Sweden does not produce and sell buttermilk (kärnmjölk) commercially since year 2000, so I was very happy when I found buttermilk in one of the Polish grocery stores the other week. If I remember correctly, I believe that I paid 14 SEK.
Address:
Polenspecialisten
Herkulesgatan 26, Stockholm
On Friday evening I received a cool delivery from Swedish/Danish dairy company Arla; a whole cake shaped like an iPad!!! Arla is launching an iPad application this week so their PR company decided for a different approach delivering tasty iPad cakes!
Photo from Philipson & Söderberg
I’m waiting impatiently for spring but the whole garden is still completely covered in snow. However last week I got a taste of summer as I got to try the new (for Sweden) sparkling wine Fresita. It’s a lovely sparkling wine with fresh strawberries and it’s all natural without any artificial colourings or flavourings. I really liked it and I’ll definitely keep a bottle or two in the fridge during summer.
I hope I havn’t mislead you with the title as this isn’t really any recipe. I love trying out new products so when I saw Saltå Kvarn’s new muesli site where you choose between a wide range of organic and ecological ingredients creating your own muesli mixture and get it delivered home I just had to order. Especially since they have loads of different frozen dried fruit which I just love. To my mixture I added a lot of frozen dried raspberries as I always eat them straight out the Kellogg’s Special K Red berries box. If you know anywhere I could get hold on frozen dried raspberries or mango, please let me know! Anyway, as you add ingredients to your muesli you’ll see all nutrition facts which is great if you want to control the amount of fat or carbs. I noticed that my mixture wasn’t extremely healthy but that’s OK as I tend to eat it as a snack rather than a breakfast. When you’re finished with picking your ingredients you name your mix and then you get it in your mailbox within 3-5 days. It’s quite pricy, especially when choosing a lot of frozen dried fruit like I did. But it’s all ecological and/or ecological depending on ingredient and really tasty. I just wish there was an option to skip the muesli base that you have to choose, so you would be able to order organic corn flakes with your choice of fruit.
Here’s my mixture, if you would like to try it:
Ingredients (all organic or ecological):
Muesli base (oat, wheat, corn and rye), 240 g
Frozen dried raspberries, 6 scoops (24 g)
Crunch 1 scoop (23 g)
Frozen dried bilberries, 2 scoops (20 g)
Amarant cornflakes, 1 scoop (20 g)
Frozen dried mango, 2 scoop (18 g)
Canihua, 1 scoop (15 g)
Buckwheat puffs, 1 scoop (12 g)
Frozen dried pineapple, 1 scoop (11 g)
Frozen dried strawberries, 2 scoops (6 g)
Nutrition value per 100 gram:
Energy 1315 kJ /314 kcal
Protein 8.7 g
Carbohydrates 61.4 g
Fat 3.4 g
This morning I woke up to a snow covered landscape outside the windows. I immediately came to think about the box of flødebolle that I bought at the airport in Copenhagen a few days ago. Fluffy snow like marshmallows covered in chocolate. There are a lot of different varieties of chocolate coated marshmallows around the world, for example tête de choco, Mallobars and Schokokuss. However they all originate from Denmark. The flødebolle I bought are very special and luxurious. They are handmade and come from Sv. Michelsen. The bottom consists of marcipan, the marshmallow filling is creamy and delicous, and finally it’s covered in a thick layer of dark chocolate. Just like I wish snow would taste like.
I found these cute mini trays at Stockhome which is a store in Stockholm, for 20 SEK each. They come in different patterns and are perfect for a cup of coffee or tea on the balcony now when spring is here.
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