Category Archives: Viltis

Garlic Potatoes (Cesnjak Krumpir)

 

Garlic Potatoes (Cesnjak Krumpir)

Course: Dinner, Side Dish
Cuisine: Croatia
Keyword: Cesnjak Krumpir, garlic potato, Garlic Potatoes (Cesnjak Krumpir), potato

Ingredients

  • 6-7 medium potatoes
  • lb butter
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • flour

Instructions

  • Peel and boil potatoes until they are almost mushy.
  • When draining leave just a little water at bottom of the pan.
  • Saute the garlic with water and flour, add this to the potatoes and mix it to blend.

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MOSTER HILMA’S SOCKERKAKA

 

MOSTER HILMA’S SOCKERKAKA

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Swedish
Keyword: cake, dessert, sponge cake
Author: Betty Pearson

Ingredients

  • ¾ cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ cup sour cream
  • 3 tsp. lemon juice
  • 1 tbsp. grated lemon rind
  • 1 tsp. baking powder sifted with 1-1/3 cup flour
  • 2 tbsp. butter
  • Dash salt

Instructions

  • Beat sugar and eggs, add cream and flour, lemon juice, and rind.
  • Lastly add melted butter.
  • Bake 350°, 50 min. or more in a small tube pan.

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Mother’s Sillsallad (Herring Salad)

Mother’s Sillsallad

Course: Salad, Side Dish
Cuisine: Swedish
Keyword: beets, Fruit Salad, Herring, pickle
Author: Mrs. John Pearson

Ingredients

  • 1 qt diced boiled potatoes
  • 3 cups diced pickled beets
  • 1 cup diced cucumber or dill pickle
  • ½ cup onion chopped
  • 2 apples diced
  • 1 salt herring
  • 1 cup whipping cream
  • 3 tbsp sugar
  • ¼ tsp white pepper
  • 1 tsp salt
  • hard boiled eggs
  • 2 cups diced cold roast (optional)

Instructions

The night before

  • Remove skin and bones from one firm salt herring, wash and soak overnight.
  • Pickle about 6 large beets in 1 cup vinegar and 1 cup sugar and ¼ tsp cloves

The day of

  • Cut herring in very small pieces and combine all chopped vegetables, pour on enough beet juice to make salad moist.
  • Sprinkle salt, pepper, and sugar and mix well.
  • Pack into a mold and cool.
  • Turn on platter and decorate with chopped hard cooked eggs.
  • Serve with sauce made by adding enough beet juice to whipped cream to make it pink and tasty.
  • If a ring mold is used the sauce may be poured into hollow center, or a dish may be placed there to hold sauce.
  • Prepare salad several hours before serving.