SR December-15 issue pdf

FOOD ||||| RECIPES
STAR ANISE
COOKIES
Inspired by warm
fireplaces in Stockholm,
these cookies make for
an ideal Christmas gift
as well.
PREPARATION TIME: 15
MINUTES
Baking time: 18-20 minutes
Serves 8-10
INGREDIENTS
400 gm flour
300 gm sugar
300 gm butter
175 gm hazelnut powder
1.5 gm baking soda
2 tsp coarsely ground star anise
(you can also use the same
amount of cinnamon powder for
a variation)
METHOD
Cream the butter and sugar well.
Add all dry ingredients. Mix using
paddle attachment until well
incorporated. Add the star anise
and mix well again. Roll and cut
into desired shape. Bake for 18
to 20 minutes at 180 degrees.
Remove from oven and cool on a
wire rack. Serve when cooled.
CARROT AND CARDAMOM
SHORTCAKE
A cake kept moist with carrots
and lightly spiced with cardamom
is inspired by Nordic desserts.
Carrot-laced desserts are a staple
in Stockholm, where sweet and
savoury work their magic in
tandem.
PREPARATION TIME: 25 MINUTES
Cooking time: 45 minutes + 30 minutes
cooling time
Serves 8-10
INGREDIENTS
For the cream cheese frosting
1/2 cup unsalted butter
400 gm ounces cream cheese
4 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
For the cake
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 tsp vanilla
4 eggs
3 cups carrots, finely shredded
2 cups flour
1 cup self-rising flour
1 tsp baking powder
2 tsp cardamom powder
1 tsp cinnamon powder
1/2 tsp salt
Zest of one orange
3/4 cup vegetable oil
3/4 cup yoghurt, plain
METHOD
For the frosting, cream the butter and
cream cheese. Add powdered sugar. Beat
well and add vanilla. For the cake, beat the
sugar and eggs in a bowl until faint yellow.
Fold in the vanilla. In another bowl, combine
flours, baking powder, salt, cardamom and
cinnamon. Add carrots and orange zest and
coat the flour mixture with them. Add flour
mixture, oil and yoghurt to egg mixture. Stir
gently until combined. Preheat oven to 160
degrees. Grease and sprinkle some flour on
to two 8-inch cake pans. Gently pour batter
– diving equally – into the pans. Bake for an
hour till it turns golden. Allow to cool on a
wire rack completely. Frost thickly.
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