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Around the World in 80 Days – Kladdkaka

Swedish Kladdkaka (Sticky Chocolate Cake) Recipe: 

Ingredients: 

  • ½ cup all-purpose flour 
  • ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder 
  • 1 pinch salt 
  • 2 eggs 
  • 1 ⅓ cups white sugar 
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 
  • ½ cup butter, melted 

Instructions: 

  1. Preheat oven to 300˚F (150˚C).
  2. Lightly grease an 8-inch pie plate.
  3. Sift together the flour, cocoa powder, and salt; set aside.
  4. Stir the eggs into the sugar until smooth.
  5. Add the flour mixture, and stir just until combined.
  6. Pour in the vanilla extract and butter and stir until well combined.
  7. Pour into prepared pie plate. 
  8. Bake on the lower rack of the preheated oven for 35 minutes, or until the center has slightly set.
  9. Allow cake to cool for 1 hour in the pie plate.
  10. Serve warm, or refrigerate overnight and  serve cold. 

Read more about it – Kladdkaka

Photo by: Sebastian Dooris {flickr}

Around the World in 80 Days – Swedish Krem

Swedish Krem is a refreshing and scrumptious dessert. 

Swedish Krem Recipe:

Ingredients: 

  • 2 cups heavy whipping cream 
  • 1 cup plus 2 teaspoons sugar, divided 
  • 1 envelope unflavored gelatin 
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 
  • 1 teaspoon almond extract 
  • 2 cups sour cream 
  • 1 cup fresh or frozen raspberries 

Instructions: 

  1. In a large saucepan, combine cream and 1 cup sugar. Cook and stir over low heat until a thermometer reads 160°F (do not allow to boil). Stir in gelatin until completely dissolved. 
  2. Remove from heat and stir in extracts. Let cool for 10 minutes. Whisk in sour cream. Pour into 8 dessert dishes. Refrigerate at least 1 hour. 
  3. Just before serving, lightly crush raspberries and gently stir in remaining sugar. Spoon over tops.

Photos by: Clemen v Vogelsang {flickr}; mroach {flickr}

Around the World in 80 Days – Jansson’s Temptation

The Temptation of Jansson

Jansson’s Temptation is a creamy potato and anchovy casserole − is said to have been named after Pelle Janzon, a food-loving Swedish opera singer of the early 1900s. It is often served at Christmas, but is enjoyed year round!

Ingredients

  • 14-16 fillets of anchovies
  • 2 large onions
  • 6-8 potatoes
  • 2-3 dl cream
  • liquid from the anchovies
  • 2 tablespoons of butter or margarine

Instructions

  1. Peel the onions and cut it in thin slices. Peel the potatoes and cut or grate them in thin shreds.
  2. Put half of the potatoes in an ovenproof dish. Spread the anchovies and the onions over the potatoes and then put on the rest of the potatoes. Add half of the cream and some liquid from the anchovies.
  3. Put the butter on in dabs.
  4. Bake in 225 degrees C (450-475 degrees F) until the potatoes are golden brown (45-60 minutes). Thin down with the rest of the cream. Keep baking until the potatoes are soft.

This is a traditional Swedish dish that I love.
It’s eaten mostly during Christmas. “Jansson” is a Swedish surname, but I’m not sure who it’s called after…

Submitted by Linnea , Massachusetts 2004

You can learn more about this intriguing Swedish dish, often served at Christmas, by visiting here!

Photo by: erik forsberg {flickr}

Around the World in 80 Days – Kladdkaka (Sweden)

Swedish Kladdkaka (Sticky Chocolate Cake) Recipe: 

Ingredients: 

  • ½ cup all-purpose flour 
  • ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder 
  • 1 pinch salt 
  • 2 eggs 
  • 1 ⅓ cups white sugar 
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 
  • ½ cup butter, melted 

Instructions: 

  1. Preheat oven to 300˚F (150˚C).
  2. Lightly grease an 8-inch pie plate.
  3. Sift together the flour, cocoa powder, and salt; set aside.
  4. Stir the eggs into the sugar until smooth.
  5. Add the flour mixture, and stir just until combined.
  6. Pour in the vanilla extract and butter and stir until well combined.
  7. Pour into prepared pie plate. 
  8. Bake on the lower rack of the preheated oven for 35 minutes, or until the center has slightly set.
  9. Allow cake to cool for 1 hour in the pie plate.
  10. Serve warm, or refrigerate overnight and  serve cold. 

