Swedish food (48)

Now I´ll tell you a little about Swedish food. Like the cuisine in other countries cooking in Sweden is a mixture of influences from other countries and epoch´s. Also in our country the pizza and the kebab have triumphed. But there are some dishes one can say they are Swedish. The first one is Janssons frestelse (Janssons temptation). The ingredients are potatoes (8-10), onion (2), one tinned sprat, cream (2 -2,5 dl) pepper and some salt. Take an ovenproof casserole. Grease it and heat the oven to 225 degrees Celsius . Cut the potatoes and the onion to slices and put them in the casserole in layers. One layer with potatoes, then a layer of onion etc. The sprats you put between a layer of potatoes and onion and not on top of the dish. When you put the sprats on you can spice. Pour on the creame and a some of the sauce from the sprats on the dish. Put it in the oven for about 40 minutes. And then: To the table! They say it´s the Italians favorite dish when they eat in the IKEA-restaurant, and I hope you´ll enjoy it too. The other example of typical Swedish food is Gul ärtsoppa (Yellow pea soup). Our custom is to eat it on Thursday´s before we eat pancake. Here are ingredients for six persons. Take a parcel dried yellow peas. Put the peas into water 24 hours before you use them. (Pour water till it covers the peas). Put the peas in a colander and let them drain off. Pour them in a saucepan together with an onion, 250 gram salted pork meat, two stock cubes, two teaspoons of marjoram, one bay leaf and if you want, some salt. Pour on two liters of water and let it boil under lid till the peas are soft, about one hour. Take out the pork and cut it in small pieces. Taste the soup with more marjoram or salt if it´s necessary. Put the pork in the soup. Dish up with mustard. Towards the table!