These cookies Jødekager are very common in Danish bakeries and homes. As a child our family always served these cookies at big family parties. These are an old fashion cookie with great flavor. It is almost impossible to just eat one cookie. Below is the cookie recipe with a yummy cookie topping. First step is make the cookie.
Cookie Ingredients:
4 cups flour
15 tblsp cold butter
1 1/2 sugar
2 egg yolks
lemon zest of 1/2 a lemon
1/2 tsp of ground ginger
Cookie Topping:
1 whipped egg
1/3 cup of white sugar
two teaspoons of ground cinnamon
chopped almonds
Kitchen Utensils:
bowl wooden spoon
grater
glass
pastry blender
measuring cup and spoons
rolling pin
baking sheet
parchment paper (optional)
whisk
wooden spoon
food processor (optional)
Cookie Instruction:
Grind lemon peel on a grater to get the lemon zest.
Mix flour, sugar, lemon zest and ginger and crumble the mixture
with the cold butter, so it has the consistency of grated Parmesan. You can use either a pastry blender or your hands. (you may use
a food processor too).
Mix the egg yolks into dough mixture with a wooden spoon. Then use your hands to continue combining the ingredients.
Scrape the sides of the bowl as needed.
Knead into a homogeneous dough
without too much kneading.
Shape the dough into a roll.
Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and place it in the
refrigerator for 2 hours or leave it in the freezer for approx. 1 hour.
Roll dough out and cut out cookies with a glass or roll the dough
into a sausage and slice it with a knife.
Place the cookies on a buttered and floured baking sheet.
Beat an egg to make an egg wash.
Brush the cookies with the egg wash.
In a small bowl mix sugar and cinnamon.
Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar mixture on the cookies.
Finally sprinkle the chopped almonds on top.
Bake at 400F or, until light brown (about 6-8 minutes).
Remove immediately from baking sheets. Transfer the cookies to wire racks for cooling.
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Icelandic vodka, strawberries and ginger typical Scandinavian ingredients and perfect to make a summer cocktail. My mother and I were introduced to the strawberry Mule while attending the Taste of Iceland in Boston. We knew that we would have to make this drink this drink as one of our summer time drinks going forward.
Below are the ingredients to the Strawberry Mule drink.
ngredients: 2 oz vodka 1 oz lime juice from 4 sweet limes 3-4 strawberries sliced ginger ale Directions: In a glass, put the strawberries and lime juice in it. Muddle the
strawberries with the lime juice. To muddle, you mixing and grinding the
strawberries together to make a pulp. Next add the ice to the glass, and add the vodka. Finally, add the ginger ale, garnish with a strawberry and mint maybe,
and the ENJOY! - See more at:
http://www.seductioninthekitchen.com/2014/06/strawberry-moscow-mule.html#sthash.62JQmxqf.dpuf
Ingredients: 2 oz vodka 1 oz lime juice from 4 sweet limes 3-4 strawberries sliced ginger ale Directions: In a glass, put the strawberries and lime juice in it. Muddle the
strawberries with the lime juice. To muddle, you mixing and grinding the
strawberries together to make a pulp. Next add the ice to the glass, and add the vodka. Finally, add the ginger ale, garnish with a strawberry and mint maybe,
and the ENJOY! - See more at:
http://www.seductioninthekitchen.com/2014/06/strawberry-moscow-mule.html#sthash.62JQmxqf.dpuf
Ingredients:
2 oz or 1/4 a cup of Icelandic vodka
1 oz lime or 2 tablespoons juice from a half a lime
3-4 red ripe strawberries sliced
1 can of ginger beer
mint to garnish optional (optional)
2 teaspoons of sugar (optional)
a wedge of lime to garnish(optional)
sliced strawberries to garnish (optional)
ice cubes
Kitchen Utensils:
cutting board
knife
mesh strainer
glass
bowl
measuring cup and spoon
Directions:
Squeeze half a lime into a glass.
In a bowl, slice up strawberries.
Pour lime juice into the bowl.
Take a fork and press the strawberries into the lime juice. Mix and press the strawberries
and lime together to make a pulp.
Place a mesh strainer over a bowl. Pour the strawbery lime juice into the mesh strainer. Stir the juice mixture around in the mesh strainer with your fork.
The result you should have enough strawberry lime juice for the drink in the bottom of a bowl. Discard whatever is remaining in the mesh strainer.
Next add the ice to the glass.
Pour 1/4 cup of vodka into the glass.
Next pour a can of ginger beer into the glass.
Add the strawberry lime juice
If you would like to make the drink sweet, add two teaspoons of sugar or to taste (optional).
Garnish with sliced strawberries, a slice of lime or fresh mint.
Skål!
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Ingredients:
2 oz vodka
1 oz lime juice from 4 sweet limes
3-4 strawberries sliced
ginger ale
Directions:
In a glass, put the strawberries and lime juice in it. Muddle the
strawberries with the lime juice. To muddle, you mixing and grinding the
strawberries together to make a pulp.
Next add the ice to the glass, and add the vodka.
