Chocolate Pudding

4 Portions

8 dl milk
1 dl cornstarch
1 dl raw sugar
2 egg yolks
0,5 dl cocoa
1 tablespoon vanilla sugar


Mix all ingredients in a pot. Stir with a whisk from the beginning until it's heated. Cocoa, sugar, eggs and milk are all ingredients that easily burns so be careful. When the mix gets thicker, turn down the heat or remove the pot from the heat.


When the mix gets thicker, turn down the heat or remove the pot from the heat. As soon as the pudding gets thicker stir in the vanilla sugar.


Transfer it to serving bowls and let it cool off. Serve with whipped cream, whipped cream and strawberries or as I did for my husband. Add a bit of Baileys to the cream before you whipped it.

Grilled Tuna with Mango Salsa and Sushi Rice

Marinade
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons lime juice
1 cloves garlic, minced

Mix ingredients and rub 2 tuna steaks with the mixture. Let the steaks marinate in refrigerator for a few hours.

Mango Salsa
1 mango
2 spring onions
1/2 red bell pepper
lime juice
handfull of coriander leaves

Chop mango, spring onions, coriander and pepper and combine in a bowl. Add a little bit of lime juice. Chill in refrigerator.

Sushi Rice
Sushi rice
2 tablespoons rice vinegar
1 tablespoon sugar
1 pinch of salt.

Cook the rice according to the package. Mix together rice vinegar, sugar and salt in a saucepan and heat until sugar have dissolved. Let it cool off and then stir the mixture carefully into the cooked rice.


Spice mix for tuna
2 tablespoons paprika
1 tablespoon cayenne
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 tablespoon garlic powder

Mix all ingredients.

Remove the marinated tuna steaks from the refrigerator and rinse. Rub each tuna steak with the spice mix (you can also add little bit of oil to the mix). Either cook the steaks in a pan or on the grill for a few minutes on each side.

Almond Paste Rolls

50g fresh yeast
150g butter or margarine
5 dl milk
1 1/2 dl sugar
1 teaspoon salt
10-13 dl flour
(1 teaspoon cardemom, optional)
1 egg

I used ready almond paste from Sweden but here is a recipe how you can make your own. I have not yet tried it myself but it's supposed to be good.

Almond Paste
200g almonds
200g sugar
scald and peel the almonds. Mix the almonds in a mixer. Add sugar and mix for 5-7 minutes, until you have a warm, smooth paste.

Heat oven to 250 degrees.


Crumble the fresh yeast.


Melt butter in a pan and add milk. When lukewarm pour over the yeast and stir until yeast is dissolved.


Add salt, sugar (and cardamom if you are using) and about 10 dl flour. Work the dough for about 5-10 minutes and then add flour until it's easy to work with. Be careful not to add too much flour.


Let the dough rise under a tea towel for 30-40 minutes.



Divide the dough into 2 pieces. Roll out the dough and spread with butter.


Grate almond paste over.


Roll into a tight roll and cut the rolls. Place in paper cups or on a baking sheet.


Let the rolls rise one more time. After about 15-20 minutes whip the egg with a fork and brush the rolls.


Bake in the middle of the oven for about 7 minutes, until golden.

Kladdkaka

In Sweden we call this cake kladdkaka but I think it's what the Americans would call brownie.



Kladdkaka
2 eggs
3 dl sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla sugar
4 tablespoons cacao
1 1/2 dl flour
1 dl melted butter

Preheat oven to 200 degrees C and grease a cake pan. Mix ingredients carefully together and pour batter into the cake pan. Bake for about 20 min.

Carrot Pancakes

When i was little my grandfather always used to make this small carrot pancakes for me and my sisters. I now make them for my son and I serve them with homemade applesauce.

Small Carrot Pancakes

3 eggs

9 dl milk

5 dl flour

pinch of salt

Add all the flour and stir until there is no lumps. Then add the rest of the milk and salt. Fry them in pan.

This usually makes enough to put some in the freezer. They are great to have when you quickly need something serve.

Applesauce

2 apples

water

sugar and cinnamon

Peel and cut the apples in smaller bits. Put in a small pan and add water, just enough to cover them. Cook until tender. Take aside and mix together with a hand mixer. Add sugar and cinnamon after taste and heat quickly so sugar dissolves.

Chicken in Sweet Tomato Sauce

Ingredients

4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts (trimmed and pounded flat)
1 can of crushed tomatoes
3 spoons of rape seed oil
1 onion (finely chopped)
juice from 1 lemon
3 spoons of soy sauce
5 spoons of tomato paste
salt and pepper to taste

Fry your onions in 3 spoons of oil until soft (about 5 minutes). Add your chicken breasts (seasoned with salt and pepper) and fry until golden brown. It takes about 5 minutes on each side.
While you are frying your chicken make the sauce. In a bowl mix 5 spoons of tomato paste with lemon juice, soy sauce and all of the crushed tomatoes. Taste and season with salt and pepper as you see fit.
Pour over the chicken and

Annabel Karmel

One of my son's favorite food is sticky salmon with rice, a recipe from Annabel Karmel.

Sticky Salmon with Rice
400g salmon
4 dl rice
1 carrot
3 dl frozen peas
2 tablespoons soy sauce (I use the sweet one)
vegetable oil

Marinade
1 1/2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp ketchup
1 tbsp white wine vinegar
1 1/2 tbsp dark brown sugar

Mix all the ingredients for marinade in a sauce pan. Cook carefully until sugar has dissolved. Put the marinade aside and cut the salmon into cubes. When marinade is cool, pour it over the salmon and marinate for at least 1 hour.

Cook the rice with a chopped carrot according to the instructions on the packet. A few minutes before the rice is done, add the frozen peas.

Cover an oven tray with foil and add the marinated salmon. Leave until salmon is cooked thru.

Heat some oil in a wok and add the cooked rice and soy sauce and cook for a few minutes. Serve together with the salmon.