Our Danish meal consisted of Smoked Salmon Smørrebrød, Danish Meatballs (Frikadeller), Danish Caramelized Potatoes (Brunede Kartofler) and Danish Apple cake (Æblekage). The Smørrebrød was smoked salmon, cucumber, red onion, dill and lemon on cocktail rye bread. Delicious little appetizers! The Danish meatballs were made with ground beef and pork, rye […]
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Czech Republic 🇨🇿
Our Czech Republic meal was Spicy Kielbasa Buns (Klobasneks), Dill Pickle Soup, Czech Shopska Salad (Sopsky Salat) and for dessert Sweet Prune Buns (Kolaches) and Apricot Kolaches. The Kielbasa buns and Prune and apricot Kolaches were made using dough from a Czech Kolache recipe. I was excited the dough worked […]
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Croatia ðŸ‡ðŸ‡·
Our Croatian meal was Croatian Pasticada (Beef Stew), Gnocchi, and Croation Krostule (Sweet Pastry Knots). The “stew” was beef roast cooked with parsley root, carrots, celery root, plums, figs, apples, red wine, cooking chocolate, mustard, bay leaf, thyme and rosemary. When done, the roast was removed, cut in the pieces […]
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Ireland 🇮🇪
The Saturday after St. Patrick’s Day we shared an Irish meal with friends to celebrate! Yelena and Dmitriy made corned beef and cabbage with Irish potatoes and green deviled eggs made with avocado, Jason and Melissa made mini Shepard’s Pies, and Rob and I made Irish Oat Soda Bread and […]
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Bulgaria 🇧🇬
Our Bulgarian meal was Bulgarian Cucumber Soup with Walnuts, Bulgarian Moussaka and Shtrudel (Apple Strudel). The cucumber soup was cold, creamy and delicious with little chunks of cucumber. The walnuts added a nice flavor and texture. The Moussaka was similar to Shepards pie. It was beef, pork, carrots, onions, tomatoes, […]
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Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇧🇦
Our Bosnia and Herzegovina meal consisted of Shopska Salata (Shopska Salad), Sogan Dolma (Beef-Stuffed Onions), Prebranac (Balkan Baked Beans), Tufahije (Walnut Stuffed Apples) and Authentic Bosnian Coffee. This was one of my favorite Global meals. The leftover stuffed apples and Turkish coffee were delicious for breakfast. I bought a beautiful […]
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Belgium 🇧🇪
We traveled to Belgium in 2017 as part of a work trip. We stayed in Leuven -home of our dear friend and coworker Jan who gave us a tour of Leuven and Brussels. The castle-like buildings in the town squares were amazing! We stayed at The Forth – Tafelrond that […]
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Belarus 🇧🇾
Our International Table Adventures continue with Belarus! The meal consisted of Borscht Soup from Belarus (Beet Soup with potatoes), Mushroom stuffed Draniki (Potato Pancakes/hash browns stuffed with mushrooms), Rye Bread and Strawberry Kisiel (Thick Strawberry Puree). We paired the meal with a couple vodka drinks made from authentic Russian vodka […]
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Azerbaijan 🇦🇿
Azerbaijan is our last A country! The meal consisted of Spicy Meatballs in Pomegranate Sauce (Fesinjan Kyufta), Azeri Saffron Pilaf with Potato Kazmag, Beans with Azeri Tomato Sauce and Sweet Saffron Custard with Rose Water (Zerde). We liked the sweet spiciness of the Fesinjan Kyufta. I would like the sauce […]
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Austria 🇦🇹
Country #10 in our Global Table Adventure – Austria Some very familiar dishes for us this week. We started with some Viennese Hot Chocolate (with Brandy), then made Sauteed Green Beans with Speck (speck is dry-aged prosciutto), Pork Wiener Schnitzel, Baked Austrian Kas Nocken (spaetzle) with caramelized onion and Gruyère […]