Category Archives: Christmas

Hannu’s Christmas paté

Posted on 01/01/2011 by Hanna

My mother is very much into her gardening, and she’s very good at it too, everyone who has seen her garden can verify that. One of my mother’s favourites within gardening is a Swede called Hannu Sarenström, and he does … Continue reading →

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Saffron cake with marzipan

Posted on 12/24/2010 by Hanna

This is a great Christmassy cake that I treated my friends to on Sunday when they came over for lunch. It is nice and moist and has a lovely colour from the saffron. Served with lightly whipped cream and a … Continue reading →

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Christmas dinner with friends, anchovies bake and brussel sprouts with bacon

Posted on 12/15/2010 by Hanna

On Saturday we had a little Christmas dinner among friends. It was David, Gaby, Ian, Anna and me and Christopher and we all contributed to the dinner by bringing different dishes, and the result was a great smorgasbord of Christmas food … Continue reading →

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Almond biscuits with cream and jam

Posted on 12/12/2010 by Hanna

This is another recipe courtesy of my dear mama. In her recipe book these are called Evys mandelmusslor, Evy being a lady who clearly could bake, but I don’t know who she is/was. And mandelmusslor is the name for these … Continue reading →

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Peanut butter flapjack

Posted on 12/11/2010 by Hanna

When I was at Uni in a town called Lund in the south of Sweden I worked part-time as a waitress at this small hotel in the countryside. It is a lovely manor house and had recently been made into … Continue reading →

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Saffron buns (Lussekatter)

Posted on 12/10/2010 by Hanna

My dear mother has a difficult life sometimes… Like when I call in a panic on a Sunday morning to ask her for a recipe. Thankfully she knew this one off by heart and didn’t have to dig out her … Continue reading →

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Peanut butter fudge

Posted on 12/09/2010 by Hanna

Last year I found this recipe on Allrecipes.com and really wanted to try it. I didn’t have time however, but made sure to have time to make it this year. It is lovely, and the marshmallow fluff helps to make … Continue reading →

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Mini anchovies bake

Posted on 12/08/2010 by Hanna

One of my favourites for Christmas is this anchovies potato bake, in Sweden called Janssons frestelse (Jansson’s temptation). Even though it sounds like a weird combination, this is great together with homemade meatballs. It could be that I like this … Continue reading →

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Ginger thins

Posted on 12/07/2010 by Hanna

In Sweden it wouldn’t be Christmas without ginger thins, and that is the only time of year we eat them (well sometimes we make too many and have to eat them all through to Easter). This is the recipe my mother has used … Continue reading →

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Muscovado truffles

Posted on 12/06/2010 by Hanna

When I was home in Sweden last (in October) I found a few old folders with recipe clippings that I’ve found over the years. I decided to go through them all and only save the really good ones. This was … Continue reading →

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