Mashed potatoes with meat stew

Mashed potatoes
Cook potatoes (and carrots, parsnip or other), pour out water (or use for something else), whip potatoes with milk and a spoon of butter plus add salt and pepper.

Meat stew
Boil meat depending on type (here we used heart of veal which needs to cook 1,5 hour) with onion, garlic and maybe carrot or parsnip.
When almost finished add 1-2 cans of tomato and 1 can of beans, a little cream, 1tbsp paprika, salt and pepper.

Fish fingers

Fish fingers

200 g. fish per person

bread crumbs ("rasp")

salt & pepper

grated peel of one lemon

Cut fish in 1-2 cm. pieces

Mix other ingredients and dip fish pieces

Fry "fish fingers" on pan

Inspiration from www.dr.dk/kanon, episode 1: Friterede fisk

Tomato sauce for pasta

1 piece of garlic

1 tsp oil

5 tbsp tomato paste

2 tbsp flour

5 dl milk

salt, pepper, sugar and vinegar for seasoning

evt. 2 tbsp chopped basil leaves

Fry garlic and oil for a moment and add tomate paste, then flour and milk while whipping. Boil for 5 minutes.

Add basil leaves and seasoning.

Inspiration from http://www.magasinetmad.dk/ - en grundsauce, fire lækre varianter: tomatsauce med basilikum

Lasagne

5 layers: meat, red tomato sauce, white bechamel sauce, green pesto sauce, lasagne noodles

1. Meat (could also be chicken breast or fish)
Fry 2 packages of ground beef

2. Red tomato sauce
1 can of tomatoes
5 fresh tomatoes
5 carrots (or other vegetables eg. celery, red pepper etc.)
1 onion
2-3 garlic cloves
salt, pepper, sugar, green italian style herbs (oregano, basil or thyme) for seasoning

Cook all ingredients until carrots are soft and blend (to hide vegetables for the kids...)

3. White bechamel sauce
2 tbsp butter
2 tbsp flour
5 dl milk
1 bay leaf ("laurbærblad" - dried leaf)
nut meg ("muskatnød")
salt & pepper
evt. some grated cheese (emmentaler, gruyere or parmesan)

Melt butter in pot with the flour. Add milk slowly while whipping constantly so it gets absorbed. This is the tricky part. Add the bay leaf and cook sauce at very low heat for 15-20 minutes. At the end add nut meg and salt & pepper.

4. Green pesto sauce
1 basil plant
1/2 package of parmesan cheese
100 g. pine nuts
1-2 garlic cloves
1-2 dl. olive oil
1/2 lemon (the juice)

Blend all ingredients

Assemble the lasagne in the above order (repeat the five layers two times) and end with a layer of the lasagne noodles. On top of this put a bit of the bechamel sauce and a package of grated cheese.

Variation:
Put ricotta cheese as one layer
And voila:

Inspiration from http://gastromand.dk/hjemmelavet-lasagne-fra-bunden/

Steak - Bøf bearnaise med råstegte kartofler

Steak - ask Palle how to fry :-)

Fried potatoes

1 kilo potatoes
2 tbsp. oil
2 tbsp. butter

Cut potatoes in boats and fry on pan for approx. half an hour with oil and butter.

Bearnaise sauce by Bo Bech

1 package butter (250 grams)
1 tbsp. white wine vinegar
2 tbsp. water
1 tsp. salt
2 pcs. egg yolks
2 tbsp. minced onions (Skalloteløg)
1 bunch chopped fresh tarragon (estragon)
1 bunch chopped fresh chervil (kørvel)
Black pepper

Start by melting the butter. Then in a small saucepan mix vinegar, water, salt and egg yolks and whip constantly over medium low heat until the foam turns into a creamy mass. Turn down the heat and keep on whipping while adding the chopped onions and the melted butter at such a pace that the butter is absorbed. Finally put in the chopped tarragon, chervil and crushed pepper.

Pizza with bresaola, mozarella & pesto

Pizza dough (enough for two large pans):

1 package Finax økologisk fuldkorns pizzamel (1 kilo flour - 50% wheat flour, 50% whole wheat flour "grahamsmel" - salt, yeast)

6 dl. water

Mix dough, let raise for an hour, shape two large pizzas on two pans

Tomato sauce:

1 can tomato

Sundried tomatoes

Basil leaves

Salt & pepper

Blend all ingredients

Cover pizzas with tomato sauce and grated cheese. Bake at 175 degrees for 20 minutes

Pesto (Jamie Oliver)

1 pot of basil

1 handful grated parmesan

100 gram pine nuts

1-2 dl. olive oil

1 clove of garlic

squeeze of lemon juice

Salt & pepper

After baking the pizza add white fresh mozarella cheese, bresaola and pesto.

