The loved ones – Red Currant Mazarin Tart

August 14, 2015 by nadel&gabel

When you would ask me about my favourite summer cake, my answer would always be the same: A “Träubleskucha” (red currant cake) the way my grandma always made it and how it is still made in our family. Red currants always bring childhood memories with them. I remember the garden of my parents that produced such masses of red currants throughout the summer season that we were busy to handle all of them – besides all the other fruits and […]

Categories: cake, cookie & dessert, In the kitchen, summer, vegetarian • Tags: almond, berries, cake, cookie & dessert, cream, crust, fresh, marzipan, Mazarintårta, recipe, red currant, scandinavian, shortbread, sour, summer, sweden, swedish, sweet, tart, tartlet

What can be wrong with it? – Spicy chocolate cake with pear

November 1, 2014 by nadel&gabel

This post is about a chocolate cake, so there can’t be much wrong with it, eh? Especially as we are digging deeper into the cold season… The base of this cake comes from Izy. You don’t know her blog “Top with cinnamon” yet? Jump over and be convinced by her recipes, pictures and words. Since she has just released her first cookbook, her recipes are spreading the food blog scene recently and her version of a Swedish chocolate cake seams […]

Categories: autumn, breakfast, cake, cookie & dessert, dairy-free, In the kitchen, snacks & small dishes, vegetarian, winter • Tags: allspice, autumn, baking, cake, chocolate, cinnamon, cookie & dessert, cozy, fudge, ginger, kladdkaka, pear, pumpkin, recipe, spice, sweden, swedish, warm, winter

Turné i södra Sverige III – Sea, islands and wind

September 16, 2014 by nadel&gabel

This was the view that welcomed us in Skärhamn – a view that I just couldn’t get enough of. So, before the daily routine has absorbed me again, here finally is the last part of my summer travel retrospective. Additionally I’ve dedicated a pinterest board to our travelling through Sweden with our favourite places to stay, eat, visit plus some other inspiration. For our stay at the west coast of Sweden we had rented one of the studios of the […]

Categories: Behind the camera, black & white, nature, objects & places, On the road, Sweden, travel • Tags: archipelago, architecture, art, Bohuslän, Bronze Age, carving, coast, colour, crab, fish, fishing, heritage, holiday, island, landscape, light, museum, photography, rough, scandinavian, sea, stone, summer, sweden, swedish, tour, travel, trip, village, water, west

Hello autumn – Pickled mushrooms with dill

September 11, 2014 by nadel&gabel

How did it come that autumn suddenly is here in full bloom? – Where was transition that made it easier for us to say good bye to summer once again? Speaking in farmers market display: When have cherries been sold? – How come the sudden presence of plums, pumpkins, mushrooms, apples? Whatever! – We have to accommodate. …And already when I sat at the airport of Stockholm this recipe for pickled mushrooms caught my eye. During our whole stay in […]

Categories: around the world, autumn, dairy-free, gluten-free, In the kitchen, pantry, snacks & small dishes, vegan, vegetable, vegetarian • Tags: autumn, brine, canning, chanterelles, fall, gift, jar, marinate, mushrooms, pickles, pickling, porcini, present, preserving, recipe, sour, sweden, swedish

The joy of Fika – Swedish Kardemummabullar

September 3, 2014 by nadel&gabel

If you would ask me about three things that are omnipresent in Sweden, I would say: trees, IKEA “Färgrik” mugs and kanelbullar. These famous swedish cinnamon buns – full of spice and not too sweet – can be found in each and every bakery and café … and each of them serves them in a slightly different way: Different sizes, different ways of twisting, rolling or knotting, different toppings (shaved almonds, pearl sugar…). Indeed, the kanelbulle is so important for […]

Categories: around the world, autumn, breakfast, cake, cookie & dessert, In the kitchen, vegetarian, winter • Tags: autumn, bake, bullar, bulle, bun, cafe, cardamom, cinnamom, coffee, culture, pastry, recipe, roll, sweden, swedish, sweet, traditional

Turné i södra Sverige I – Swedish city life in Stockholm and Uppsala

August 30, 2014 by nadel&gabel

After some silence that moved into this place during the last weeks, I am back again … with some (first) pictures from our “turné i södra Sverige” (tour in South Sweden). Our trip started and ended in a city – starting point was Stockholm, final destination Uppsala … this blog post is dedicated to these two swedish cities. (Although we’ve been to the west coast as well we skipped Gothenburg, but I am sure this city is worth a visit, […]

Categories: Behind the camera, black & white, objects & places, On the road, Sweden, travel • Tags: architecture, city, design, holiday, island, kanelbullar, landscape, Linnae, museum, old town, photography, scandinavian, sea, shopping, South, Stockholm, summer, sweden, swedish, tour, town, travel, trip, university, Uppsala