Pasta Au Gratin with Cheese, Mushrooms and Spinach - Pastagratäng med ost, svamp och spenat

PASTA AU GRATIN WITH CHEESE,

MUSHROOMS AND SPINACH

Pastagratäng med ost, svamp och spenat

3 kinds of cheese, mushrooms and fresh spinach makes this pasta gratin completely irresistible.

Serves 4

14 oz pasta of your choice, but 

preferably shells

14 oz mixed mushrooms

1 tablespoon olive oil

approx 7 oz fresh baby spinach

approx 8.8 oz camembert

or brie cheese

8.8 oz mascarpone cheese

salt, pepper

3½ oz pitted black olives (optional)

approx 2½ oz grated Parmesan cheese

For serving:

salad

Preheat oven to 392F.

Boil the pasta in lightly salted water until it's al dente. Trim and slice the mushrooms and fry it in olive oil until lightly colored. Stir in the spinach and soften it up. Dice the camembert or brie and stir this into the pan together with mascarpone and the optional olives. Flavor with some salt and pepper.

Drain the pasta and pour it back into the saucepan. Stir in the mushroom-cheese mixture in the pasta and pour it all in a greased, oven-proof pan. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and bake in the oven for about 20 minutes.

Serve the gratin with a green salad.

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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Cheese-Filled Chicken in Tomato Sauce with Crushed Potatoes - Ostfylld kyckling i tomatsås med krossad potatis

CHEESE-FILLED CHICKEN IN TOMATO SAUCE

WITH CRUSHED POTATOES

Ostfylld kyckling i tomatsås med krossad potatis

Serves 4

4 chicken fillets

salt, pepper

4.4 oz mozzarella cheese

0.4 cup flour

2 eggs

0.4 cup dried breadcrumbs

2 tablespoons butter

1.6 cup ready-made tomato sauce

(or home-made)

0.6 cup heavy cream

2 tablespoons concentrated

chicken fond

0.4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

2 tablespoon chopped parsley

Crushed potatoes:

1 lb 12 oz new potatoes, boiled

1.7 oz butter

1 garlic clove

½ red chilifruit

0.4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

For serving:

salad

Preheat oven to 347.

Cut a deep pocket in each chicken fillet and flavor with salt and pepper. Divide grated mozzarella in the pockets and push them shut. Secure with toothpicks if necessary. Coat the fillets first in flour, then in beaten egg and last in breadcrumbs. Fry the chicken on both sides in a frying pan with butter until nicely colored.

Mix 2/3 of the tomato sauce with cream and chicken fond and pour in an oven-proof pan. Put the chicken on the tomato bed, pour on remaining sauce and sprinkle with cheese and basil. Cook the chicken in the oven for about 30 minutes. Make sure it's cooked through. Leave under aluminum foil while you make the potatoes.

Crushed potatoes:

Place the boiled potatoes on a paper-lined baking plate. Press them with a fork so they're crushed. Stir room-tempered butter, grated garlic and chopped chili and dab this over the potatoes. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Bake in the upper part of the oven until nicely colored at 482F, approx 10 minutes.

Serve with a salad.

Enjoy!

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Creamy Chicken and Leek Gratin - Krämig kycklinggratäng med purjolök

CREAMY CHICKEN AND LEEK GRATIN

Krämig kycklinggratäng med purjolök

Serves 4

1 lb 5 oz chicken fillets

salt, pepper

1 leek

2 tablespoons butter

0.8 cup heavy cream

0.8 cup creme fraiche

0.2 cup mango chutney

1 teaspoon sambal oelek

1 teaspoon Chinese soy sauce

0.2 cup cashews

3½ oz cherry tomatoes

0.4 cup grated cheese

For serving:

rice

salad

Preheat oven to 437F.

Cut each chicken fillet in 3 pieces lengthwise. Flavor with salt and pepper and fry the chicken all around in a frying pan with 1 tablespoon butter. Transfer to an oven-proof pan. 

Trim and slice the leek and sauté until tender in a frying pan with a tablespoon butter. Add cream, creme fraiche, mango chutney, sambal oelek and soy sauce and bring to a boil. Pour the sauce over the chicken. Sprinkle with cashews, split tomatoes and cheese and bake for 20 minutes.

