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Wednesday, June 28, 2017

How to Make Strawberry Rhubarb Salad 🍓


Rhubarb has been an important ingredient in Denmark since the 1800's. Summer memories including gardens with rhubab growing in Danish garden's such as my Mormor's garden. As well, rhubarb recipes such as rabarbergrød.

Here is modern rhubarb recipe that I had in Bakken a couple summers ago.  One of the restaurants had a salad buffet with a rhubarb salad.  So simple and delicious.  I had never tried a rhubarb salad before.  This had a nice sweet citrus flavor. The rhubarb becomes softened slightly while soaking in the citrus juices. I have had this recipe on my mind since being a Bakken. Here I added sliced strawberries and mint to this salad recipe which compliments rhubarb very well too.

How to Make Strawberry Rhubarb Salad 🍓

☀Ingredients ☀
4 cups of thinly sliced rhubarb
1/2 a cup of orange juice
1/2 a cup of lemon juice 🍋
3/4 cup of sugar
Clean & slice 2 cups of strawberries. 🍓
Slice or tear fresh 3 or 4 mint leaves 
Toasted sliced almonds

Instructions:
-slice 4 cups of thinly sliced rhubarb

-Mix rhubarb, orange juice, lemon juice and sugar in a bowl.
-Let rhubarb mixture sit until slightly softened and releases its juices, about 30 minutes.
-Preheat oven to 350°. Toast sliced almonds until golden brown, 8–10 minutes. Let cool.
-Clean & slice 2 cups of strawberries.


-After 30 minutes mix in sliced strawberries and torn mint leaves and sprinkle toasted almonds over salad.
-Mix the strawberry rhubarb mixture in the bowl. 🥄

Serve the same day.  The salad will become too soft if served the next day.


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Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Icelandic Flag Cake Recipe to celebrate Icelandic National Day


Icelandic National Day is coming up in a few days. This annual holiday (Icelandic: Þjóðhátíðardagurinn) was chosen to coincide with the birthday of Jón Sigurðsson. Jón is a major figure of Icelandic culture from the 19th century.

Perfect time to start thinking of ways to celebrate and here we came up with an Icelandic Flag Cake which is a fast fun way to serve during the holiday. 🎈  I decided to make a simple cake in comparison to some of the larger flag cakes I have done before.  This cake only requires one baking pan.  If you want to have a filling in the center, you can easily slice it in half.

As well, I have lots of raspberries growing on my raspberry bush.  So luckily I could use the raspberries for the cake.  So I decided to use the red raspberries for the red cross that is on the cake. 

 
As well I purchased fresh blueberries and whipped cream to complete the flag.  I decided to use the whipped cream from a can because I was not make a complicated pattern.  However, I suggest to add the whipped cream at the very last step. The whipped cream fluffiness will start disappearing shortly after shaking it out of the can.  So I suggest to serve the cake right away. 🍴


Icelandic Flag Cake Recipe🌻

🌻 Ingredients 🌻
  • 1/4 cup of sugar
  • 1/2 a stick of unsalted butter
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup of flour
  • 1/2 tablespoon of baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon of salt
  • 1/2 cup of milk
  • 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla
  • confectionary sugar and couple drops of water
  • blueberries
  • raspberries
  • whipped cream
See our instructions to making the cake on our video.
  1. Beat butter and sugar.
  2. Add 2 eggs.
  3. Add flour mixed with baking powder and salt. 
  4. Add milk w/vanilla extract.
  5. Pour batter into a buttered & floured pan.
  6. Bake at 350 F for approx. 30 minutes.
  7. Let cake cool.
  8. Combine confetionary sugar and water to create frosting.
  9. Add frosting on top of the cake. This will be used to hold the fruit.
  10. Place raspberries and blueberries to form flag. Fill in the remaining white line to complete the flag with whipped cream.
Enjoy a slice of cake with a cup of coffee.☕ 🥄



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Sunday, June 25, 2017

How to Make Swedish Rhubarb Crumble ☀ Rabarberpaj

This time of the year, I think about what to make for midsummer celebrations.  Midsummer celebrations is an important Nordic tradition and a lot of people look forward to attending.  We have a tradition in my family to have dinner at our house, go to the beach, build a bonfire, bake bread on a stick and sing Danish songs.

