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Recipes from "Finn-Erik Cooks"

Finn-Erik Cooks - "Choripán" Argentinian Chorizo Sandwich

26/5/2019

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Recipe below video
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Two sandwiches:
  • 4 raw Chorizo sausages
  • 2 burger buns
  • 1 dl shredded cheese (pick one you like)
  • Sun dried tomatoes
  • 1 red onion
  • A handfull of parsley
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • 1 red chili
  • 1 ts dried Oregano
  • 1 dl extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 tbs apple cider vinegar (or redwine vinegar)
  • 2 dl water
  • 1 dl clear 7% vinegar
  • 1/2 dl sugar
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Pickled red onions

Pickling is tasty, fun and super easy. 
Use the 3-2-1 rule, to help you remember how it's done.

  • 3 parts water
  • 2 parts vinegar
  • 1 part sugar

Mix, bring to a boil and cool. Add finely chopped red onions and let it sit in the fridge for at least half an hour. But for best result, make this the day before.
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Chimichurri
This is a cold Argentinian condiment, widely used all across south America.
It consists of extra virgin olive oil, that is infused with finely chopped spices. It's also excellent for marinating meat.
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Finely chop parsley, garlic and chili.

Blend olive oil and apple cider vinegar. 
Add the chopped spices and salt/pepper.

Let this sit in room temperature for 10 minutes, but leaving it overnight will improve flavours a lot.
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Fry the sausages. It's important that they are properly cooked, since they are raw. These need 6 minutes on each side, using medium heat.
Sprinkle some cheese on the top of the burger bun and roast in oven until gold. 
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Slice the sausages in half and plate the dish. Place pickled red onions and sun dried tomatoes on the bun. Build with Chorizo and add good amounts of Chimichurri. Enjoy! :)
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Finn-Erik Cooks - Crispy pork bun with avocado cream and soy marinated egg

20/4/2019

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Recipe below video
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Buns for two:

400 grams of raw quality sausage
2 hot dog buns 
2 egg yolks
​1 dl soy sauce
1 ripe avocado
1 dl light quark 
1 lemon
​1 red chili
Salt & pepper
​Olive oil
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The star of this show is the sausage. It needs to be raw. Using a cooked sausage will not work for this dish.

Raw sausages are more and more common in the stores. They have a lot more flavour and are all over a far better product. I use this Salsiccia sausage from Metervare in Oslo. It's an Italian inspired sausage with pork meat and spices such as fennel, chipotle and garlic. 

It superb for this use, but also lovely for frying as it is.

I'm taking the skin off, only using the ready seasoned minced meat inside.
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Press it out on an oven plate, using some olive oil on both sides. Fry in hot oven at 250 degrees Celcius, until light brown and crispy. This will only take a few minutes, so watch closely. 
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Pour the soy sauce in to a small bowl. Add the egg yolks. Let it marinate for at least 15 minutes. But 1-3 hours is preferable. The longer, the more flavour.
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Make the avocado cream by peeling the avocado and putting it in to a hand blender.
​Add quark, salt, pepper and some fresh lemon juice. Run until smooth.
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Toast the buns.
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Plate the dish, starting with avo cream. Add crispy pork and top with some chopped red chili and the soy marinated egg yolk. Enjoy :)
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Finn-Erik Cooks - Lamb in cider, with apple cream , umami syrup and crispy potato skins

13/4/2019

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Recipe below video.
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For two people you need:

500 grams of lamb shoulder
1 bottle of dry apple cider (750 ml)
2 tbs fresh ginger
4 shallots
2 cloves of garlic
1/2 soy sauce
1 ts Dijon mustard
2 potatoes
​1/2 ts curry powder
1 sour apple
1 dl light sour cream
7-8 lompe (soft flat bread made of potatoes)
Dill for garnish

Dried spices:
4-5 porcini slices
3-4 bay leaves
Chili
1 ts coriander seeds
1 ts fennel seeds
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I'm using a cast iron casserole for this dish. 

Roughly chop shallots, ginger and garlic.

It's important to use a cut of meat that has sufficient marbling and sits on the bone. Using a to lean cut will only make the dish less flavourful and dry.
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Heat the casserole with some olive oil and brown the lamb.
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Add ginger, shallots and garlic. Pour in the cider.
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Add Dijon, soy sauce and your dried spices.
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Put a lid on it and cook in oven at 120 degrees Celcius for 5 hours. 
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Make the apple cream.
Add apple chunks, sour cream. a splash of olive oil and a pinch of salt to a hand blender. Run it until light chunky.
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Peel some potato skins and fry in pan using olive oil. Apply medium heat to the pan, as you don't want to burn them. When crisp, drain on kitchen paper and add salt and curry powder.
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When the meat is done, take it out and pull it.
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Strain the liquid and reduce until syrup.
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Cut the lompe in bite size circles using a baking ring or a cup. Plate the dish starting with lompe, then build with meat, syrup, apple cream and crispy potato. Enjoy! :)
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Finn-Erik Cooks - The Secret Sauce

