Italian pasta carbonara

My dad has always been an inventive chef and throughout my childhood he cooked a lot of odd food, but he had one particular recipe I always loved. He made an amazing pasta carbonara and now I want to share it wth you!

Ingredients: (for 4)
300 g spaghetti
150 g bacon
½ onion
1 clove of garlic
2 eggs
½ dl cream
100 g grated parmesan cheese
salt and pepper

+ some extra parmesan cheese to sprinkel on top


Step 1: Cook the pasta after the instructions on the package

Step 2: Cut the bacon and onion into small pieces and fry it in separate frying pans.

Step 3: Whip together the eggs, cream and grated cheese with a regular beater, add salt.

Step 4: When the pasta is cooked, pour out the water and blend in the bacon and onion. Add the egg mixture and press the garlic clove into the pasta. Mix with a spoon.

Step 5: serve with some parmesan cheese sprinkled on top.

Quick to prepare: This is very quick and takes only 25 min.

Ease of preparation: It is basic and easy to cook, be careful though while frying the bacon since the fat from the meat splashes when you fry it and it's very hot.

Gourmet vs. everyday: This is a quite basic recipe and most kids like it, it has a nice creamy taste and the bacon gives a little salty taste. The recipe is quite "everyday" though and isn't reallt suitable for a dinner party etc.

Swedish smoked pork with pineapple and chili sauce with rice

This is a dish I learnt in school during the cooking classes we had in 8th grade. Ever since I first tried it I've loved it, the sweetness of the pineapple mixed with the spicy chili sause is really tasty!

Ingredients:
500 g smoked pork
3 dl whipped cream
1 ½ tbs flour
3/4 dl chili sauce
½ dl mango chutney
pineapple






Step 1: butter a ovenproof pan and put in the smoked pork in slices and the pineapple.

Step 2: whip the cream and add flour, chili sauce and mango chutney.

Step 3: spread out the cream over the pork and pineapple.

Step 4: cook it in the oven 250 C for approximately 15 min.

Step 5: boil the rice.

My ratings of the recipe:


Time: This only takes approximately 25-30 min.

Difficulty: It's very easy and simple. It takes care of itself most of the time while cooking in the oven.

Gourmet vs. everyday: This is a very mild recipe even though there is chili in it, it has a

creamy taste. It suits  every situation, you can have it as a simple dinner on a weekday or make it more grand and nice by adding your own details and a tasty sallad.

Swedish waffle

Today is the Swedish waffle day, and beacuse of this I would like to share this recipe with you! :)

Ingredients: 
125 g butter
2 dl milk
4 dl flour
2 eggs
1 tsp baking soda
2 dl water

Topping:
jam
vanilla ice cream
whipped cream


Step 1: mix together all the ingredients in a bowl, mix until there are no lumps left.

Step 2: bake the waffles in a waffle iron for a few minutes.

Step 3: add the topping you like and enjoy!

My ratings of the recipe:

Time: this is vey quick and does not take a lot of time to do. max 15 min.

Difficulty: very easy to make, it can't go wrong!

Gourmet vs. everyday: since this a very basic recipe and you can add whatever you like on top this is a great recipe for kids. It's a really good lunch or afternoon coffee.

Danish egg and shrimp sandwich

Ingredients:
1 slice of bread
butter
lettuce
1 or 2 eggs
shrimps
mayonnaise
lime 
salt 







Step 1: boil the eggs, make sure they are hard-boiled. Peel and slice them.

Step 2:  butter the bread and put on a layer of lettuce.

Step 3: spread out the egg on the sandwich and add some mayonnaise and salt.

Step 4: prepare your shrimps, rinse them and put them on the sandwich.

Step 5: decorate with a slice of lime and squeeze out some lime juice on the shrimps.

My ratings of the recipe: 

Time: 15-20 min. Really good if you're in a hurry or don't feel like spending a lot of time cooking.

Difficulty: this is really easy and basic. It's just as easy as making a ordinary sandwich.

