kissane, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago)

This year’s addition to Christmas dinner is “Jansson’s Temptation” potato casserole, mostly bc I cannot stop laughing at its name. And also bc we could get Grebbestads adorable anchovies/sprats—apparently distributed by Abba?—locally.

I used this recipe (w/GF breadcrumbs, etc) but sautéed the onions for 40 min first bc I am not a monster. https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1024949-janssons-temptation-creamy-potato-casserole?unlocked_article_code=1.JU0.datq.niHV55-pFRi0&smid=share-url 🎁 🔗

kissane, 5 months ago

(Don’t eat me, Scandinavians, I married in.)

acb, 5 months ago

@kissane Apparently it was named after a 19th-century opera singer whose favourite dish it was

kissane, 5 months ago

@acb or, alternately, a preacher whose reject-worldly-joys sermons were undercut by his fatal delight in fishy potatoes

NoraReed, 5 months ago

@kissane that can is beautiful

kissane, 5 months ago

@NoraReed I saved them, too good to recycle. Might fuck around and hang the lids on next year’s tree.

kissane, 5 months ago

Joke’s on me, this was ridiculously good, I’m going to make it every year.

xdydx, 5 months ago

@kissane
Now I'm going to have to make it with and without sauteeing..

kissane, 5 months ago

@xdydx fwiw the Swedes in the recipe comments were pretty horrified by the idea of putting the onions in raw, I think that’s a Times innovation

mothninja, 5 months ago

@xdydx @kissane as a Swede with a lifetime of Janssons experience: ignore the NYT and definitely sautee the onions first!

kissane, 5 months ago

@mothninja @xdydx seriously, who puts raw onions in the oven?? very weird

xdydx, 5 months ago

@kissane @mothninja
Well.. I do.

Under almost evey roast that I can!

kissane, 5 months ago

@xdydx @mothninja structural onions are different!

eoauey, 5 months ago

@kissane

I was sent a collection of vintage tinned fish this year.

It is said they get better with age.

kissane, 5 months ago

@eoauey nooooooo

Laura, 5 months ago

@kissane oh i love this! Also Old Man's Salad. Mmm.

woven, 5 months ago

@kissane hello genius friend who’s supplying us with recipe goals. Did you sub the cream?

kissane, 5 months ago

@woven Yes! Swapped 1:1 with Thai Kitchen organic full-fat coconut milk (but used real butter bc it doesn't have enough of the protein I'm allergic to to matter). The little anjovis were so cute and good.

woven, 5 months ago

@kissane amazing! I’ve always filed recipes like this under “cannot make work”…🎉 (will do butter sub here and that’ll be fine) Now to find tiny little feeeshies for next year!

kissane, 5 months ago

@woven I think something like Miyoko’s cultured vegan butter would work really well!

iskandarv, 5 months ago

@kissane Her book on bread making is a sheer pleasure to read.

kissane, 5 months ago

@iskandarv tbh I’d read that even though I can’t eat bread, she’s such a joy

waldoj, 5 months ago

@kissane In ~2019 we moved our Christmas dinner to the day after, so now it's a St. Stephen's Day feast (prime rib roast, roast veggies, Yorkshire puddings, with sticky toffee pudding for dessert). Christmas has enough going on without having to spend hours cooking dinner.

kissane, 5 months ago

@waldoj I think this is so wise. We did the Christmas Eve oyster stew last night and a four-day celebratory feels about right.

waldoj, 5 months ago

@kissane Good point about the four-day celebration—by delaying the dinner, it expands the festivities from ~1 day to as long as you spread it out.

kissane, 5 months ago

@waldoj I think I might do a pie tomorrow and a tart Friday and just roll it all the way into the weekend. (With extra salads, to forestall death by ham.)