Pasta with Creamy Cheese Sauce - Pasta med krämig ostsås

PASTA WITH CREAMY CHEESE SAUCE

Pasta med krämig ostsås

Serves 4

8.8 oz macaroni, fresh or dried

1 tablespoon olive oil

8.8 oz streaky bacon

1 cup regular milk

8.8 oz mascarpone cheese

3½ oz grated Cheddar cheese

salt, pepper

2 fresh rosemary sprigs

Preheat oven to 392F.

Boil the macaroni until al dente and pour off the water. Mix the pasta with olive oil. Cut the bacon in pieces, fry until crisp and set aside.

Mix pasta, milk, mascarpone and half of the grated Cheddar in a saucepan. Flavor with salt and pepper and heat it all through. Finely chop the rosemary and add half of it to the sauce. Pour it all in an oven-proof pan and sprinkle with remaining cheese and rosemary. Bake in the middle of the oven for 10 to 15 minutes. Basically macaroni and cheese I should imagine. So good.

Enjoy!

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Ham Au Gratin with Bacon and Banana - Skinkgratäng med bacon och banan

HAM AU GRATIN WITH BACON AND BANANA

Skinkgratäng med bacon och banan

Serves 4

1.1 lb pork (shoulder or ham)

1 tablespoon soy sauce

butter

1 teaspoon salt

some black pepper

5.3 oz streaky bacon, cut in pieces

0.2 cup chili sauce

0.4 cup heavy cream

0.6 cup water

1 tablespoon flour

2 bananas, sliced

Mix the shredded meat with the soy sauce and put in a greased, oven-proof pan. Flavor with salt and pepper (remember the soy sauce is salty). Brown the bacon. Beat together chili sauce, cream, water and flour. Mix the banana with bacon and meat. Pour on the sauce and place the pan in the oven at 437F for about 25 minutes. Stir once while cooking.

Enjoy!

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Bacon-Wrapped Potatoes with Chive Mayonnaise - Baconlindad potatis med gräslöksmajonnäs

BACON-WRAPPED POTATOES WITH 

CHIVE MAYONNAISE

Baconlindad potatis med gräslöksmajonnäs

Serves 4

5 oz streaky bacon, sliced

16 boiled new potatoes, cold

Chive mayonnaise:

1 egg yolk

1 teaspoon mustard

2 teaspoons white wine vinegar

0.6 cup rapeseed oil

0.2 cup chives

salt, pepper

Preheat oven to 482F.

Wrap half a bacon slice around each potato and place them on a paper-lined baking plate. Cook in the oven until the bacon is nicely colored, about 20 minutes. Turn the potatoes over occasionally while cooking.

Chive mayonnaise:

Mix egg yolk, mustard and vinegar in a bowl. Add the oil in a thin but steady stream while beating. Add chives and mix to a green sauce. Flavor to taste with salt and pepper.

Enjoy!

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Cheese and Mushroom-Baked Cauliflower - Ost och svampgratinerad blomkål

CHEESE AND MUSHROOM-BAKED CAULIFLOWER

Ost- och svampgratinerad blomkål

Serves 4

1 head of cauliflower, approx 1 lb 8 oz,

or 2 smaller heads

2.8 cups fresh chantarelles

1 onion

5 oz streaky bacon, sliced

butter

0.8 cup grated cheese

Gratin sauce:

1.7 oz butter

3 tablespoon sifted spelt wheat flour

2 cups regular milk

some grated nutmeg if you like that

salt, pepper

Preheat oven to 437F.

Gratin sauce:

Melt the butter. Stir in the flour and dilute with milk. Simmer slowly for about 5 minutes. Flavor with nutmeg, salt and pepper.

Trim the cauliflower. Boil the whole head until barely tender in lightly salted water for 6 to 8 minutes. Trim the chantarelles and cut in pieces. Peel and chop the onion. Shred the bacon. Fry chantarelles and onions in butter and add the bacon. Increase the heat and brown until crisp. Flavor lightly with salt and pepper. 

Place the cauliflower in an oven-proof pan, pour on the sauce and sprinkle the chantarelle-bacon mix around the cauliflower. Sprinkle with cheese and bake in the middle of the oven for 20 to 25 minutes.

Enjoy!

