Catalot Danish Recipes

Apple Pancakes

Recipe Based on: Wonderful, Wonderful Danish Cooking by Jensen

6 Medium Eggs -- beaten

1/2 Cup Milk

1 Cup Flour

2 Teaspoons Sugar

1/2 Teaspoon Salt

1/2 Cup Half And Half

3 Large Apples -- peeled & Sliced

Butter

Sugar

Cinnamon

1 Lemon Lemon Juice

Stir together eggs and milk. Combien flour, sugar and salt. Stir into egg mixture. Add half & half, Fry apple slices in butter in skillet utnil golden. Cover bottoem of heavy skillet with apple slices. Pour batter over slices. Bake in preaheated 500* oven, 20 minutes. Sprinlke with sugar and cinnamon to taste, return to oven until brown. Sprinkle with lemon juice, cut into wedges and serve.

Beet Soup

Recipe Based on: Wonderful, Wonderful Danish Cooking by Jensen

12 Large Beets

2 Pounds Short Ribs

1/2 Cup Lemon Juice

1/2 Cup Sugar

1 Teaspoon Allspice

1 Medium Onion -- thinly sliced

Salt -- to taste

1/2 Teaspoon White Pepper

Sour Cream -- for garnish

Wash beets and scrape them. Do not peel them. Cut beets into small chunks. Place in kettle with remaining ingredients except sour cream. Cover with water, cover and simmer for 2 1/2 hours over low heat. Strain through a sieve. Serve topped with sour cream.

Lady Fingers

Recipe Based on: Wonderful, Wonderful Danish Cooking by Jensen

3 Medium Egg White

1/3 Cup Powdered Sugar

1/2 Teaspoon Vanilla

3 Medium Egg Yolks -- beaten

1/2 Cup Flour

1/8 Teaspoon Salt

1/3 Cup Powdered Sugar

Beat egg whites stiff. Slowly add 1/3 cup powdered sugar. Fold in vanilla and egg yolks. Sift together the flour, salt and 1/3 cup powdered sugar. Carefully fold in the beaten egg mixture. Press into finger length shapes. Dust with powdered sugar. Bake in 350 degree oven for 10 minutes.

Meatballs In Onion Sauce

Recipe Based on: Wonderful, Wonderful Danish Cooking by Jensen

Meatballs:

2 Pounds Ground Beef

1 Pound Ground Pork

1 Cup Bread Crumbs

1 Cup Milk

1 Medium Egg

1 Teaspoon Salt

2 Medium Onions -- finely chopped

1/2 Cup Butter

Onion Sauce:

3 Cups Onions -- thinly sliced

1 Cup Butter

6 Tablespoons Flour

1 Teaspoon Salt

2 1/2 Cups Beef Broth

1/2 Cup Milk

Soak bread crumbs in milk. Mix all remaiing meatball igrediets except butter. Form into walnut sized meatballs. brown them well in the butter. Cover simmer 1 hour.

Sauce: Saute onions in butter utnil carmelized. blend in flour and salt. Slowly add milk and beef broth. Stir until it thickens somewhat. Pour over meatballs and server.

Queens Punch

Recipe Based on: Wonderful, Wonderful Danish Cooking by Jensen

2 Cups Water

2 Cups Sugar

1 Lemon Lemon Zest

1 Bottle Maraschino Cherries -- plus juice

2 Cups Pineapple Juice

2 Quarts Club Soda

8 Ounces Peppermints -- optional

6 Lemons Lemon Juice

Boil water, sugar and lemon rind for 5 minutes. Strain, and while the liquid is hot, add the cherries and pineapple juice. When ready to serve, add ice, club soda and peppermints. Mix in lemon juice and stir well. Serve.

Other Recommended Cookbooks for Cooking

• Best of Scandinavian Cooking : Danish, Norwegian and Swedish by Shirley Sarvis, Barbara Scott O'Neil (Contributor), Barbara Scott O'neill
• Delectably Danish : Recipes and Reflections by Julie Jensen McDonald
• Definitely Danish by Julie McDonald
• Cooking with a Danish flavour by Pauline Viola
• Danish cooking by Nika Standen Hazelton