[Sca-cooks] A recipe for Devra...

[Mark Hendershott]

>
What's with the anchovies?  Any proper Swede uses herring.  Seeing the 
recipe brings back memories of a foreign study program in those long ago 
college years.

Simon Sinneghe
Briaroak, Summits, An Tir

Phlip wrote:



>Devra, if you like anchoves, than you'll likely like this ;-) This is a
>recipe that my mother picked up many years ago (I was still living at home)
>from one of the Time-Life books, I believe, and I've since found it in
>several others, of the better quality. A couple years ago, I was discussing
>it with a guy in Sweden (he's a blacksmith) and he told me that yes, it was
>genuine, and that the trick to it was to make sure the onions and potatoes
>were sliced paper thin. I make it here, occasionally, and since RR&M think
>they dislike anchovies, I hafta eat the whole thing myself, oh woe is me ;-)
>
>I'm not going to give a cooking time, because I have made it in an
>assortment of different shaped casseroles, and the time tends to vary a bit.
>We're all experienced cooks here, right?
>
>Janssen's Temptation
>
>Thinly sliced potatoes.
>Thinly sliced onions.
>Sm jar or tin of anchovies in oil
>Heavy cream
>Pepper to taste, but NO salt.
>Butter
>
>Layer potatoes, then onions, then place a few anchovies on top, and sprinkle
>with pepper, then repeat, until the casserole is full, but not heaping. Pour
>in heavy cream to just below the very top of the food, dot with butter, and
>place in a 350 oven. 15 minutes before you think it's ready, add a bit more
>cream, until it's topped off and let finish cooking.
>
>Serve with whatever you'd normally serve scalloped potatoes with.
>
>Note- You don't need salt- trust me- the anchovies provide plenty. Also, you
>might want to bake it with the casserole on top of a cookie sheet or
>something similar, to catch any overflow, if you've added too much cream at
>first.
>
>
>Saint Phlip,
>CoD
>
>"When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
>  Blacksmith's credo.
>
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>cat.
>
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