My name is Guðmundur Birkir Pálmason and I live in Stockholm Sweden. I have been studying chiropractic DC for 3 years and will graduate in 2011.
My love for food began at an early age and my first memory in the kitchen is when I was 8 years old making pancakes for the whole family. I was a lucky boy growing up because I was surrounded by great cooks, like both my grandmothers and my mother who was a homemaker and I always consider myself very lucky having her at home with the dinner ready every day. My mom would always try new things in the kitchen and i think I got that from her because I rarely make the same dish twice.
When I was eighteen I began writing down all the recipes from my family and I decided then that I would one day publish a cookbook with all the classics from my family. As time went on I began making my own recipes and that's how this food blog started. I am still working on my cookbook which will be published in Iceland this year. The food blog is about easy recipes rich in flavor and passion. I have a lot of passion for good food and I hope that shows in my recipes. I believe that anyone can cook if they simply take the time.
This is an old Icelandic classic called "Hjónabandssæla" which means "happy marriage". I do not know if this is the secret of a happy marriage but it sure is tasty...:)
- 200g butter, room temperature
- 170g oatmeal
- 170g plain flour
- 100g caster sugar
- 1tsp bicarbonate
- blueberry jam
- Preheat the oven to 200˚C (~400 F)
- Add the butter, oatmeal, flour, sugar and bicarbonate into a large bowl and work together with your hands…..or you can add all the ingredients into a food processor and pulse until you get a fine sandy textured dough.
- Take 2/3 of the dough and push into a buttered cake dish with your hands.
- Spread the blueberry jam over and then just sprinkle the rest of the dough over the jam.
- Bake for 30 minutes in the middle shelf.
Minced Beef Burgers in a Brown Sauce
This is a recipe my mom used to make and always takes me back to my childhood. Good and wholesome home cooking is the best.
- 1 kg minced meat, (beef 10%)
- 1 onion, thinly sliced
- 3 slices of bread
- 1 egg
- 2dl milk
- 2 tsp all round spice
- salt and pepper
- 300ml beef stock
- 1dl simple cream
- flour to dust
- Put the bread in a food processor and pulse until you have fine crumbs. Put the breadcrumbs in a bowl and add the milk and egg. Mix well together.
- Add the minced meat and all round spice to the bowl and mix well with your hands. Salt and pepper to taste.
- Make 9 – 10 burgers and set them aside. Add the sliced onion and a drizzle of olive oil to a hot pan and fry them until brown. Then remove the onion from the pan and set aside.
- Dust the beef burgers in some flour , the flour will thicken the sauce and give the burgers a nice texture. Fry them in a little butter on both sides on a hot pan.
- Add the onion back to the pan and then add the stock. Let simmer for 3 minutes. Add the cream to the sauce and stir.
Serve with some boiled potatoes.
Now you want to go to Iceland don't you!!