5/4/2019

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Recipe below video.
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For two persons:

2 x 200 grams of Premium Entrecôte

1 pack of raisins 
2 dl beef broth
2 dl full cream
1/2 dl soy sauce
3/4 bottle of dry white wine
 
Delicacy potatoes
Ocean salt
​Olive Oil
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Salt baked potatoes

Delicacy potatoes have delicate skinn that you don't need to remove.
Rub them in olive oil and place on a bed of ocean salt in a cast iron cocotte.

Bake in oven at 150 degrees Celcius for 45 minutes.
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The sauce

Add wine, raisins, beef broth and soy sauce to a casserole. Bring to a boil and let it simmer under a lid until syrup texture. It takes about 30 minutes. 
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Strain the sauce, pressing all the goodness out of the raisins. 
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Pour the sauce back in to the casserole and add cream. Stir and re-heat.
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Get your potatoes out of the oven and lightly brush of some of the salt crystals. Leave some.
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Season the entrecôte 15 minutes before frying it, using smoked sea salt and black ground pepper. Fry in a hot pan using olive oil. Cook to your liking.
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Important!
Use a hot plate when finishing this dish. If you don't, the sauce will immediately turn cold, making it a lot less delicious. 

Plate the dish and enjoy with a classic red Bordeaux, a Rosso di Montalcino from Italy or a red wine from Cahors, France, with some age.
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Finn-Erik Cooks - Japanese/American mushroom soup, with pickles and browned butter

1/4/2019

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Soup for two:

2 dl dried Shiitake mushrooms
5-6 fresh mushrooms
2 cloves of garlic
2 shallots
3-4 reddish
3-4 pickled cucumbers 
2 dl dry apple cider (or good quality apple juice)
1 ts Dijon mustard
2 dl chicken stock
1 ts sour cream
2 slices of American Cheddar cheese (or English)
100 grams of propper butter
2-3 slices of sourdough bread
1/2 dl Soy Sauce
Olive oil
Salt 
​Ground pepper
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Exclusive produce

​Dried Shiitake mushrooms are found in most Asian food stores. They're cheap, super flavourful and a fantastic source of Umami.

Norwegian Cider is reaching world class, mostly due to farmers dedicating countless hours of work. But the soil and climate also play a good part.
Try some cider and save some for your cooking. It serves as a great spice.


Start out by boiling 2 dl of water and soaking the mushrooms.
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Make the croutons.
Finely slice your bread, add some olive oil and roast in oven at 200 degrees until golden.
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Prepare the toppings.
Finely slice reddish and pickles. Keep in fridge until serving.
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Make the soup.
Finely chop shallots, garlic and fresh mushrooms. Heat olive oil in a cast iron casserole and add the two onion types. Fry to light golden and add the mushrooms. Fry for another minute. 
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Add Shiitake and the water they've been soaking in. Put in Dijon, chicken stock, cider and soy sauce. Bring to a boil and let it simmer at medium heat for 40 minutes. 
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Make browned butter.
While the soup is simmering, make the golden browned butter.
Add butter to a casserole and melt using medium plus heat. On my stove it's 7 out of 9.
Use a lid as the butter goes through a "popping" face. Watch the melting process carefully. When the popping stops, the melting turns in to a foam stage. A nice golden foam forms on top, and the milk proteins caramelize underneath. Now you want to remove the casserole from the heat. Use a wooden tool and scrape the bottom. You're looking to loosen the browned bits. This whole process might seem difficult, but it's quite simple. Just give it a try.
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Finish the soup.

Run the soup smooth using a hand blender. 

Strain the soup to achieve a more luxurious texture, or keep the bits if you prefer. It tastes good no matter what you choose.

Add propper sour cream and mix it in. Season to taste. 

Assemble your Créme brûlée burner and start plating.
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Add a good slice of Cheddar cheese and roast it with your burner. Add croutons and scoop on some of that delicious browned butter. Make sure you get the best bits, which are the golden-caramelized ones at the bottom.
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Finish with your fridge-cold reddish and pickles. Enjoy with a dry apple cider, a Riesling or a glass of soda water with lime. Enjoy! :)
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Finn-Erik Cooks - American Meatball Subs

24/3/2019

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Four sandwiches:

3-400 grams of minced pork
1/2 sweet potato
4 sausage buns/bread rolls
2 tbs of tomato puré
1 large shallot (or 2 small)
1/2 fennel 
2 dl of apple cider (or good apple juice)
2-3 tbs soy sauce
1 ts Dijon mustard
1 ts Mango chutney
2 tbs smoked sweet paprika
1 dl Parmesan cheese 
A handfull of shredded cheese
2-3 spring onions
Nutmeg
​2 dl chicken stock
Salt & black pepper
​Chili powder
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This is a quick and easy meal to make.
Using good produce will always give you the best results.

