Flygande Jakob chicken banana dish

1 grilled chicken or pieces of a chicken
2-3 bananas
1 tsp Italian spice mix, salt, pepper
1 cup heavy cream
1 cup mild chilli sauce or ketchup
6 strips fried bacon in small pieces
1/4 cup salted peanuts

Heat oven to 400F
Put pieces of chicken in a buttered oven proof form and season
Whip cream and mix with chilli sauce and cover chicken
Bake for 20 minutes
Top with fried bacon pieces and nuts and serve with rice and salad

Split Pea soup and Swedish pancakes

I often make pea soup and Swedish pancakes for Thursday dinner. On Wed night I cube an onion, a carrot and 1/4 root sellery. On Thursday morning I fry the veggies with seasoning (thyme, sslt, pepper, garlick powder, a bay leaf), and add a bag of dried green split peas and 1 3/4 quarts of broth. I boil while getting ready for work and then turn heat off and let sit under lid until the evening. When back from work, I add cubes of smoked ham and cook for 30 minutes or until desired texture.

Swedish pancakes
1 dl flour per person
1 egg per person
2dl milk per person

Mix and let sit for 5 min or make the night before and store in fridge. Before frying, melt 1/2 tbsp butter per person and mix with batter. Fry and serve with jam or sugar after eating pea soup.

Nötbollar (hazelnut balls)

Mix 200 gram (about 1 3/4 sticks) butter with 1/2 cup sugar until fluffy. Add 100 gram ground hazelnuts and about 1 3/4 cups flour.
Shape into small balls, put on a baking sheet and add 1/2 or one hazel nut on top of each. Bake at 375 F fot 15-20 minutes.

Pizza or Stromboli dough

Tonight I am making Stromboli with left-over Christmas/New Year food (mushrooms, ham, creamed spinach, peppers and cheese).

Dough recipe:

2 - 2 1/3 cups flour
1 envelope instant dry yeast
1/2 tsp salt
2 tbsp olive oil
1/2 tbsp sugar (helps rising)
3/4 cup water at 114F/45C degrees - too hot kills the yeast

1. Mix 1 cup flour with sugar, salt and yeast.
2. Add warm water and oil and mix.
3. Add flour until dough is slightly sticky and knead.
4. Cover and let dough rise for 30 minutes or until double size.
5. Roll, add ingredients and bake at 425F/220C about 20 minutes