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Hardtack (Knäckebröd)
By norsegal8
All Scandinavians enjoy homemade crispbread, which we have come to know as hardtack
- 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
- 1/4 cup butter, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 cups uncooked rolled oats
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
Oven-Steamed Lutefisk
By norsegal8
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
- BUTTER SAUCE:
- 3 pounds ready-to-cook lutefisk
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 2 sticks butter
- 1/3 cup hot water
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice
Chewy Semolina Rye Bread - KAF
By norsegal8
This recipe comes from reader Christine Heyn
- 1 cup + 2 tablespoons lukewarm water
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 1/2 tablespoons minced dried onion
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 1/2 tablespoons vital wheat gluten, optional; for higher rise
- 1 cup King Arthur Unbleached Bread Flour
- 1 cup pumpernickel flour or Perfect Rye Flour Blend
- 1 cup semolina
- 2 teaspoons instant yeast
- poppy, sesame, or the seeds of your choice
Swedish Saffron Christmas Bread (Saffransbullar)
By norsegal8
In a large mixing bowl, dissolve the yeast in warm water
- GLAZE:
- 2 packages active dry yeast
- 1/2 cup warm water (105 to 115 degrees)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup melted butter
- 1 cup light cream
- 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon powdered saffron
- 2 eggs at room temperature
- 4 to 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons milk
Viennese Whirls - Mary Berry
By norsegal8
Directions For the jam, put the raspberries in a small, deep-sided saucepan and crush them using a potato masher
- For the jam
- 200 g (7oz) raspberries
- 250 g (9oz) jam sugar
- For the biscuits
- 250 g (9oz) very soft unsalted butter
- 50 g (1 3/4oz) icing sugar
- 225 g (8oz) plain flour
- 25 g (1oz) cornflour
- For the filling
- 100 g (3 1/2oz) unsalted butter, softened
- 200 g (7oz) icing sugar, plus extra for dusting
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Simply Wonderful Stollen
By norsegal8
This baking powder version of a classic yeasted holiday favorite (a
- DOUGH
- 2 1/4 cups King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt*
- 1/2 cup (8 tablespoons) cold butter
- 1 cup ricotta cheese, part-skim milk type
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Buttery Sweet Dough Flavor, optional but good
- 1/4 teaspoon lemon oil or 1/4 teaspoon Fiori di Sicilia
- 1 cup dried fruit blend; or 1/2 cup golden raisins + 1/2 cup of your favorite dried fruits, chopped to 1/2" pieces if necessary
- 1/3 cup slivered almonds, toasted and cooled
- Reduce the salt to 1/4 teaspoon if you use salted butter
- TOPPING
- 6 tablespoons butter, melted
- 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar or non-melting white sugar
Pan-Seared Oven-Roasted Pork Tenderloins - ATK
By norsegal8
Enhanced" pork--pork that has been injected with water, salt, and sodium phosphate--does not brown well owing to th...
- 2 pork tenderloins, (12 to 16 ounces each), trimmed of fat and silver skin
- 1 1/4 teaspoons kosher salt
- 3/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
Classic Macaroni and Cheese - ATK
By norsegal8
It's crucial to cook the pasta until tender--just past the "al dente" stage
- Bread Crumb Topping
- 6 slices white sandwich bread (good-quality, about 6 ounces), torn into rough pieces
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter (cold), cut into 6 pieces
- Pasta and Cheese
- 1 pound elbow macaroni
- 1 tablespoon table salt
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons powdered mustard
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional)
- 5 cups milk (see note)
- 8 ounces Monterey Jack cheese, shredded (2 cups)
- 8 ounces sharp cheddar cheese, shredded (2 cups)
- 1 teaspoon table salt
Hoisin-Sesame Sauce
By norsegal8
Pour off any fat from skillet in which pork was cooked
- 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
- 2 teaspoons minced fresh ginger
- 1/4 cup hoisin sauce
- 1/2 cup fresh squeezed orange juice from 2 oranges
- 1/2 cup low-sodium chicken broth
- 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
- 2 scallions, white and green parts sliced 1/8 inch thick on bias
Creamy Parmesan Polenta
By norsegal8
Coarse-ground degerminated cornmeal such as yellow grits (with grains the size of couscous) works best in this reci...
- 7 1/2 cups water
- 1 1/2 teaspoons table salt
- Pinch baking soda (see note)
- 1 1/2 cups coarse-ground cornmeal (see note)
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 4 ounces good-quality Parmesan cheese, grated (about 2 cups), plus extra for serving
- Ground black pepperInstructions