Chicken alfredo

I fell in love with cajun spice during my holiday in USA. There I also had my first taste of Chicken Alfredo that is basically chicken in creamy cajun sauce.

This recipe serves for 4 people:

300 g chicken breast sliced to small pieces
450 g of mixed sliced vegetables
4 tsp Cajun powder
3 dl cream
3 dl milk

Cook the chicken on a frying pan golden brown. Add the vegetables, cream, milk and cajun powder and let the sauce to simmer for about 5 minutes. Add the boiled pasta to the sauce and cook for couple of more minutes.

Add some more cajun powder if needed.

Salmon with Asian touch

Serve with sesame seeds and pan-fried kale.

Salmon is very common everyday food in the Nordic Countries. Here salmon is not expensive and accessible easily.

For four persons you will need:

800 g of salmon
1 dl teriyaki sauce*
lime juice from half a lime
2 tsp (or more) fresh ginger
red chili flakes

*Teriyaki sauce: 5 tbsp sugar, 1 dl soy sauce, 3 cloves minced garlic, 2 tsp minced ginger, 4 tbsp worchestershire sauce, 2 tbs applecider vinegar, 3 dl water and 2 tsp corn starch. Mix all the ingredients, cook up and let it cool down.

Dice the salmon. Mix teriyaki sauce with lime juice, ginger and chili. Pour the marinade on the salmon and let it marinade for at least 2 hours.

Marinade minimum for 2 hours.

Cook the salmon dices on a pan but do not overcook them. You should stop cooking right before the white fat comes out from the fish and the center of the fish is warm but slightly raw (the center will continue cooking after you turn the heat off). Serve for instance with pan-fried kale and mushrooms.

The dish is full of flavors.

Lemon and mascarpone tart

Decorate the pie with berries of your choice.

I love the sourness of the lemon and combined with sugar you get this amazing combination.

For this non-bake lemon tart you need:

300-340 g biscuits or cookies (for instance vanilla flavored)
125 g melted butter

Filling:
1 jar lemon curd (about 3 dl)
1 box mascarpone (250 g)


Crush the biscuits and mix the crumbs with the melted butter. Spread the mix on a pie form and put it in a fridge for 30 minutes.

Mix the lemon curd with mascarpone and pour it on the pie. Let the pie to be in the fridge for few hours (preferrably overnight) before serving.

Grilled mackerel

The smoke box gives an extra ingredient to
this fish with already strong taste.

Last summer I bought a smoke box from Weber and I just love it. I have smoked quite a few dishes with the smoke box that is meant to use with gas grills.

Here is an example what I did with mackerel:

6-8 mackerels is enough for 4 people depending how much everyone eats

Rub:
2 tbsp black pepper
1 tbsp lemon zest
1 thumb size grated ginger
Salt

Set the grill on and place the smoke box in the grill. Prepare the rub mix. Pour some olive oil all over the fish (in and outside). Rub the mix well and thoroughly in and outside of the fish so that it really stays on the mackerel.

Grill for 4-6 minutes on both sides.

Grill the fish about 4-6 minutes on both sides.

Serve for instance with avocado and grape salad.

Serve this fat fish with fresh salads.

Honey marinated chicken legs

This is must be one of my favorites because
the chicken is so tender and full of flavors.

In my childhood I loved the honey marinated chicken slices. I managed to find a recipe that is quite close to my childhood memories.

For 400 g of chicken legs or other chicken meat use:

4 garlic cloves
2 tbsp tomato puré
2 tsp soy sauce
4 tbsp olive oil
0,5 dl honey
1 tsp salt
1 tsp paprika powder
black pepper

Mix all the ingredients together and let the meat to marinated over night.

Marinate over night about 10-12 hours.

Heat the oven to 180 ºC and cook the meat thoroughly. From 15 minutes to 1 hour depending on how big the meat pieces are.

Peach and pineapple pie

Serve with ice cream or vanilla sauce.

I just love baking but sometimes and want to do it quickly and easy.

What you need is:

125 g butter
2 eggs
3 dl sugar
2-3 dl sour cream
2 dl milk
6 dl flour
1 tbsp baking powder
0,25 tsp cardamom

250 g peaches (1 can)
127 g pineapple (1 small can)

Melt the butter. Whisk the eggs and sugar until it is foam. Add the sour cream, milk and melted butter to the egg foam. Mix baking powder and cardamom with flour and add to the egg mix. Mix carefully to a smooth dough.

Pour the dough on an oven pan. Add the diced peaches and pineapple on top and bake in the oven at 200 ºC for 30-35 minutes.

After taking the pie out from the oven, sprinkle some sugar on top.

Avocado and grape fruit salad

Suits well with bbq for instance.

I was watching on day a reality show on TV and there I picked up this wonderful dish that works as a salad and a side dish as well.

Ingredients are easy. All you need is 1 large grape fruit and 1 avocado that is enough for 2 persons if you are having this just as a side dish.

Peel the grape fruit and also peel the thin skin of the slices. Slice the avocado and place the slices over each other.

Try also some mustard vinaigratte with this:

1 tbsp Dijon mustard
0,6 dl lemon juice
0,5 tsp salt
black pepper
1,2 dl olive oil

Whisk together the mustard, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Then whisk slowly in the olive oil. The vinaigrette is ready when it has emulsified.