Monthly Archives: September 2011

Chanterelle Soup

Chanterelles are my favorite mushrooms. I like to dry them so I can add them to sauces all year long. Today we bought some chanterelles in a box and there were a lot of small pieces. I decided to make a soup with the small pieces and dry the larger ones.

We used to get a really nice chanterelle soup at the Hotel Grand Marina in Helsinki, but since they let Jamie Oliver into their kitchen, it’s not really worth going there. I wanted to try to recreate that, so I looked for a Finnish recipe. Finns know mushrooms! Feel free to use other mushrooms. I’m just using my favorite.


Gather your ingredients:
4 dl (about 1 3/4 cups) of chopped chanterelles (or other mushroom)
medium onion, chopped
3 tbsp butter
4 tbsp flour
8 dl (3 1/2 cups) hot water
1 vegetable stock cube
1 1/2 tsp salt
black pepper and white pepper to taste
2 dl (about 7 ounces) cream

Dissolve the stock cube in the hot water and set aside. In a medium saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter and add the chopped onion and mushrooms.
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Layered Tex-Mex Casserole

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AKA Lazy Girl Tex-Mex Lasagna. Any time I simplify a recipe, I label it as a “Lazy Girl” recipe. This is one of my favorites. It’s hard to find good Tex-Mex at the restaurants in Finland, so I make it at home. If I don’t want to go to the trouble of making enchiladas, but want something more substantial than tacos, I make this.



Gather your ingredients. You’ll need:
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Plum Butter

We had a a large plum crop this year and I made plum jam and plum butter again. Every time I make plum butter, I have to call my mom and ask her how to do it. I decided to document it this time. Since the measuring is done only when working with the pulp, it’s easy to get started. It was late, so I put the plums into my crock pot and covered them with water. I let them cook all night. The next morning, they were soft and ready to be made into plum butter. You can do this on the stove. Just dump them in a large pan, cover them with water and cook on low for about three hours.

Cooked plums and water.

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