Kale Salad Recipe for the - Grønkålssalat med mandler, rosiner og æbler

We love salads, vegetables and fruit. Kale is one of our all time favorite leafy greens. This combination makes a delicious Summer Salad.  This kale salad is so easy and healthy to make. Sometimes I will go buy a big bag of kale for a Sunday brunch.  Any leftover salad I will have with our dinner the next day. So let's get started.

Salad Ingredients:

• 1/4 lb Kale (approx.) 
• 2 Apples 
• 1/2 cup of raisins 
• 1/2 cup almonds 
• Optional: shredded cheese as topping 

Dressing Ingredients:

• 1 tblsp white wine vinegar 
• 1 tblsp honey 
• juice of 1 orange 

 

  See our YouTube video 

to see how Karen Grete prepares the Kale Salad

Instruction:

1. Mix the dressing in the bowl. 
2. Roll up the kale leaves and slice and massage them, and add them to the dressing. Kale is a little more difficult to chew than the average green. The acid in the vinegar and slicing it thinly makes it easier to chew. 
3. Chop the apples and the almonds and add them as well as the raisins to the chopped kale. 
4. Also, to soften the leaves, leave the kale in the dressing for approx. 5-10 min. before you eat it. 
5. Enjoy!

 

Strawberries and orange slices or any other fruit you have available will also taste great in this recipe. With so many options to mix and match to your taste, you can't go wrong. 

In Denmark, I grew up eating a lot of Kale.  My family has always grown Kale in our yard and made many meals eating kale dishes.  Our kale salad or in Danish (Grønkålssalat med mandler, rosiner og æbler) is a modern dish that I am sure my parents would have enjoyed.  We hope you enjoy it too. Skål!
 
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How To Make Kale Chips! Two Easy Kale Chip Recipes! Grønkålschips

Here we show you to different easy Kale Chip Recipes! Perfect as a year round snack and to serve at your parties!

Ingredients:

• 1 bunch of kale
• 2 tblsp oil
• 1 tblsp salt or 1 tblsp soy sauce

Kitchen Utensils:

• 1 large bowl
• 2 lined baking sheets

                                         

Instruction:

1. Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
2. With a knife or kitchen shears carefully remove the leaves from the thick stems and tear into bite size pieces. Wash and thoroughly dry kale with a salad spinner/paper towel. 
3. Add kale leaves into a large bowl.  Drizzle kale with olive oil and massage in the oil until all the nooks and crannies are coated in oil. Sprinkle with seasoning salt or soy sauce.
4. Spread out the kale onto the prepared baking sheet into a single layer, being sure not to overcrowd the kale
5. Bake until the edges brown but are not burnt, approx. 15 minutes.

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How to Make Kale Soup with Pork - Grønkålssuppe med Svinekød Opskrift

Grønkålssuppe med Svinekød

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!   Please check out our Danish rye bread videos too.    We hope you enjoyed our recipe video! Please be sure to subscribe to our Blog and YouTube Channel Scandinavian Today.  Our channel has videos including *how to make Danish Christmas rice pudding with cherry sauce dessert recipe (Risalamande med kirsebærsauce) *How to make St Lucia Buns - A Swedish Saint Lucia Saffron Bun Recipe - Lussekatter *how to make Swedish Glogg for Christmas & cold evenings! (glögg or mulled wine recipe)  *Jansson's Temptation A Swedish Christmas dish - Janssons Frestelse *How to make Swedish Sour Cream Cucumber Salad with Dill. svensk gurksallad. *How to Make Marzipan for Scandinavian Baking & Candies A simple homemade recipe- marcipan - marsipan *Brunsviger - A classic Danish cinnamon coffee cake *how to make aeblskiver (æbleskiver) *how to make Danish Christmas Klejner *how to make Danish sugar browned potatoes (brunede kartofler) *how to make Danish red cabbage (rødkaal) *How to make Danish Cucumber Salad (Agurksalat) *How to Make Marzipan for Scandinavian Baking & Candies A simple homemade recipe- marcipan - marsipan Our Scandinavian recipes including Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and Finnish are on http://scandinavtoday.blogspot.com/ Follow us either on Twitter @scandinavtoday, Blogger, Google+, Google Pages, Pinterest and Subscribe to our YouTube Chanel Scandinavian Today!  Let's get cooking Scandinavian foods!

How To Make Homemade Creamed Kale Sauce (Grønlangkål) For Danish Summer Dishes

Creamed kale sauce has been eaten with pork or tongue and potatoes in Denmark and Nordic countries for several centuries.  A hearty meal great for  the summertime when you have fresh grown kale. Below is a recipe to make homemade creamed kale sauce (grønlangkål).

Ingredients:

• 1/2 tablespoon of butter
• 1/2 tablespoon of flour
• 1 cup of milk (other options is fish stock, chicken stock or beef stock)
• 1 large bunch of washed kale, finely chopped
• Salt and pepper
• nutmeg

Kitchen Utensils

• cutting board
• sharp knife
• small-medium heavy saucepan
• wooden spoon

Instructions  

Prepare the Kale
Rinse kale well in large bowl of warm water.  Place the kale in a colander and drain. Rip the leaves off the stem. Discard any discolored leaves and tough stems. 

Cooking Tip: Be sure to wash this carefully and just before use, since it will hasten spoilage.

Then cook the kale in a pot of water.  Add a little bit of salt into the water.  Cook for about 20 minutes in order for the leaves to get soft. Then scoop the kale out of the pot,  Slice the leaves crosswise into ½ inch thick slices with a sharp knife on a cutting board. Set it aside in a bowl.  

Cooking Tip: Whenever you shop for kale, buy lots of it because it cooks down dramatically.


Make the Cream Sauce
Melt the butter in the saucepan over medium heat.

Add the flour and whisk until the flour is absorbed into the butter (this a "roux").  Stir for about 2-3 minutes until it becomes thick, smooth and pale beige in color.

Add the milk gradually about 1/3 at a time, and whisk constantly.  Keep stirring and bring to boil.  Add Kale juices too. You don't want this to burn.  Stir constantly for about 5-6 minutes until smooth and thick. 

If the sauce is too thick, you need to prime with milk or kale juice. If it is too thin, boil a little more.  Avoid the sauce tasting like flour by stirring well and carefully. 

Turn down the heat.  Add chopped kale. Add nutmeg for flavoring. Season with salt and pepper. Simmer the sauce for 1-2 minute without boiling.

Cover to keep warm until you are ready to serve.  Serve "grønlangkål" with either cooked smoke ham or tongue and over potatoes. Enjoy!

Did you know that ....the ancient Greeks and Romans grew kale in their gardens?