Oreo brúnkur

Oreo brownies

The Icelanders often love really sweet cakes - and they also love confectionery and use Oreo, Daim, licorice balls and the like. often when preparing desserts, cakes or tarts.

We had a little leftover yesterday - but tonight Child3 was at the fridge...

Ingredients

120 g butter

180 g white sugar

80 g brown cane sugar

3 eggs

1 Tbsp oil

1 pinch of ground vanilla

100 g flour

1/2 tsp baking soda

60 g baking cocoa

1 pinch of coarse sea salt

approx. 155 g Oreo cookies

approx. 50 g Oreo cookies for decoration

150 g whipping cream

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 350 °F (180 °C) upper/lower heat.

Melt the butter and stir in a large bowl with the white sugar, cane sugar and eggs until fluffy.

Add the oil, ground vanilla, flour, baking soda, cocoa and sea salt...

...and process into a smooth dough.

Line a baking pan (approx. 20 x 30 cm) with baking paper.

Pour half of the dough into the baking pan and place 16 Oreo cookies on the dough.

Pour over the remaining dough...

...and bake in a preheated oven at 350 °F (180 °C) upper and lower heat for about 25 minutes (stick test).

Then take the cake out of the oven and let it cool thoroughly.

Whip the cream until stiff and spread on the cake.

Finely chop the remaining 5 Oreo cookies...

...and sprinkle over the whipped cream.

Then serve the cake well chilled.

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Egg í karrí

Eggs in curry

I found this recipe in an old cookbook that I bought at the flea market. The cookbook is from 1945. According to the cookbook, the eggs in curry sauce are eaten "warm as a dessert for lunch." Also an interesting dessert!


Ingredients

4 eggs
240 g rice
3 Tbsp butter
1 tsp curry
3 Tbsp flour
400 ml meat broth
2 Tbsp milk
salt and pepper to taste


Preparation

Cook the rice.

Let the eggs boil for 10 minutes, then rinse briefly under cold water and peel.

While the eggs are cooking, you can prepare the curry sauce:

Melt the butter in a saucepan.

Fry the curry briefly, then add the flour and stir.

Add the meat stock in portions, stirring constantly, and bring to the boil until you have a nice thick sauce.

Add the milk and stir.

Arrange the rice on the plate, add the quartered eggs on top,...

...pour the curry sauce over everything and serve immediately.

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Kjötkássa

Meat stew

I found the recipe for this dish in an old Icelandic cookbook and found it interesting, especially in the fall when it gets cold and uncomfortable outside. Oh, by the way, the word “kássa” means something like “mishmash”.


Ingredients

3 Tbsp butter
2 Tbsp flour
500 ml meat broth
1 onion
500 g minced meat
1 Tbsp sugar


Preparation

Melt the butter in a large pan.

Add the flour and stir.

Pour in the meat broth in small portions, stirring constantly.

Peel the onion and chop it thoroughly.

Add the minced meat and chopped onion to the broth...

...and simmer over medium heat for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Season with a tablespoon of sugar.

Kjötkássa is traditionally served with boiled potatoes or mashed potatoes.

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Bollur með graskersfræjum

Pumpkin seed rolls

This recipe is wonderfully quick and easy and you don't need a lot of ingredients. I was even able to prepare the rolls during my entry quarantine here in Iceland with the supplies I had on board, although I prepared the milk with milk powder and warm water due to the lack of fresh milk. It went well too!

Ingredients for 6 small rolls

2 cups flour

1 cup warm milk

1 tsp baking powder

1 pinch of coarse sea salt

1 Tbsp rapeseed oil

1 handful of pumpkin seeds

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 325 °F (160 °C) upper/lower heat.

Knead the flour, warm milk, baking powder, salt and rapeseed oil in a large bowl.

Add a handful of pumpkin seeds and mix in.

Place six rolls on a baking tray lined with baking paper and sprinkle with some pumpkin seeds...

...and then bake in a preheated oven at 325 °F (160 °C) upper and lower heat for about 30 to 35 minutes.

I had the pumpkin seed rolls for breakfast, with margarine and real Icelandic rhubarb jam and hot cocoa!

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