Spring is slowly arriving in Austria. Birds are going crazy, and first, wood garlic leaves are poking their heads up from the forest soil. One sure spring sign is that my vegetable handler has rhubarb for sale. Today was the day! I managed to get some fresh rhubarb. It’s still grown in the greenhouse, but…
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Finnish Bilberry pie in Brioche Dough – mustikkapiirakka pullataikinaan
Bilberries grow wild in Finnish forests, and people forage them for their own use every fall. In Finland, nature is both wild and free. The law allows anyone living in or visiting Finland the freedom to roam the countryside, forage, fish with a line and rod, and enjoy the recreational use of natural areas—respectfully, of…
Finnish Bilberry Pie With Cardamom Cake Crust – Mustikkapiirakka kardemummalla
This is a straightforward and fast recipe from Finland for bilberries. You can also use blueberries. Cardamon in the cake crust makes this recipe unique. Cardamon and Bilberry work well together. for a round 26-28 cm pie dish 100 g of soft butter or margarine 1 dl of fine sugar 1 tsp of cardamom 2…
Roasted Rhubarb Trifle & Cinnamon Twists
Rhubarb season has started.I love it.It is such a versatile vegetable. I have memories of it when I was small kid and grandmother had huge rhubarb bushes growing in her vegetable patch. Leafs were sometimes so big that I could use them as umbrella. Grandmother made cold soup and wonderful pies with rhubarb. Her jam…