So, I decided to make a Swedish Rhubarb Crumble for dessert because you can make it for a lot of people.  As well I saw so much rhubarb in the grocery stores lately that I thought it was an easy decision to make this delicious dessert.  The great thing is people can decide how much they want to scoop out from the pan.

What makes this dessert Swedish from what I understand is the flour and oatmeal combination.  Just make sure to buy the correct rolled oats and not the quick or 5 minutes oatmeal.  Otherwise the dessert won't taste correct.

How to Make Swedish Rhubarb Crumble  ☀ Rabarberpaj
🌸 Ingredients 🌸
Rhubarb filling:

  • 6 cups of rhubarb, chopped into 3/4-inch chunks
  • 1 cup of granulated sugar 
  • 4 teaspoons cornstarch 
  • 2 teaspoons of cinnamon (for extra cinnamon flavor)


Rhubarb Filling instructions:

  1. Put the chopped rhubarb, granulated sugar, and cornstarch in a large bowl and toss together.
  2. Transfer the rhubarb into a prepared buttered 8-inch ovenproof dish. 
  3. Spread and pack the fruit down well. Then set the pan aside.


For crumble topping:

  • 1 1/3 cup light brown sugar 
  • 1 1/3 cup of all-purpose flour
  • 20 tablespoons softened unsalted butter 
  • 2 cups oats 
  • 2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 


Instructions:

  1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
  2. Add sliced butter,  flour and light brown sugar together in a large bowl. Rub everything together with your fingertips, making sure that there are a few pea-sized lumps of butter left. 
  3. Mix oats, cinnamon almond slices into a medium bowl.
  4. Stir in the oats mixture into the large bowl and mix well. 
  5. Rub in the butter using your finger tips until it forms crumbs and starts to stick together.
  6. Crumble the mixture loosely over the rhubarb filling so you can still see the rhubarb mixture underneath. (You might not need it all.)
  7. Bake for 30 minutes, until the fruit is soft and the crumble is golden brown on top.
  8. Set aside to rest for 5 to 10 minutes before serving.
  9. Best to serve warm or hot and eaten the same day. 🥄 Delicious with a cup of coffee, tea or a glass of milk. ☕


I like to decorate the tables with the flowers to create a midsummer feel.  As well, always like to use my summer dishes and floral placemats and runners too.  Especially since we only have several months to enjoy these during the year!

The Swedish Rhubarb crumble goes well with vanilla ice cream or whipped.Traditionally rabarberpaj is served with vaniljsås (vanilla sauce). I plan to make the sauce another day for you all.   😀   🎈

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Thursday, June 22, 2017

Swedish egg-anchovy sandwich called Gubbröra


I happen to love dill in my recipes and grow it in my yard. Dill grows pretty easy and I use it on my sandwiches, with scrambled eggs, and on potatoes. Recently, I have been making Swedish recipes that includes dill.  Here is one of Swedish famous dishes that has dill as a garnish. This Swedish egg-anchovy sandwich is easy to make with simple ingredients. Gubbröra translates to Old Man’s Mix.

Gubbröra is one of Swedish famous dishes.  This Swedish egg-anchovy sandwich is easy to make and called Gubbröra means Old Man’s Mix.  The Swedish anchovies are actually sprats or in Swedish called skarpsill.  However, if you are not able to find skarpsill then regulary anchovies are great with the egg sandwich. 

Swedish Egg and Anchovy Salad on Crispbread Recipe

Ingredients:

  • 3 hard boiled eggs
  • 3 anchovies
  • 1 egg yolk
  • lemon wedges 🍋 
  • 1/4 teaspoon of pepper
  • fresh dill for garnish
  • chopped dill
  • chopped chives
  • chopped red onion
  • crisp bread


🐟 Instructions:

  1. Chop up hard boiled eggs. 
  2. Cut the dill and chives very finely. 
  3. Place everything in a bowl together with the pepper and egg yolk. Mix them together. 
  4. Chop the anchovy filets and blend in. 
  5. Mix everything together and serve cold. 
  6. This traditional Swedish egg-anchovy salad is served either on crispbread or on a thin slice of round dark bread. 
  7. Garnish with fresh dill and a lemon wedge on the side. 🍽️ 



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