Roast leg of lamb with young potatoes and rainbow carrots

Slow roast leg of lamb is a fix part of my Easter menu. The smell of garlic is overwhelming. And the meat is so tender that it’s melting in your mouth. This lovely dish is well suitable for any festive occasion, not only at Easter. Pin the leg of lamb with plenty of garlic cloves…

Lamb sponge cake for your Easter fika

Are you familiar with the concept of fika? Fika is a Swedish noun and verb standing for a quality time break to consciously escape from whatever you are doing at that moment. During fika, you enjoy a hot beverage of your choice preferably with baked goods. This super moist sponge cake is a perfekt fit…

Almond blancmange in a merry-go-round 🌱

I’m really into kitsch. That’s why I couldn’t resist buying this adorable cupcake merry-go-round. I didn’t need it at all (since I already have a cupcake Ferris wheel). But it was love at first sight. The merry-go-round is not only suitable for presenting cupcakes, but also for displaying individual deserts. For instance, almond blancmange. My…

Onsen egg with asparagus and salmon

For my husband’s birthday this year, I got him a sous vide stick. We sometimes do that – buy each other things we actually want ourselves. Once, I got a red Berkel slicer. But that’s a story for another time. Thanks to the precise temperature control of the sous vide stick, you can make perfect…

Floral Easter eggs

Dear reader Welcome to the very first spot in my brand new blog Mums! Given the time of year – springtime and more precisely Eastern – I’ve decided to share some of my favorite Eastern-inspired recipes and ideas with you over the next couple of days. First up are my herbal Eastern eggs. My mother-in-law…