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Falu Sausage Au Gratin with Bacon - Falukorvsgratäng med bacon

FALU SAUSAGE AU GRATIN WITH BACON

Falukorvsgratäng med bacon

Serves 4

14 oz Falu sausage or

suitable replacement

10 oz streaky bacon, sliced

1 onion

1 red bell pepper

7 oz mushrooms (champignons)

1 tablespoon rapeseed oil

or other neutral oil

1.2 cup heavy cream

salt, pepper

2 tablespoons fresh 

chopped oregano

5.3 oz ripe, grated cheese

For serving:

spaghetti or other pasta

Preheat oven to 392F. 

Pull the skin off the sausage and Dice it. Shred the bacon, fry it and drain on paper towels. Brown the sausage in the bacon fat. Peel and chop the onion. Trim and shred the bell pepper. Trim and slice the mushrooms and fry onion, bell pepper and mushrooms until tender in a frying pan with oil. Mix it with sausage and bacon and place it all in an oven-proof pan. Pour in the cream and flavor with salt and pepper. Sprinkle with oregano and top with grated cheese.

Cook in the oven until the cheese is nicely colored, about 15 minutes. Serve with pasta.

Enjoy!

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Broccoli Patties with Potatoes and Bacon - Broccolibiffar med potatis och knaprigt bacon

BROCCOLI PATTIES WITH POTATOES AND BACON

Broccolibiffar med potatis och knaprigt bacon

Serves 4

14 oz frozen, thawed broccoli

3 boiled potatoes, cold or hot

2 eggs

0.4 cup flour

1 garlic clove

0.6 cup strong grated cheese

salt, pepper

1 tablespoon oil

For serving:

approx 10 oz streaky bacon, diced

lingonberry jam

Finely chop the broccoli and squeeze out the liquid, then place in a bowl. Add potatoes and mash together with the broccoli (use a fork). Add eggs, flour, crushed garlic and grated cheese and blend well to a smooth mixture. Add more flour if necessary. Flavor to taste with salt and pepper.

Shape this mixture to even-sized patties. Heat up a frying pan with lots of oil. Fry the patties for 3 to 4 minutes on each side until nicely golden. Fry the bacon until crisp and drain on paper towels.

Serve the warm patties with crisp bacon and lingonberry jam.

Enjoy!

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Cabbage Soup with Roots - Vitkålssoppa med rotfrukter

CABBAGE SOUP WITH ROOTS

Vitkålssoppa med rotfrukter

Serves 2

Cabbage, as much as you like

1 leek

1 parsley root

1 carrot

1.7 oz streaky bacon, diced

1 tablespoon rapeseed oil

3.2 cups chicken bouillon

1.8 oz pasta of your choice

salt, pepper

For serving:

baguette

Finely shred the cabbage. Clean and shred the leek. Peel and slice the parsley root and carrot. Sauté the bacon in a pot with oil. Add cabbage, leek, parsley root and carrot and sauté for a couple of minutes. Add bouillon and boil, covered, for 20 minutes. 

Boil and drain the pasta, add it to the soup and flavor to taste with salt and pepper. Serve with baguette.

Enjoy!

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Cauliflower and Broccoli au Gratin with Bacon - Blomkåls- och broccoligratäng med bacon

CAULIFLOWER AND BROCCOLI

AU GRATIN WITH BACON

Blomkåls- och broccoligratäng med bacon

Serves 4

1 broccoli

1 head of cauliflower

2 tomatoes

10 oz streaky bacon, sliced

1 garlic clove

1 teaspoon dried herbs

of your choice

0.8 cup heavy cream

2 teaspoons Maizena

1 tablespoon concentrated

veal fond

salt, pepper

0.8 cup grated cheese

Preheat oven to 437F.

Rinse and split the broccoli and cauliflower into large florets and boil until almost tender in lightly salted water. Drain well and place in a greased, oven-proof pan. Cut the tomatoes in pieces and place them on top. 

Fry the bacon and chopped garlic and then sprinkle on top of the gratin. Flavor with dried herbs. Bring cream, thickening and fond to a boil and flavor with salt and pepper. Pour this in the pan and sprinkle with cheese. Bake for 15 minutes.

Enjoy!