Read more about it – Kladdkaka

Photo by: Sebastian Dooris {flickr}

Around the World in 80 Days – Swedish Krem

Swedish Krem is a refreshing and scrumptious dessert. 

Swedish Krem Recipe:

Ingredients: 

  • 2 cups heavy whipping cream 
  • 1 cup plus 2 teaspoons sugar, divided 
  • 1 envelope unflavored gelatin 
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 
  • 1 teaspoon almond extract 
  • 2 cups sour cream 
  • 1 cup fresh or frozen raspberries 

Instructions: 

  1. In a large saucepan, combine cream and 1 cup sugar. Cook and stir over low heat until a thermometer reads 160°F (do not allow to boil). Stir in gelatin until completely dissolved. 
  2. Remove from heat and stir in extracts. Let cool for 10 minutes. Whisk in sour cream. Pour into 8 dessert dishes. Refrigerate at least 1 hour. 
  3. Just before serving, lightly crush raspberries and gently stir in remaining sugar. Spoon over tops.

Photos by: Clemen v Vogelsang {flickr}; mroach {flickr}

Around the World in 80 Days – Jansson’s Temptation

The Temptation of Jansson

Jansson’s Temptation is a creamy potato and anchovy casserole − is said to have been named after Pelle Janzon, a food-loving Swedish opera singer of the early 1900s. It is often served at Christmas, but is enjoyed year round!

Ingredients

  • 14-16 fillets of anchovies
  • 2 large onions
  • 6-8 potatoes
  • 2-3 dl cream
  • liquid from the anchovies
  • 2 tablespoons of butter or margarine

Instructions

  1. Peel the onions and cut it in thin slices. Peel the potatoes and cut or grate them in thin shreds.
  2. Put half of the potatoes in an ovenproof dish. Spread the anchovies and the onions over the potatoes and then put on the rest of the potatoes. Add half of the cream and some liquid from the anchovies.
  3. Put the butter on in dabs.
  4. Bake in 225 degrees C (450-475 degrees F) until the potatoes are golden brown (45-60 minutes). Thin down with the rest of the cream. Keep baking until the potatoes are soft.

This is a traditional Swedish dish that I love.
It’s eaten mostly during Christmas. “Jansson” is a Swedish surname, but I’m not sure who it’s called after…

Submitted by Linnea , Massachusetts 2004

You can learn more about this intriguing Swedish dish, often served at Christmas, by visiting here!

Photo by: erik forsberg {flickr}

Around the World in 80 Days – Sweden

SWEDEN

Northern Europe
Capital: Stockholm
Languages: Swedish
Predominant Religion(s): Christianity (Protestant)

COMMON CHARACTERISTICS:

  • It is common knowledge in Sweden that “time” should be respected at all times – regardless of whether you’re going for an interview or a friendly fika. Meetings will start on time with or without you. The train leaves on time with or without you. Swedes value punctuality.
  • Swedes celebrate summer with an intensity that can only be found in a people who have just endured a long, dark winter.
  • Swedes are usually very straightforward and honest – they say it like it is!

FUN FACTS:

  • Fika is Swedish for a coffee break that is more about socializing than drinking coffee.  Accompanying sweets are crucial. Cinnamon buns, cakes, cookies, even open-faced sandwiches pass as acceptable fika fare. Fika can happen at any time – morning as well as evening.
  • In mid-June, school is out and nature has burst into life. It seems like the sun never sets. In fact, in the north of Sweden it doesn’t, and in the south only for an hour or two. This calls for celebration! Friends and family gather for the most typically Swedish tradition of all: Midsummer. People often begin the day by picking flowers and making wreaths to place on the maypole.
  • A typical Midsummer menu features different kinds of pickled herring, boiled new potatoes  with fresh dill, soured cream and chives. This is often followed by a grilled dish of some kind, such as spare rib or salmon, and for dessert the first strawberries of summer, with cream.