Gourmet vs. everyday: this dish is very simple and therefore I think it’s mostly an "everyday meal", but you can make it more "gourmet" if you for e.g. make it in a smaller portion and have it as an appetize.

In conclusion this recipe gets 5 stars:  

Italian biscotti

Ingredients:
100-150 g almonds
2 eggs
2 dl sugar
2 tsp vanilla sugar
½ pinch salt
finely grated peel of 1 orange
4 dl flour
1 tsp baking powder

 (if you don't like oranges, you can always use cocoa, saffron or make them original with only the vanilla sugar)




 
Turn on the oven on 175 degrees (celsius)
Put the almonds on a baking tray and roast them in the oven for 5 min. Let them cool of afterwards.

Mix the almonds, egg, sugar, vanilla sugar, salt and the orange peel in a bowl. Sift the flour and baking powder into the mix. Work it into a dough.
Put the dough on a floured surface and cut it into two pieces. Roll out the dough into two long "breads".
Put them on the baking tray and bake them in the center of the oven for 25 min.

Take out the tray from the oven and lower the heat to 120 degrees (celsius).
Cut the breads into 1 cm thick slices/bits.
Put the slices on the tray again so that the cut surface is upp  and put them in  the oven until they're completely dry, approximately 35 min.

Let them cool of on a rack and store them in a tightly seal jar to keep them fresh.





I give this recipe 5 stars!
It was very good and crispy. I personally love the taste of the oranges, and it was very simple to make and didn’t take that long. A great snack!

Italian pasta

Ingredients:
750 g fresh pasta
2 packets of bacon
100 g sliced smoked turkey
1 red chili
1 red onion
1 clove of garlic
5 dl sour cream
1 dl cream or milk
1 ½ dl grated "västerbotten ost" (cheese)






Fry the bacon, add the chopped onion and chili and fry untill the onion becomes clear. Then add the turkey and mix it all up.
Pour the sour cream, cream/milk, cheese and the crushed garlic into a pot and cook it on medium warmth for a few minutes. Add salt and pepper.
Then pour over the bacon mix into the sause and stir it together.
Boil the pasta and then serve it with some arugula sallad on top.


I give this recipe 5 stars!
This was super good, I liked that is was a bit hot and very tasteful. It doesn't take vey long to make and it is also quite simple. Great recipe :)

Swedish breaded fish filet and mashed potatoes

Today I tried out my mom's recipe of breaded fish filet and mashed potatoes, this was my favoutite dish when I was little. I loved it!
and I'm also going to show all of the steps how to do it! :)

Ingredients for fish filet:
400 g codfish
1 egg
flour
breadcrumbs
salt and pepper

Ingredients for mashed potatoes:

8-10 potatoes

3 dl milk
salt and pepper
butter

Step 1: boil the potatos

Step 2: heat the milk in the microwave

Step 3: mash the potatoes and add the milk, butter, salt and pepper

Step 4: heat it on the stove and stir

 Step 5: prepare the fish

 Step 6: dip the filet in the egg

 Step 7: dip the filet in the flour and breadcrumb-mix

 Step 8: fry them i the pan with some butter, add salt and pepper

Step 9: boil some broccoli 

  Step 10: eat it! :)

I give this recipe 4 stars!

It is a very nice dish, the fish is very tasty with the breading. The only thing that is a bit annoying is that it takes a while to make and it can be a bit tricky and messy when you're breading the filet. But it is definitely worth it! It is very nice to serve with broccoli or some other boiled vegetables.

French omelet

Ingredients:
4 eggs
salt
pepper
butter to fry in
and whatever you want as filling.
(I used capsicum and cheese)



Just mix the eggs with pepper and salt
Heat up the butter in the pan and add the eggs. When the omelet is almost done add your filling and fold the omelet in half. Serve the omelete when it is golden brown with some sallad!





I give this recipe 5 stars!

It was very quick and simple to make. It is a super good lunch, you can put in whatever you want to make it suit your taste. Great to serve with some salad!