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Rømmegrøt

Rømmegrøt

Rømmegrøt is a super creamy Norwegian dessert or porridge made with sour cream and served with butter and cinnamon sugar or jam. Delicious!

Japanese rose cheong syrup

Japanese rose cheong syrup

apanese rose cheong syrup is an easy recipe with only 3 ingredients. Pick the flowers and spruce tops, mix with sugar and wait!

Unripe plum cheong

Unripe plum cheong

Cheong, is the perfect way to use up your unripe plums right now. The recipe for unripe plum cheong couldn’t be simpler — just 2 ingredients!

Wild garlic and papaya kimchi

Wild garlic and papaya kimchi

Super quick and simple recipe to make kimchi from papaya and wild garlic. Just weigh, mix, and you’ve got a delicious spicy kick for any dish

Poached figs with shiso sugar

Poached figs with shiso sugar

At the end of this October it is still so warm that even my second harvest of figs keeps ripening slowly. I am not usually that lucky in the cool Dutch autumn. But these October figs are not as big, sweet and juicy as the…

Umeboshi onigiri with Szechuan pepper

Umeboshi onigiri with Szechuan pepper

                          Warning! These umeboshi onigiri with Szechuan pepper may not be for beginners. You have to enjoy the distinct sour-salty taste of Japanese preserved umeboshi plums and the tingling sensation in your mouth…