Cheese-Baked Ground Meat Patties - Ostgratinerade färsbiffar

CHEESE-BAKED GROUND MEAT PATTIES
Ostgratinerade färsbiffar


A quick and easy, festive ground meat recipe.


Serves 4


1 lb ground meat (50/50 beef/pork)
½ finely chopped or grated onion
1 egg yolk
3 tablespoons relish (don't know if you have ajvar,
but that type)
½ teaspoon salt
some black pepper
2 to 3 tablespoons butter or margarine
2 diced tomatoes
½ diced mozzarella ball
3 tablespoons roughly chopped fresh basil
0.6 cup grated cheese, strong and ripe


Roast roots:
2 sweet potatoes
4 firm potatoes
3 carrots
2 parsnips
2 tablespoons olive oil
3 tablespoons finely chopped parsley


Ajvar (relish) sauce:
1.2 cup crème fraîche
0.2 cup ajvar relish




Roast roots:
Heat the oven to 435F. Peel and cut up the roots and put them on a plate with baking paper. Drizzle with oil and sprinkle with parsley, then stir until blended. Roast in the middle of the oven for about 30 minutes.


Patties:
Heat the oven to 480F. Mix the ground meat with onion, ajvar and egg yolk. Flavor with salt and pepper and shape into 8 patties that you fry in butter for 3 to 4 minutes on each side.


Stir together tomatoes, mozzarella, grated cheese and chopped basil. Put the patties in an oven-proof pan and sprinkle with the tomato mixture. Bake in the middle of the oven for 4 to 5 minutes until the cheese has melted.


Serve with the ajvar sauce.


Enjoy!


Bella

Minute-Made Sausage Stew - Korvgryta på minuten

MINUTE-MADE SAUSAGE STEW
Korvgryta på minuten

An easy-made sausage stew, particularly liked by the younger members of the family and perfect when you have hungry children waiting for dinner on the table. Fry vegetables together with Falu sausage or the like and blend in a can of white beans in tomato sauce, crushed tomatoes and broccoli florets. Sounds simple, is delicious.

Serves 6

1 shredded red bell pepper
1 large onion, sliced
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
approx 1½ lb Falu sausage, sliced (or use Frankfurter sausage)
1 can white beans in tomato sauce, approx 14 oz
1 can crushed tomatoes, 14 oz to 1 lb
14 oz frozen broccoli florets
1 teaspoon salt
ground black pepper
1 teaspoon dried thyme
chopped parsley


Sauté bell pepper and onion in some fat in a pot. Cut each rather thick sausage slice in 4 parts. Add them to the pot, stir and add beans, crushed tomatoes and broccoli florets (cut them in two if large). Flavor to taste with salt, pepper and thyme. Bring to a boil and boil for about 5 minutes until the broccoli is tender.

Sprinkle with chopped parsley and serve.

Enjoy!

Bella

Chicken Meatballs in Tomato Sauce - Kycklingköttbullar i tomatsås

CHICKEN MEATBALLS IN TOMATO SAUCE
Kycklingköttbullar i tomatsås

Minced chicken flavored with sweet chili, shaped into meatballs that are first fried and then simmered in a delectable tomato sauce. Yes, I love tomato sauce!

Serves 4

1 lb minced chicken
1 small onion
1 garlic clove
0.2 cup sweet chili sauce
0.2 cup dried breadcrumbs
salt, pepper
oil for frying
2 tablespoons tomato paste
2 tablespoons honey or sugar
1 lb crushed tomatoes
0.4 cup water
a 6 inch piece of leek
5½ oz feta cheese


Peel and finely chop onion and garlic. Mix this with minced chicken, sweet chili sauce, breadcrumbs, salt and pepper. Shape into meatballs, as large as you want them. Heat up a frying pan with lots of oil and fry the meatballs until nicely colored all around. Add tomato paste and honey and continue frying for a couple of minutes.

Shred the leek and save some for decoration. Add crushed tomatoes, shredded leek and water to the pan. Simmer over medium heat for 25 to 30 minutes and flavor to taste with salt and pepper.

