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I've collected recipes and cookbooks for many years. Recipes of food, dinners and desserts, sweets and so on. A lot of those recipes have gone into my personal cookbook. It´s time to share them...
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Swedish Farmer Cookies & Paraguayan Cane Sugar
Some weeks ago, I received a brand new package of Dansukker's cane sugar which is produced in Paraguay. This sugar is ecological and carries the international Fair-trade mark symbol (an independent consumer guarantee for the product. It helps produce...
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Classic Swedish Pizza Salad
The first pizzerias in Sweden were owned by immigrants. Most Swedish pizzerias are still owned and run by people born in other countries. So, pizza salad is not at all a Swedish invention. It was immigrants who gave us this raw green cabbage salad. N...
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Two Foolproof Swedish Herring Recipes
Easter is approaching and it is time to start thinking about Easter food. Our Swedish Easter 'smorgasbord' would not be complete without at least a couple of herring dishes.Two days ago, I purchased a large bucket of salt herring fillets. Once soaked...
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Swedish Limpa Bread & Scalded Rye Bread
I am often asked for a recipe of Swedish 'Limpa' Bread. I don't think many of you blog readers are familiar with this bread. Most of you don't know what it is, or what it looks like. If I sent my husband shopping to get 'limpa', this is the bread th...
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Sweet Swedish Apple Puree
It has been a great apple year for apple growers. I have seen loads of apples left unpicked. Well, I suppose deers will visit the gardens and eat the windfall apples.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website f...
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Rimbo Buns
These buns are nice and have been baked in Sweden for a long time. In taste they resemble Danish pastry but they are much easier to bake because you don't have to roll and fold the dough several... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website...
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Swedish Oven-Baked Pancake
Nigella Lawson is back on TV here in Sweden again with time-saving meal ideas in her 13-part series 'Nigella Express'. After watching the first five episodes, I find that certain of the many store... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websi...
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Swedish Schwarzwald Cake
Cakes have a very long history. They are attributed to a famous baker, Thearion, living in the 5th-century-BC.... Egyptians offered animal-shaped cakes to their ancient gods..... The bourgeoisie of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my we...
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Swedish Pork Cheese Schnitzel
INGREDIENTS: serves 4 * 4 nice and thin pork cutlets, or 500 -600 grams lean slices of boneless pork * 200 grams Grevé cheese, sliced * 4 slices of smoked ham * 1 egg * 1 tablespoon water * 1 dl... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websit...
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Swedish Lent Buns & Homemade Almond Paste
Today is a special day for all semla-lovers around the world. It's Shrove Tuesday. However, the old tradition of eating a plain cardamom-flavoured wheat bun filled with whipped cream and almond... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website...
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Oven Cooked Swedish Christmas Ham
INGREDIENTS:* 1 salt-cured fresh ham, 3-4 kilograms* water* some onions* cloves* 1 carrotMETHOD:1. Preheat oven to 100°C (ab. 200°F).2. Insert an oven thermometer into the thickest part of the ham.3. Peel some onions and insert cloves into the onio...
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The No-Bake Swedish Chocolate Balls
Allhallowtide. The kids have a school break this week. I suppose they have had Halloween parties with loads of sweets. One of the first things small Swedish children learn to make are chocolate balls.There are different ways to make chocolate balls. ...
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A Swedish Herring Sandwich Recipe
Last Sunday I bought plenty of fish from a fishmonger who usually comes to my village once every two months to sell fresh shellfish and saltwater fish.I purchased fillets of 'strömming'. (The Latin name is Clupea harengus membras).'Strömming' is th...
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Super Easy & Delicious Chocolate Raspberry Cake
After a heavy holiday meal, you would not serve meringues, chocolate sauce and whipped cream, would you?How about a Chocolate Raspberry Cake for dessert? Even if you are a first-time cake maker, and even if you are part of a busy urban life, this rec...
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Old Fashioned Swedish Cinnamon Buns
A glass of milk and a cinnamon bun. Mmm ... childhood memories!In 1999 the Cinnamon Bun (kanelbulle) found its way into the Swedish Calendar. The 4th of October became Cinnamon Bun Day. It is the so called "Home baking Council" that backs up the camp...
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A Strawberry & Almond Paste Pastry
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 establi...