If you don't have home made stock, there are now plenty of good ones to buy at most supermarkeds. 

Use whole nutmeg, instead of powdered versions. The whole one has more flavour.
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Make the meatballs.
​Mix shredded sweet potato, salt, pepper, smoked paprika and Parmesan with the minced pork. Shave some nutmeg into the mix. About a table spoon will do. Blend well with your hands. Roll meatballs using a little olive oil on your hands. Place on baking tray with some olive oil.
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Roast in oven av 220 degrees Celsius until golden brown. This will go fairly quick. 10-15 minutes.
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Keep them warm while making the sauce.
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Delicious and quick tomato sauce
Finely chop shallot and fennel. Roast golden in a pan, using olive oil. Add tomato puré, cider, chicken stock, Dijon and Mango chutney. Reduce at medium-high heat for about 10 minutes. 
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Add fresh ground black pepper and some chili powder for structure and a bit of bite. 
Chop the spring onions and heat the bread rolls in the oven. Then plate the dish. Start with bread, then meatballs, tomato sauce and spring onions. Add some shredded cheese on top, if you desire. Enjoy!
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Finn-Erik Cooks - Classic Wiener Schnitzel, with peas and browned sour cream butter

13/3/2019

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Schnitzels for two:

500 grams of Calf inside rounds (flatbiff)
1/2 Sourdough bread
100-150 grams of Petit Pois (fine frozen peas)
1/2 mango
2 tbs Pomegranate 
Fresh mint leaves 
1 egg
2 tbs smoked paprika powder
1 tbs Sour Cream
100 grams of propper butter
1 lemon
​Salt & pepper
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Making your own crust and buying propper quality meat is crucial for this dish.

I'm using sourdough bread as the base of my crust. Slice it into chunks and roast dry in the oven - 150 degrees celcius for about 15 minutes. Keep watch; don't burn.

Sourdough bread has a lot of flavour and long durability, and even after a few days it still remains quite juicy. That's why we need this drying process.

After toasting in the oven, let the bread cool completely.
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The inside rounds of calf is a very delicate meat. Ask your butcher to slice fine cuts, and then flaten it even more when cooking. Use a stick of choice and smash the beef, making the maximum surface.
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Take the now chilled bread and put it in a blender. Run smooth.



Put in a long pan and add spices.
Smoked sweet paprika, salt and pepper.
Mix well. Taste the mix to be sure your blend is just right.
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Put meat and crust aside, and prep salad and browned sour cream butter.
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Make browned butter by melting butter on a medium plus heat. 
First the butter will melt, then start to pop and be quite active in the casserole. Eventually it will settle, and a foam will form on top. Stir with a wooden spoon to release the caramelised milk proteins from the bottom of the casserole. They will surface, as shown on the picture above. At this point take the butter away from the heat.

Mix browned butter with sour cream and blend with a hand blender. Let this mix set in the freezer for 10 minutes.
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Make a nice fruit salad to go with the meat. I'm using mango, pomegranate and mint leaves. Chop and mix with some fresh lemon juice.

Cook the peas in salted water and crush with a fork. You wanna see that it's peas, so don't go all the way making it puré.
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Whisk up one egg and get the meat in. Make sure to coat every part of the meat cuts. Then cover in sourdough crust and fry it in a hot pan using olive oil. You wanna fry at 30 seconds on each side. Look for that golden colour on the crust.

Keep the cooked schnitzels in a pre heated oven at 70-80 degrees, whilst frying the other pieces.

Plate the dish with crushed peas, fruit salad, a scoop of browned sour cream butter and a wedge of lemon to squeeze. Enjoy with a nice Chianti from Tuscany or a fizzing soda.
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Finn-Erik Cooks - English Cottage Pai with ragu and dill cream

8/3/2019

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Recipe below video.
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For one large pai you need:

5-600 grams of Rib Roast/Chuck Roll (høyrygg)
3 carrots
1 onion
3 stalks of celery
​4 mushrooms
1/2 fennel
2 cloves of garlic
1 tbs fresh ginger
1 dl dried porcini mushrooms
3 dl red wine
1/2 dl soy sauce
​1 shot of espresso 
3 dl light crème fraiche
3 eggs
A good portion of Cheddar Cheese 
Salt & pepper
​Chili powder 
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2 dl light quark 
Juice of 1/2 lemon
Fresh dill







130 grams of propper butter
200 grams of flour
​2 tbs cold water
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Start with the pai crust. Mix butter, flour and water. Use your hands and blend well. Set it cold in the fridge for 30 minutes. Take it out, roll it and press into a pai baking tray. Tap it with a fork to make small holes in the bottom.
Pre bake in oven at 200 degrees Celcius for about 15 minutes, until light golden.
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Rinse, peal and finely chop the veggies.

