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Apple cider doughnuts
By Birgitta
Coconut & Lime: Traditionally cider doughnuts are cake doughnuts (doughnuts made with baking powder rather than yea...
- 2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
- 3/4 cup milk, at room temperature
- 1/4 cup apple cider, at room temperature
- 1/4 cup warm apple cider (about 110 degrees)
- 3 1/4 cups flour
- 4 tablespoons butter, at room temperature
- 3 egg yolks
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoons salt
- apple cider frosting
- 3 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1/4 cup butter, at room temperature
- 1/4 cup apple cider
- canola oil for frying
Pasta With Slow-Cooked Portobello Mushrooms
By Birgitta
A slow-cooked portobello mushroom gains an amazingly dense texture, and it has the dark, earthy flavor that is asso...
- 8 ounces portobello mushrooms
- 3 cloves garlic
- 2 or 3 thyme sprigs
- 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oilSalt and pepper to taste
- 1/4 cup dried porcini mushrooms, optional
- 3 cups tomatoes, peeled, seeded and chopped (canned are fine)
- 1 pound penne or other cut pasta
- Freshly grated Parmesan cheese
Stuffed cabbage
By Birgitta
Roughly based on a Russian recipe for golubtsy, this is perfect winter comfort food
- For the sauce:
- 12 leaves from 1 big Savoy cabbage
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 600 g ripe tomatoes, peeled and chopped, or 400g tinned chopped tomatoes
- Fine sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 pinch sugar (optional)
- For the filling:
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1-2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 500 g pork, coarsely minced
- 150 g mushrooms, roughly chopped
- 200 g pearled spelt, rice or barley (cooked weight)
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 3-4 tbsp chopped parsley
- 1 tbsp chopped fresh dill
- Fine sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 4 tbsp sour cream, plus more to serve
Ginger macadamia biscuits
By Birgitta
Dan Lepard: You can use unsalted macadamia nuts, but I like the salty tang set against the buttery sweetness of the...
- 125 g unsalted butter, softened
- 200 g light soft brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 3 nuggets stem ginger
- 50 g desiccated coconut
- 200 g plain flour
- 2 tsp ground ginger
- 1/2 tsp ground allspice
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 150 g salted macadamia
- nuts, chopped
Spicy cabbage and sausage soup
By Birgitta
Halfway between a soup and a stew - in fact, you could serve it with mash or stirred into pasta
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 4 fresh chorizo (or other spicy sausage), about 400g
- 1 large onion, finely chopped
- 1 leek, white only, finely chopped
- 1 large carrot, peeled and diced
- 1 small celery stick, diced
- 3 tbsp tomato purée
- 400 g tinned cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 bay leaf
- 750 ml chicken stock
- 1 pinch cayenne pepper (optional)
- 180 g Savoy or other cabbage, tough stalks removed, shredded
- 1 handful parsley leaves, chopped
- Fine sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Kasslerpaj med Fetaost & Mozarella
By Birgitta
Pajer i alla former är gott nu till sommaren! Här har jag gjort en paj med kassler, vårlök, fetaost, tomat och ...
- Pajbotten:
- 500 gram kassler
- 1 vårlök
- 1 ask körsbärstomater
- 1 förp. fetaost 150 gram
- 4 ägg
- 1 dl mjölk
- 1/2 tsk nymalen svartpeppar
- 1 buffelmozarella
- 1/2 pkt jäst
- 2 dl vatten
- 1/2 dl rapsolja
- 350 gram durumvetemjöl
- 1 tsk salt
Beef Greta
By Birgitta
Senapsmarinerad oxfilé serveras med råstekt potatis
- 600 g fillet of beef, cut into 1 - 11/2 cm pieces
- 2 yellow onions, finely chopped
- 10 medium sized potatoes, peeled and cut into 1 cm pieces
- butter for frying
- 3 tbsp Dijon mustard
- 2 egg yolks
- salt & pepper
- chopped parsley to serve
Ladies fingers
By Birgitta
The recipe comes from local cooking legend and restaurateur Abla Amad and her classic book The Lebanese Kitchen
- Filling:
- Filo pastry
- 40 g pine nuts
- 250 g minced beef (or lamb)
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 1/2 tsp ground cumin
- 1/2 tsp ground allspice
- 1/2 tsp sumac
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
Sega Chokladsnittar
By Birgitta
Blanda samman alla ingredienser i en skål för hand till en slät och fast deg
- 200 gram margarin
- 2.5 dl strösocker
- 1 msk sirap
- 3 msk kakao
- 2 tsk vaniljsocker
- 2 tsk bakpulver
- 4.5 dl vetemjöl
Coconut pancakes with cardamom syrup
By Birgitta
The combination of the coconut flavoring and the small amount of coconut really gave the pancakes a coconut-y flavo...
- for the pancakes:
- 1 3/4 cups flour
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 1/4 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
- 2 1/2 tablespoons melted butter
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1 1/2 tablespoons coconut natural flavor blend*
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 eggs
- for the syrup:
- 1/2 cup golden syrup
- 1/2 tablespoon butter
- 6 drops of cardamom extract**
- butter for griddle