FINNISH RECIPES

Filet Stroganoff

(Stroganoffin pihvit)
For 4 people

Ingredients:

  • 750 g beef hip
  • 80 g clarified butter or margarine
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/4 TL tsp ground white pepper
  • 1 large onion
  • 30 g of flour
  • 100 ml of cream
  • 2 tbs tomato paste
  • 2 tsp mustard
  • 1 pickle

Preparation:

Cut the meat into small pieces. ix salt, white pepper and flour in a deep dish and toss the pieces of meat in it. Then brown the meat in small portions in melted fat and place in a saucepan. Fry the onions and then them add to the meat. Rinse the pan with a little water and pour the gravy into the pot. Add cream.
Simmer gently for about 10 minutes and season with mustard, tomato paste and the pickle.abschmecken. Instead of the beef hip, porksausage is also adequate.

Lemon Mead

(Sima)
Yields about 5 liters

Zutaten:

  • 2 large organic lemons
  • 100 g of granulated sugar
  • 100 g of brown sugar
  • 5 l of boiling water
  • 1/8 tsp yeast
  • 5 tsp of sugar
  • 15 raisins

 

Preparation::

Peel the lemons and set the peel aside. Peel off the white skin of the lemons. Cut the lemons into thin slices. Place the lemon slices and peels, crystal and brown sugar in a 6 to 8 liter bowl made of enamel or stainless steel.
Pour over the boiling water, stir and allow it to cool until it is lukewarm. Nun die Hefe einstreuen. Man läßt Sima is allowed to ferment uncovered at room temperature for about 12 to 48 hours. For bottling you need bottles with very tightly closing closures or corks. Put 1 tsp of sugar and 3 raisins in each bottle.
Strain the Sima and fill each bottle with the help of a funnel, close it and leave it at room temperature for 1 to 2 days until the raisins have risen to the surface.
Keep the sealed bottles cool until use.

Due to the fermentation alcohol develops, the content is about 1 vol.-%.
Cola or water bottles rinsed thoroughly with boiling are suitable containers.

Saunawurst

(Saunalenkki)
Für 2 Personen

Zutaten:

  • 1 Ring Fleischwurst
  • geriebener Käse (Emmentaler)
  • Tomaten
  • Ketchup
  • Senf

 

Zubereitung:

Die Haut der Fleischwurst abziehen und die Wurst in regelmäßigen Abständen einschneiden.
Den geriebenen Käse und Tomatenscheiben in die Spalten geben. Senf und Ketchup auf dem Wurstring verteilen. Bei 250 Grad im Ofen so lange garen, bis der Käse geschmolzen ist und sich auf der Wurst eine Kruste gebildet hat. Saunawurst schmeckt zu Bier, Salat und frischem Brot.