Serve with rice and a salad.

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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Shrimp-Baked Salmon with Riced Potatoes - Räkgratinerad lax med pressad potatis

SHRIMP-BAKED SALMON WITH RICED POTATOES

Räkgratinerad lax med pressad potatis

Serves 4

2.2 lbs skinless salmon fillet

in a whole piece

Topping:

1.1 lb un-peeled shrimp

5.3 oz cream cheese

1 tablespoon French mustard

1 tablespoon runny honey

2 tablespoons chopped dill

1 tablespoon chopped chives

1 teaspoon salt

some black pepper

0.2 cup flaked almonds

2 tablespoons pumpkin seeds

1½ tablespoons olive oil

0.4 cup heavy cream

Decoration:

0.4 cup peeled shrimp (reserved)

1 tablespoon chopped dill

Preheat oven to 437F. Place the fish in a greased oven-proof pan.

Topping:

Peel the shrimp and reserve 0.4 cup fine ones for decoration. Roughly chop remaining shrimp. Mix shrimp, cream cheese, mustard, honey, dill, chives, salt and pepper. Spread this over the fish and top with almonds and pumpkin seeds. Drizzle with olive oil and pour the cream around the fish. Bake just below the middle of the oven for about 20 minutes. Take out and decorate with the reserved shrimp plus chopped dill.

Serve with boiled sugarsnaps, riced potatoes and lemon wedges.

Enjoy!

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Potatoes Au Gratin with Chèvre and Bell Peppers - Potatisgratäng med chèvre och paprika

POTATOES AU GRATIN WITH CHÈVRE

AND BELL PEPPERS

Potatisgratäng med chèvre and bell peppers

2 lbs 9 oz potatoes

2 grilled bell peppers, canned and shredded

½ leek, thinly sliced

2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced

2 cups cream

0.4 cup regular milk

2 teaspoons salt

5.3 oz chèvre cheese

Preheat oven to 392F.

Peel and thinly slice the potatoes. Alternate potatoes, bell peppers, leek and garlic in an oven-proof pan. Mix cream, milk and salt and pour this over the potatoes in the pan. Crumble the cheese on top or slice the cheese. Bake in the middle of the oven for about 50 minutes. If too dark, cover with aluminum foil towards the end of the cooking time.

Enjoy!

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Easy-Made Fish au Gratin with Ajvar Relish - Lättlagad fiskgratäng med ajvar relish

EASY-MADE FISH AU GRATIN WITH AJVAR RELISH

Lättlagad fiskgratäng med ajvar relish

Serves 4

14 oz frozen, half-thawed

fillet of cod in a block

salt, pepper

0.4 cup heavy cream

0.4 cup creme fraiche

0.4 cup ajvar relish, strong

2 grilled, canned bell peppers

1 onion

2 tablespoons chopped parsley

for decoration

Cut the fish block in 4 pieces. Flavor with salt and pepper and place in an oven-proof pan. Beat together cream, creme fraiche and relish and pour it over the fish.

Cut the grilled bell peppers in thin shreds. Peel and thinly slice the onion. Divide bell peppers and onion on top of the fish and bake in the oven at 392F for 25 minutes. Sprinkle with some parsley and serve with boiled or mashed potatoes.

Enjoy!

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Easy-Made Sausage Potato Pan - Lättlagad korvlåda med potatis

EASY-MADE SAUSAGE POTATO PAN

Lättlagad korvlåda med potatis

Serves 4

10.6 oz hot spicy sausages,

e.g. chorizo, kabanossen

7 oz boiled potatoes, 4 - 5

1 large tomato

1 onion

1 garlic clove

1 bell pepper

0.4 cup regular milk

5 eggs

0.8 cup strong, grated

cheese

salt, pepper

3 tablespoons oil for frying

½ teaspoon strong, smoked

paprika , e.g. pimentón de la vera

Decoration and serving:

fresh basil

green salad

Cut the sausages in 3/4 inch slices. Slice potatoes and tomatoes. Peel and finely slice onion and garlic, trim and roughly chop the bell pepper. Beat milk and eggs together, add cheese and flavor to taste with salt and pepper.

