Fish with Dill and Shrimp Sauce

Fish with Dill and Shrimp Sauce

Ingredients                            
1kg of Potatoes
500g of Carrots
500g of White Fish
200g of Shrimp
1 Leek
1 Lemon
Flour
Stock Powder
Cream
Butter
Dill

Course of Action

1. Rinse and boil the potatoes.

2. Finely chop 2 table spoons of Dill

3. Rinse the leek, finely shred half of the leek, cut the other half in 3cm pieces. Peel and cut the carrots in rods.

4. Boil 2 liters of water. Boil the carrot and the pieces of leek (NOT the shredded leek) for 6 minutes.

5. Cut the white fish (I used Saithe) in 5cm pieces.

6.  Whisk 1½ table spoons of flour, 2½ dl of water in a frying pan (with a lid). Add 1 table spoon of stock powder, 1½ dl of cream and 1 table spoon of butter. Let it simmer, while stirring, until the sauce thickens.

7. Squeeze the juice of ½ lemon and add the chopped dill. Put the fish in the sauce and sprinkle the shredded leeks on top. Let it simmer for 5 minutes. Add 200 grams of shrimp and let it simmer in the sauce for about 1 minute.

Cut the last half of the lemon into smaller pieces, ready to serve with the potatoes and vegetables!

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Chicken Lasagna with Parmesan and Sunflower Sprouts

Chicken Lasagna with Parmesan and Sunflower Sprouts

Ingredients

500 grams of minced Chicken

3 Tomatoes (300g)
200 grams of Lasagna plates
100g of Parmesan

1 Onion

½ Eggplant
1 can of crushed Tomatoes

250g of Cottage Cheese

100g of Sunflower Sprouts

Olive Oil
Garlic
Tomato Puree
Thyme
Oregano
Basil
Pepper
Salt

Course of Action

1. Turn on the oven to 200 degrees Celcius.

2. Finely chop the onions and roughly shred the eggplant. Heat up 1 table spoon of olive oil in a frying pan, crush 2 cloves of garlic and add 3 table spoons of tomato puree, the onions and the eggplant. Fry on medium temperature setting for 2 minutes.

3. Add the minced chicken and fry for 4 more minutes.

4. Roughly chop the tomatoes. Add the tomatoes, 1 can of crushed tomatoes, 1 table spoon of thyme, oregano, ½  table spoon of basil, a pinch of salt and black pepper, into the pan.. Let it simmer for 4 minutes.

5. Roughly shred the Parmesan. Butter a baking tray (preferrably 20x25cm) with ½ table spoon of olive oil.

6. Put 1/4 of the chicken sauce in the bottom and cover it with the lasagna plates. And then put a little bit of chicken sauce, cottage cheese and lasagna plates, in that order, until everything is in the tray. Make sure the last layer is chicken sauce and top it off with the shredded Parmesan. Let it bake in the oven for 15 minutes.

7. Rinse the sun flower sprouts and put it in a bowl, serve it with the lasagna!




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Swedish Elk Meat Balls with Root Crops and Cream Sauce

Elk Meat Balls with Root Crops and Cream Sauce

Ingredients
250 grams of Potatoes
500 grams of minced Elk
2 baked Potatoes
1/2 Turnip (400 grams)
1/2 box of Cherry Tomatoes
1 Carrot
1 yellow Paprika
Cream
Olive Oil
Thyme
1/2 table spoon of Dijon Mustard
1/2 dl Bread Crums
Flour
Stock powder
White pepper
Chinese soy
Sugar
Pepper
Salt

Course of Action

1. Turn on the oven to 225 Celcius. Rinse and cut the potatoes into cloves. Rinse and cut the turnip in 2cm big cubes. Place everything in a baking tray and put 1 table spoon of olive oil, a big pinch of thyme and a pinch of salt and pepper. Roast in the top of the oven for 25-30 min. Open the oven and stir every now and then.

2. Mix 1 table spoon of sugar, 1/2 teaspoon of thyme, 1/2 table spoon of dijon mustard, 1/2 dl bread crums and 1/2 dl cream in a bowl. Put the minced elk in the bowl. Make sure it mixes well and make the the elk into 8 patties.

3. Heat up 1/2 table spoon of butter in a frying pan and fry 2 patties at a time, 3 min per side. Put the finished patties on a plate and cover them.

4. Rinse the cherry tomatoes, shred the carrot and cut the paprika into 1cm cubes. Mix everything together in a bowl.

5. Heat up a small pot with butter, when the butter is melting add 1 table spoon of flour, 1/2 table spoon of stock powder, 1/2dl of cream, 2 1/2 dl of water, 1 teaspoon of chinese soy and a pinch of white pepper.   Let it simmer for 2 minutes.
(I would recommend to do a double batch of this, just double all ingredients)

Serve with the roasted root crops and the elk meat balls.

A little twist on the classic Swedish dish.

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Cannelloni with Mushroom

Cannelloni with Mushroom

Ingredients
250 grams of Oyster mushrooms
1 1/2 Red Onion (approx 150grams)

2 Carrots (approx 200 grams)

250 grams of ricotta cheese

1 pack of fresh lasagna plates (8 pcs.)

1 can of crushed Tomatoes

150 grams of grated cheese (your choice)

70 grams of salad
Garlic
Butter
Thyme
Olive oil
Liquid honey
White wine vinegar
Salt
Pepper

Course of Action

1. Preheat the oven to 200 Celsius.

2. Roughly chop all of the Oyster mushroom. Heat 1 tablespoon of butter in a pan and add the mushrooms. Fry on medium heat setting for 4 minutes.

3. Finely chop 1 of the red onions (leave half for later) , peel and shred the carrots. Add the onions and the carrots to the pan and fry for 3 minutes. Spice it up with a big pinch of thyme, some salt and pepper.

4. Remove the pan from the head and add the ricotta cheese.

5. Butter a deep baking tray. Lay out the lasagna plates and distribute the mushroom filling evenly on the plates. Roll them up when finished, and put the splice downwards.

6. Mix the crushed tomatoes, 1 teaspoon of thyme, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, 1 teaspoon of liquid honey, 1 crushed clove of garlic and a pinch of pepper in a bowl. Pour the mix over the rolled up cannelloni and top it with 150 grams of shredded cheese of your choice. Put it in the middle of the oven for 15-20 minutes

7. Rinse the salad, cut the onion into thin slices and mix into the bowl. Put 2 table spoons of olive oil, 1 table spoon of white wine vinegar, a pinch of salt and a pinch of pepper.

Ready to Serve!