Back from the Gift & home trade show !

More SweDelicious teas in shops!

Hey we've got another shop stocking our teas! Yeaha! It's Meet Me At Mikes @ 63 Brunswick st in Fitzroy. Say hi to Pip , she is the owner of this fantastic shop!

Our first retail stockist of SweDelicious Teas

At Nordliving, you will now find a selective SweDelicious Tea range.

You will find this gorgeous shop at 632 Glenferrie Rd in Hawthorn. Make sure you have a few minutes as Sofia has SO many fantastic gifts ...and things for yourself of course. One of my favourite is the jewellery range by Bengt & Lotta.

Liquorice glorious liquorice!

This is a recipe that i found at hallon & blåbär that i have to try being reeeeeally fond of liquorice! For those who don't speak swedish, don't fret i'll translate this into english...as soon as i've made these and consumed them all!!!! http://hallonblabar.blogspot.com/search/label/godisLakritskola

Såg ett recept med lakritskola som jag bara var tvungen att testa och jag som inte skulle göra mer julgodis, hehe.

M blev iaf eld och lågor när han smakade på dessa och uttryckte bestämt att detta var dom godaste godisarna av dom hemmagjorda vi gjort. Jag kan hålla med, dom är riktigt goda, även om jag mer är för chokladen. Sedan vet jag inte om det är fel att kalla det kola, den blev inte seg utan lite mer åt fudgehållet, lite krämiga.

3 dl vispgrädde
3 dl strösocker
1 dl sirap
2 tsk kakao
1 påse turkisk peppar
2 tsk smör

Klä en form 20x20 cm med bakplåtspapper. Pensla med lite fett. Blanda allt utom smör och karameller och koka upp till 120-125 grader eller gör "kulprovet". Rör då och då. Krossa eller mixa karamellerna, vänd ner dem i smeten och låt dom smälta, rör för så du får en slät smet, rör sedan i smöret och häll i formen. Ställ kallt. Skär i bitar. Lägg in varje bit i plastfolie eller smörgåspapper om du vill vara avancerad. Förvara svalt i burk med lock.

Another chai place

So the search for real chai continues..found it at L'Apertitivo on glenhuntly rd Elsternwick. Mmmm!

A place to try in Sweden

Thanks Suzie for the recommendation to a place in Stockholm.

www.lankate.se
de har te o kryddor från hela världen. Finns på ringvägen i Stockholm

Thank you, we've got another great recommendation sent in:

soul food cafe on smith st fitzroy. Will try it out :)

where can you find real loose leaf chai?

Where can you find real loose leaf chai to drink? Recommend a place, be it here in Melbourne or somewhere else around the world.

Great place to eat and drink..

A fantastic place to have something to eat in the bayside area is The Spare Room on Hampton St Hampton. Can truly recommend it as my family and i had a great brunch, great coffee and the best thing...real chai. The barristas behind this bar has opted for quality rather than lazy barristas at other cafes who mixes powdered chai instead of giving their customers true indulgence. Well done Spare Room!

Stay tuned as i will highlight where in melbourne you get real chai.

my own winter hotpot

ok, so i had some sundried tomatoes+ basil sausages in the fridge to do something for dinner and no recipe. This is what i did, it may not be very Swedish but i tasted so yummy (if i can say so myself) that i had to write it done somewhere so i can do it again. So here goes...

Please, forgive my measurements as i do things on the cuff.

Ingredients:

About 10 sundried tomatoes+basil sausages browned whole in the pan

1/2 leek cut up

about 5 medium potatoes cut up in cubes

4 medium carrots cut up in the same size as potatoes

3 swedes cut up in squares too

1 punnet of fresh...and i emphasis fresh...green peas.

3 tsp massel chicken stock powder

boiling water

lots of basil and parsley to taste and black pepper.

I also used steakseasoning (mackormicks)

a couple of dashes of red wine (from the glass i was drinking whilst cooking)

semidried tomatoes...to taste

1 tub of philidelphia cream 60% fat free...very nice taste and rich

2 tbsp tomato paste

Method:

Cut up the browned sausages and in a very deep pan or terrine, with a dash of olive oil, toss them over heat with the leek and the potatoes.

Sprinkle some steak seasoning, black pepper and massel chicken stock powder and stir.

Fill the terrine / dish with boiling water..just enough to cover the meat and potatoes.

Add lots of basil and parsley and the tomato paste and stir.

before taking a sip of the red wine you have in the glass, pour a couple of dashes into the hotpot.

When the hotpot has come to boil add the rest of the veges and the semidried tomatoes. Not the green peas as i hold off with them so they don't become too squashy.

After, say 20min, when the potatoes are just about ready, add the cream and the peas. Bring to boil again and then use some potato flour(diluted in water.. use your own discrepancy how much to use) to thicken the liquid to a stewy texture, let it stand on very low heat for 5 min.

With this i serve with some bread....the sauce is too nice to go to waste and of course a nice red like Oyster Bay Merlot.

Enjoy!

Yesterday I went to a very interesting seminar on blogging. As i am attempting to start one i found it very informative, so keep watching as this blog will unfold...hopefully to the better :)

For now please enjoy this very special cake. For us Swedes the winter is associated with christmas, candles and warming drinks, so this should be just right to have with that cup of tea a rainy and cold winter afternoon.

Prästgårdens mjuk pepparkaka.

Transl.: priestfarm soft ginger biscuit cake

This sponge cake was specially prized in 1945, so it dates back a long time.

The recipe has been adapted from “sju sorters kakor” (seven sorts of cookies) by ICA Publishing.

Now that winter has set in, it will really go nice with a strong winter warming tea, like Nordic Forest, Mango Spice, Winter Red or Winter White or any of the Chai teas.

Oven temp: 175C

Ingredients:

100 g butter

2 eggs

2 dl sugar

1 1/2 dl sour cream or why not try the new Philadelphia cooking cream (60% less fat)

1 1/2 tsp ground ginger

1 1/2 tsp ground cloves

2 tsp ground cinnamon

(I personally add 1tsp ground cardamom as it is heavenly, but that is optional)

3 dl flour

2 tsp baking powder

Method:

Coat the inside of a cake form (which would hold ca 1 1/2 L) with butter a sprinkle with crumbs so the cake won’t stick to the form when it is done.

Melt the butter and let it stand to cool.

Whisk the eggs and sugar so it becomes white and fluffy.

Add the cream (be it sour cream or my pref. Philadelphia), the cooled melted butter, and the flour (with the baking powder and spices already mixed with the flour).

Pour the mixture into the prepared baking dish.

Place it in the bottom part of the oven and let it bake for around 45 minutes.

(I always check 5 minutes before time is up)

NB. To make this cake even more Swedish and extraordinary, you can add 1 dl of lingonsylt (translation: Lingon berry jam, which you can get from the Swedish church or ikea of course). Add the lingonsylt after the flour has been mixed in.

Enjoy!

Yummy delights!

With the start of June we are starting to add scrumptious recipes to our website. Check out what you can do with chocolate and tea!

First Blog for SweDelicious

We were up at Warburton for the Nordic Festival last weekend and what a great weekend! You couldn't ask for a more beautiful place to be and the sun was out and warmed up the place after a very cold morning. Perfect morning for a cup of tea!

Definitely a worthwhile date to remember for next year.

As we are getting closer to the end of autumn (only have 1 week left), make sure you place an order this week to take advantage of the May specials.