Pancakes with spinach

Cook on a pan on both sides.

I don't if this is very Finnish or if other countries eat this as well but pancakes with spinach are so good.

Recipe:

150 g frosen spinach
8 dl milk
4 dl flour
2 eggs
oil
salt

Thaw the frozen spinach and mix it with all the ingredients. Let the batter to stand for minimum 15 minutes so that the flour can swell. Add some oil to the batter so you do not need that much when cooking the pancakes.

Cook normally like any other pancakes on both sides.

Yummy!

Mango with chili

Did you know that chili works perfectly with sweet things too?

Take one ripe mango and dice it. Add dried red chili flakes and enjoy :)

Pan-fried octopus

Octopus is one of the creatures of the sea I just love! By accident I found some octopus at a fish shop and I just had to buy some home.

First you need to clean the octopus: remove the thin skin, pull the head carefully out and remove the bones etc. Finally wash under cold water. There are many videos on Youtube how you clean the octopus and it is easy!

Check videos on Youtube for the cleaning.

Marinate the octopus in olive oil with salt and pepper for about 10 minutes.

After marinating is done fry the octopus
pieces on a frying pan.

Fry the octopus pieces on a frying pan until caramelized.

Cook until caramelized golden brown.

Croutons

I have never made croutons but now when I dried to make caesar salad for the first time I tried to make croutons as well.

You can use old dry toast or then fresh one. Have four pieces of toast and remove the outsides of the bread (or then use the whole bread). Dice the bread slices and fry them in butter and olive oil on a frying pan until golden brown.

Let the bread to dry on a kitchen paper.

Dressing for caesar salad

Ingredients for the caesar dressing.

Caesar salad is one of my favorite salads. There are many recipes for the dressing but I prefer the following one:

1 can anchovies (about 79 g)
2 cloves minced garlic
3 egg yolks
1 tsp Dijon mustard
2 tbsp lemon juice
2 tbsp olive oil
1,2 dl oil
2 tbsp grated parmesan cheese

Mince the garlic and mix it with a fork with anchovies until it is a smooth paste.

Mix the egg yolks in a separate bowl and add the mustard. Mix well. Whisk the anchovies paste in to the egg mix. Add the lemon juice whisking at the same time.

While whisking the mix pour carefully in a thin stream the olive oil in to the mixture. Whisk for couple of minutes until the dressing thickens.

While whisking slowly pour the oil. After all of the oil is streamed whisk for one more minute.

Finally add the parmesan and serve immediately. The dressing lasts for one day.

Serve with romaine lettuce, croutons and parmesan cheese.

Serve the dressing with crispy croutons, parmesan
cheese and romaine lettuce.

Sausage casserole

Bake in the oven for 30 minutes in 200 °C.

This recipe is a hit recipe in Finland at the moment. Recipe should be around 30 years old according to newspaper Iltalehti.

I think the sausage casserole was easy to make and was really tasty so in my family we are going to make this often.

You need:

5 cooked potatoes
Sausage
3 tomatoes
1 onion
2,5 dl cream
2 eggs
salt
pepper
shredded cheese

Slice cooked potatoes, sausage, tomatoes and onion. Place the ingredients in the casserole as in the picture.

Mix the eggs with cream and season with salt and pepper. Pour on the casserole. Have shredded cheese on top.

My family's new favorite.

Cook in the oven for 30 minutes in 200 °C.

Tomato soup

Tomato soup is the classic of all soups.

Autumn is the time for warming soups. Tomato soup has not been on top of my list but this recipe was so good that I had to try it.

800 g tomatoes
1 onion
2 cloves of garlic
1 vegetable stock cube
3,5 tbsp tomatopuré
5 dl water
2 tsp dried oregano or basil
1 dl fresh basil
1 tbsp balsamico
pepper
salt

Make couple of small cuts on each tomato and put them into a boiling water until they start to get wrinkled and the skin peals a bit.

Boiling tomatoes quickly in water helps
to remove the skin easier.

Take the tomatoes out of the water and let them cool down. Peel the tomatoes carefully and dice them.

Let the tomatoes to cool down
before you remove the skins.

Heat some olive oil in a casserole and cook the diced onion and garlic until they are transparent. Add the tomatoes and their juice. Cook on medium fire for about 10 minutes.

Add the water, vegetable stock cube, tomatopuré and dried oregano. Cook on medium fire for 20-25 minutes. Finally add the fresh basil and mix the soup with a hand mixer. Season with balsamico, salt and pepper.

Bon app!

Serve with bread or Italian bread sticks.