Klejner – Deep fried Christmas cookies!

Klejner is a Danish traditional Christmas cookie that you deep fry in palm or coconut oil. It is a fairly easy recipe with a twist, literally 🙂 You roll out the dough, cut the diamond shapes and a hole in the middle, then you twist it as we will show you in the video, and … Read more

Liver Pâté with Thyme and Orange

In Ayoe’s family it is tradition to eat liver pâtĂ© around Christmas time (and also some other times a year). We make it either from lamb or pig liver, or do a mix of both. In this recipe we use pig liver, but you can substitute as you like. If you have an aversion for … Read more

Risalamande – Rice porridge dessert with Cherry and Raspberry Sauce

The most yummy Christmas dessert you will ever find 🙂 This dessert has a French name, however it is completely Danish of origin. It is made from the left over Risengrød – rice porridge that Ayoe’s family eats the evening before Christmas. Then they, as most other Danish families, make risalamande the day after for … Read more

Risengrød – Sweet Rice Porridge with Cinnamon-sugar

Every year for Christmas in Ayoe’s family Risengrød is served the night before Christmas (Dec. 23rd in Denmark) with cinnamon-sugar and a lump of butter that just melts in the hot porridge. Uumm! The porridge has been a tradition in Danish Christmas for many years since the beginning of the 1900’s and it has also … Read more

Walnut and Fig Christmas Cookies!

We just love Christmas because it is a wonderful time of year and it means more “hygge” (coziness) and more yummy food and treats. We have been playing around with different flavours of the well known White Christmas Cookies recipe and came up with this delicious flavour. Walnut and Fig Christmas Cookies are similar in … Read more