Rehydrate the porcini mushrooms by adding 1 dl of hot water. Let them sit for a couple of minutes. Finely chop them. Keep the water.

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This piece of meat contains quite a bit of fat. Cut away the main chunks, keeping them whole so they easily separate from the finely chopped meat. The fat will cook with the rest, to leave flavour. Then in the end we remove it.
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I'm using a pressure cooker for this. If you do not have one, swap it for a cast iron casserole and cook for 3 hours.
Pour in some olive oil and crank the plate to maximum. In with the meat a brown it quickly. Add veggies and stir for a minute. In with porcini mushrooms, red wine, soy sauce and a shot of espresso. Grind some fresh pepper and 1/2 ts of chili powder. Put the lid on and pressure cook at full pressure for 1 hour.
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Make the dill cream by adding light quark, fresh dill and lemon juice to a blender. Add a pinch of salt and blend smooth.
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Whip up crème fraiche and eggs. 
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After 1 hour in the pressure cooker:
Take the fat chunks out of the ragu and reduce without lid until texture is thick enough. Too much liquid in the ragu will make the pai soggy. 
Add the ragu to the pai crust, top with the egg mix and finish with generous amounts of Cheddar cheese. Bake in a 220 degree oven for 15-20 minutes, until everything sets and cheese is golden.
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Let the pai rest for 15-20 minutes when done. Then plate the dish and enjoy!
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PS! - This pai will taste even better the next day. Just keep that in mind ;)
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Finn-Erik Cooks - Tea chicken from Mauritius

28/2/2019

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Tea chicken for two:

2 chicken thighs
5 bags of vanilla tea
2 shallots
1 clove of garlic
3 stalks of spring onion
1 orange
1 ts ground cinnamon
1 dl Oyster sauce
1 dl Soy sauce
1 cauliflower 
Olive Oil
Smoked Sea Salt
​Ground pepper
​1 tbs sesame seeds
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The chicken
I prefer thighs to filet in this dish, because there is more flavour sitting on the bone and filet tends to end up dry when cooked to long.

Get the marinade going.
​Mix oyster sauce, soy sauce and cinnamon. 

In with the chicken and massage it with the marinade.

Set aside for 15-20 minutes.
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Make cauliflower rice bye shredding it on a microplane into a bowl.
​A hot tip is doing this over the sink, when it tends to get a bit messy. Spread it on a baking tray and add some olive oil, smoked sea salt and ground pepper. Mix. Bake in oven at 250 degrees until light golden. Stir a few times.
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Brew a strong pot of vanilla tea. Use five bags on 1/2 liter of water. Let it set for 8-10 minutes.
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Toast some sesame seeds in a dry pan. Medium heat. Toss and turn.

Make some orange filets and chop the spring onion.

​Finley chop shallots and garlic.
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Take the chicken out of the marinade and brown in a cast iron casserole using olive oil. Use medium-high heat.
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Add shallots and vanilla tea. Put on a lid and simmer at medium heat until the meat is tender and the liquid has reduced to thick syrup. We're looking at 40-60 minutes, depending on the size of the meat. Add more water if needed. 
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Slice the meat off the bone and plate the dish starting with the cauliflower rice. Then build with colour. Enjoy this family recipe from Mauritius with some fresh Norwegian apple cider or a dry Riesling from the Mosel Valley in Germany.
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Finn-Erik Cooks - Veal Marsala

26/2/2019

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Veal Marsala for two people:

​400 grams of calf filet
Marsala wine from Sicily
Flour
2 shallots
4 mushrooms of choice 
1 clove of garlic
Fresh thyme
Fresh chives
Asparagus beans
Tagliatelle
Parmesan cheese
​Salt & pepper
Smoked sea salt
​Ground paprika powder
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This dish takes its name from the famous sweet wine produced on the west coast of Sicily, Italy. Marsala is a fortified wine that can remind you of a Madeira/Sherry blend. It's delicious and fairly inexpensive.

There are a number of fake wines claiming to be a Marsala wine, so make sure yours originates from Sicily. 
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Start out with the meat. 
Mix wheat flour with salt, pepper and ground paprika. Blend well.
​Add the large filets of meat and cover in the flour mix. Pad it to remove excess flour.
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Finely chop shallots, garlic, mushrooms and fresh thyme. Turn the oven on at 75 degrees.
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Add some smoked sea salt and more pepper to the meat. Fry the meat in olive oil at high heat. 30 seconds on each side is enough. 

