Finnish pancake

My husband rarely bakes but he did today and - oh boy - was it good! He made pancake à la Finland - one single baking tray full of yummy pancake goodness! I'm not sure if the pancake would've been as good if I'd made it, but I don't care, it was so yummy I immediately asked for the recipe. Here it is, translated:

Ingredients

2 eggs

8 dl milk

1 tsp baking powder

2 tbs sugar

½ tsp vanilla sugar

 tsp cardamom (optional)

50 g melted (unsalted) butter

pinch of salt

Heat oven to 225 degrees Celsius.

Whisk eggs in a bowl and add the wet ingredients.

Mix together dry ingredients and whisk in with the egg mixture. 

Pour whisked mixture on a baking tray lined with baking paper.

Bake for 20-25 mins.

Serve with whipped cream, ice cream, jam, fruit, whatever you like!

Recipe originally (in Finnish) from here: http://www.kotikokki.net/reseptit/nayta/235289/Pannukakku%20HELPPO!%20(pellillinen)/

On a different note I went out the other day at sunset and took some pictures of my city and I wanted to share a few with you guys.

Love Rosie <3

Pumpkin Soup in a Pumpkin!

When I was say 10, a friend of my mother's made pumpkins soup in a pumpkin for us one autumn. I don't remember what it tastes like or whether I liked it or not, but I  do remember the soup being in a pumpkin. It was exciting to have something different when I was that age! I've had this idea to make soup in a pumpkin for years but never got around to it for some reason... But I finally did it and I'm glad! It turned out yummy.


Here's the recipe:

Ingredients

- 1 pumpkin

- 2 medium sized potatoes

- 1 onion

- 1-1,5 l water

- 1-2 bullion cubes

- nutmeg, salt and pepper

- 200 ml cooking cream/coconut cream (optional)

- Preheat the oven to 200 degrees C

- Scoop out most of the pumpkin's flesh, make sure not to puncture the pumpkin shell!

- Save the seeds for later

- In a skillet on medium heat add oil (I had garlic flavoured oil, instructions on that later!), heat up and add the diced onion

- Add the pumpkin flesh, diced potatoes and water

- Season and let simmer until the potatoes are cooked

- While the soup is cooking, wash and dry the seeds, add some oil, salt and pepper and place in the oven until the soup is ready

- Bend the soup up into a creamy puree 

- I also added cooking cream to make it creamier. If the soup is too liquid-y, use your favourite thickener

- Take out the seeds and let cool

- Pour the soup in the pumpkin (optional)

- Serve with the pumpkin seeds and a slice of baguette or dinner rolls

  

Love Rosie <3

P.S. If I'd been clever, I'd have made a Jack-O'-Lantern out of the remains ;)