Pesto!

Classic pesto is hard to go wrong with. There’s multiple uses for pesto, if you don’t feel like eating it straight up with pasta. You can use it on sandwiches, pizzas, salads and for antipasto. Fresh pesto feels and tastes soooo much better than the store-bought jar. There are probably a thousand variations on how to make pesto, and this is our traditional recipe.

Recipe / Recept

2 small pots of fresh basil / 2 krukor basilika

2 small pots of parsley / 2 krukor persilja 

3 cloves of garlic / 3 vitlöksklyftor

about 0.4 cups of roasted pine nuts / ca 1 dl rostade pinjenötter

about 0.5 cups of parmesan cheese / ca 1.2 dl parmesanost 

Olive oil / olivolja 

1. Start by roasting the pine nuts. Heat a pan and put the nuts in the pan. Stir until golden. / Börja med att rosta pinjenötterna. Hetta upp en panna och lägg i nötterna. Rör om till och med att nötterna blivit gyllene.

2. Cut off all the fresh leaves of herbs from the plants. / Klipp av all färska kryddblad från plantorna.

3. Peel the garlic. Less garlic makes it milder. / Skala vitlöken. Mindre vitlök ger en mildare pesto.

4. Put the herbs, garlic, nuts and cheese in a food processer. / Lägg kryddorna, nötterna, vitlöken och osten i en mixer.

5. Pour in a little olive oil at first, about 2 tbsp. / Häll i lite olja först, ca 2 msk.

6. Start mixing. / Börja mixa.

7. Pour in more olive oil as you go, until you reach your desired texture. / Häll i mer olivolja eftersom, tills du når den konsistens du vill ha.

8. Done! / Klart!

Asian Fusion Glass Noodle & Shrimp Salad – Asian Fusion Glasnudel & Räksallad

Here comes a recipe you can’t go wrong with. It’s perfect for hot summer nights, as well as a cold lunch. I’ve started to absolutely love glass noodles over the past year. In general when I cook, I usually just use what I come across. Sometimes, I of course plan it all out, but most of the times the recipes are half planned and half made up in the heat of the moment, and I think that’s one of the best parts about cooking. I cooked this dish on a friday night together with my brother and his girlfriend Alexandra. I’m kind of a control freak in the kitchen, yet I love having company when cooking (kind of paradox, I know), but this actually turned out to be a great dinner. I hope you can try something like it too!

Recipe (4-5 people) / Recept (4-5 personer)

2 packets of glass noodles / 2 paket glasnudlar

1 mango / 1 mango

1 avocado / 1 avocado

1 cucumber / 1 gurka

1/2 red onion / 1/2 rödlök

1 packet of pea pods / 1 packet ärtskidor

fresh cilantro / färsk koriander 

fresh mint / färsk mynta

about 2 tbsp olive oil / ca 2 msk olivolja 

about 2 tbsp susaki sauce / ca 2 msk susakisås

about 1 tbsp of soy sauce / ca 1 msk soya

salt / salt 

Shrimp / Räkor

Peanuts / Jordnötter

1. Start by cooking the noodles. When they are done, flush them in cold water. / Börja med att tillaga nudlarna, när de är klara kan du spola i kallt vatten.

2. Chop cilantro and mint. / Hacka mynta och koriander.

3. Mix the herbs with olive oil, susaki and soy sauce. / Blanda kryddorna med olivolja, susaki och soya.

4. Chop all the vegetables. / Skär alla grönsaker.

5. Mix the vegetables with the noodles and the sauce. / Blanda grönsakerna med nudlarna och såsen.

6. Mix in the shrimp. / Blanda i räkorna.

7. Garnish with peanuts. / Garnera med jordnötter.

8. Done! / Klart!

Midsummer Inspiration – Midsommar Inspiration

On Friday, we celebrate midsummer in Sweden, here comes some summer recipies perfect for the occasion.

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På Fredag är det midsommar! Här kommer recept perfekta att bjuda på och laga.

Lime Cupcakes

Chocolate Chip Biscotti

Mexican Corn Cobs / Mexikanska Majskolvar

Easy Watermelon Salad / Lätt Melon Sallad

Jam Cookies / Syltkakor

The Best Chocolate Cake / Världens Bästa Kladdkaka

 

Meringue Macarons / Daim Macarons

Chevre Chaud with Strawberry Salsa / Chevre Chaud med Jordgubbssalsa

Watermelon and Cucumber Cooler / Vattenmelon och Gurk Dryck

Classic Summer Cake – Klassisk Sommartårta

 

Frozen Brownie and Raspberry Mousse Cake – Frusen Brownie och Hallon Mousse Tårta

Chocolate Oat Truffles – Lyxiga Chokladbollar

Lime and Mint Marinated Strawberries – Lime och Mynta Marinerade Jordgubbar

Right before mixing…

Lemon and Mint Marinated Strawberries – Citron och Mynta Marinerade Jordgubbar

Last year, one of my most popular posts were Lime and Mint marinated strawberries. Not only was it one of my first posts, but also one of the most searched for during the year. The strawberries are so easy to make, but they are absolutely delicious. Even though I’ve been spoiled the past two years being able to eat strawberries year around, there’s nothing that beats the Swedish strawberries. They’re so sweet and small and juicy. So try this easy lemon twist on the strawberries instead, and enjoy the beginning of the summer!

Recipe / Recept

Strawberries / Jordgubbar

1 lemon / 1 citron

about 10 mint leave / ca 10 blad mynta

sugar / socker

1. Slice the strawberries. / Skiva jordgubbarna.

2. Grate the zest of the lemon. / Riv skalvet på citronen.

3. Cut the mint leaves in small pieces. / Skär myntan i små bitar.

4. Mix the strawberries with the zest and mint, and squeeze a little lemon juice in. / Blanda jordgubbarna med citronskalet och lite mynta, pressa i lite citron.

5. Add a little sugar. / Lägg i lite socker.

6. Let marinate for about 1 hour. / Låt marinera i ca 1 timme.

7. Done! / Klart!