Heat the oil in a large frying pan. Fry the sausages until crisp and transfer to a greased, oven-proof pan. Fry potatoes and vegetables separately in the same pan and mix them with the sausages in the pan. Flavor with paprika, salt and pepper and blend well.

Pour the egg mixture over it all and bake in the middle of the oven at 392F for about 20 minutes until nicely colored. Decorate with fresh basil and serve with a green salad.

Enjoy!

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Spinach Pasta Rolls with Cheese Sauce - Spenatpastarullar med ostsås

SPINACH PASTA ROLLS WITH CHEESE SAUCE

Spenatpastarullar med ostsås

Serves 2

6 fresh lasagna "plates"

Filling:

7 oz frozen leafy spinach

1 shallot

1 garlic clove

1 tablespoon butter or margarine

8.8 oz cottage cheese

Cheese sauce:

1.2 cup regular milk

2 tablespoons flour

0.8 cup ripe, grated cheese

salt, pepper

For serving:

tossed green salad

Preheat oven to 437F.

Filling:

Thaw the spinach. Peel and chop shallot and garlic. Sauté onion, garlic and spinach in a frying pan with the fat until all liquid is gone. Allow to cool, then mix with cottage cheese. 

Place a couple of tablespoonfuls of the filling on each lasagna "plate" and roll up from the short side. Split the rolls and transfer them, seamside down, in greased, oven-proof pans.

Cheese sauce:

Beat milk and flour in a saucepan. Bring to a boil and simmer for 3 minutes while stirring. Add 0.4 cup of the cheese and let it melt in the sauce. Flavor to taste with salt and pepper. 

Divide the sauce over the pasta rolls, sprinkle with remaining cheese and bake in the middle of the oven for about 20 minutes. Serve with a tossed green salad.

Enjoy!

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Chicken Au Gratin with Bell Peppers and Mushrooms - Gratäng med grillad kyckling, paprika och svamp

CHICKEN AU GRATIN WITH BELL PEPPERS

AND MUSHROOMS

Gratäng med grillad kyckling, paprika och svamp

Serves 4

2 grilled chickens

8.8 oz mushrooms

butter for frying

2 bell peppers, different colors

0.8 cup ripe, grated cheese

fresh tarragon if desired

Sauce:

1 cup cream

0.6 cup water

1 tablespoon concentrated 

chicken fond

1 tablespoon Dijon mustard

1 teaspoon honey

1 teaspoon dried tarragon

1 tablespoon Maizena

salt, pepper

For serving:

mixed salad

Preheat oven to 437F.

Sauce:

Beat cream, water, chicken fond, mustard, honey and tarragon in a saucepan. Bring to a boil and beat in the Maizena stirred with some water or cream. Simmer for a minute and flavor to taste with salt, pepper and maybe some more honey.

Trim the chicken and remove skin and bones. Cut the meat in even-sized pieces and divide it in the bottom of a greased gratin pan. Trim the mushrooms and split or quart them. Fry in butter. Trim and slice the bell peppers. Divide mushrooms and bell peppers over the chicken, pour on the sauce and sprinkle with grated cheese. Bake in the middle of the oven for about 20 minutes, until nicely colored.

Decorate with fresh tarragon if you wish, and serve with a nice, crisp salad. 

Enjoy!

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Kassler Au Gratin with Blue Cheese and Spinach - Kasslergratäng med ädelost och spenat

KASSLER AU GRATIN WITH BLUE 

CHEESE AND SPINACH

Kasslergratäng med ädelost och spenat

Serves 4

1 leek

7 oz fresh leafy spinach

2 tablespoons butter

1.1 lb sliced kassler (warm-smoked,

boneless loin of pork)

2.4 cups regular milk

3½ tablespoons flour

5.3 oz grated (or rather crumbled)

blue cheese

½ teaspoon salt

some pepper

3 tablespoons finely chopped parsley

For serving:

crisp salad

Preheat oven to 437F.

Clean, trim and slice the leek. Trim the spinach. Heat up the butter in a frying pan and sauté leek and spinach until glossy and smooth without coloring. Divide the mixture in a greased, oven-proof pan, approx 8 x 12 inches. Slice the kassler. Spread out the slices on top of leek and spinach in the pan.

