There’s a whole ritual to it: flower crowns, herring, new potatoes and snaps.
I had a couple of jars of Swedish pickled herring in different marinades, and it reminded me of a simple and delicious Swedish salad called Gubbröra. It’s a light, fresh, and flavorful...
‘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.
Place the fish on a baking...
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...
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.
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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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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,...
