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Swedish pancakes with wild raspberries
This is still a favorite recipe from my childhood and now my kids can’t get enough of them. The recipe came from my Swedish grandmother but unfortunately I can no longer ask her the true source. The...
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Black currant sorbet (svartvinbärsorbet)
One of my favorite things to order when we go out for ice cream is cassis sorbet. In my efforts to avoid freezing the rest of the black currants I picked at my in-law’s I decided to try making it...
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Crawfish time (kräftskiva) – boiled crawfish with dill
In case you haven’t heard, crawfish are a big deal in Sweden, but only in August. There is a long-standing tradition of cracking open these bright red crustaceans at parties where paper crawfish...
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Crawfish pasta (kräftor pasta)
Whole crawfish are a big part of Swedish culture with the kräftskiva celebration that takes place in August. But year round you can find crawfish tails in a dill brine in the supermarket. They are...
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Eat your beets – Biff à la Lindström
Your eyes are not deceiving you. Those are indeed some very rosy beef patties. Why? Because they’re mixed with chopped pickled beets. Not a beet lover? Perhaps it doesn’t matter. My kids have detested...
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Crisp coconut cookies with fleur de sel
Five ingredients, easy to make, gluten-free, and addictive. This is a recipe I come back to again and again despite the fact I typically lack the patience for the monotonous repetition of baking...
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Nässelsoppa – nettle soup
I hadn’t heard of anything edible being made from prickly, stinging nettles until my first spring in Sweden. My mother-in-law served nettle soup for lunch one day and I loved it. Now I look forward to...
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Brined chicken breasts with sour cream, apple, and horseradish sauce
As I mentioned in my last post about summer vacation, it appears that summer in southern Sweden was here for one day last week, and now it’s over. But in the hope that some of you out there still have...
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White beans with roasted cherry tomatoes and rosemary
Although I was sad to see “summer” go (it was a chilly one), I’m happy about the official arrival of fall because it means the onslaught of hearty comfort foods like this white beans side dish. It’s...
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Fast White Bean and Tomato Soup
There are some recipes you come back to again and again because they are good, fast, and you can easily have the ingredients on hand. This is one of those recipes. I have made it countless times and...
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