If you asked me what my perfect lunch would be I would say without doubt salad! Spring, summer and autumn. This lunch offering has a great balance of flavours, with a miso dressing, yielding a rich umami flavour. Salty, sweet, bitter, and sour—these are the four types of taste we recognise. Is that really all…
Fish
Brined Salmon with Creamy Dill Infused Potatoes & Lightly Pickled Cucumber
Most of you are familiar with Gravad Lax, a popular delicacy in the English-speaking world, and English has naturally adopted the short version of its name, gravlax. There seems to be endless ways to flavour this fish from beetroot, horseradish to gin and juniper. You may not be aware of the lesser known Swedish classic…
Chilled Cucumber & Crayfish Soup
I am a huge fan of Greek style yogurt, it is so versatile, protein packed, loaded with probiotics and sustaining. This kind of yogurt is high in fat and in stark contrast from the consensus of even just 10 years ago, when we were all told to shun fat and supermarkets responded with shelves upon…
Laxpudding (Swedish Salmon & Potato Pudding)
Summer is upon us, sitting in the garden, glass of elderflower cordial in hand I reminisce about the time spent in Sweden as a child. Endlessly long days, cycling and fishing with cousins, to then come home to wonderful, home cooked dishes, such as laxpudding. Sliced potatoes, salmon, golden sautéed onions and dill, set with…
Beetroot & Horseradish Cured Gravlax
The gravadlax I ate in Sweden as a child, prepared by my mother and grandmother always tasted so fresh, with vibrant flavours, accompanied with dill flecked mustard sauce, undoubtedly had a given place on the smörgåsbord served at Midsummer parties and the Christmas celebration Julbord. Infact Swedes enjoy it at any celebration, served finely sliced,…
Dashi Braised Cod, Spring Vegetables, Wild Garlic Emulsion & Wild Garlic Oil with Yuzu
This vibrant fish dish is a celebration of Spring, combining succulent cod with tender leeks and asparagus with a vibrant wild garlic emulsion and a wild garlic dressing made with yuzu. Yuzu, with its unique citrus flavour and strong fragrance, the juice, rind and peel of this fruit makes an excellent addition to sauces, seafood…
Swedish Fish Soup with Saffron Rouille
If ever you find yourself in Stockholm at the Food-hall (Saluhall) at lunchtime you will do well to join the local shoppers and office workers in a bowl of fish soup. Swedes like to eat lunch early, we’re talking midday or even earlier! You’ll find yourself sitting at a table where you will be jostled…
