The photo I posted on Christmas was of tähtitorttu, a traditional Finnish Christmas pastry made with flaky dough and luumumarmeladi, a thick plum jam. Here’s a photo series of J making them a few days before Christmas: Basted with egg yolk
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Tähtitorttu/Christmas stars
Posted in The Cooking Poro on Tuesday, 30 December, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Flashback to spring: Dallase saiad
Posted in I Cook Sometimes, The Cooking Poro, tagged NaBloPoMo, pastries on Tuesday, 11 November, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There are these pastries you can buy in Estonian grocery stores called Dallase saiad (Dallas pastries, although sai also means white bread or rolls, and saiake usually indicates a small, sweet pastry). I have no idea why they’re called that or where they come from, but it’s a yeasted dough flavored lightly with cardamom filled [...]
I was kinda on a…
Posted in The Cooking Poro, tagged bacon, blue cheese, chicken, The Cooking Poro on Wednesday, 11 June, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(the second post from guest blogger J) …diet (yeah yeah, I know) and I knew Marika was coming to spend the weekend at my place. I wanted to surprise her with a dinner, but since she is such an enthusiastic cook herself (like you probably know already), I didn’t want to serve her ground meat [...]
A word about the Swedish…
Posted in The Cooking Poro, tagged swedish meatballs, The Cooking Poro on Wednesday, 4 June, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This is the first post from my new guest blogger, J: Oh, Sweden… the land of happiness and tall, blonde women. In any part of their country, you encounter smiley faces and a warm, welcoming atmosphere. The nation that puts the individual before the system, gives men the right to paternity leave, where you don’t [...]
