Saffron Scones

Makes 6 scones

Quick nap while scones are baking

¾ cup oatmeal

1 cup unbleached white flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

½ teaspoon salt

1 pinch (0.018 ounces) saffron threads

1 egg

¾ cup cottage cheese

2 tablespoons honey

4 ounces butter (4 sticks)

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Crush the saffron threads in a mortar. In a mixing bowl, combine the first five ingredients.

Stir in the rest of the ingredients and mix well. Place six dollops on a lined cookie sheet.

Bake at 400 degrees for about 20 minutes. Let cool on the cookie sheet.

Serve with whipped cream and favorite jam.

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Ingefärsshot

Kräver råsaftcentrifug

1 glas

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1 stor bit ingefära
½ citron
1 msk vatten
½ tsk gurkmeja
½ msk honung


Skala ingefäran, storlek efter smak. Skala citronen. Kör ingefäran med citronen och vattnet.
Blanda i gurkmejan och honungen.

Receptet finns i boken


Väldigt uppiggande, stärkande och bra på alla vis! Samt numera populär i frukostbuffén på bättre hotell.

Tomato and Capers pickled Herring

Serves 6 Swedes, maybe more furrengers

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Start a day ahead.

14 ounces matjes herring, filés or cut up in serving pieces

¾ cup chili sauce

½ cup EVOO

4 tablespoons white balsamic vinegar

3 tablespoons water

1 tablespoon honey

1 tablespoon capers brine

2 tablespoons small capers

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Drain the herring and place in a jar, which has a tight lid.

Mix the remaining ingredients until smooth, and pour over the herring.

Blend well so the herring is covered by the marinade.

Put on the lid and store in the fridge overnight.

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This is a bit more fun than the store-bought pickled herring, and imagine the high brag factor:

I did indeed pickle this herring myself!

Ingefärsdrink

Lagom till fyra glas, beroende på hur mycket man späder ut den.

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1 dl honung

1 msk riven ingefära

2 lime

Några myntablad

Is

Kallt vatten, eller kolsyrat kallt vatten

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Pressa juicen och finriv skalen. Blanda tre första ingredienserna och fördela i glas. Lägg i is, några myntablad och häll på vatten efter smak.

Uppiggande och läskande! Kan givetvis även spädas ut med lite gin eller vodka.

Nutrition Facts

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Oh, for sure, sometimes you hear stuff like ”Well, sugar is sugar. Doesn’t matter if it’s from sugar beets or honey”. But no-siree, you’re wrong, you honey deniers! If you want to look at the health aspect – and you do, right? – honey is better hands down.

Per 100 grams                                                 Sugar                          Honey

Energy, kilocalories                                        405                              332

Carbohydrates, grams                                   100                              82

Calcium, milligrams                                       1,0                               5

Potassium, milligrams                                    2,0                               51

Copper, milligrams                                        0,03                             0,03

Sodium, milligrams                                        1,0                               5

Magnesium, milligrams                                 0                                  3

Zinc, milligrams                                              0                                  0,6

Phosphorus, milligrams                                 0                                  6

Protein, grams                                                 0                                  0,3

Iodine, micrograms                                        0                                  0,5

Iron, milligrams                                              0                                  0,5

Water, grams                                                    0,4                               18

Sugars, grams                                                 100                              74,7

            Monosaccharides                               0                                  71

            Disaccharides                                     100                              3,7

            Sucrose                                                 100                              0,8

Salt, gram                                                        0                                  0,01

Ash, gram                                                        0                                  0,2

Vitamin C, milligram                                     0                                  2,0

Riboflavin (B2), milligram                            0                                  0,04

Niacin (B3), milligram                                    0                                  0,3

Niacin equivalents (NE), milligram             0                                  0,35

Pyridoxine (B6), milligram                             0                                  0,02

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A clean Tea Towel?

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Came across a recipe that called for putting roasted hazelnuts in a clean tea towel, in order to rub the skins off.

