Denmark - Danish Cuisine |
Due to
short summers and cold harsh winters, Danish cuisine is heavy
and filling; much like other Scandanavian countries. Although
some might say their cuisine is something to be desired compared
to flamboyant foods from other countries, many of the dishes are
great comfort food.Until the mid 19th century, Danish people had
to rely on foods that could withstand the long winters; root
vegetables, pickles or preserves, and smoked meats. Therefore
many traditional dishes are based upon those types of
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Apple
Slaw |
½
cup whipping cream
½ cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon sugar
1 large apple
4 cups cabbage -- shredded
In a large bowl combine cream, mayo, and sugar. Core
apple, dice but do not peel. Add diced apple and cabbage
to mayo mixture. Refrigerate until ready to serve. |
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Cucumbers
in Sour
Salad |
Bulgar
Salad
8 oz bulgur wheat
1/2 pint boiling water
4 Tbsp olive oil
3 Tbsp lemon juice
2 Tbsp chopped fresh mint
3 Tbsp chopped fresh coriander
salt, pepper
1 red pepper, grilled, peeled and sliced
1 bunch of plump spring onions, chopped
2 garlic cloves, chopped
1/2 cucumber, coarsely chopped
115 g / 4 oz feta cheese, crumbled
lime wedges, to serve
oil-cured black olives, optional
Place the bulgur wheat in a large bowl, add the boiling
water and leave to soak for 30 minutes, stirring
occasionally with a fork, until the water has been
absorbed. In a mixing bowl, whisk together the oil,
lemon juice and seasoning. Pour oil mixture over the
bulgur wheat, add the herbs and mix well. Then mix in
the remaining ingredients. Cover and chill until
required.
Serve garnished with lime wedges. |
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Potato Soup |
1 pound veal shoulder
¼ pound ground beef, lean
3 pints water
4 large potatoes -- peeled & sliced
2 medium onions -- chopped
2 leeks -- sliced
2 tablespoons butter
1 bay leaf
3 sprigs parsley
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon white pepper
1 cup white wine
12 tablespoons heavy cream
Cook the veal and beef in the water until tender. Remove
the meats from stock and reserve for use as slices with
Horseradish Sauce.
Brown the potatoes, onions and leeks in the butter over
low heat for 10 minutes.
Add all the ingredients except the cream to the liquid
in which the meat was cooked, and cook 1½ hours. Press
through a sieve. Reheat, and add the cream slowly. If
the soup is thicker than you want it to be, add a little
more cream. |
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Apple and Prune Filled
Spareribs |
8 pounds spareribs
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon celery salt
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 pound apples -- cored and peeled
1 pound prunes -- cooked and pitted
2 tablespoons flour
1 cup milk
1 cup light cream
Salt and White pepper
Rub both sides of spareribs with the salts, sugar and
cinnamon. Cut apples into sixths.
Make sandwiches of the racks of ribs, a pair at a time,
using apples and prunes, mixed, as the filling. Tie
securely to retain the filling.
Brown in butter in a roasting pan, basting with enough
warm water to cover the bottom of the pan. Cook slowly
for 2½ hours in an oven preheated to 275-300 degreees.
Add warm water from time to time if necessary to keep
ribs from sticking and scorching. |
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Ham in Beer |
1 ham -- tenderized
½ teaspoon dry mustard
4 tablespoons water
1 cup brown sugar
20 whole cloves
10 bay leaves
36 ounces beer
Candied cherries
Candied pineapple
Remove all but a thin layer of fat from the ham. Score
the top. Place in a roasting pan. Mix mustard, water and
sugar to the consistency of prepared mustard. Cover the
ham with this mixture. Stick cloves in the ham surface.
Fasten the bay leaves to the ham with smalll skewers or
toothpicks broken in half. Pour the beer over the ham
and bake, uncovered, 30 minutes to the pound in an oven
preheated to 425 degrees. Just before serving, decorate
with candied cherries and slices of pineapple fastened
to the ham with toothpicks. Return to oven to brown for
20 minutes. Use the liquid in the pan as a sauce for the
ham. |
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Butter |
3 eggs
½ cup sugar
1 cup flour -- sifted
4 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon strong coffee extract
Almonds -- chopped
Beat the eggs and sugar together for 5 minutes. Add the
flour, melted butter and the coffee extract, beating
well with each addition. Pour into a small buttered
square pan. Bake in a moderate oven (350ºF.) ½ hour.
When done, invert the pan on a cake rack and let cool.
When the cake is cold cut it into two layers. Spread one
with the filling and put the layers together; spread the
rest of the filling over the top. |
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