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Chèvre Chaud

Traditional Swedish sandwich cake

Swedish shrimp sandwich – Räksmörgås

Taco pie with puff pastry crust

Chèvre Chaud

Preparation : 00:10

Cooking : 00:05

Recipe description :
This is a classical French starter or side dish made of warm goat cheese on toasted bread. It is usually served together with salad leafs, nuts or bacon. It is fast to prepare and if you want to eat a light lunch this dish is perfect. To get cheese nicely melt it is best to use a really creamy and soft goat cheese.

Traditional Swedish sandwich cake

Preparation : 01:00

Cooking : 00:00

Recipe description :
If you think of Swedish sandwich cake or as it is called Smörgåstårta in Swedish, this version is the most common one to eat. It might take a while to make it yourself but all the hard work is worth it when you take the first bite.

Swedish shrimp sandwich – Räksmörgås

Preparation : 00:10

Cooking : 00:05

Recipe description :
A homemade classic Swedish shrimp sandwich can be found in Sweden all year around, but especially during the summer when you find fresh shrimps to buy. The dish is celebrated the 14th of October every year. It is traditionally made with white bread, shrimps, eggs, salad leaves, lemon, cucumber, or tomatoes.

Taco pie with puff pastry crust

Preparation : 00:20

Cooking : 00:40

Recipe description :
If you like pie and Mexican food this recipe is a perfect mix of it all. A pie bottom made of puff pastry and all your favorite ingredients of Mexican taco inspirations. You can add almost everything you desire in the pie as long as you have all the main taco spice mix as a base.

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Bredele - Alsatian Christmas cookies

Brededel - Alsatian Christmas cookies can be found in many variations of shape and taste, depending of family traditions. Here you have a small selection.

Bredele with coconut and chocolate (Alsatian Christmas cookie)

Uploaded on : 2015-Oct-20

Bredele- Alsatian Christmas cookies can be found in many variations of both the shape and taste. Most of them are made with baking powder, egg, flour and sugar as a base. Even though this version it is made with both coconut and chocolate it is not too sweet.

Bredele snowballs

Uploaded on : 2015-Nov-03

These bredele have only one thing in common with snowballs and that is the shape. These are traditional Alsatian Christmas bredel. You can find over hundred different variations of bredele cookies, and every family has their own preferences.

Bredele with Pumpkinseeds

Uploaded on : 2015-Dec-04

This version of the Christmas cookies bredele is a bit different than the most common ones that you will find in the region Alsace in France during Christmas time. Every family have their own tradition of which cookies are to be consider as classical for them. These pumpkinseed cookies can be made six to eight weeks before Christmas. This way they can be kept in a tin box, to let them get the right consistence before they will be eaten.

Bredele mini linzer

Uploaded on : 2015-Nov-16

Christmas cookies from Alsace in France filled with raspberry jam. These linzer cookies are mini versions of the big linzertorte, as you use the same ingredients for both. The cookies have a sweet raspberry jam in between the thin and tender cookies.

Bredele with hazelnuts

Uploaded on : 2015-Nov-06

This is a homemade recipe of the classical Alsatian Christmas cookies bredele with hazelnuts. They are so easy and delicious, so it is almost impossible not to prepare twice as many the next time you make them. You can make them in any shape you like but the flat round ones are the typical way to make them.

Bredele Cinnamon star (Alsatian Christmas cookie)

Uploaded on : 2015-Oct-06

This is a homemade recipe of one of the traditional Alsatian Christmas cookies bredele. It is a hard cookie with taste of cinnamon and covered with a meringue frosting. The Bredele cookies comes in many different flavors and shapes such as hearts, stars, moons or Christmas trees and etc.

Spritz bredele

Uploaded on : 2016-Dec-07

You will recognize these Alsatian Christmas cookies by their special shape, and can often find them dipped in chocolate, or soaked in coffee. This is the original recipe of one of many popular small Christmas cookies called bredele.

Sand bredele

Uploaded on : 2016-Nov-13

This is one of the classic Alsatian Christmas cookies called sand bredele. They are named sand bredele because it feels like soft sand when you prepare the dough. It is common to change the taste by adding vanilla, rum, orange, citron, cinnamon or ginger, and you will find them in many different shapes as well.

Bredele with coconut (Alsatian Christmas cookie)

Uploaded on : 2015-Oct-18

Homemade typical Alsatian Christmas cookie with an exotic taste of coconut. This is a soft cookie with a chewy inside. This sweet cookie will be a big hit for both adults and children.

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Chocolate cake

Uploaded on : 2024-Nov-10

This homemade chocolate cake is for all the chocolate lovers out there, as it's filled with white, milk, and dark chocolate. It fits for any occasion, just decorate it different, then it even fits for kids birthday parties.

No bake Lemon cheesecake

Uploaded on : 2024-Nov-07

This homemade no bake lemon cheese cake is a refreshing dessert to serve on your summer parties. It's just the right amount of sweetness in combination with the freshness of the lemon curd

Chocolate Protein Balls

Uploaded on : 2024-Oct-25

My kids loves Swedish chocolate balls, and can eat a whole bunch of them at once. I wanted to find a way to make them with both less calories and sugar, and started to wonder how. I stumbled over a recipe made with chocolate pudding, but still thought it was a bit too sweet for my taste. Then I thought of a friend of mine that likes to eat a low fat, protein enriched chocolate pudding, so why not use it to bake with. The result is a healthier snack I can serve the kids without feeling I'm just giving them a spoon full of sugar.

Macaroni Gratin

Uploaded on : 2024-Oct-13

The only thing this homemade macaroni gratin has in common with mac and cheese is, that they both are quick and easy to prepare. In our home this dish is a popular weekday dinner as it's perfect to make with leftover cooked pasta, which we often have. This time we happened to have sausages as well, but you can prepare it with ham, bacon, or just with pasta depending on what you like.

Apple Pie

Uploaded on : 2024-Oct-03

This is my favorite homemade pie, made with autumn apples from the garden. It has a golden-brown, perfectly crisp crust that crackles as you slice into it. Filled with tender slices of apples, coated in a rich mixture of cinnamon, cardamon, oatmeal, syrup and brown sugar. Every bite evokes the crisp air of fall, with a lingering sweetness that pairs perfectly with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or vanilla sauce.

Mac and Cheese

Uploaded on : 2024-Sep-12

Looking for a homemade alternative to boxed mac and cheese from the store? With this recipe you don't need to have a lot of different ingredients or fancy expensive cheese, it's quick and easy to make, and yet smooth and creamy as it should be.