​Take the meat out of the pan and keep warm in the pre heated oven.

Add some more oil to the pan. Throw in the finely chopped vegetables and fry for a couple of minutes. Add the Marsala wine. About 1 dl should do the trick. Reduce until thick syrup at medium heat. Add the meat back into the pan and let it simmer for 4 minutes at low heat.
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Cook the pasta accordingly and add generous amounts of shaved Parmesan cheese and a splash of olive oil. 
Fry the asparagus beans in a hot pan with a hint of olive oil. This just take a minute. 

Plate the dish and add the nice Marsala sauce on top of the meat. Sprinkle with fresh cut chives. Enjoy this true classic with a nice Sicilian red wine on the Frappato grape.
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Finn-Erik Cooks - Baked Sweet Potato with browned butter and Macadamia nuts

25/2/2019

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For one portion you need:

1 medium sized sweet potato (longer is better, because you'll have room for more garnish)
1 handfull of Macadamia nuts
2 stalks of spring onion
50 grams of propper butter
Some slices of spicy salami
Smoked sea salt
Fresh ground pepper
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Wrap the sweet potato in aluminum foil and baked it in the oven at 200 degrees Celsius for two hours.
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Brown the butter.
Add propper butter to a casserole and cook at medium + heat. On my stove 7 out of 9 will do the trick. Keep a good watch on this process, because the road from yummy to burnt stuff is quite short. 
The butter melts and then after a while the bubbling stops. It will start to foam and underneath the milk proteins will caramelize. Take the casserole of the stove as soon as this happens, to prevent it from burning.

Finley slice the salami and roast in the oven at high heat until crispy brown.
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Crush or chop the Macadamia nuts and finely chop the spring onion.
Slice the baked sweet potato and squeeze it open. Add Browned butter, crispy salami, nuts and spring onion. Sprinkle with smoked sea salt and fresh pepper. Voila! Enjoy the best sweet potato you'd ever had :)
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Finn-Erik Cooks - Arctic fish soup with curry

1/2/2019

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Soup for two:

A net of mussels
White fish filet that stays firm - cusk, monkfish, long cod, and halibut works well
2 carrots
2 stalks of celeriac 
2 cloves of garlic
1/2 fennel
1 shallot
1 tbs fresh ginger
4-5 slices of spicy cured meat
2 dl dry white wine
1 sour apple
2 ts propper sour cream
​A good handfull of fresh dill
Curry powder
​Turmeric powder 
​Soy Sauce
​Smoked Sea Salt
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Making fish soup boils down to two separate processes. Making the stock and poaching the fish and vegetables to eat.
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1. Make the stock
Wash and clean the mussels. You wanna use the alive and good ones. Remove the cracked ones.

Prepare veggies and meat for the stock. 
Roughly chop shallot, fennel, garlic and ginger. Slice cured meat as well.
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Heat some olive oil in a casserole. Add veggies and meat. Fry for a couple of minutes.
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Add the cleaned mussels and pour on white wine, smoked sea salt and a splash of soy sauce. Put a lid on it and steam the mussels for about 5 minutes. Take out some of the mussels for eating and leave the rest in. Add 1 ts curry powder and 1 ts turmeric + 6-7 dl of cold water. Cook for another 20 minutes.
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Strain the stock and prepare for second fase.
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2. Poaching fish & veggies 
Chop carrot, celery and dill. Cut fish into cubes. Toast some bread in olive oil and salt. Take whatever you have available.
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Stir in sour cream to the stock. Heat the soup again. Add veggies, fish and the mussels you put aside. Put a lid on it and pull the casserole of the heat. Let it sit for 7-8 minutes.
Plate the dish and finish off with some shredded sour apple on top. Serve with toasted bread. Enjoy! 
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Finn-Erik Cooks - "Cured salmon roll with raspberries and Mascarpone cheese"

23/1/2019

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To make one roll (1 person) you need:

Half a back loin of salmon
10 raspberries
2 tbs Mascarpone cheese 
Cilantro or mint leaves 
70 grams of salt
30 grams of sugar
Soy sauce
Spring onion
1 lemon
1 sour apple
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Start with curing the salmon.

Slice the salmon loin to achieve the maximum surface. It should be one single piece and try not to cut completely through it.

Add salt and sugar on both sides and wrap it in clingfilm.

