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Swedish pickled salmon
I found this recipe in an old Swedish cookbook, but it is typical of the light easy to prepare dishes of traditional Swedish cuisine. I often make it for supper parties as it can be prepared completely...
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The ultimate comfort food
A study, “Comfort foods: An Exploratory Journey Into The Social and Emotional Significance of food” identified four categories of comfort food (nostalgic foods, indulgence foods, convenience foods,...
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Janssons Temptation – a must have dish on the Swedish smörgåsbord
This is an authentic recipe for the real Janssons Temptation – accept no substitutes! One of my favourite suppers, the Swedish classic dish Janssons Frestelse (Jansson’s Temptation) is a wonderful...
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Home made rustic buckwheat flatbread
This is a repost from my personal blog and was made just after I discovered I was seriously gluten intolerant. One of the sadnesses of my glutenfree diet is having to give up Swedish...
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Saturday lunch mussels
As it’s the first Saturday of the month, we have been at our wonderful local farmers’ market at Penshurst, where we always shop for lunch. Today it was the mussels that caught my eye from Botterills....
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Living on asparagus
At this time of year when the asparagus has appeared so late it makes sense to enjoy it for as many meals as possible. Adding a poached egg, melted butter, black pepper and parmesan makes a few spears...
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Getting through the courgettes
I love courgettes (zucchini) but at this time of the year there are a lot of them to be eaten from the garden and I need to find as many ways of using them as possible. This is one of my favourites as...
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need probiotics? like kombucha? try easier, tastier blackberry kvass
Originally posted on Culinaria Eugenius:Yes, I’m a little obsessed with a fermented fruit beverage called kvass. I’ll admit it. I just put up another gallon, this time with odds and ends I found in my...
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Simple Swedish food – Pytt i Panna
When I was little we used to have Pytt i Panna quite often on Mondays – using the leftovers of the Sunday joint, lamb, beef or pork – I particularly remember the lamb. And I think the egg yolk which...
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To keep you warm all winter – white garlic soup
This is one of those magical dishes from classic French country cuisine that leaves you marvelling at the complexity of taste you can achieve with a few simple ingredients. It comes from the south-west...
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