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Ground Meat Patties with Bacon and Mustard Sauce - Baconbiffar med senapssås

GROUND MEAT PATTIES WITH BACON

AND MUSTARD SAUCE

Baconbiffar med senapssås

Serves 4

1.1 lb ground meat (beef + pork or 

what you prefer)

0.3 cup dried breadcrumbs

0.6 cup regular milk

4 anchovy fillets

1 egg

0.4 cup chopped parsley

salt, pepper

5 oz streaky bacon, sliced

1 tablespoon butter 

Sauce:

0.8 cup water

0.8 cup heavy cream

1 tablespoon concentrated veal fond

1 tablespoon Dijon mustard

1 tablespoon sweet mustard

2 tablespoons Maizena

Decoration:

parsley

For serving:

potatoes

sugarsnaps

Mix breadcrumbs and milk and swell for 5 minutes. Add ground meat, chopped anchovies, egg, parsley, salt and pepper. Work to a smooth mixture and shape to 8 patties. Wrap a slice of bacon around each. Fry the patties in butter in a frying pan until nicely colored. Transfer to a wide, shallow saucepan.

Pour the water in the pain and bring to a boil. Add cream, fond and all mustard. Bring to a boil, thicken with Maizena stirred with some cold water and boil for a couple of minutes. Flavor to taste with salt and pepper and pour the sauce over the patties.

Simmer slowly for about 15 minutes until the patties are cooked through. Decorate with parsley. Serve with roast potatoes and sugarsnaps.

Enjoy!

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Quick and Easy Bacon Pasta - Snabba baconpastan

QUICK AND EASY BACON PASTA

Snabba baconpastan

Serves 4

4 servings spaghetti or other

pasta you like

2½ tablespoons olive oil

2 garlic cloves

approx 1 teaspoon sambal oelek

9.7 oz streaky bacon, sliced

leafy parsley

salt, black pepper

For serving:

Parmesan cheese

tomato salad with red onion

Preheat oven to 392F. Boil the pasta.

Pour the oil in a large, oven-proof pan. Add crushed garlic and sambal oelek (taste your way ahead, it's strong!). Cut the bacon in pieces, put them in the pan and blend. Cook in the oven for 15 to 20 minutes.

Add pasta and chopped parsley to the pan and stir until everything is blended. Flavor to taste with salt and pepper (remember that the bacon is rather salty). Serve with grated Parmesan and a mixed salad with tomatoes and red onion.

Enjoy!

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Crushed Potatoes with Bacon and Broccoli - Krossad potatis med bacon och broccoli

CRUSHED POTATOES WITH BACON AND BROCCOLI

Krossad potatis med bacon och broccoli

Serves 4

12 middle-sized, "floury"

potatoes, e.g. King Edward

1 teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon paprika

3½ oz small broccoli florets

0.8 cup grated cheese

5 oz streaky bacon

Paprika butter:

1.7 oz butter

1 crushed garlic clove

1 bunch parsley

some paprika

Boil the potatoes unpeeled. Preheat oven to 482F. Boil the broccoli florets for 5 minutes or until suitably tender. Spread out the potatoes on a baking plate and press each potato once so that it crushes slightly. Flavor with salt and sprinkle with paprika, then put the plate in the oven for 10 minutes.

Make the paprika butter. Take out the potatoes, top with broccoli and divide half of the butter on the potatoes. Sprinkle with cheese and put back in the oven for about 5 minutes. Fry the sliced bacon.

Divide remaining butter on the potatoes when serving and top with fried bacon.

Enjoy!

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Ground Meat and Bacon Rolls in Tomato Sauce - Färs. och baconrullar i tomatsås

GROUND MEAT AND BACON ROLLS IN TOMATO SAUCE

Färs- och baconrullar i tomatsås

Serves 4

1.1 lb ground meat (beef + pork)

5 oz streaky bacon

salt, ground black pepper

1 can whole, peeled tomatoes, 14 oz

1 tablespoon tomato paste

1 large onion

1 ball mozzarella cheese

2 parsley sprigs

Preheat oven to 437F. 

Cut the bacon slices in two. Shape the meat into larger meatballs and wrap each meatball up in ½ slice bacon. Flavor with some salt and ground black pepper. Pour the tomatoes in a saucepan and add tomato paste. Bring to a boil and flavor to taste with salt and pepper.

