Wednesday, 22 July 2015

Chocolate salami


Even though it looks like this, who doesn't love chocolate cake? 



Preparation time: 

15 mins. + 3 hours fridge rest 

Ingredients:

200 gr. biscuits (digestive)
50 gr. hazelnuts or walnuts
50 gr. butter
2 pasteurized eggs
3 tbsp. cocoa powder
4 tbsp. sugar
1 plastic bag + tinfoil

Preparation:

  1. Melt the butter without letting it fry. Crumble the biscuits and the walnuts in a plastic bag, Here comes in hand our plastic bag, which makes the process way faster and cleaner. It also works as a wonderful anti-stress exercize.
  2. Add biscuits and walnuts in a bowl, add the melted butter, sugar, cocoa powder and 1 or 2 egg yolk (the yellow part). It's important to have pasteurized eggs, since we won't bake this cake.
  3. Mix everything first with a fork then with your hands. the mix should come off the bowl quite easily and stick in one piece. If that's not the case, add 3-4 spoons of milk and mix again.
  4. Lay the mix on tinfoil and shape it with your hands as a sausage of about 5 cm. diameter. Wrap it in tinfoil and squezze with your hands to remove the last air bubble.
  5. Store your chocolate salami horizontally in the fridge for at least 3 hours. The dessert must be served cold in slices of about 1 cm and preserved in the fridge. I reccommend you to consume it no later than 2 days after preparation.


Note: 

You can also shape this dessert in the form of small truffles or decorate it with sugar sprinkles.

Wednesday, 1 April 2015

Dunkin' window


The first Dunkin' Dounts shop in Denmark opened this morning at Copenhagen central station. People were so excited they managed to smash a glass window. Here is the story.
And for the Odenseaner out there, you should know that Dunkin' Donuts will be coming to Odense station later this year so, you won't need to catch a train to have a bite of hole-y heaven.



Tuesday, 31 March 2015

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Into the woods

More than 3 months after its first release, Danish movie theaters are finally screening Into the woods. A quite disappointing mish-mash of fairy tales that makes you wonder why Meryl Streep chose to star in it in the first place. If you wish to see the human side of some your dearest fairy tale characters this is definitely not the movie for you. Well done Disney.


Spring or Christmas?

Merry Christmas!
This morning the city of Odense woke up with a lovely snow storm. If you were planning an Easter pic-nic, you better think twice. 
This is the view from the ESN office at SDU.

Monday, 30 March 2015

Cow in town

What a nice way to promote arts for the youth!
Come find the cow in town, in front of Odense city hall

Happy Easter!

Do you want to celebrate Easter like a real Dane? The recipe is quite simple and not much different from Christmas. Three are the main ingredients: Easter beer, Easter flowers (rigorously yellow) and, of course your family and friends.
Feast on frikadeller and cheer with snaps. Easter is served.


Thursday, 26 March 2015

Eat-aly

This is how my lunch bag looks today. Nothing special, just pasta salad, but in the colours of my homeland. Salad cheese, dried tomatoes and spinach make a very pretty (and quite tasty) Italian flag.

Monday, 9 March 2015

Make it rain!


Big day for workers in Denmark and no, I'm not talking about Labor day. Today is Skat day. When you find out whether you should pay extra taxes or get some $$$ back in your pockets.
FYI: Skat is the taxation bureau but it's also the Danish word for "darling". What a fortunate coincidence. 


I guess somebody will go shopping soon...


Sunday, 8 March 2015

Kingsman: The secret service

This is probably the only action movie I haven't slept through. Gunshots make me narcoleptic but there is much more to this movie. The best way to define? James Bond meets MIB meets Pulp Fiction. And with my favorite actor: mr. Darc....ehm Colin Firth. Let's say his mini-me has nothing to envy. In my opinion, a must-see for couples: action for him and cuties for her. 

The cherry on top of the cake?
Samuel L. Jackson as the badass with the speech impediment.



Women's day

In my home country, Women's day is celebrated by giving mimosa (the flower, not the drink) to female relatives, friends and colleagues. Unfortunately, here in Denmark mimosa seems impossible to find. Since I was a little girl, my dad went to the local florist and got a little bouquet for each of his beloved women. So, let's say this flowers make me a little nostalgic.

So here it is: a pretty branch of mimosa for all the women out there.


It's music time

We all have those songs that stick to our mind for a while. Here is my March 2015 playlist from Spotify. It is nothing more and nothing less you could expect from me. A mixture of radio hits, musical successes and evergreens.

Suggestions and comments are always welcome


Thursday, 5 March 2015

Enjoy your meal

We had a great dinner with wok. Now we'll enjoy Martin's homebaked scones.

Good morning!

The alarm rings and it's time to start a new day. 
A fruitful day to everyone... and myself 

Wednesday, 4 March 2015

My favorite things

Spring might be around the corner, but here in the Danish apartment we like to keep it flowery all year around. This is how my study table usually looks like. And candles to make it just a little hyggeligt.

Sorry...

I have been MIA since Christmas and I sincerely apologise for that. Lately I have been all about my studies and put aside thedanishapartment project. But I miss it very very much! ♡ It's time to get back to it. With new posts on my life on and beyond books.

Warm Danish hugs to you all!
Elena

Saturday, 13 December 2014

Advent 13 - Family time

It is very important for Danes to spend the festivities with their families. Today we are celebrating Grandma Else. Her house could not be more festive!

Wednesday, 10 December 2014

Advent 10 - Bus wishes

It's a rainy day here in Odense but the local bus company knows how to raise your spirit. Busses wish you a merry Christmas.  How cute!

Monday, 8 December 2014

Advent 08 - Risalamande

A typical Danish Christmas dessert is Risalamande. A big bowl of it covered in hot cherry sauce is the perfect endnu to every festivity meal. If you find the only entire almond in it, you are the lucky winner of a surprise gift.

Sunday, 7 December 2014

Advent 07 - flag on the tree

Danes often decorate their Christmas tree with small Danish flags. If you ask them why they will simply tell you: "It's tradition" or "This is how we do". The historical reason of this is a bourgeois rebellion to a royal law which forbade the use of the flag by commoners. Now Dannebrog (the Danish flag) is a symbol of celebration in many occasions, including Christmas.