Cold smoked salmon

cols smoked salmon on wooden board with bread and prawns

Perfectly brined and smoked salmon that just melts on the tongue. That’s how cold smoked salmon should be. Served on toasted bread along with some asparagus and prawns, then it’s simply a heavenly mouthful. If you need the recipe for the best cold smoked salmon, read along here. Food with smoke I think it’s really … Read more

Old-fashioned Danish Rhubarb Cake

Old-fashioned Danish Rhubarb cake served in glasses with whipped cream on top

At the beginning of summer, there is nothing better than making an Old-fashioned Danish rhubarb cake with the first fresh rhubarbs from the garden or local market. It consists of a rhubarb pudding, danish macaroons, crumble, and whipped cream on top. It is a traditional Danish dessert, and very quick to make. Read along here … Read more

Profiteroles with pastry cream

small profiteroles with pastry cream and icing

Are you familiar with profiteroles? The small French pastries are made from choux pastry filled with delicious airy vanilla cream. We make our profiteroles with cream inside, and decorate them with icing on top. Traditionally, they are eaten with chocolate sauce rather than icing. Read here and get our recipe for the best profiteroles with … Read more

Danish pastry cream (kagecreme)

bowl with homemade danish pastry cream with vanilla

Cake cream, creme patissiere, vanilla cream, or pastry cream – we have lots of different names for this cream, but no matter what, it’s just delicious! Many people may probably choose the easy powder pastry cream, but you can actually easily make it yourself from scratch as well. Read here and get our recipe for … Read more

Cold strawberry buttermilk soup (strawberry koldskål)

two bowls with danish cold strawberry buttermilk soup with fresh strawberries and kammerjunkere

When summer knocks on the door and the Danish strawberries are ready, there is nothing better than a bowl of cold strawberry buttermilk soup with home-baked kammerjunkere and fresh strawberries. Read along here and get the easy recipe for a wonderful danish summer dessert or a light meal for the hot days. Fresh danish strawberry … Read more

Danish kammerjunkere (double-baked biscuits)

danish kammerjunkere or double-baked biscuits

In summer we eat a lot of danish buttermilk soup, or koldskål as we call it. It is traditionally served with small double-baked biscuits called kammerjunkere. They are crunchy and sweet and perfect for desserts like buttermilk soup or at the bottom of a cheesecake. Read along here and get the recipe for the best … Read more

Danish choux buns (vandbakkelser)

danish choux buns with whipped cream and jam

We are always making a lot of Shrovetide buns in spring, or fastelavnsboller as we call them. One of the easy kinds is those of choux pastry. They do not take very long to mix together, and then they just taste good. Here you get our recipe for perfect airy danish choux buns filled with … Read more

Danish vanilla cream pudding (fløderand)

Danish vanilla cream pudding with berries on top

It is one of the classic Danish desserts that most of us Danes have a memory of. Childhood memories of grandma’s vanilla cream pudding with berry coulis or canned fruit. Here you get the recipe for a danish vanilla cream pudding, that tastes completely classic of cream and vanilla. Just like the one from our … Read more

Danish red berry pudding (rødgrød med fløde)

danish red berry pudding with strawberries and cream

One of the joys of summer is all the delicious berries and fruits you can find in the gardens and in Danish nature. Red berries and rhubarb for red berry pudding with cream are clearly in the top 3, and it is a good way to empty the freezer of all the many berries you … Read more