Cut the onion in pieces of approx 3/4 x 3/4 inches and blend in the tomatoes. Pour onions and tomato sauce in an oven-proof pan. Put the bacon rolls in the tomato sauce. Grate the mozzarella cheese and spread it out on top. Put in the oven and cook for about 20 minutes.

Chop the parsley and sprinkle the surface with it. Serve with a salad.

Enjoy!

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Creamy Chicken Mustard Pan with Mushrooms and Bacon - Krämig kycklingpanna med svamp, senap och bacon

CREAMY CHICKEN MUSTARD PAN WITH 

MUSHROOMS AND BACON

Krämig kycklingpanna med svamp, senap och bacon

Serves 4

14 oz chicken thigh fillets

butter or margarine for frying

salt, pepper

2 onions

1.1 lbs fresh mushrooms

0.8 cup chicken bouillon

0.4 cup sweet, strong, large grained mustard

0.8 cup heavy cream

5½ oz streaky bacon

For serving:

potatoes, salad and/or bread

Cut the chicken in pieces and fry until done in fat in a frying pan. Flavor with salt and pepper. Take up when ready. Peel the onion and trim the mushrooms. Slice them and brown until tender and nicely colored. 

Mix chicken bouillon, mustard and cream and pour this in the pan with the mushrooms. Add chicken and simmer for about 15 minutes, covered. Flavor to taste with salt and pepper. If too thick, dilute with some more bouillon.

Meanwhile, cut the bacon in pieces and quickly fry them in the oven on a paper-lined baking plate at 437F for 10 minutes. Drain. Sprinkle the crisp bacon over the pan when serving.

Serve with potatoes, a salad or bread, or why not all 3?

Enjoy!

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Cod Wrapped in Bacon with Egg Sauce - Baconlindad torsk med äggsås

COD WRAPPED IN BACON WITH EGG SAUCE

Baconlindad torsk med äggsås

Serves 4

1 garlic clove

1½ lbs fillet of cod in 4 pieces

2 dill sprigs

4 slices streaky bacon

ground black pepper

Egg sauce:

1 tablespoon butter

2 tablespoons flour

1.6 cups creamy milk

½ fish bouillon cube

salt, white pepper

2 boiled eggs

Peel the garlic, cut in very thin slices and sprinkle them over the fish together with dill sprigs. Save some for decoration. Wrap a bacon slice around each piece of fish and flavor with some ground black pepper. 

Sauce:

Melt the butter in a saucepan and sift with flour. Then add creamy milk and bouillon cube. Bring to a boil while stirring continuously with a beater. Simmer slowly for 8 to 10 minutes without burning it to the bottom of the saucepan. Flavor to taste with salt and ground white pepper. Roughly chop the eggs and add them to the sauce.

Fry the fish in a frying pan so that the bacon around them takes color. Turn them over and put them in the oven at 437F for 7 to 8 minutes.

Serve the fish with the egg sauce, some fresh dill, boiled potatoes and green peas.

Enjoy!

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Creamy Mushroom Bacon Pasta - Krämig svamp- och baconpasta

CREAMY MUSHROOM BACON PASTA

Krämig svamp- och baconpasta

Serves 2

Approx 2½ oz streaky bacon

7 oz mushrooms

butter

0.4 cup creme fraiche

0.2 cup grated cheese or a piece of Brie

salt, pepper

Cut the bacon in pieces and fry until crisp in a frying pan or in the oven. Drain on paper towels until serving.

Trim and slice the mushrooms and fry until golden, add creme fraiche and bring to a boil. Remove from heat, add cheese and let it melt. Flavor with salt and pepper.

Serve right away with boiled pasta, crisp bacon and chopped parsley. For instance.

Enjoy!

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Tomato Bacon Pasta - Tomatpasta med bacon

TOMATO BACON PASTA

Tomatpasta med bacon

Serves 4

14 oz dried pasta, e.g. penne

2 pkgs streaky bacon, approx 9½ oz

1 onion

2 garlic cloves

1.1 lb crushed tomatoes

0.6 cup heavy cream

salt, pepper

1 teaspoon honey

0.4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

0.2 cup chopped fresh basil

Boil the pasta. Fry the bacon until almost crisp and drain on a paper towel. Save the fat. Peel and chop onion and garlic and fry in the bacon fat. Add the bacon to the pan, add crushed tomatoes and cream and boil it together for about 10 minutes. Flavor with salt, pepper and honey.

