Notes about Recipes in this book

• Creamy sorrel potato salad (Potetsalat med engsyre)

  • mjes on August 14, 2021

    Sour cream, strong mustard, sorrel - this is a strongly flavored potato salad that people will love or hate depending upon their Mother's picnic potato salad.

• Rhubarb and juniper berry pie with a sour cream crust (Rabarbrapai med einerbær)

  • bching on August 14, 2019

    Exquisite flavor thanks to the juniper. I would use a little less sugar next time. The pastry has a nice crisp texture although it's a little bland.

• Lamb and cabbage stew (Fårikål)

  • Indio32 on September 24, 2020

    Fårikål Feast Day is celebrated on the last Thursday in September each year. Which is today! Used mutton shoulder for extra flavour. To be honest for me this recipe harkens back to a simpler time where people had simpler tastes and few ingredients. As a once a year meal its fine but any more than that...... hmmmmm!

• Shaved cured pork with pickled fennel and strawberries (Salat med spekeskinke)

  • mjes on August 14, 2021

    This salad is drizzled with oil rather than dressed. But the ingredients themselves are so flavorful, this works. With good strawberries, this is a wonderful starter; with mediocre strawberries... find a different recipe.

• Slow-roasted leg of lamb with dill and orange sauce (Langtidsstekt lammelår med dill - og appelsinsaus)

  • lkgrover on April 16, 2023

    I modified this to roast in the oven (1 hour at 350 degrees; check doneness with a meat thermometer), because I do not have a grill nor a fire pit. Loved the orange, garlic, dill & parsley sauce with lamb; seems very Scandinavian & a unique sauce for lamb.

• Cardamom hot chocolate (Varm sjokolade med kardemomme)

  • lkgrover on January 20, 2025

    Good hot chocolate, although the cardamom was a little too much. I used 85% dark chocolate, which I would repeat. Next time, I would reduce the cardamom pods by 25%.

• Norwegian wafer cookies with juniper berry and espresso creams (Krumkaker)

  • swalsh27 on December 21, 2022

    So good and so easy, but you do have to have the waffle iron. Just like my grandma made.

• Eat Your Books by Jenny Hartin

  Simple rustic food transformed elegantly and without fuss. A beautiful reflection of the cuisine of Norway and her people.

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