À la Dankertier

Burger is like pizza, it's really our thing. We looooooove burgers! We have many, many pictures of food on both our phones, so this is the first of a series of burgers recipes. This is something I stumble upon a the summer before I moved in Sweden. I was looking for vegetarian burger recipe and this one caught my eye. First off, you need to cook the quinoa. I suggest you prepare it the day before or a couple of hour before, otherwise, it will be too hot and you won't be able to do anything with your hands! This recipe will give you 8 patties, we freeze them, just before frying them and fry them easily directly out of the freezer. Boil 2 cups of water , add a big pinch of salt and a cup of quinoa . Cover and cook for 18-20 minutes, or until the water is absorbed and the quinoa is tender. Once the quinoa is cooled off a little (at least!) put in a big bowl and add: 3/4 cup shredded cheese (strong cheese are wonderful for this) 1/2 cup cottage cheese 1 medium carrot grat...

For my birthday, my cousin and his girlfriend came to visit. Yes, we spend 4 days living the four of us in a 28m2 (multiply by 10 if you want in feet square ;). Although this was crazy, it was also very nice. I will post later a wonderful recipe that Rémi and Charlotte made for us but now, I want to share a very nice marinade recipe. It was the beginning of spring, and the weather was wonderful, but cold. We decided to go to the island and have our very first BBQ of the year. Take some nice boneless chicken part. For some weird reason, the cheaper chicken you can have here is boneless, breast frozen, so I unfroze it first. To help the chicken cook faster, I cut it to make many smaller, thiner piece (otherwise, it takes forever). Mix the raw chicken with 1 clove of garlic, peeled and crushed, 30ml of each: soy sauce, sesame oil, lemon juice and honey . The chicken will be delicious even if it marinate just for a couple of hours. We later re-use that recipe and let it in the marinade...

This is one of those extremely quick and nice recipe. My sister has a book of quick and excellent recipe and this one is a family favorite that I decided to share with André a couple of weeks ago. Those who know me well know I looooove sweet and salty recipes in general. This one is particularly well balance, and really easy to make. The ingredient list is for 3-4 people. In a big pot, bring water to boil to cook 375g of pasta , al dente. In the meanwhile, put a big pan on medium high heat and add 30 ml of butter to melt. Cut 250g of ham (cooked or not) and roast it in the butter. Quickly cut in half-slices 2 green apples and add it to the pan. Cook until everything is a nice shade of golden. Add 3-5 green onion , finely chopped (the recipe calls for 12, which is like... wooooo!). Check the pasta regularly, it should be done soon! In the pan, add a big pinch of nutmeg and 125ml of apple juice and let it simmer for a couple of minutes. Add 250ml of cream 15% (or a mixture...

Once again, let's thank Mr. Oliver for his nice, wonderfully tasting recipe . Spring in Göteborg was fabulous in March, but it was grey and rainy in April, so we still needed some nice comfort food from time to time. For my birthday, at the end of March, my cousin and his Belgian girlfriend came to surprise me for a nice weekend stay here in Sweden. We went around, had our first BBQ on the islands and at the end of the day, lasagna seemed like a natural choice: I wanted to try that recipe for a couple of weeks and this is something that is easily sharable with many people. Of course, I re-interpreted the recipe, for normal people, but this is still clearly Jamie's style and goodness! The recipe is for 8 to 10 peoples. The picture does not do justice to this dish! Preheat the oven to 180°C (350F). In a large pan, slowly fry 50g of bacon with a pinch of cinnamon , until golden. Finely chop an onion and a carrot and add it to the pan along with 2 cloves or garlic , pressed,...

That's an old classic of mine, early adopted from Jamie Oliver... I love it, because it can be made with rather simple and little ingredients. If you're on a trip and want to thank your hosts or just cook in the hostel, you won't need many fancy spices to make this. I did exactly this: I cooked this for my mom, when she visited me in Oxford (and there was almost nothing in the kitchen), I made it for my landlords in Abington and I cooked it for Sophie in Stockholm. For four people cut 100g bacon and 2 small Zucchini in small stripes. While frying them in a pan, boil some water to cook 250g pasta (Penne or Farfalle). Spice the bacon and zucchini well with pepper and thyme, if available. Mix 150g grated Parmesan with 1 egg and 50ml cream or milk. Add sufficient pepper (pepper is the main spice and adds a lot to the taste). Turn of the heat on the pan, add the cooked pasta and let it cool for a minute before you add the egg mix. Steer until you have a nice creamy pasta. ...

I know... It doesn't look like anything, but this is amazing!!!! If I would have had to woo André with a recipe, this easy, wonderful one would have done the trick. I adapted this salad from a healthier version my mother use to make all the time during the summer. But she is holding back on the good, secret, can't do without ingredient: the mayonnaise. The important thing here is that you buy the REAL mayonnaise. Not Miracle Whip, not that low fat (silly) version and not that Swedish non-sense (seriously guys, like Monica in Friends would say: THIS IS NOT MAYONNAISE!): you need the Hellman's mayonnaise. Cook some small pasta al dente . While it is boiling, cut some nice vegetables (and fruits, I did not forget Alex ;): bell peppers, cucumber, broccoli, green onions, sun dried tomatoes... Mix together and add some cube of cheese and maybe some cube of ham also? Oh yeaaaaaaaaaaaaah... The secret is to mix and match some sweet and salty stuff. Add some nice cashews or...

Even if it's not a pizza in my eyes, since the first time I made it here in Sweden it's called that way and is made every single time, we make pizza at home. Back when I made it the first time, I had nothing but a bunch of onions, cream cheese and a flower pot for the dough - we had to keep it vegetarian for Tom and Sumedh and also Sumedh didn't own a bowl (we changed that last weekend). Nevertheless, it was still a success, since the main taste comes from the combo of baked onions in cream cheese. The recipe is super simple, just needs some preparation and cooking before baking, but in total not more work than for a regular pizza! For the bottom you can make a regular yeast dough. Even though it's already simple, I developed a hand-and-foot recipe, everyone can do: Add a cup of warm water , a small hand of sugar and a pack of dry yeast (equals 50g fresh yeast) to a bowl and mix it. Then simply add first flour and then a pinch of   salt , mix and add more flour ...