Beat together half of the milk with flour in a saucepan. Add remaining milk and bring to a boil while stirring. Simmer for about 5 minutes over low heat. Stir occasionally. Remove from heat and stir in the crumbled blue cheese. Flavor with salt, pepper and chopped parsley.

Pour the sauce over the meat and bake just below the middle of the oven for about 20 to 25 minutes or until nicely colored. Decorate with green herbs and serve with a salad.

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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Sausage Au Gratin with Mustard Sauce - Korvgratäng med senapssås

SAUSAGE AU GRATIN WITH MUSTARD SAUCE

Korvgratäng med senapssås

Serves 3 to 4

½ squash, sliced

2 large tomatoes, sliced

1 red onion, sliced

10.6 oz Falu sausage or

equivalent, sliced

1 teaspoon butter

0.8 cup grated cheese

Sauce:

0.8 cup cream

1 tablespoon French mustard

2 teaspoons Maizena

some salt

some white pepper

Decoration:

2 tablespoons chopped chives

Preheat oven to 482F.

Grease an oven-proof pan with butter. Alternate squash, tomatoes, red onion and sausage in the pan. Boil cream, mustard and Maizena for the sauce while stirring. Flavor to taste with salt and pepper and pour the sauce over the sausage. Sprinkle with cheese and bake in the oven for 15 minutes. Decorate with chives.

Serve with mashed potatoes with parsley and a salad.

Enjoy!

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Gourmet Fish Au Gratin - Gratinerad gourmetfisk

GOURMET FISH AU GRATIN

Gratinerad gourmetfisk

Serves approx 4

6 fillets of whitefish,

fresh or frozen and thawed

1 teaspoon salt

some white pepper

0.4 cup white wine or water

2 leeks

2 tablespoons butter or margarine

Gratin sauce:

1 cup creme fraiche

1 small glass jar of bleak roe,

approx 2½ oz

2½ oz grated cheese

Preheat oven to 482F.

Trim, clean and slice the leeks. Sauté until tender without coloring. Spread it out in the bottom of an oven-proof pan. Flavor the fish with salt and pepper. Boil it in the wine or water until almost done, about 8 minutes. Place on top of the leek.

Reduce the liquid slightly, stir in cream and cheese and simmer the sauce for a while. Add the bleak roe. Pour the sauce over the fish and bake in the middle of the oven for about 10 to 15 minutes, until heated through and the surface is nicely colored. 

Serve with boiled potatoes and vegetables of your choice.

Enjoy!

Bella

Ham-Baked Vegetables - Skinkgratinerade grönsaker

HAM-BAKED VEGETABLES

Skinkgratinerade grönsaker

Serves 2

7 oz cauliflower florets

7 oz broccoli florets

water

Sauce:

1 tablespoon butter or margarine

1½ tablespoons flour

0.4 cup water from boiling the vegetables

0.4 cup regular milk

0.2 cup grated cheese

2.6 oz smoked ham, diced

salt, pepper

Preheat oven to 437F.

Place florets in a saucepan and add water enough to barely cover them. Add salt and boil until tender, 5 to 10 minutes. Pour off but reserve the water. Flush them in cold water and drain.

Melt the fat for the sauce and stir in flour. Dilute with 0.4 cup of the water and milk, little by little. Boil the sauce while stirring for 3 to 4 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in cheese and ham. Melt the grated cheese in the sauce and flavor to taste with salt and pepper.

Place the vegetables in a greased, oven-proof dish. Pour the sauce over them and bake in the middle of the oven for about 20 minutes.

Enjoy!

Bella

Oven-Baked Fillet of Pork with Port Sauce - Gratinerad fläskfilé med portvinssås

OVEN-BAKED FILLET OF PORK WITH PORT SAUCE

Gratinerad fläskfilé med portvinssås

Serves 4

1 fillet of pork, approx 1 lb 5 oz

2 tablespoons butter

salt, black pepper

Baking:

4.4 oz mozzarella cheese

1 bunch basil leaves

1 oz pine nuts

2.6 oz sundried tomatoes,

marinated and shredded

2 garlic cloves, chopped

some salt

some pepper

Sauce:

1.6 cups water and pan juices

2 tablespoons concentrated

chicken fond

3 tablespoons Maizena

1 teaspoon Chinese soy sauce

2 tablespoons red port

black pepper

For serving:

green beans

Preheat oven to 437F. 

