of trout and beetroot salad
This weeks recipe, pan-fried fillet of trout served with warm beetroot salad is shared by the Scandinavian Dad, who is an excellent chef. This recipe brings back some childhood memories, from one of those many lakes and rivers you can find in Norway. I started fishing, and trout in particular, when I was still in primary (yes I was fishing on my own, no Health and Safety regulations where I grew...
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