had a volleyball tournament here last night. very good fun 😊
Hassinator
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freewheeling renaissance man, music video maven, greedy boi, a good looking rebel who lives life by his own rules.
deluxe dessert tonight. mornor baked and built a lagerkage. layers of crene diplomat, whipped cream, strawberries and whipped cream. my absolute favourite. johnny birthday not until next week but I will be back in the LDN 😢🇩🇰
leftover roast pork in a sauce made from reducing a whole pot of stock down to a sticky puddle then blending with crème fraiche, fried shrooms, garlic, onions, patmesan. local new potatoes and akurgsalat fir cut through. denmark on a plate 🇩🇰
this strawberry tart ridiculous. the berries perched on crene diplomat which sits in a pastry and marzipan base with shards of white chocolate. lasted about 12 seconds before we demolished it 🇩🇰
went to check out a local smokery and picked up a few bits. smoked mackerel tonight with potato salad and my favourite agurksalat which is a lightly pickled fresh cucumber that cuts through the mineral oil/smoke if the fish and the mayo 🇩🇰
roast pork tonight with fried apples, roast potatoes in that rendered fat, sweetheart cabbage and a big slick of dijon mustard. pleased with this as its always odd cooking in someone else’s kitchen. with home swapping they do tend to come well appointed. miele as far as the eye can see #KERUNCH 🇩🇰
walked the 12 miles to Aars and back to get some bits for dinner. we are staying deep in the Danish countryside and it's so lovely. hardly anyone around. it feels like the whole of the countryside has been curated just for us. didn't see a single person on our walk. salt roast belly pork tonight 🐷 🇩🇰
stinky local cheese bubbled into cream and diced leftovers from that smoked loin of pork and some garden peas with rigatoni for dinner. massive salad. craving vegetables after a hot day in the sun and the boys really wanted carbonara so this was a good provisions based compromise 🇩🇰
dinner in the garden tonight. this is the local equivalent of a French red label chicken but it’s from Denmark and corn fed. bacon sausages. they have a delicious honk. I’ve roasted mushrooms and fried up some peppers with red onions and tomatoes for veggies.
Smørrebrød. you eat the herrings first so first those cured in Madeira, then the curry version front left, then leftover hamburgerryg with mustard and pickled cucumber. pig’s liver pate with beetroot to finish. enjoying a very rare alcohol free beer on the side as the flavours match like a glove 🇩🇰
hamburgerryg for dinner tonight. a:shout for my death row dinner: smoked loin of pork rolled, poached and then roasted in a bunny mustard glaze. with wee spuds and sweetheart cabbage complete the scene.
in Denmark. they make these bran buds which at 39% fibre. mixing up with yoghurt, seeds, nuts, and frozen berries but have just realised we have those growing in the garden so will be going fresh tomorrow.
I’m not saying I’m a scruffy bugger, but when someone pops round for a visit and I’m wearing the scabby old gear I do to work on the croft, or help out with the sheep, my appalled wife refers to me being caught ‘in vagrante derelicto’.
had an easy breakfast this morning. sardines in olive oil on a slice of toasted sourdough rubbed with garlic and heaped with leftover guac, chopped toms, scallions. delicious.
turned the jerk chicken leftovers into ‘rasta pasta’ so called because you represent the red, the gold, the green and the black with mixed peppers, spinach, jerk in a run down sauce of reduced coconut milk and scotch bonnet. delicious. dusted with parmesab and lime zest for funk & zing 🇯🇲
huevos rancheros is a great post taco breakfast dividend. guac and bitz already in place. made refried beans and a fresh sakea rancha. also fried up some renegade chorizo to guild tge lily. for me, there is no better breakfast 😋
butter chicken for lovely Lizzy’s birthday dinner. a real family favourite. big birthday choice but we also had this for christmas dinner which is the last time I cooked it. with brown basmati, buttered naan, fresh pickled red onions to cut through the richness. batons of ginger and chilli for 🔥
made a load of bean quesadilla. cheese mix of moz and cheddar on proper corn tortillas wity a slick of blitzed chipotle and adobo with maple syrup scraped over the base before frying. served with guac, pico de gallo and a pickled red pepper salsa rosso.
first tonnato of the summer. niceoise vibe with the rest of the salad. you basically make a tuna mayonnaise beefed up with anchovies and then drop the dressed veg on top. that umami funk so delicious to mop up with baguette.
greek salad with watermelon on whipped feta. really hit the spot on a sultry evening.
buttermilk brined fried chicken with a very pokey thai 🌶️ dressing. this was so crisp and delicious after a long, sticky day in this sizzling london heatwave 🌞
roasted a chicken with some fat calabrian sausages. easy win.
did bean quesadillas with guacamole and pickled pepper salsa rosso. crispy, succulent, cheesy, chilli, joy.
once a year my deerskin gloves surface only to disappear again until the following summer. I have had them for 11 years - which is a record - but only recall wearing them twice during the winter <sigh>
