My mother makes fabulous swedish food and this year I have tried to make some of the recipes. I apparently called enough times with questions that she gave me the most exciting Christmas gift - a copy of the "Orange Cookbook" as she calls it. Brilliant! This cookbook holds all the recipes from my childhood smorgasbords at Pilgrim Pines and Christmas dinners with dear friends from PCC.
Today I continued my habit of cooking sweets when it is cold and baked skorpa. This Swedish toast is very sweet and pairs perfectly, I mean perfectly, with strong black coffee. I have memories of Mormor eating it up at Bethany Beach in the beautiful dunes near the beaches of Lake Michigan. Sunsets by the lake are one of the things that feed my soul. Food is an experience that you have with all sorts of family and friends. That is one of the things I love about cooking! Skorpa is what you would get if cardamom bread and biscotti had a baby. A beautiful baby. I've put the recipe under breads since it is technically a twice baked bread.
Enjoy with hot hot coffee on a cold cold day!
-Melissa
P.S. If you have a treasured copy of the "orange cookbook" hope you use it well!
Your Mom gave my Mom an orange cookbook for Christmas too. I will have to try that recipe! Anything else worth a try in the old cookbook?
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There are tons of great recipes in that cookbook - and not just the swedish ones.
ReplyDeleteSo fun to find this blog and read your post Mimi. Such great memories of Christmas Eves with you and other PCC "family" - that means you too Leah!