If you have never had Nama chocolates, you are missing out! I only discovered them in the last few years, thanks to two lovely individuals and have not looked back since! Nama chocolates are essentially a Ganache and are basically truffles – just a lot less messier to make! The most well known brand would…
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Risalamande – Danish Rice Pudding
While everyone always looks forward to desert during Christmas, I think the Danes took the anticipation to another level. While I never really cared for rice pudding as a child (I love it now), I always looked forward to it regardless and that was because of the “Mandelgave” or to translate “Almond present”. Mandelgave is…
Brune kager
I always think of my mormor when I have brune kager. The first time I had it was during Christmas and as far as I can remember, they were one of her staple Christmas bakes. So when my mum inherited her recipe book, I was ecstatic to find out that she had written down her…
Mince Pies – The Grand Finale?
As I mentioned last month, Dan & I decided last year that we were going to make our own mince pies this year, including the mince meat. So as planned, we made our mince meat well in advance and let it do its thang. I have to say while we were hoping that the different…
Aebleskiver – Fluffy Danish Pancake Balls?
Now that we have made our Gløgg, we have to have aebleskiver. While its name translates to apple slices, this recipe has no apples and they certainly aren’t slices. Instead what you have are these light and fluffy pancake like balls which are served with sugar/icing sugar and jam. It goes perfectly with a warm…
Gløgg for two
One of the things I look forward to during Christmas is Gløgg with aebleskiver. Although I have a pretty standard gløgg recipe, this year I felt like I had to change it a little. Mostly because I will only be making it for Dan and myself. I basically needed a smaller quantity and I wanted…
Terry’s Chocolate Orange Christmas Cookies
Today has just been one of those days. While I came home to a lovely surprise, I just needed to forget about work and what better way to distract myself than to do something that requires my attention – bake! And given that this month is about all things hygge and orange goes so well…
Pebernodder aka Peppernuts (Pepparkarkor) – Scandinavian Gingerbread
Pepparkarkor or Pebernodder are the best ever spiced cookies. While they look different they are similar, with the main difference being that the Swedes (pepparkarkor) like their biscuits thin and crisp in a variety of shapes with or without icing, while the Danes keep it pretty simple and roll them into little round nuts. While…
Advent Calendar Pt 3 – Dan’s Nisse Land Advent
Growing up, my home was always decorated with little Nisser. They were mostly made from pipe cleaner, felt, yarn or crocheted and would be all around the house climbing up whatever they could, obviously looking to cause mischief. For me it is not quite Christmas without these little guys, and while shops like Sostrene Grene…
Christmas Tree Advent Calendar – 25 days of Socks & Chocolate
My brother in law is one of those people. Every year I ask “What would you like for Christmas” and he always replies “socks!” So this year, I prefaced my text with “What would you like for Christmas – and don’t you say socks again!” to which he still replied “Socks?”. And while I know…