À la Dankertier

Second post in that "comfort food" series of post! This is a real sunshine in this dark grey January. It is actually the first recipe André shared with me, our very first exchange on Facebook message was about this. I was reminded of it recently when I eat a similar soup while in Bergen, where it was also grey and humid! The recipe is for 4 peoples. Heat a pot or big pan (I use a big pan) to medium-high heat and add a dash of olive oil . Slice up 1-2 garlic cloves , an onion (or a third of a leek),    a pepper bell (mix of green and red) , add to the pot as well as 500-600g of mixed sea creatures , cut in bite size pieces if necessary. In our case, we had 200g of salmon, 200g of cod and 150g of mixed seashells. Fry everything until golden. Deglaze with roughly 200ml of wine or saké . Add 2-3 diced tomatoes and a bunch of chopped fresh basil . Add salt and pepper to taste and simmer for 10-15 minutes until the water is reduced: it's more of a stew than a soup mayb...

This is not the first time I am trying this Swedish classic at home but somehow, the sauce was never right. I took this in a couple of restaurants in town and always enjoyed it so much that I had, at some point, to find THE  recipe. I think this is it! It will need some small adjustments, but it's almost perfect!! The recipe should give you 4 good portions and is adapted from this recipe . I made the dish in one of our nice "ultra", the baking dish we have from Tupperware that we can put in the oven/fridge (very nice to have!). Also, stuff does not really stick to it so its nice. If you do not have it at home, butter a baking dish (size roughly 1.5-2 L, or 20x27 cm). Peel and cut roughly 700 g potatoes . Cook with your preferred method. In my case, I boiled them because there was just to much! In the recipe, they put quite a bit of butter and mash the potatoes, but instead I used 50g of butter (instead of the 200 g recommended in the original) and some of the deli...