Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Spring Cabbage with Prawns











We call it summer cabbage, it comes to Oslo in late June. It is green, soft and tender. You can saute it with a butter, fry in oil, just slice for a salad or saute in Asian way, like I did this evening.



Do you have these ingredients?

2 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped.

2 tbsp grated ginger

3-4 tbsp vegetable oil

400 g spring cabbage, shredded

1 1/2 cups already cooked prawns, defrozed and peeled

1 tbsp soy sauce

salt and pepper


Step for step

Heat the vegetable oil in a skillet.

Add ginger and garlic, stir well for 1 min.

Add the cabbage, mix well and stir for 5 mins.

Add the prawns, mix well and stir for 1 min.

Add the soy sauce, season, mix and stir for 1 min more.

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Roasted Bell Peppers Rolls






























This is a real celebration of summer colours. Red and yellow bell peppers, green spinach and white garlic! Try this easy made Roasted Bell Peppers Rolls as appetizer.

Do you have these ingredients?

7 red or yellow bell peppers

100 g spinach
1-2 tbsp olive oil

185 g can tuna in oil
1 tbsp capers
7-8 Basil leaves
1-2 garlic cloves

1 garlic clove
1 tbsp olive oil

salt, pepper

Step for step

Heat oven to 210C.
Put the peppers into large baking dish and roast for 30 mins.
Peel the peppers and divide into 3 parts each.

Heat olive oil in a pan.
Wash the spinach and add to the pan.
Leave the spinach to wilt for 1 min, stirring once or twice.
Peel and slice 2 garlic cloves.
Put the tuna, capers, spinach, garlic and Basil leaves into the blender.
Puree.

Lay the peppers pieces on a work surface and put a teaspoon of the spinach-tuna mix over.
Roll up the pepper pieces put on a plate.

Peel and slice the garlic clove.
Mix the garlic with the olive oil.
Sprinkle the garlic olive oil over the pepper rolls.

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Amond Salmon with Asparugus





Finally summer arrived in Oslo. We had guests for dinner the last Tues. Easy made quickly prepared Almond Salmon was served.




Do you have these ingredients?


250 g asparugus, trimmed and halved

4 salmon fillets, about 200 g each

2 handfuls of flakes almonds

olive oil

salt, pepper




Step for step


Heat oven to 210C.

Tip the asparugus and the olive oil into the overnproof dish.

Season the salmon and put the salmon in with the asparugus.

Scatter the almond flakes over the salmon.

Roast for 15-20 mins.