Wasabi Pea Crusted Chicken

Blend wasabi peas. Brush chicken breasts with an egg and cover chicken with the blended wasabi peas. Put in oven for 20 minutes at 200 degrees.

Inspired by:

http://gothamist.com/2005/03/08/eating_in_city_bakerys_wasabi_pea_crusted_chicken.php

Serve with pasta and a sauce (milk based sauce or tomato sauce)

White sauce with basil leaves

5 dl. milk

2 tbsp. flour

Basil leaves

lemon juice

Salt & pepper

Mix cold milk and flour and cook for 5 minutes while mixing all the time. Add other ingredients.

Sauce inspired by:

http://www.magasinetmad.dk/Opskrifter/Hverdag/0905-fire-leakre-saucer.aspx

Soup with sweet potato and red pepper

1 kg sweet potatoes
5-6 red peppers
1 tbsp. olive oil
1 chopped onion
2 cloves chopped garlic
1 can of tomatoes
1,5 liter vegetable broth
salt & pepper

Evt. greek yoghurt and basil leaves for serving

Cut peppers in half and take out seeds, grill in oven 5-7 minutes until the skin has blisters. Cool the peppers a bit, peel off the skin, cut them into smaller pieces - and make sure to use also the juice from the peppers.

Peel the sweet potatos, cut into thin slices and fry them in olive oil with onion and garlic. Add the peppers and the juice from it, tomatoes and approx. half of the broth.

Cook the soup until the potatoes are completely tender, approx. 25 minutes. Blend the soup, pour it back into the saucepan, add vegetable broth to desired consistency, heat soup carefully and taste it before serving.

Alt for damerne 39 / 2000

Fish with "gremoulata" topping

Fish (6-800 gram for 4 people) e.g. "lange filet"

"Gremoulata" topping:
1/2 plant chopped parsley
1 clove garlic
Grated peel of one lemon
1 tbsp. bread crumbs
4 tbsp. grated parmesan
2 tbsp. olive oil

Cut fish into 8 uniform pieces, season with salt and rest for 30 minutes.

"Gremoulata" topping: Mix parsley, pressed garlic, lemon peel, breadcrumbs, parmesan and olive oil and season with salt and pepper.

Put the fish in a greased oven-proof dish and spread the gremoulata over the fish.

Prepare the fish in the oven at 200 degrees, 15 minutes. It should feel solid in the flesh.


www.aarstiderne.com

Duck breast with orange sauce

Duck breast (2)
Cut stripes on the skin side and put pepper on. Fry duck breast at low heat for 12 minutes on skin side and 15 minutes on meat side. Wrap in aluminium for 10 minutes.

Orange sauce:
2 tbsp from the frying pan
1 dl orange juice
2 dl cream
maizena
honey or sugar
salt & pepper

Cook sauce for a few minutes to get thick.

Serve with potatoes.

Recipe from Arla
http://www.arla.dk/opskrifter/Berberiandebryst-med-appelsinsauce/

Chicken breast wrapped in ham

Put tomato in oven for 10 minutes at 225 degrees

Wrap chicken in ham and fry for 10 minutes

Cook pasta
Chop 1 pot of basil leaves
Make sauce in the pan after the chicken is removed: cook 2 dl water, 2 dl sour cream, maizena, salt & pepper
Mix pasta with sauce and basil leaves

http://arla.dk/opskrifter/Kylling-i-skinke-og-gront/

Sauce - mustard or pepper

Basic ingredients:
1/2 liter water + 1 cube bouillon
1 spoon maizena (corn starch) dissolved in a bit of cold water
some cream

boil for a few minutes until thick

Flavor:
Mustard (for fish)
Whole black pepper (for beef)

Fish with tahin topping

600 gram white fish (e.g. cod)
2 onions
olive oil
1,5 dl. tahin
1 lemon
1 dl. water

saute onions 10 minutes until soft
mix tahin with lemon juice, water and onions and put on top of fish
put in oven for 10-12 minutes at 200 degrees

serve with potatoes or pasta

Source: Aarstiderne

Cold spinach soup

1/2 litre chicken broth
1/2 litre greek yoghurt
1 bag of spinach leaves
1/2 peeled cucumber
1/2 avocado
Salt and pepper

Blend all ingredients and serve cold

Chili con carne

Meat (ground beef)
Onion
Garlic
Beans
Red bell pepper
Salt & pepper
Chili

Cook 1/2 hour - add bell pepper at the end
Serve with rice