Mix pasta and sauce, sprinkle with grated Parmesan and chopped basil and serve.

Enjoy!

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Avocado-Bacon Mix - Avocado- och baconröra

AVOCADO-BACON MIX
Avocado- och baconröra


This superb mix goes very well with all kinds of sausages.


Serves 4


Approx 5 oz bacon
1 tomato or 5 to 7 cherry tomatoes
2 avocados
black pepper
1 to 2 tablespoons chopped thyme or parsley
1 lemon wedge




Fry the bacon until suitably crisp, drain on a paper towel and cool completely. Finely dice the tomato or use split cherry tomatoes. Put them in a bowl. Cut the bacon in small pieces and put that in the bowl too. Scoop out the split avocados, dice the meat very finely and put it in the bowl.


Add black pepper and herbs and blend well until slightly creamy. Drizzle with the lemon juice and store cold until serving.


Enjoy!


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Veggie Frittata - Frittata med grönsaker

VEGGIE FRITTATA
Frittata med grönsaker

Serves 4

8 eggs
0.6 cup milk
0.2 cup cream
(basil or some other green herb)
1 onion
1 lb mixed vegetables, e.g. asparagus,
broccoli, spinach
2½ oz bacon
1½ tablespoon butter or margarine
8 cherry tomatoes
0.4 cup grated parmesan
parsley
salt, pepper


Heat the oven to 440F. Break the eggs in a bowl and whisk lightly. Beat in milk and cream, flavor to taste with salt and pepper and add some chopped green herbs (that's optional).

Chop the onion and cut the veggies in suitable pieces. Shred the bacon and fry with no fat in a frying pan that later can be put in the oven. Take it up and drain on a paper towel. Sautée onion and veggies in the bacon fat that's left in the pan and some butter or margarine. Split the tomatoes and add to the pan and also put the bacon back.

Pour the egg batter over it all and gently stir inwards until the omelet has set a little but still is very creamy. Sprinkle with grated parmesan. Put the pan in the oven for 5 to 10 minutes and take it out when the frittata when it's risen and nicely colored. Sprinkle with parsley and serve with a green salad.

Enjoy!

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Ground Meat Rolls with Bacon and Tomatoes - Färs- och baconrullar med tomat

GROUND MEAT ROLLS WITH
BACON AND TOMATOES
Färs- och baconrullar med tomat

Serves 4

Approx 1 lb ground meat (50/50 beef/pork)
5 oz bacon
salt, black pepper
1 can whole tomatoes, approx 14 oz
1 tablespoon tomato paste
1 large onion
1 mozzarella cheese ball
2 to 3 parsley sprigs


Heat the oven to 440F.

Split the bacon in two. Shape the meat to larger meatballs and wrap each in ½ slice bacon. Flavor with some salt and black pepper.

Pour the tomatoes in a saucepan and add tomato paste. Bring to a boil and flavor to taste with salt and pepper. Cut the onion in rather large dice and add them to the tomatoes. Pour the sauce in an oven-proof pan and put the bacon rolls in the sauce.

Grate the mozzarella and distribute it on top. Cook in the oven for about 20 minutes. Chop the parsley and sprinkle it over the surface and serve with a salad.

Enjoy!

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Bacon Pasta - Baconpasta

BACON PASTA
Baconpasta

The combo of the sweet corn and the salty bacon sets the taste for this great pasta dish. 

Serves 4

10½ oz pasta of your choice
5½ oz bacon
1 leek
2 garlic cloves
1 can corn, approx 12 oz
0.8 cup crème fraîche sweet pepper & chili
(we can buy it already flavored)
0.4 cup black olives with seeds


Boil the pasta. Shred bacon and leek and peel and chop the garlic. Fry the bacon until crisp in a hot frying pan and drain it on a paper towel. Drain the corn. Heat up the crème fraîche in a saucepan and stir in leek, garlic, corn and black olives. Let it all boil for a few minutes and flavor with salt and pepper.

Mix the sauce with the pasta and sprinkle with the crisp bacon.

Enjoy!

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