April

Påskechokoladeæg - Easter eggs

(6-8 stk)
100 g dark chocolate
1 dl cream
Cocoa for sprinkling

1. Melt the chocolate in the cream and whip it even
2. Let it cool off and harden
3. Shape the mass into an egg with a spoon dipped in heated water
4. Turn the eggs in cocoa

Store them cool.

Lammekølle til påske  - Leg of Lamb

(4-6 personer)

1 leg of lamb, ca 1½ kg
salt, pepper
25 g butter
ca 1½ kg potatoes
2-3 cloves of garlic
30g parsley
ca 4 dl chicken stock

1. Rub the lamb with salt and pepper
2. Butter up some ovenware
3. Peal and slice the potatoes
4. Chop parsley and garlic
5. Put layers of potatoes in the ovenware
6. Sprinkle parsley, garlic, salt and pepper between the layers
7. Pour stock over the potatoes
8. Put the lamb with the flat side up on top of the potatoes
9. Put the ovenware in the middle of the oven at 225° for ca ½ hour
10. Turn the lamb and roast it at 160° for another hour
11. Pour some stock onto it if the potatoes seem dry
12. Turn off the oven and leave the lamb in it for 10 minutes

Serve with baked tomatoes and vegetables

 Farserede æg - Stuffed eggs

(4 persons)
2 eggs

• Hardboil the eggs
• Shell the eggs

250 g minced meat (lamb)
10g shaved onion
1 clove of garlic
½ dl flour
1 egg
ca. 3/4 dl milk
½ dl coarsely chopped feta
Salt and pepper

• Mix the minced meat with the rest of the ingredients (go easy on the milk!!)
• Sprinkle breadcrumbs on greaseproof paper – on 2 seperate places – and put the minced meat on top of it shaped in 2 oval ”cakes”
• Put an egg on each ”cake” and wrap the minced meat around it and roll it in the rest of the breadcrumbs
• Melt 10 g butter on a pan
• Fry the 2 ”meatballs” on all sides for 15 minutes
• Cut them lengthwise and serve with potatoes au gratin
 

Gul påskefrugtsalat - Yellow Easter Fruit Salad

( 1 person)

½ banana
1 slice of pineapple
1 peach
1 pear
4 small macaroons

1. Crush the macaroons and put them into a sherbet glass
2. Add juice from the fruit
3. Cut the fruit into smaller slices and arrange them on top of the macaroons
4. Garnish with custard and shaved chocolate

Custard: (3 persons)

1 dl cream + 2 egg whites
2 egg yolks
30g sugar
5g vanilla sugar

Whip cream and egg whites in a bowl
Whip yolks and sugar in another bowl
Mix it carefully
 

Skidne æg til påske - Hardboiled eggs in mustard sauce

( 4 persons)

4 egg
• Boil the eggs for ca 6-7 minutter
• Shell the eggs

Mustard sauce:
20 g butter
30g flour
2½ dl milk
ca 15g mustard
salt and pepper
chives and parsley

1. Melt the butter in a pot
2. Add flour
3. Add the milk while whipping it briskly
4. Add salt, pepper and half the mustard
5. Let the sauce boil up
6. Add more mustard if needed
7. Put the sauce on a plate and pour the sauce over them
8. Sprinkle with chopped chives and parsley

Serve with rye bread and diced bacon

Citronfromage - Lemon Mousse

(4 persons)

4 egg yolks
125 g sugar
4 gelatine leaves
2 lemons
2½ dl cream
4 egg whites

Garnish:
1 dl cream
lemon
lemon zest

1. Whip the yolks and sugar white in a bowl
2. Soften the gelatine in cold water and dissolve them in juice from the 2 lemons
3. Whip the cream ever so lightly and add it to the bowl with yolks and sugar
4. Add the gelatine
5. Whip the egg whites stiff and add them too
6. Put the mousse in the fridge until it stiffens
7. Garnish with whipped cream and lemon zest, lemon balm or chocolate pretzels