Unbeatably rich, beefy flavors, aromatic vegetables and silky smooth flour dumplings that melts in your mouth and warms your soul – this robust, yet elegant soup is a Norwegian classic, and truly made for those cold winter months!
Category: Cooking
Authentic Norwegian kjøttkaker i brun saus meatballs & gravy
Thanks to IKEA, everybody have heard about Swedish meatballs. Now it is time you hear about Norwegian meatballs, cause they are totally different, and totally delicious! Here’s how my grandmother made them!
Smoky Spanish lentil, potato & leeks stew
I never deliberately write vegan recipes, but some just turn out that way; that is simply what the dish wants to be. This easy to make Spanish-inspired hearty stew, with its complex, aromatic flavors, is one of them.
How to cook restaurant worthy fish: searing, poaching, grilling & sous vide
Fish is extremely sensitive to heat treatment; far more so than meat. But if you know what to look for, the fish will tell you exactly when it’s done, and it is very easy to get right. Easier than meat actually. Here’s how to cook fish like pro.
Norwegian rekesalat shrimp salad with lemon & dill
Rekesalat is a classic in the Norwegian household. This shrimp salad is mostly used on a slice of bread, or a halvt horn (like a Norwegian sub) for lunch, but some of the more adventurous souls put the stuff on hotdogs and waffles too!
Smoked bone marrow, pickles & herbs on potato puré
With its rich flavor and silky mouthfeel, I think of bone marrow as the foie gras of the North. And what a way it is to impress your guests with this elegant, yet easy to make starter with a Norwegian flare!
Lamb chops with beurre noisette hollandaise
Simply put my favorite Sunday dinner as a kid back in the 80ies. I loved it so much I was looking forward to this dinner for days, and I still do! And now that it’s fall in Norway, we have loads of lamb meat in the stores too.
Norwegian Skolebolle (Skolebrød) custard & coconut buns
Long ago, a friend asked if I had a recipe for Skolebolle. I didn’t, cause I think the industrial version you get in the stores is so god-aweful I never buy them. But then I thought about how they COULD be if they were made well…
Norwegian leek, beans & potato stew
As much as we love to make elaborate meals, this robust and dirt cheap stew is an everyday staple for us, and it blows my mind how flavorful it is considering how simple and humble it is. But that is the very essence if Norwegian cooking.
Norwegian mushroom stew & mashed potatoes
As foragers, we eat a lot of mushrooms, and this mushroom stew is no exception. We really think this dish is Norway on a plate, and it is full of wonderful flavors that you can recreate at home with ease, using foraged or store bought mushrooms.
Norwegian Kneipp bread recipe
Ahh…the Kneipp bread. Invented by the German Catholic priest and MD Dr. Sebasian Kneipp in an effort to prevent masturbation. Read on to learn more about Norway’s most popular bread, and the recipe to bake your own.
Kashmiri Rogan Josh lamb curry
I am a whore for chili, so when I got my hands on some Kashmiri chilies, and we’re in the middle of lamb season here in Norway, there was only one thing I could make: Rogan Josh, just like my Viking forebears used to make!