Really? Why would it be necessary to point out the great idea of using a clean towel, as in:

“If you use the rag recently utilized during an oil change, instead of a clean towel, please be advised the hazelnuts may adopt a slight flavor of SAE10-40.”

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Also, whomever does not care if the towel is clean, or if it’s a tea towel rather than a beach towel, really cooks at her own risk.

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On the other hand, this particular recipe called for continuing to roast the nuts, probably beyond the point where any bad stuff would survive.

Salmon Sauce for Spaghetti

Serves 4

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1 pound salmon filéts

2 – 3 lemons, juiced

2 – 3 garlic cloves, pressed

1 tablespoon honey

1 pinch cinnamon

1 pinch nutmeg

1 pinch cardamom

3 ounces butter

2 – 3 tomatoes, about ½ pound, chopped

1/4 cup whipping cream

1 tablespoon honey

1 tablespoon white balsamic vinegar

½ tablespoon EVOO

Parmesan cheese, grated

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Mix the lemon juice, garlic, honey, and the spices. Let the salmon marinate in the brine for a while or two.

Remove the salmon from marinade and bake in 300 F for 20 minutes.

Save the marinade and set aside.

In the meantime, cook the spaghetti.

Pour just enough of the marinade, along with the olive oil, over the drained pasta to keep it shiny and moist, but not wet.

In a medium pot, melt the butter. Pour in the tomatoes, cream, honey, and vinegar.

When the salmon is ready, fork it apart into small pieces and mix into the sauce.

Warm the sauce thoroughly. Serve the spaghetti with the sauce and the cheese.

Pickled Mushrooms

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8 ounces mushrooms, cleaned and thinly sliced

2 tablespoons white vinegar

1 tablespoon honey

1/3 cup EVOO

½ teaspoon salt

1 pinch black pepper

1 – 2 garlic cloves, pressed or finely chopped

2 – 3 tablespoons fresh parsley, finely chopped

1 tablespoon grated zest of lemon

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In a medium bowl, mix the all ingredients, except the mushrooms, then fold them in.

Put in fridge, or somewhere cold, like San Francisco in the summer, and allow to marinate for at least one hour. Turn the mix a few times during the pickling process.

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Jordgubbstårta

12 bitar

½ msk smör

½ dl kokosflingor

4 ägg

2 dl strösocker

1 dl hasselnötsmjöl eller mandelmjöl 

1 dl majsmjöl

½ dl potatismjöl

1 tsk bakpulver

Fyllning och topping:

150 g hasselnötter

1 msk flytande honung

1 burk lemoncurd (320 g)

4 dl vispgrädde

½ liter jordgubbar, skär i tunna skivor

½ liter jordgubbar, delade om de är stora

Smörj en springform med smör och strö i kokosflingorna.

Vispa ägg och socker pösigt i stor bunke.

Blanda mjölen med bakpulvret och vänd ner i ägg- och sockerblandningen.

Häll smeten i formen och grädda på 175 grader i ca 30 min.

Låt kakan kallna.

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Fyllning och topping:

Rosta hasselnötterna i en torr stekpanna tills skalet precis börjar lossna. Häll dem i ett durkslag och skaka bort skalflagorna.

Lägg tillbaka nötterna i pannan och ringla över honungen. Rosta tills nötterna är gyllene. Sprid ut på bakplåtspapper och låt kallna.

Vispa grädden fluffig.

Dela kakan i två bottnar. Sätt undan 2 msk lemoncurd till garnering. Bred sedan hälften av resten på ena botten och täck med jordgubbsskivorna.

Bred på lite grädde och lägg på den andra bottnen.

Blanda resten av lemoncurden med resten av grädden och bred över tårtan så det täcker runtom och uppepå.

Dekorera med de delade jordgubbarna. Smält lemoncurden i vattenbad och ringla över.

Inget gluten här inte! Men kompenserar med tre av de 14 vanligaste allergenerna istället. Om du klarat dig undan att veta vilka det är, får man gratulera. Då är det bara att njuta av en underbar skapelse!