Food circus: Easy, fun, delicious
Between the covers of my oldest cookbook there is a yellowed, little wrinkled paper which includes a recipe for the pike of Hamburg, handwritten by my mother. We have mostly used pike when making this dish, though every now and then we use cod instead. Continue reading “Breaded cod baked in the oven”
Fish is pretty much always delicious, no matter how you prepare it. Salmon is pretty much always delicious, no matter how you prepare it. And if you ask me, raw salted fish is the most delicious of them all. This salmon carpaccio is slightly different from traditional salted raw fish, since you don’t need to season it overnight but it is ready to be served already after about an hour. Continue reading “Salmon carpaccio”
There has been and there still are lots of dishes which I haven’t had time to taste or that I haven’t been very eager to taste. There still are lots of dishes which I would love to get to know or which I never will hear anything about. Continue reading “Scallops in garlic sauce”
This blog post has been published on the Finnish site already at Christmas 2017. Salmon rae jelly belongs to our Christmas menu, but you can by all means make it whenever you want. Continue reading “Salmon roe jelly”
This summer has been incredibly sultry since the beginning of May. The temperature stays above 30°C and because I’m suffering from the heat I have hardly been able to do anything. I tried to find an air conditioner from stores and online but they were all sold-out. Continue reading “Smetana herring”
I am really not sure how well-known the dish flamed salmon is around the world, but flamed fish has belonged to the Finnish cuisine for ages. This is a dish where you cook the fish at a low temperature near the flames of a bonfire, grillfire or any other open fire. Especially salmon is a favoured fish, although all thick fleshy and oily fish can be prepared this very same way. Continue reading “Flamed salmon”
There is nothing very special to say about this fish, except that in all its simplicity it’s really tasty. This salmon is just an ordinary oven baked salmon, which is why it has been seasoned with sea salt and with plenty of black, green and rose peppers. Continue reading “Oven baked salmon with garlic potato cakes”
All kinds of half-used foods not to mention leftovers are generally found in the depths of anyone’s fridge, but there is no point to throw them away on the spot. Just like you sometimes do not use all parts of the ingredients needed for a dish, the remains can be worth using in other dishes. In other words, like the title says, you can make food leftover delicacies. Continue reading “Food leftover delicacies”
Jansson’s temptation (Janssons frestelse) is a traditional Swedish gratin-style dish made of potatoes, leek or onion, anchovies or sprats and cream. This dish is also common in Finland and known as “Jannssonin kiusaus”. Continue reading “Jansson’s temptation”
Most of the traditional homemade foods and dishes have passed from mothers to daughters through generations, and not necessarily only the traditional ones, I think this goes for all the tasty dishes our mothers or grandmothers used to make. Creamy salmon soup is one of those which I still keep making year in and year out. Continue reading “Salmon soup”
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