À la Dankertier

In Sweden, it is recommended, nej, encouraged and assumed that people eat fish. Like 3-4 times a week. We are not big fish eaters, but we have a few recipes we really like and this is one of them. The recipe is good for 4 big fish cakes (4 portions). The original is here . Start by preparing a tartare-style sauce. Mix: 125ml of mayonnaise , one tablespoon of roughly chopped capers , one teaspoon of creamed horseradish (we put a pea of wasabi ), one teaspoon of Dijon mustard , one small very finely chopped shallot  and one teaspoon of parsley, finely chopped . Put 450g of cod or haddock (if available, you can buy frozen pieces of fish (not filé) which makes pretty cheap) and 2 bay leaves in a frying pan. Pour over 150ml of milk and 150ml of water. Bring to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer for 4 minutes. Take off the heat and let stand, covered, for 10 mins to gently finish cooking the fish. Meanwhile, peel and chop 350g of potatoes (the kind suitable for a ma...

I know that it seems to be a bit late in the season for burger, but I think that there is just no wrong time for burger. After all, are we burger lovers or what!? This one was adapted from a Québec magazine ("Coup de pouce") and is good for 4 patties. Mix: 500g of finely chopped salmon (without skin and bones)* 1 small onion, grated 50ml of mayonnaise 2 tablespoons of bread crumbs  1 tablespoon of chopped parsley a big pinch of salt and pepper a big splash of lemon juice a splash of Tabasco Split in 4 and form the patties. Cook over medium heat, 5-7 minutes on each side. Enjoy with your choice of garnish. Here we had salad, blue cheese and tomato and it was sublime! * You can use a food processor for this, of course

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...

Yes, another burger recipe - finally. I guess many thought we were kidding when we posted "the first of many" , but we actually really tried a large variety. A couple of our early tries were fish burgers, and this one here especially was inspired by a recipe posted by the magazine of the ICA supermarket . Combined with whole-grain buns it's a delicious and healthy alternative to the fatty beef burgers.  For four burgers you'll need 700g tuna filets (or any other white fish), 1 avocado (sliced), 4 burger buns (whole grain if you can), 1 bunch of pea sprouts ( or any other kind of crunchy sprouts). As a spicy burger spread mix 100ml mayonnaise , 2tsp Wasabi and a pinch of salt . Fry the fish in some olive oil and roast the bread. Spread the mayonnaise mix on the bottom half of the bun, put the tuna filet on top and cover with avocado slices and sprouts. To spice it up a little more, you can use a few drops of Teriyaki sauce .

Pie are apparently a nordic country tradition: more or less fluffy crust, meat or fish, cream.......... mmmm!!!!! At André's birthday party, we had a pot luck, and of course this also means good occasion to impress people and share good recipes. Fortunately for us, many of our friends are cooking very well!!! It was with great pleasure this weekend that we then decided to bake this wonderful pie, a recipe from our friend Niclas. For the crust, you can use whatever recipe for fluffy dough you have, or the following. Mix together 400 ml of flour , 50 g of butter , 2 tea spoons of baking powder , half a tea spoon of salt . You need to separate the butter in smaller pieces before adding 150 ml of milk . You need to mix just so it sticks together, not more (the more you play with it, the less fluffy it will be and the harder it will get. Put it in the fridge for 20-25 minutes. Pre-heat the oven to 225 C. Roll the crust, put it in a buttered mold and put it in for 10 min before p...

Sooooooo.... This time, it was so good that we did not manage to take a picture before everything was gone ;). Tonight, we decided to cook for each other, I was doing the appetizer and André is doing the main course. I decided to do a simple, but OMG delicious tuna and salmon tartar. I cut in small cubes (between 5 and 10 mm sides) more or less 200 g of fresh fish (freshness is an important factor here). I add a big spoon of mayonnaise (the good one I brought back from Canada!!!), a spoon of soya sauce , a little bit of oil (just so the texture is right) and some chili (I have that rooster asiatic sauce, but anything that gives a punch would do the trick!). Today we just went to the grocery shop, so we have a leek in the fridge and I decided to add also one table spoon of finely chop leek instead of adding regular onion. I mixed everything and put in the fridge to rest for a few moments. Meanwhile, I prepare a simple salad with 2 handles of mache salad . For the dressing, I us...