Crispy smashed potatoes with goat cheese, avocado, bacon and caviar, it was delicious!
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Scandinavian backed salmon with creamy caviar sauce
‘Scandinavian’ backed salmon with creamy caviar sauce. Also, salty salmon.
400g salmon or trout, (make 2 stakes), olive oil or you can use / cook in parchment paper (what I did), lemon juice, salt, pepper. For the sauce: 100ml whipped cream, 1 tbsp dry white wine, 1 tsp red caviar, 0.5 tsp black caviar, salt, pepper.
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Golubtsi
Last week I made Golubtsi, also known as stuffed cabbage rolls. Golubtsi - is a delicious comfort food popular in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe, Ukraine. Russia, Belarus, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, the Balkans, Central Asia, Egypt, North Africa, China, and Korea. Polish – Golabki, Ukrainian – Holubtsi, Romanian – Sarmale, Georgia – Tolma, Balkans – Sarma, Hungary...
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Rogaliki with walnuts, dried cranberries and jam
IKEA Almond cake
We made it again, IKEA Almond cake
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Homemade Swedish meatballs, mashed potatoes and gravy
Homemade Swedish meatballs, mashed potatoes and gravy. We changed a little bit the recipe for the gravy, but everything was really delicious!
Fun fact: Contrary to popular belief, Swedish meatballs are actually from Turkey and was brought to Sweden by King Charles XII, after he spent 5 years in Turkey.
IKEA almond cake
IKEA almond cake ( homemade) so good and taste like the cake from IKEA! Made by my son. The recipe ( not mine) in Russian, I’ll try to translate it soon and will add the link here, if you are interested.
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Sweet Rogaliki
Rogaliki usually are a sweet combination between a pastry and a cookie with or without filling. This dish occurs in many European countries, such as 'Rogalik' in Russian and Ukrainian cuisine, 'Kipferl' in Austro-Germany, 'kifla' in Serbo-Croatian, 'rogal' in Polish, 'giffel' in Danish, 'rožok' in Slovak also, as well in Bulgarian, Hungarian, Swedish, Macedonian, Albanian,...
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Mulled wine (Glögg)
A hot drink based from wine. Traditionally consumed in Austria (Glühwein), Germany, Britain and the Scandinavian countries, on Christmas bazaars and festivities that are held outdoors. Don’t buy a very expensive wine for the drink, it’s not necessary, but don’t use too poor or cheap also. It’s important when heating not to bring the wine to a boil or...
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Hasselback Butternut Squash with a Sweet and Spicy-Glaze, Thyme and Nuts
A wonderful recipe for Thanksgiving, Christmas, other holidays, or just for a simple dinner.
Hasselback is the way to cut the product (ingredient). In this recipe, it's squash, into thin slices, adding between the cuts some things, in this case, the bay leaf, which gives the flavor and aroma to the dish...
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