Finally, add the ginger ale, garnish with a strawberry and mint maybe,
and the ENJOY! - See more at:
http://www.seductioninthekitchen.com/2014/06/strawberry-moscow-mule.html#sthash.62JQmxqf.dpuf
Ingredients:
2 oz vodka
1 oz lime juice from 4 sweet limes
3-4 strawberries sliced
ginger ale
Directions:
In a glass, put the strawberries and lime juice in it. Muddle the
strawberries with the lime juice. To muddle, you mixing and grinding the
strawberries together to make a pulp.
Next add the ice to the glass, and add the vodka.
Finally, add the ginger ale, garnish with a strawberry and mint maybe,
and the ENJOY! - See more at:
http://www.seductioninthekitchen.com/2014/06/strawberry-moscow-mule.html#sthash.62JQmxqf.dpuf
These recipes are perfect for the holiday season. Please let us know what you think♥ !
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This
is our Danish version of a Kale Soup! Healthy & Good! Kale Soup in the winter is great comfort food! What
to eat with Kale Soup? Traditionally, we serve Kale soup
with mustard and a slice of rye bread.
Ingredients
2-3 lb. of Pork
5 cups of water
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper (or peppercorns)
kale
2 bay leaves
2 cloves
parsley
2 celery stalks
2 leeks
4 carrots
4 potatoes
1 large onion
3 tbsp of flour mixed with water
Kitchen Utensils
cutting board
sharp knife
2 large cooking pots
wooden spoon
ladel
Click on the YouTube video
to see how Karen Grete prepares this delicious soup!
Instructions:
First need to boil the pork. In a large saucepan cook the pork in 5 cups of water, add teaspoon of salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper, 2 bay leaves, 2 cloves and parsley.
Make sure the water boils. When it is boiling need to take the foam off.
Simmer the pork for about 1 ½ hours. Check on it after the hour to see how it is cooking
While pork is cooking perfect time to prepare the kale and the vegetable including potatoes, leak, celery stalks, onion and carrots.
In another pot cook the kale for about 10 min in about 2 cups of water.
Drain and chop the kale very fine or put it in a food processor.
For the last 10 minutes of cooking the pork add the chopped vegetables into the pot of soup. Cook until all vegetables are tender for about 10 minutes.
Remove the pork to a platter and keep it warm.
To thicken the soup mix flour and water and stir it into the soup. Season with salt and pepper.
Slice and serve the pork onto a plate with mustard and rye bread.
Ladle soup
into bowls.
God appetit!
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These muffins are simple, quick delicious and easy to make. You can
serve these muffins any time of the day warm or cold. Great for to have either for breakfast or as a
snack.
Ingredients for Muffins:
3/4 cup strawberries, diced bite size
3/4 cup rhubarb, diced bite size
3/4 cup of almond paste, diced bite size
2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2-1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt
1 teaspoon grated orange zest
1 cup sour cream
4 oz. (8 Tbs.) unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly or at room temperature
2 large eggs
1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
cooking spray
Topping:
3 Tbs. granulated sugar
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/3 cup of sliced almonds
Kitchen Utensils
large glass bowl
3 medium bowls
measuring cup
measuring spoons
whisk or electric mixer
spatula
ice cream scoop
knife
cutting board
12-cup muffin pan
Instruction:
First, preheat your oven to 400°F and position a rack in the center of the oven.
The second thing to do is line a 12-cup muffin pan with paper so nothing sticks.
Next dice
the rhubarb, strawberries and almond paste. You want these
about as small as a blueberry and no larger than a 1/4 of an inch. If the fruit is not
sliced up into small pieces, there is a chance that the fruit will sink to
the bottom because the fruit is heavy. Set the everything aside in a bowl.
In a large bowl mix the dry ingredients including flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda
and salt with a spoon.
In a medium bowl, use a hand held whisk to whisk together quickly the sour cream, melted
butter, eggs, orange zest and vanilla until smooth.
Now take 2-3 tablespoons of your flour mixture and put it into your strawberry, rhubarb and almond mixture. Give the fruit and almond paste a quick little mix to coat them in the flour so the flour adheres to it. That way when the muffins are baking, the fruit will not sink all of the way down.
Next, combine the dry ingredients right into the wet ingredients with a spatula. Don't over mix. The batter should have lumps and not be completely smooth.
Now fold the fruit into the flour mixture with a spatula until the batter just comes together. The spatula prevents from over mixing the flour and from smashing up the fruit so these are going to be a nice muffin.
Next, add an ice cream scoopful of batter into each muffin cup and make them all of the same size. The batter
should mound a bit higher than the tops of the cups.
In a small bowl, combine
the almonds, sugar and cinnamon and mix well. Sprinkle a generous 1/2 tsp. of the
cinnamon almond sugar mixture over each muffin batter.
Now we are ready to bake the muffins in preheated oven 400°F for about 20-25 minutes. Bake the muffins until they’re golden brown. The
easiest way to tell if the muffins are baked is to insert a toothpick into the center. If the toothpick comes out clean then you
know they are done.
Transfer to a wire rack and let the muffins
cool in the pan for 5 to 10 minutes.
These muffins are best when freshly
baked, but they’re still good the second day.