Set in fridge for 30 minutes. 
You can leave it in for longer if you want. Flavours will intensify some.
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Shred the apple and squeeze on some fresh lemon juice. Add black pepper.
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The dish needs something crisp. 
Cut some bread in thin slices. I prefer sourdough bread. Sprinkle with olive oil, salt and pepper. Toast in oven until nice and crispy. 
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Unwrap the clingfilm and rinse the cured salon in cold running water. You'll see the new beautiful glossy texture of the fish.
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Spread Mascarpone on one side of the loin. Add herbs and raspberries in the middle. Roll it tight like a maki roll. Add pieces of string to contain the shape.
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Heat some olive oil in a non stick pan. Use quite high heat, as the frying process should be very quick.
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Fry on all sides. 30 seconds will do the trick.
Remove the string and slice into maki bites. Using a sharp knife with a thin blade will help you, as the salmon is somewhat fragile.
Plate with the sour apples, raspberries, crushed toasted bread, some chopped spring onions and a splash of soy sauce. Enjoy! :)
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Finn-Erik Cooks - Asian reindeer kebabs with baked carrot purée and dill cream

19/12/2018

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For two persons you need:

500 grams of "Finnbiff" (finely sliced reindeer meat)
1 red chili
1 stalk of lemongrass 
1 clove of garlic
1 tbs fresh ginger
A handfull of Shiitake mushrooms
5-6 good sized carrots
Fresh dill
1/2 a lime
Some salad leaves 
Light quark 
Ground pepper
Smoked sea salt
Olive oil
​Butter
​Soy Sauce
​Turkish lavas bread (lompe or pita bread would also work)
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Start with marinating the meat. 
Good quality meat is essential for this dish. You can use any cut you want. I'm going to use a thin shaved version called "Finnbiff".

I get best results when the meat is defrosted. 

Finley chop garlic, ginger, lemongrass and chili. Add a splash of olive oil to the meat and massage in the chopped spices.

​Let it set in the fridge while you sort the rest of the dish.
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Make the baked carrot purée.
​Chop edges of the carrots and peel. If your carrots are in season you can just leave the skin on.
Roughly chop and sprinkle with olive oil, smoked sea salt and fresh ground pepper. Roast in oven at 250 degrees Celsius, using the grill function. With want to caramelize the carrots, leaving them crispy, slightly burnt on the outside and creamy on the inside.
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Make the dill cream.
​Chop off the thickest part of the dill stalks. Put in blender with 2 dl of light quark and the juice of 1/2 a lime. Blend until that lovely green colour pops out.
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Make purée of the baked carrots.
​Put the baked carrots in a device propper for hand blending. Add a tea spoon of butter and make the delicious purée.
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Fry chopped Shiitake. Add pepper and a splash of soy sauce at the end.
​Do the same with the meat. Fry in small portions using high heat. 
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Plate the dish.
Quickly heat lavas bread in the oven.
Start with the carrot purée. Spread the salad leaves and the mushrooms. Add the meat, pour on some of that nice dill cream and sprinkle some fresh red chilis to finish.
​Enjoy! :) 
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Finn-Erik Cooks - Carrot-Ginger-Coconut soup, with cured lamb "Fenalår"

17/12/2018

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For two persons you need:

​500 grams of carrots
1 onion
1 clove of garlic
2 tbs of fresh ginger
3 dl coconut milk
2 tbs apple cider vinagre
Dry cured lamb "Fenalår"
8 dl of water
Smoked Sea Salt
Ground pepper
2 dl chicken stock
Coconut, dried and shaved thin
Some dill (or other green herbs for garnish only)
​Soy Sauce
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​I'm using a pressure cooker for this dish. If you do not have one, use a cast iron casserole and cook for 1 hour on medium heat. 

Start out by chopping the edges of the carrots and peel. If your carrots are in season, no peeling is needed, just remove the edges. 

Finley chop ginger and roughly slice the onion and the garlic. 
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Heat the pressure cooker with some olive oil and throw in the vegetables. Add some apple cider vinegar and 8 dl of cold water. 
Sprinkle in some smoked sea salt and fresh ground pepper. 

​Pressure cook under full pressure for 15 minutes.
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Finley slice some cured lamb (Fenalår) or some other cured meat. A spicy chorizo or a nice Italian Pepperoni would also work very well. Fry in oven, using high heat until crispy.

​Heat the chicken stock.
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When cooking is done, release the pressure and run the soup smooth with a hand blender. Add a box (3 dl) of coconut milk and the chicken stock. Blend again.
Adjust the saltines with some soy sauce. Consider some more fresh ground pepper as well. Taste as you go along.

