Traditionally, hard bread, such as knäckebröd is present at the table during every Swedish meal. The top surface is always more undulating than the base and is known as ‘the rich mans side’ because when you spread your chosen topping, most commonly butter, more gathers on the rough, uneven surface. The same can be said…
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Spiced Pear & Rye Cake
I am delighted to be sharing this lovely recipe for Spiced Pear & Rye Cake with you: it’s wholesome, lightly spiced, soft and deliciously moist. It’s the perfect fika treat! I have loved baking cakes for as long as I can remember. I was very fortunate as a child to have an orchard to inspire…
Swedish Fishballs – Fiskbullar
Here it is, December, I don’t know about you but this year has flown by. Let’s hope for a much happier festive season with our friends and family at the end of the month. Not a festive dish exactly, and quite different from my recipe for Smoked Haddock Fishcakes with Lemon Butter Sauce. However if…
A Swedish-Style Christmas Wrapped-up
If you follow me on Instagram you’ll know that I’ve dropped a few hints in the last few weeks about a Christmas related project I have been working on. Well it is with great excitement and trepidation that I can now finally share my Ebooklet with you! When you open ‘Yulefest’ you can start planning…
Swedish Apple Cake (Äppelkaka)
Apple cake recipes are ten to the dozen at this time of year, but this version I absolutely love. Consisting of brown butter, eggs and sugar. I also add chopped and ground almonds, cardamom (of course!) and coconut. This brings comfort and sustenance on a Sunday afternoon after a long walk in the autumn sunshine. …
Fluffy Swedish Cinnamon Buns
Did you know it was Swedish Cinnamon Bun day Kannelbullensdag on 4th October! When Swedes, and it seems the rest of the world indulge in even more of these moreish spiced buns than usual. A date I can easily remember because it’s also my niece’s birthday too! If you follow my blog you’ll know that…
Healthy New Potato Salad with Fresh Peas
We have just returned from the most relaxing week in Cornwall. Eating out, walking with our dogs, exploring some of our old favourite haunts and dealing with the odd unexpected heavy downpour of rain. You can always rely on very varied weather in the west country. On the days where we stayed at home, we…
Smörgåstårta (Swedish Sandwich Cake)
Swedish Midsummer’s Eve falls on 25th June this year. Midsommar is the purest celebration of the summer solstice, involving flowers in your hair, dancing around a maypole and a never-ending supply of pickled herring, crispbread, beer and aquavit (snaps). As it’s not possible to spend it in Stockholm this summer, we’ll be celebrating in style…
National Sweden Day Cupcakes
Buttery light vanilla cupcakes with a fresh strawberry filling and velvety crème pâtissière, trust me, they’re so irresistible, you won’t be able to stop at one. It’s not strange that the house is full of so many baked goods at the moment, the vast majority of them produced by me. I’m a natural baker, and…
Saffron Spiced Easter Salad
This impressive-looking Easter Salad of Quails Eggs & Hasselback Potatoes with a saffron dressing is actually very easy to make. The rich, velvety dressing can be prepared ahead and stored in the fridge for up to 3 days. The rest is really very straight forward with delicious results. Saffron and citrus, the sunshine in all…