Danish Dinner Party Recipes

"Can be served as a hot appetizer or side dish. Many reviewers have commented that they have found the herb amounts to be too much, so you may want to reduce them according to your own tastes. Originally submitted for the 2005 World Tour."

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Ingredients: mushroom caps, fresh parsley...

"This recipe is posted for the World Tour 2005 RecipeZaar event. It's from Scandinavian Feasts by Beatrice Ojakangas. I made it with our Thanksgiving dinner this year, and everyone loved it."

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Ingredients: pepper, cucumbers...

"This cucumber salad goes well with just any kind of meal. In Sweden, strong white distilled vinegar is usually used (12%), which gives the cucumber salad the correct sweet-and-sour flavour and a wonderful fresh and refreshing taste."

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Ingredients: cucumbers, parsley, salt...

"I have been craving the cool crispiness of fresh celery. Now teamed with creamy chunks of tangy blue cheese, it's so simple and so pleasing. Serve with rice pilaf or polenta cutlets. Adapted from Moosewood Restaurant New Classics cookbook. Enjoy! Recomended cheeses are Maytag, mellow Danish, and Buttermilk Blue."

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Ingredients: extra virgin olive oil, sea salt...

"Sweet berry shakes. Made with or with the boose. Kijafa is Danish a cherry wine."

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Ingredients: strawberry ice cream, milk...

"This is a traditional Danish Christmas dish usually served with roast goose stuffed with prunes and apples or with a roast of pork with crackling"

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Ingredients: granny smith apples, salt and pepper...

"This is a very traditional Danish dish and one that merchant sailors love to make when they come off night watch and want a quick easy hot meal. It is so simple and very good. Great recipe for re-cycling left over roasts etc. Add some peas or some mushrooms, Any left over veggies. The egg is optional but don't miss out on it"

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Ingredients: pepper, eggs, onions...

"I use frozen baby limas. They have a light bleu cheese flavor with a crunchy topping."

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Ingredients: fresh white breadcrumbs, frozen baby lima beans...

"Excellent Christmas recipe. I have made these every year since 1992 when I found the recipe in BC Woman to Woman Magazine it was credited to Mrs M.H. Wilkinson. I have not changed anything in the recipe it is excellent the way it is. For variety add a 1/2 tsp Almond extract orfresh ground nutmeg or finely grated orange peel. Try the original first..."

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Ingredients: eggs, granulated sugar, salt...

"These pancakes are served as a dessert in Denmark and the traditional filling is jam and sugar; but you can really add anything to your liking. We also eat them for breakfast. They freeze well for up to 3 months, I place parchment paper between the pancakes and you can easily remove them from the bag even when frozen"

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Ingredients: ground cardamom, eggs...

"You could serve this as a 1st course for company; it is not your usual mayo/tuna salad. The addition of fresh mushrooms and green peas really does the trick. I usually make a lighter version where I will strain the whey out of some plain yoghurt in a sieve and use 1/3 strained yoghurt and 2/3 mayo. If using this method the yogurt must be drained really..."

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Ingredients: fresh dill, fresh mushrooms...