Plate the dish in a bowl. Sprinkle some cured lamb/Fenalår and shaved coconut on top. Garnish with some green herbs. Whatever you have is cool. Parsley, basil, cilantro or dill as I had. Enjoy! 
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Finn-Erik Cooks - Asian Style X-Mas pork in "lompe"

17/12/2018

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Recipe below video.
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For two persons you need:

​300 grams of "Ribbe" (pork belly)
2 ​Lompe (traditional soft flat bread from Norway made mostly out of potatoes)
1 onion
1 clove of garlic
4-5 slices of dried Porcini mushrooms
1 tbs fresh ginger
1 orange (the juice) - save the peel for plating 
1 ts of Chinese 5 spice (or powdered mix of star anise, carnation, cinnamon and fennel)
1 ts liquid honey
1 ts peanut butter
1 ts Dijon mustard
1 dl Red wine
1/2 dl Soy Sauce
1 Spring onion
Pickles 
​Parsley leaves 
​Bacon snack (ready made)
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Start with roughly chopping onion, garlic and ginger.
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Get everything in to the cast iron casserole and cook at 100 degrees Celcius for 5 hours. Raise the temperature to 150 degrees Celcius for the last two hours.
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Take the classic  snack "baconsvor" and heat in the oven alongside the casserole of the last 15 minutes.
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Remove the top layer of skinn and fat. Then quickly fry in a hot pan. This will only take a second, so be aware. 
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Strain the remains in the cocotte and reduce in a casserole until thick syrup. 


​Plate the dish.
​Start with pickles, warm bacon snack and parsley. Add the tender meat. Drizzle on some of the reduction sauce, fresh spring onions and finish off by zesting the orange skin.

Enjoy! :)
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Finn-Erik Cooks - Pank crusted cod with curry baked cauliflower salad

17/12/2018

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Recipe below video.
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For two people you need:

400 grams of Cod (or other firm white fish)
Panko bread crumbs
1 egg
1 stalk of lemongrass 
1 clove of garlic
1 tbs fresh ginger
1 ts of Dijon Mustard

1 Cauliflower
1 yellow beet
Fresh parsley 
A handfull of cashew nuts
1 dl of pomegranates 
2 ts curry powder
​Olive Oil
Salt
Ground pepper
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2 stalks of celery 
Fresh dill
Ready made "remulade" (tartar sauce)
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Start out by prepping the cauliflower salad.

Cut out as mush of the stalk/root as you can. Break into pieces and slice fine bouquets of cauliflower.
Put them into a roasting tray and sprinkle on some olive oil, curry powder and salt.
Massage it well into the cauliflower and roast in oven at 250 degrees Celsius using the grill function. 10 minutes will do the trick. 

Cut yellow beet into small cubes and finely chop the parsley. 
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Finely chop garlic, ginger and lemongrass. 
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Toast the lovely cashew nuts in a dry pan.
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Mix the salad
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Mix ginger, garlic and lemongrass with the Panko bread crumbs. Whip up the egg in a separate bowl. Slice the fish into fish fingers and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bread in eggs and crumbs. 
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Pimp the "remulade".

Do that simply by finely slicing the celery stalks and the fresh dill. Mix this with the ready made remulade (tartar sauce).
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Fry the breaded fish in olive oil and plate the dish.
Voila! Comfort food check :) 
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Finn-Erik Cooks: Vietnamese style caramelized pork with cauliflower rice

11/12/2018

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Recipe below video
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For two persons you need:

500 grams of pork neck
Handfull of cashew nuts
1 cauliflower
1 red chili
2 cloves of garlic
1 tbs of fresh ginger
2 stalks of spring onions
3 shallots 
4-5 slices of dried porcini mushrooms
2 star anise
1 tbs sesame seeds
1 tbs coconut oil
1 tbs Worcestershire sauce
1 tea spoon of Chinese five spice
1 tea spoon of honey
​1/2 dl soy sauce
Black ground pepper
​2 dl water
​Olive oil
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Finely slice shallots, chili, ginger and garlic.

Pour some hot water on  the porcini. Chop when they are softened. 

Get the meat cooking. Using a cast iron casserole is your best option. 

Heat coconut oil in the casserole. Cut the meat into fine slices and brown them quickly using high heat. Put the meat aside. 

Pour in the chopped shallots, chili, ginger and garlic. Stir and fry. Add the porcini and the water used to re-hydrate them. Return the meat and splash in Worcestershire sauce, honey and soy sauce. Add, star anise, Chinese five spice, fresh black pepper and 2 dl of cold water. Cook on medium heat using a lid, for 1 1/2 hours.
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Slow toast sesame seeds and cashew nuts i pans. 
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Next, make cauliflower rice.
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Chop the cauliflower into rough cubes and shred to rice size bits. Use the outer layers of the cauliflower for best result. Save the remains for soups or stock making. 
Add some olive oil, soy sauce and black ground pepper to the rice. Mix well. Roast in oven at 250 degrees using the grill function. Overlook the process carefully, as it goes quite quick. 5-10 minutes will do the trick.
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Chop the spring onion.
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The meat is done when looking like this. Shiny and sticky.
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Mix in the spring onion and the toasted cashews.
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Serve the dish with cauliflower rice in the bottom and the lovely caramelized pork on top. Sprinkle on some toasted sesame seeds and eat using chop sticks. 
​Enjoy!
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Finn-Erik Cooks: Gnudi -Tuscan Cheese Balls

11/11/2018

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Recipe below video.
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250 grams of Ricotta Cheese
38 grams of Parmesan
Fresh black pepper
Handfull of parsley
Sweet Ginger Sauce (or Sweet chili sauce)
​Sage
A pack of semolina flour
​Kosher salt
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​The two key elements in this dish are Ricotta and Parmesan. Use nice quality and your result will be better.