USEFUL PHRASES:

  • How are you?             Hur mår du?
  • Fine, thanks.               Bra, tack.
  • My name is…              Jag heter…
  • Nice to meet you!        Trevligt att träffas!
  • Thank you.                  Tack.

Photos by: Blondinrikard Froberg {flickr}; Ron Cogswell {flickr}; Ben Welsh {flickr}

Around the World in 80 Days – Kladdkaka (Sweden)

Swedish Kladdkaka (Sticky Chocolate Cake) Recipe: 

Ingredients: 

  • ½ cup all-purpose flour 
  • ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder 
  • 1 pinch salt 
  • 2 eggs 
  • 1 ⅓ cups white sugar 
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 
  • ½ cup butter, melted 

Instructions: 

  1. Preheat oven to 300˚F (150˚C).
  2. Lightly grease an 8-inch pie plate.
  3. Sift together the flour, cocoa powder, and salt; set aside.
  4. Stir the eggs into the sugar until smooth.
  5. Add the flour mixture, and stir just until combined.
  6. Pour in the vanilla extract and butter and stir until well combined.
  7. Pour into prepared pie plate. 
  8. Bake on the lower rack of the preheated oven for 35 minutes, or until the center has slightly set.
  9. Allow cake to cool for 1 hour in the pie plate.
  10. Serve warm, or refrigerate overnight and  serve cold. 

Read more about it – Kladdkaka

Photo by: Sebastian Dooris {flickr}

Around the World in 80 Days – Swedish Krem

Swedish Krem is a refreshing and scrumptious dessert. 

Swedish Krem Recipe:

Ingredients: 

  • 2 cups heavy whipping cream 
  • 1 cup plus 2 teaspoons sugar, divided 
  • 1 envelope unflavored gelatin 
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 
  • 1 teaspoon almond extract 
  • 2 cups sour cream 
  • 1 cup fresh or frozen raspberries 

Instructions: 

  1. In a large saucepan, combine cream and 1 cup sugar. Cook and stir over low heat until a thermometer reads 160°F (do not allow to boil). Stir in gelatin until completely dissolved. 
  2. Remove from heat and stir in extracts. Let cool for 10 minutes. Whisk in sour cream. Pour into 8 dessert dishes. Refrigerate at least 1 hour. 
  3. Just before serving, lightly crush raspberries and gently stir in remaining sugar. Spoon over tops.

Photos by: Clemen v Vogelsang {flickr}; mroach {flickr}

Around the World in 80 Days – Jansson’s Temptation

The Temptation of Jansson

Jansson’s Temptation is a creamy potato and anchovy casserole − is said to have been named after Pelle Janzon, a food-loving Swedish opera singer of the early 1900s. It is often served at Christmas, but is enjoyed year round!

Ingredients

  • 14-16 fillets of anchovies
  • 2 large onions
  • 6-8 potatoes
  • 2-3 dl cream
  • liquid from the anchovies
  • 2 tablespoons of butter or margarine

Instructions

  1. Peel the onions and cut it in thin slices. Peel the potatoes and cut or grate them in thin shreds.
  2. Put half of the potatoes in an ovenproof dish. Spread the anchovies and the onions over the potatoes and then put on the rest of the potatoes. Add half of the cream and some liquid from the anchovies.
  3. Put the butter on in dabs.
  4. Bake in 225 degrees C (450-475 degrees F) until the potatoes are golden brown (45-60 minutes). Thin down with the rest of the cream. Keep baking until the potatoes are soft.

This is a traditional Swedish dish that I love.
It’s eaten mostly during Christmas. “Jansson” is a Swedish surname, but I’m not sure who it’s called after…

Submitted by Linnea , Massachusetts 2004

You can learn more about this intriguing Swedish dish, often served at Christmas, by visiting here!

Photo by: erik forsberg {flickr}