Semlor (plural) – mini Swedish cardamom buns, usually associated with Shrove Tuesday (or Fat Tuesday). Now, this is may be quite late (ok, really reeeeally late), but I have it on good authority that these little darlings can be eaten in Sweden anytime from around New Year all the way to Easter! And Easter hasn’t comeContinue reading “Semla”
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Kiri Bath (Sri Lankan Milk Rice)
So I made Kiri Bath today. In Sinhalese ‘Kiri bath’ literally translates to ‘milk rice’, and is pretty much what it says on the tin. Rice cooked in milk. Traditionally the dish is considered to be quite decadent, so is customarily saved for special occasions and the first of the month. So keeping with tradition…
Making a Gingerbread House
It’s sort of become a tradition to buy one of those DIY gingerbread house kits and to build it on Christmas day with my cousins and siblings… the constant struggle of keeping the roof in place, trying our best not to eat all the sweets, and then smashing it down at the end of theContinue reading “Making a Gingerbread House”
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