These recipes are for items we ONLY eat or drink in december...you simply can't do it for the rest of the year. I think it would ruin the christmas spirit
Glögg - the extraordinary recipe - for 2 persons:
Let a box of raisins soak in strong rum over night. Then:
1 bottle of redwine
3 cardamom (whole)
3 cloves (whole)
1 whole stick of cinnamon
The raisins
25-50 g schopped almonds
1-2dl port.
Put everything in a pot and heat it - do not let it boil!
Remover spices (cinnamon, clover and cardamom)
Remember when you pour to give people almonds and raisins in the cup and a teaspoon, so they get something to eat as well
Recipe for klejner: http://www.recipezaar.com/35463 Recipe for Æbleskiver: http://www.recipezaar.com/17897 On christmas night we eat duck followed by rice porridge: http://www.recipezaar.com/14129 Recipe for pebernødder (peppernuts):
Ingredients:
* 1/2 kg flour
* 1/2 kg brown sugar
* 2 egg eggs
* 195 g butter
* 1 teaspoon cinnamon
* 1 teaspoon grounded cloves
Mix the ingredients. Roll the dough into a cylinder approximately 1.5 cm thick. Cut the cylinder at an angle into 2 cm pieces. Bake 5-10 minutes at medium heat.
Brunkager (Christmas Cookies)
1.1 pounds butter
1 cup sugar
2 cups syrup
5 oz. blanched, chopped almonds
¼ oz. cloves
1 oz. cinnamon
1 ¼ oz. cardamom
½ oz. potash (you may substitute baking soda)
6 ¼ cups flour
finely chopped rind of 1 orange
Slowly heat the butter, syrup and sugar to a boil. Remove from heat and stir in the spices, almonds, orange rind and potash. Stir in the flour once the dough is lukewarm.
Shape the cold dough into rolls of the desired size. Pack each roll in aluminum foil and freeze for a day or preferably longer. Take the rolls directly from the freezer and cut them into paper thin slices.
Bake at the top of the oven at 340 degrees (F) for 5-6 minutes. Put the cookies in an airtight container once they have cooled off completely.
Vaniljekranse (Vanilla Cookies):
1 ¾ cups flour
1/3 cup sugar
1 egg
7 oz. butter
1 pinch baking powder
the seeds of 1 vanilla pod
2 oz. blanched, finely chopped almonds
Combine the ingredients and then refrigerate the dough for a couple of hours. Blend in a food processor. Cut into thin slices about 4 inches long. Shape each slice into rings. Bake at 350-400 degrees (F) for about 8 minutes.
Woven christmas hearts: http://www.haabet.dk/users/julehjerter/making.html
Have fun and MERRY Christmas