Trim the fillet and brown all around in a frying pan with butter. Flavor with salt and pepper, take it up and wrap it up in aluminum foil.

Pour 0.8 cup water in the pan and strain into a saucepan. Bring to a boil together with chicken fond. Beat in the thickening, simmer the sauce for a few minutes and flavor to taste with soy sauce, port and pepper.

Finely dice the mozzarella and roughly chop the basil leaves. Mix mozzarella, basil, pine nuts, sundried tomatoes and garlic and add salt and pepper. You can prepare ahead this far.

Cut the fillet in approx 1/3 inch slices and place them in an oven-proof dish or pan. Spread the mozzarella mix over the whole fillet, place the pan in the oven and cook until the cheese has melted, about 15 minutes.

Serve with roast potatoes and green beans.

Enjoy!

Bella

Easy-Made Chicken Gratin - Snabba kycklinggratängen

EASY-MADE CHICKEN GRATIN

Snabba kycklinggratängen

Serves 2

12.3 oz chicken fillets

1 tablespoon butter or margarine

0.6 cup ajvar relish

0.4 cup low-fat creme fraiche

1 teaspoon grated ginger

6 spring onions, sliced

0.4 cup grated cheese

thyme

For serving:

boiled rice for 2

1 tablespoon parsley, chopped

salad

Shred the chicken and fry in butter in a frying pan for about 3 minutes. Mix with relish, creme fraiche and ginger.

Divide the sliced spring onions in oven-proof serving bowls. Cover with the chicken mix and sprinkle with cheese. Bake in the middle of the oven for about 10 minutes.

Enjoy!

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Filled Steaks with Potatoes Au Gratin - Potatisgratäng med fylld biff

FILLED STEAKS WITH POTATOES AU GRATIN

Potatisgratäng med fylld biff

Serves 4

2.2 lbs potatoes

1 onion

1 green bell pepper

0.8 cup grated cheese

salt, pepper

0.8 cup heavy cream

0.4 cup regular milk

1.1 lb very thinly sliced beef,

"minute steaks"

3½ oz cream cheese with herbs

1 oz salami

0.4 cup green olives, pimento-filled

1 tablespoon butter or margarine

For serving:

tomato salad

Preheat oven to 437F.

Peel and slice the potatoes. Peel, split and slice the onion. Trim and shred the bell pepper. Grease a pan and alternate potatoes, onion, bell pepper and cheese, flavor with salt and pepper between the layers. Pour on cream and milk and cook in the oven for 40 minutes. 

Flavor each minute steak with some salt and pepper. Put a slice of salami on each, a dab of cream cheese and sliced olives. Fold up and secure with a toothpick. Fry in some butter in a frying pan, on both sides.

Place the steaks on top of the potatoes and finish cooking in the oven for about 10 minutes. Serve with a tomato salad.

Enjoy!

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Chicken with Parmesan - Bjudkyckling med parmesanost

CHICKEN WITH PARMESAN

Bjudkyckling med parmesanost

Serves 4

1 lb 5 oz chicken fillets

1 onion

1 garlic clove

2 tablespoons butter or margarine

½ teaspoon sugar

5.3 oz grated Parmesan cheese

1.2 cup heavy cream

0.4 cup fresh basil leaves

salt, pepper

3½ oz baby plum tomatoes

For serving:

rice

salad

Preheat oven to 392F.

Peel, split and slice the leek. Peel and chop the garlic. Sauté it all in butter in a frying pan. Flavor with sugar, salt and pepper.

Split each chicken fillet lengthwise and put them in a row in a greased oven-proof pan. Flavor with salt and pepper. 

Mix Parmesan cheese and cream and pour this over the chicken. Put on the leek and last shredded basil. Bake in the oven for about 30 minutes until the chicken is done. Sprinkle with split tomatoes and serve with rice and a salad.

Enjoy!

Bella