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Risalamande - Danish Rice Dessert with Cream and Almonds

Categories: Desserts/ Nordic Christmas/ Popular Recipes

Recipe for Danish Rice Dessert (Risalamande)

Recipe for Homemade Risalamande - Danish Rice Dessert for Christmas

What is traditional Risalamande (Danish Rice Pudding Dessert)

This recipe for Risalamande is properly the most famous and traditional Danish Christmas dessert that you can make. Risalamande is a rice pudding with vanilla, almonds and whipped cream, and it's typically served together with warm cherry sauce. The word Risalamande comes from the French word Riz à l'amande, which directly translated means rice with almonds. There are many different ways of spelling the word, Ris a la mande, Ris à l'amande and Ris ala mande just to name some, however, we have been told that the most correct way should be Risalamande [Read more...]

Original Recipe for Danish Aebleskiver (Pancake balls)

Categories: Desserts/ Nordic Christmas/ Popular Recipes


Recipe for homemade and original Danish Aebleskiver

Danish Pancake Balls (Aebleskiver)

In Denmark we have so many cooking traditions and especially in the month of December we basically live in our kitchen. There are just so many great Christmas recipes we have to make during Christmas. This recipe for traditional Danish pancake balls is [Read more...]

Elderberry Juice

Categories: Juice and Drinks/ Popular Recipes

Recipe for Homemade Elderberry Juice

Recipe for homemade Elderberry Juice

Pick Your Own Elderberries and make juice

In the months of September to October the nature in Denmark is packed with many delicious fruits and berries, like apples, pears, elderberries, blueberries, raspberries and so on. This is not just Denmark, in the most of the world these kinds of fruits are picked at this time a year. We always take advantages of this great opportunity to make some delicious food from all these fresh ingredients. [Read more...]

Danish Rum Balls (Romkugler)

Categories: Cake/ Desserts/ Nordic Dessert/ Popular Recipes

Recipe for Danish Rum Balls (Romkugler)

Recipe for homemade Danish Rum Balls (Romkugler)

This is a traditional and very popular Danish dessert or cake. In Danish, we call these cocoa balls Romkugler, which translated means Rum balls. However, they are also sometimes known as Truffle balls. [Read more...]

Salted Almonds

Categories: Fast and Easy Food/ Healthy Food/ Popular Recipes/ Snacks/ Vegetarian/ Video recipe

Recipe for Salted almonds

Recipe for Homemade Salted Almonds

These salted almonds are super simple to make and they are very delicious. We normally use these almonds as a pre-dinner snack when having guests or pack them in small bag and bring them to work. They are perfect as a healthy snack in the late afternoon when you are just really hungry and the dinner is still hours away. [Read more...]

Nordic Stone Age Bread (Full of Nuts, Grains and Seeds)

Categories: Breakfast/ Dinner/ Healthy Food/ Nordic Bread/ Popular Recipes

Recipe for Nordic Stone Age Bread (healthy)

 Recipe for homemade Stone age bread

In Denmark we eat a lot of rye bread. It is basically one of our national dishes and it is a huge industry. Rye bread is normally served for lunch but sometimes also for dinner. Rye bread is very healthy and filling compared to traditional white toast bread. [Read more...]

Danish Rye Bread (Rugbrød)

Categories: Healthy Food/ Nordic Bread/ Popular Recipes/ Video recipe

Recipe for Danish Rye Bread (Original recipe)

Recipe for homemade Danish rye bread

This is a recipe for probably the most famous type of bread in Denmark. Rye bread or Rugbrød as it is called in Danish, is a type of bread which is packed with different seeds, grains and cracked rye and is therefore a very healthy alternative to regular white bread. [Read more...]

Danish Dream Cake (Drømmekage)

Categories: Cake/ Desserts/ Nordic Dessert/ Popular Recipes

Traditional recipe for Danish Dream Cake (Droemmekage)

Recipe for Homemade Danish Dream Cake (Drømmekage)

The recipe for Drømmekage is one of the most traditional and famous Danish cakes. Translated, Drømmekage simply means Dream cake probably because some people think it taste like a dream :-) [Read more...]

Basic Barbecue Sauce / Marinade

Categories: Jam - Spread - Dip/ Popular Recipes

Recipe for Basic Barbecue Sauce

Recipe for Homemade Basic Barbecue Sauce / Marinade

A good barbecue sauce / marinade can be used for so many different occasions and it's especially perfect to marinate your meat in before you cook it on the grill. This recipe for barbecue sauce is very easy to make and it can be used for almost all kinds of meat. [Read more...]