Ricotta is a cheese traditionally made from the left overs from Mozzarella production. It's a very delicate cheese, light and silky smooth with a touch of sweetness to it.

Being a very juicy cheese, it contains quite a bit of liquid. The most important task in this dish is to drain as much of this away as possible.
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Use propper kitchen paper for this task. Using low quality paper will just leave a paper trail in your dish; something you never want.
Fold paper and place the Ricotta on top. Take some more paper and press, squeezing the cheese. Change paper and repeat until most liquid is gone. This takes some time, but patience  will pay off. When you reach a rubber like texture and your cheese breaks easily into bits, you're done.
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Finely grate 38 grams of Parmesan. Mix with Ricotta and a generous amount of fresh ground pepper. Your dough should have a cream cheese like texture when finished.
Leave the dough in the fridge for 10 minutes to settle.
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Take semolina flour and cover the bottom of one bowl. Pour generous amounts in another. Roll big marble sized balls of your cheese dough and place the in the bowl with the most flour. Roll them around, covering the ball. Place on the bed of semolina flour. 
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When all balls are in their bed, cover completely with semolina flour and refrigerate for 24 hours. This is to form a crust, that will stand boiling and frying the next day.
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Boil water with rich amounts of salt. Cook the Gnudi balls for 4 minutes.
Take out and place on a plate with olive oil. The balls are very sticky, so a thin layer of oil will solve sticky problems.
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Take some olive oil on your finger tips and place the balls in a hot pan with olive oil. Fry them golden. Sprinkle on some Kosher salt.
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Chop some parsley and mix with sweet ginger sauce. This one from Fred The Chéf has lot's of lovely fresh ginger in it and works super nice with this dish. 
Available in numerous Meny stores.

Plate the dish with some sage leaves in the bottom and Gnudi on top. Serve with dipping sauce and enjoy this delight :)

This light and fluffy dish is perfect as a starter or just as a pure snack.
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Finn-Erik Cooks - Beef broth soup

4/11/2018

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Recipe below video.
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200 grams of premium cut entrecôte
4 medium size cuts of ox tail
3 onions
2 cloves of garlic
4-5 bay leaves 
4-5 slices of dried porcini
1 sweet potato
1/2 celery root
1/2 rutabaga
1/4 cabbage
3 carrots
​1 celery stalk
1 Ancho chili
Parsley
Soy sauce
Smoked sea salt
​Kosher salt
Ground pepper
Aquavit (or white wine)
Flat bread and propper butter
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I'm using a pressure cooker for this project. If you do not have one, you can use a cast iron casserole and cook for 4-5 hours.

What separate this recipe from traditional beef soups, is that I'm separating the broth making and the things I'm putting in the finished soup.

Start out with making the beef broth. We're using the ox tails for this.

Brown them lightly in the pressure cooker with some olive oil.​

Add som Aquavit to get all the good stuff from the bottom of the pan. 1 dl is plenty.
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Roughly chop two onions, 1/4 celery root, carrots, celery stalk and cabbage. Smash a couple of garlic cloves. Add this to the pressure cooker, along with the bay leaves, Ancho chili and the dried porcini. Add 1,5 liters of cold water. 
Splash in some soy sauce and kosher salt. Pressure cook under full pressure for 1 hour.
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While things are under pressure, prepare the things going in to the soup; vegetables and beef.
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Chop rutabaga, sweet potato and celery root into cubes. Sprinkle on olive oil, smoked sea salt, fresh ground pepper and some chili powder. Use separat trays for this prosess, because different veggies have different roasting times. Massage in the spices and roast in oven using the grill function. 250 degrees for approximately 10-15 minutes. You want them crisp on the outside and fluffy on the inside.
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Finley chop one onion and caramelise in a pan, using some olive oil, salt and low/medium heat for 15-20 minutes.

Chop the entrecôte into cubes. Sprinkle on some smoked sea salt.
Fry in hot pan using some olive oil.

Release the pressure after one hour and strain the broth.

Plate the dish in a warm bowl. Start with the roasted vegetables, onion and the beef. Add the lovely beef broth and finish with some nice parsley on top. Serve with flat bread and propper butter. Enjoy!
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