Beer Sandwiches - Ölsmörgåsar

BEER SANDWICHES
Ölsmörgåsar

A really scrumptious warm sandwich is excellent with a cold beer when evening comes around. This is a suggestion for a somewhat different sandwich, both filling and tasty.

Makes 4 sandwiches

1 onion
10 oz ground meat (I normally use
a mixture of 50% pork, 50% beef)
3½ oz baked liver pâté, a very popular
thing to spread on the Swedish open
sandwiches
1/3 cup beer
½ tsp salt
black pepper
4 slices white bread
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
4 lettuce leaves

Sauce:
1 red bell pepper
1 pickled gherkin
3/4 cup sour cream


Start with the sauce. Rinse the sweet pepper, then dice it together with the gherkin. Mix them into the sour cream.

Peel and chop the onion. Mix with ground meat, liver pâté, beer and spices. Spread this mixture on the white bread in a thick layer - it should preferably more than cover the crusts, as it will shrink when fried.

Brown the fat in a frying pan and fry the sandwiches, meat side down, on low heat. Turn the sandwiches and fry on the other side for a short while.

Put them on warm plates and decorate with lettuce leaves. Pour the sauce on top or serve it separately.


Enjoy!

Bella

Prune Compote with Oranges - Katrinplommonkräm med apelsin

PRUNE COMPOTE WITH ORANGES
Katrinplommonkräm med apelsin

This type of thickened fruit soup is a very popular dessert in Sweden and we call it "kräm". It exists in practically any fruit and berry taste there is and is mostly served with ice-cold milk. For this recipe you need dried, seedless prunes, also a very popular thing in this country.

Serves 4

1 package dried, seedless prunes, 1/3 lb
2 1/3 cups water
3 to 4 tablespoons sugar
½ tablespoons potato starch flour
3 tablespoons water
2 oranges


Bring the prunes to a boil in the water. Let boil slowly for about 5 minutes and flavor with sugar. Stir the potato starch in some cold water, remove saucepan from heat and stir the thickening gently into the prunes. Put saucepan back on heat. Bring to a quick boil without stirring or the compote will be tough.

Cover and leave to cool completely.

Peel the oranges and cut the pulp in small pieces. Mix these into the cold compote.

Serve with cream or creamy milk.

Enjoy!

Bella

Scrumptious Raspberry Cake - Läcker hallontårta

SCRUMPTIOUS RASPBERRY CAKE
Läcker hallontårta

Keep it simple, a world-famous chef once said, and that's often the best. To make this fantastic cake you don't need a lot of time or ingredients - just what you normally keep in your pantry plus some kind of jam.

Makes 1 cake

3½ oz butter or margarine
1/3 cup sugar
1 egg
1 1/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
butter or margarine plus
dried breadcrumbs for the baking pan
1/3 cup raspberry jam


Stir fat and sugar until white and fluffy. Add the egg and stir vigorously. Mix flour with baking powder and stir this into the egg mixture.

Spread out about 3/4 of the dough in a greased, floured baking pan, diameter approx 9 inches. Add the jam and put remaining dough in dollops on top of the jam. Bake in the oven at 390F for about 35 minutes or until done. Try with a stick.

Serve the cake with whipped cream or ice cream.

This cake is excellent for freezing whole and ready-made, so make several at a time and heat them up until crisp in the oven before serving.

Enjoy!

Bella