I love all things kitchenalia, if there is such a word! Give me a gadget and I am in heaven, my family know that when it comes to buying me a gift it's easy, just browse around a kitchen shop and you are bound to find a little "gizmo" which will entertain me for hours.
This week I was very kindly given a gift all the way from Sweden, an ancient waffle cookie iron for making Strouvor! Now it's fair to say I very nearly consigned this little metal contraption as a kitchen decor destined to be hung or nailed to a wooden beam, and very nice it would have looked, but after time to reflect and a good old search on the Internet, I discovered a lovely short video on the correct way to use this implement. I had a recipe for a rich sweet batter, and the knowledge as to how to prepare my little iron, so I challenged myself to a cook off. The weather was 35 degrees and much too hot for cooking but I wouldn't be put off, and I am glad to say that after a very enjoyable 20 minutes, yes start to finish that's all it took me, I had made almost 50 light fluffy cookies. A quick dredge with icing sugar and they were ready to eat, perfect with either tea or coffee.
The lovely Glynnie (the gift bearer) decided she wanted to host a Swedish evening, we enjoyed Gravalax, Reindeer which was a first for me, tasted a little like pressed tongue, very good, there were many other delicacies, it was so nice to eat a different cuisine as nice as French food can be, a change is always a refreshing change.
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| Outdoors in 33 degrees heat! |
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| Swedish Buffet |
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| My plate of delicacies |
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| STROUVOR COOKIES |