While the meatballs are cooking, boil your choice of pasta. Crumble the feta cheese over the meatballs and top with some shredded leek.

Serve with pasta and a salad.

Enjoy!

Bella

Fresh Lemon Meringue - Fräsch citronmaräng

FRESH LEMON MERINGUE
Fräsch citronmaräng

A sunny dessert with lemon, best served in nice glasses.

Serves 4

3½ oz unfilled chocolate biscuits
½ cup sugar
juice from 2 lemons
2 egg yolks
5½ oz butter

Meringue:
½ cup sugar
1 tablespoon water
1 egg white


Heat the oven to 435F.

Crush the biscuits and put in the bottom of 4 heat-proof serving glasses. Beat sugar, lemon juice and egg yolks in a saucepan. Heat while beating until the creme starts to thicken, but do not boil. Cool. Add the butter in cubes using a hand mixer, divide in the glasses and put in the fridge.

Meringue:
Bring sugar and water to a boil in a saucepan. Beat the egg white until stiff, fold it into the sugar mixture, remove from heat and continue beating with an electric beater for about 5 minutes until the meringue is thick.

Top the glasses with meringue (a piping bag is fine here) and put in the oven until the meringue is nicely colored, about 3 minutes.

Enjoy!

Bella

Quick Yogurt Berry Ice Cream - Snabb yoghurtglass med bär

QUICK YOGURT BERRY ICE CREAM
Snabb yoghurtglass med bär

A sweet, cooling and healthy ice cream!

Serves 4

9 oz frozen strawberries
2 teaspoons vanilla sugar
0.8 cup thick Greek plain yogurt
2 tablespoons runny honey

For serving:
fresh strawberries if wanted


Mix all ingredients to a smooth batter. Eat straight away or store in the freezer for 1 hour. Serve with fresh strawberries.

You can of course use other berries like blueberries, raspberries or blackberries.

Enjoy!

Bella

Fish Au Gratin with Feta and Bell Peppers - Fiskgratäng med fetaost och paprika

FISH AU GRATIN WITH FETA AND BELL PEPPERS
Fiskgratäng med fetaost och paprika

This lovely fish dish makes itself in the oven.

Serves 4

1½ lb portion-sized cod or other white fish
1 teaspoon salt
some pepper
3½ oz feta cheese
2 tablespoons relish (ajvar)
0.8 to 1.2 cup heavy cream
0.4 cup finely chopped dill


Put the fish in a greased oven-proof pan and flavor with salt and pepper. Roughly grate the feta cheese and top the fish with it. Mix relish, cream and dill and pour this over the fish. Bake at 390F for about 20 minutes. 

Serve with boiled potatoes and green peas.

Enjoy!

Bella

Grilled Chicken with Potato Salad and Mango Sauce - Grillad kyckling med potatissallad och mangosås

GRILLED CHICKEN WITH POTATO SALAD
AND MANGO SAUCE
Grillad kyckling med potatissallad och mangosås

Grilled chicken and herb-flavored potato salad is always good. Here they're accompanied by a very easy-made cold mango sauce.

Serves 4

1 grilled chicken
1 lb boiled potatoes
4½ oz sugar peas
1 red onion
approx 20 fresh basil leaves
approx 0.3 cup chopped parsley
0.2 cup olive oil
2 teaspoons sugar
salt, coarsely ground black pepper

Sauce:
4½ oz frozen mango in pieces
2 tablespoons runny honey
0.4 cup crème fraîche
2 teaspoons tomato paste
1 teaspoon sambal oelek


De-bone the chicken and cut it in pieces. Cut the boiled potatoes in pieces and put them in a bowl. Pre-cook the peas in lightly salted water for about 2 minutes, rinse in cold water and chop them up.

Thinly slice the red onion and shred the basil. Add this to the potatoes together with peas and parsley. Flavor with oil, some vinegar if you like to, sugar, salt and pepper and blend it together.

Sauce: Mix the mango with a hand mixer together with honey, crème fraîche, tomato paste and sambal oelek.

Serve the chicken with potato salad, mango sauce and a tomato salad.

Enjoy!

Bella