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Showing posts with label Finland. Show all posts

Baltic Herrings with Garlic (Valkosipulisilakat)

Recipe Ingredients
500 – 600 gr Baltic Herring fillets

Marinade:
4 dl water
1 tsp salt
3 tbs spirit vinegar

Sauce:
1 dl mayonnaise
1 – 3 crushed garlic/s
1 tsp salt
dash of sugar
1 tsp pepper
1 tsp tarragon
3 tbs shredded dill or parsley

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Recipe Cooking and Preparation Method
Soak the herring fillets in the marinade for 6 hours. Strain the fillets. Remove the skin if you wish.
Mix together the sauce ingredients and place the fillets into the sauce. Marinade in a cool place for at least one day.

Food Serving Suggestion
Serve the Baltic Herring with Garlic cold together with boiled potatoes.

Roasted Elk (Hirvipaisti)

Recipe Ingredients
1 – 2 kg elk roast
3 carrots
2 onions
4 dl water
1 tsp ground black pepper
1 tbs ground juniper berries
2 tbs butter
salt

Sauce:
3 dl broth
2 dl cream
4 tbs flour
2 tbs strong berry jelly (rowanberry, blackcurrant)
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Recipe Cooking and Preparation Method
Rinse the roast well. Wash the carrots and peel the onions. Brown each side of the roast in hot butter, preferably in a cast iron casserole pot. Chop the carrots and onions into large pieces and add to the pot. Sprinkle the roast with ground black pepper, ground juniper berries and salt.

Pour water into the pot. Place a lid over the pot and allow the roast to simmer in the oven at 150 - 175 degrees Celsius for approximately 2 – 2 ½ hours.

Using a meat thermometer: Place the thermometer into the deepest part of the roast. The meat is ready when the meat thermometer shows 75 - 77 degrees Celsius. Remove the roast from the pot and wrap it in foil and allow it to "rest" before cutting.

Sauce:
Strain the broth from the pot. Pour 3 dl of broth into a saucepan and bring to a boil. Dissolve the flour with a few drops of cold water and add to the broth whilst constantly stirring. Add cream and 2 tablespoons of rowanberry- or blackcurrant jelly. Check the taste and add a dash of salt if needed.

Food Serving Suggestion
Serve the Roasted Elk together with boiled potatoes, sauce and salad.

Blueberry Pie (Mustikkapiirakka)

Recipe Ingredients
Batter:
100 gr butter
1 dl sugar
1 egg
2 ½ dl flour
1 tsp baking powder

Filling:
5 dl blueberries
2 dl sour cream
1 dl sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla sugar

Recipe Cooking and Preparation Method
Batter: Beat the butter and sugar until light. Add the egg. Mix together the flour and baking powder and stir into the batter. Spread the batter on the bottom and edges of a greased pie tin. Place the blueberries over the batter.

Filling: Mix together the sour cream, sugar, eggs and vanilla sugar and pour over the blueberries. Bake the pie at 200 degrees Celsius for approximately 30 minutes.

Food Serving Suggestion
Serve the Blueberry Pie cold or warm with a cup of coffee or tea.

Exotic Finn

Ingredients:
2 parts Finlandia Vodka
1 part Passion fruit syrup
1 tsp Strawberry syrup
Sprite
Mixing instructions:
Fill a highball glass with cracked ice. Add the first three ingredients and stir. Top up with Sprite and garnish with mint leaves, a strawberry, a twist of orange and a straw.