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Warm Winter Salad of Beetroot, Kale & Creamed Goats’ Cheese

I’ve enjoyed the pleasure of growing my own vegetables, for a few consecutive years, but the french partridge and pigeons feasted more on my bounty than myself! I gave up. The location of my garden is just too exposed to the local wildlife! So when I discovered a local supplier Maxwell and Webb Potager who were…

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Moutabel & Yogurt Flatbread

Smoky Aubergine Moutabel with Yogurt Flatbreads

I have spoken at length about my Swedish heritage on my mother’s side but I haven’t yet mentioned that my father was born in Egypt to Maltese parents, I know, I’m an eclectic mix of cultures and nationalities. Many Italians lived in Cairo at that time so this influenced the way they cooked. Both my…

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Brined Salmon with Dill infused Potatoes

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…

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Cucumber & Crayfish Soup

Chilled Cucumber & Crayfish Soup

I was lucky enough to be invited to Chilterns Food Magazine’s first Birthday Party at The Blue Tin Produce Farm Shop a couple of weeks ago. This publication is fabulous, it champions producers of the Chiltern Hills area, one of which is Tims Dairy, a family business located in Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire, and is…

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Beetroot Cured Gravadlax

Beetroot & Horseradish Cured Gravad Lax

Gravad lax these days is so readily available, the lightly cured salmon with a scattering of chopped dill, I find the commercial versions often taste incredibly similar and the accompanying mustard sauce can be too acidic and intense.  The salmon I ate in Sweden, prepared by my mother and grandmother always tasted so fresh, with…

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Jerusalem Artichoke Soup with Chanterelles, Lemon, Parsley & Walnuts

Jerusalem Artichoke Soup with Chanterelles, Lemon, Parsley & Walnuts

Neither from Jerusalem or an actual artichoke, this strange, knobbly vegetable is, in fact, a tuber from the sunflower family. The white flesh of this vegetable is nutty, sweet and is a good source of iron, B vitamins and thiamin. It will discolour if exposed to air so place the peeled vegetable in a bowl of acidulated water until ready to…

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Hot Smoked Salmon

Hot Smoked Salmon

I was first introduced to hot smoked fish when I was a child. My family stayed with relatives in the Stockholm archipelago, we would lay fishing nets out in the early evening and hope for a bountiful catch, the excitement when we woke the next morning. The smoked fish I ate in the years after those days…

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Chanterelle Butter

Whipped Chanterelle Butter

The Swedish word for fungus is ‘svamp’  Popular mushrooms in Sweden include the trumpet chanterelle, black chanterelles and hedgehog mushrooms. By far the most famous fungi is the golden chanterelle, with its woody, peppery flavour, it can be picked throughout the summer and into early autumn. You will seem them in abundance in the Food Halls…

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Hej, I'm Louise, a food enthusiast living in Marlow, Bucks, UK. Welcome to my culinary adventures in my Nordic Kitchen. Read More

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  • Just back from a wonderful day visiting Buddhist temples in  the #anuradhapurakingdom. A truly beautiful and tranquil place, so you’ve probably worked out that I am writing this post whilst on holiday in Sri Lanka. This one I prepared earlier - Spiced chicken with red cabbage slaw and yogurt flat breads. Find the recipe on my blog, link in my bio.
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  • Pretty sure you’re not supposed to be on that chair Dora! This is my dachshund, the smallest dog with the biggest attitude!
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  • I’ve spent the whole day sorting through cupboards, bagging clothes up for the charity shop and having a general tidy up.  Time for a well deserved glass of wine and with a box of wild mushrooms given to me in the week (tack mamma @evakristinao 😘) dinner is sorted.
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#pieddemouton #fungus #risottolover
  • Okay so I’ve jumped on the Valentines band wagon 💖but I had to put the lingonberries to good use! And who doesn’t like a waffle with whipped cream anyway? .
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  • Lingonberries look so delicious in their natural form however they are really tart and slightly bitter raw, adding sugar transforms them into something that goes incredibly well with game, meat, and desserts. I love them in their simplest form, steeped in a little sugar, in Sweden this is called ‘Rårörda Lingon’ and eaten with a cultured milk ’Filmjölk’ similar to Kefir. They are also jam packed with antioxidants and body enhancing phytonutrients.
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#lingonberries #nordicberries #eatscandi#nordicflavours
  • Hands up if you think baking bread is a long winded exercise?  Wrong, it doesn’t have to be. This healthy loaf was made from start to finish in a little over an hour! 
I’ve adapted this recipe (given to me by my Mormor, granny) It’s Swedish ‘Limpa’ I’ve added seeds and nuts and used kefir instead of the Swedish filmjölk, a cultured milk, it’s so good.
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🇸🇪Find the recipe for Swedish Seeded Limpa on my blog, link in my profile🇸🇪
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Wooden board from Stocks, Marlow
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#eatscandi #nordicflavours
  • I had fully intended on spending the morning doing admin, getting ahead on a few blog posts and doing some general housekeeping on my PC, no such luck, my computer is not playing ball😖🤬 I think I just need to walk away and hope for the best this afternoon😬
Now I have time I didn’t think I’d have to make myself a decent lunch, a rummage in the freezer resulted in finding frozen peas and broad beans.  Soup it is then🥣
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#peasoup #mondaymotivation #frustratingmorning

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