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Bertie’s Impossible Pie

This is a pie I learned to make from my mother many, many years ago. It is so simple to make and the reason for the name is that before you bake it seems absolutely impossible that the gloopy mess you have will ever become anything tasty let alone anything resembling a pie. Ingredients 4 [...]
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Eddie’s rye bread

It is becoming increasingly easier to buy good rye bread in the UK. Most bigger super markets have a range now which consists of more interesting rye bread than before. However, I still think home baked is really great and since we now have a bread machine at home I thought I’d give it a [...]
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Agnes’ pancakes

This is my Grandmother Agnes’ recipe for pancakes Ingredients 125g Flour 1 1/4dl Milk c. 1 1/4dl beer 1tbsp oil 3-4 eggs bit of salt bit of sugar bit of lemon Process Mix dry stuff Mix wet stuff Mix both together Leave to rest for 1/2 hour Cook thin pancakes with a little fat/margarine
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Eddie’s Pickled Beetroots

I love pickled beetroots. Nothing is better than freshly baked rye bread with warm leverpostej (Danish pate) and homemade pickled beetroots on top. However,  as I currently am residing in the United Kingdom and pickled beetroots are a bit hard to come by – oh who am I kidding I wouldn’t eat store pickled beetroots [...]
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Agnes’ Danish Christmas “Æbleskiver”

My Grandmother Agnes’ recipe for traditional Danish ‘Æbleskiver’. These are usually cooked on a round pan with dips in it (see illustration). ‘Æbleskiver’ can be translated to ‘apple pieces’ and refers to the piece of apple that is traditionally added to the center of the doughy while it bakes. The texture and recipe of ‘Æbleskiver’ [...]
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