Notes about Recipes in this book

• Kama yoghurt with plum butter

  • jenburkholder on July 19, 2021

    Only made the kama. A surprisingly interesting addition to a bowl of Greek yogurt, adds a deeply toasty and nutty flavor as well as whole grain nutrition. Very good.

• Tangy sauerkraut soup

  • stepharama1 on December 23, 2021

    Excellent vegan soup with lots of flavor! I used a mixture of dried shitake and porcini mushrooms

  • meginyeg on March 09, 2024

    This was good. We used dried mushrooms we harvested last season. I will try it with homemade saurkraut next time. The store bough one wasn't as tangy as I would like.

• Sorrel soup with pork ribs

  • Lepa on August 11, 2021

    I made this with sorrel I grew and smoked pork ribs I found in the local Polish grocery. I didn't have green tabasco so we used some green shug, which complimented sour/herbal flavor of this soup well. My husband especially loved this soup!

  • meginyeg on September 02, 2021

    We really enjoyed this soup. I didn't smoke the ribs but added a chunk of double smoked bacon to the broth with the ribs. Really tasty.

• Refreshing green yoghurt soup

  • jenburkholder on April 06, 2026

    Three stars as written but four with tweaks. I gave the sorrel just a brief blanching in hot water (nowhere near the seven minutes called for !!) and didn’t feel it even needed that; I’d rather it be raw.

• Smoked fish & beetroot salad with crispy fish skin

  • mjes on August 28, 2021

    I omitted two ingredients -fish skin and fermented gooseberries. Even if I could go back in time to pick Great-grandmother Rosa's gooseberries, they would not be fermented but next time I may try using Thai pickled star gooseberries. Half the beets are marinated with allspice, pepper, and bay - a winning combination of Nordic flavors. The vinaigrette of lemon and horseradish adds a pleasant bite to the salad. The typical specification of greens is simply the "grab a handful" ... I used dandelion, lovage, and butter leaf lettuce. I absolutely loved this salad but am inclined to add a few nuts next time- beets and apples just require nuts.

  • Hansyhobs on May 05, 2022

    Nice and easy to assemble. I enjoyed the different beetroot textures.

• Greta’s gran’s potatoes with kefir & summer vegetables

  • Lepa on August 25, 2021

    This was a lovely summer dish. The vegetables with kefir made a wonderful sauce for the potatoes!

  • lkgrover on September 30, 2021

    A new twist on a potato salad with lots of fresh vegetables. The kefir adds welcome creaminess, with a little acidity/tangy-ness.

  • Pandan on June 09, 2024

    This was a nice fresh summer dish, although nothing too special. I liked the idea of using kefir, but as it is really liquid most of it just pools at the bottom and there is no emulsification going on with the pan fried potatoes.

• Rose-scented mini doughnuts with spiced sugar

  • meginyeg on May 22, 2022

    These were delicious. However I didn't really taste the rosewater.

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