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Sophie Zalokar

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    Baby Potatoes with Seaweed Butter

    January 19, 2024

    Late to the party I know, but not ever living or cooking directly from the coast, I’m loving learning about seaweed in Norway. Simply baking potatoes in fresh bladder wrack seaweed with a generous casting of @lofotenseaweed Smoked Salt, a mix of sea salt and wood smoked Winged Kelp, turned the ordinary into extraordinary. In Australia, you can recreate this by using dried Nori. Below is an amended version from the original by Adam Liaw. There’s also fantastic information about…

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    Cherry, Cinnamon and Buckwheat Pastries

    It’s the beginning of cherry season in the Southern parts of Australia and it’s time to make pie. These lovely little pastries or hand pies are a two-bite seasonal delight that heralds in the…

    November 10, 2023
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    Pfeffernusse Biscuits

    My past Swiss mother in law was a wonderful cook, so when I entered the family she undertook my education in Swiss cooking and baking traditions with great spirit. Christmas biscuits are a much-loved…

    November 10, 2023
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    Mac ‘n’ Cheese with Fresh Truffle

    It’s truffle season! The best way to really enjoy fresh truffle is to simply serve it with plain, richly enhanced carbohydrates such as pasta, potatoes, rice or even toast. Mac ‘n’ Cheese is the…

    June 13, 2023
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    Sorghum, Wattleseed and Chia Banana Cake

    When I think about fresh produce in Western Australia my thoughts immediately centre on the South West region. It’s where I’ve lived and worked most of my adult life however this small part of…

    May 24, 2023
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    Marron and Avocado Ceviche with Lime,
    Fingerlime and Garlic Chives

    Native to the coastal rainforests of Queensland and New South Wales and enjoyed by early colonists, fingerlimes look a little like a small pickled cucumber in shape growing up to 12 cm long with…

    May 1, 2023
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    Potato, Green Bean, Miso and Buttermilk Soup

    Late Summer, leading into Autumn is a perfect time to enjoy this light and fresh tasting soup when the weather starts to cool and salads start to feel a little monotonous. This lovely soup…

    April 11, 2023
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🥘SPICED TOMATO & POTATO BAKE Back in 2020, wh 🥘SPICED TOMATO & POTATO BAKE Back in 2020, when we were all adjusting to the new normal of living during a pandemic, I was commissioned by WA Potatoes @wapotatoes_ to develop 10 recipes costing no more than $10 to make. I’m certain you could no longer make this for $10 but it’s still a trans-seasonal winner and something I enjoy whether in Norway or Australia. 🥘Here’s the recipe: (Serves 4) 1 lrg onion, sliced 3 tbsp olive oil 1 ½ tsp cumin seeds 2 tsp mild curry powder ½ tsp dried chilli flakes 1 ½ tsp salt 850 g (4 med) red potatoes (Desiree, Rodeo or Laura), washed 300 ml thickened cream 1 x 400 g tin chopped tomatoes 1 ½ tbsp thyme, chopped METHOD 🥔Preheat oven to 200˚C 🥔Using a large heavy stove-to-oven frying pan, gently fry the onion in 2 tbsp of the olive oil with the cumin seeds, curry powder, chilli flakes and ½ tsp salt until caramelized and softened. 🥔Reserve to the side in a separate bowl. 🥔Thinly slice the potatoes (skin on) and place in large bowl. 🥔Spoon ¾ of the reserved spiced onion mix, remaining 1 tsp salt, thickened cream and 1 tbsp of the chopped thyme over the potatoes and mix well. 🥔Evenly lay half the potato mix back into the frying pan or a medium sized deep baking dish. 🥔Evenly spoon half the tinned chopped tomatoes on top. 🥔Evenly lay the remaining half of the potato mix on top, spooning the remaining tinned chopped tomatoes on top. 🥔Scatter over the remaining thyme and then drizzle over the remaining tablespoon of olive oil. 🥔Bake for 60 minutes until the potatoes have softened and the top a little caramelized. 🥔Serve with fresh cracked black pepper.
A treasured addition to the crafting experiences h A treasured addition to the crafting experiences here in Lofoten. Thank you to the Bárru Language Group, Lofoten Sámi Association and @ingunn_rasmussen for the opportunity to learn how to make a traditional Sámi coffee bag. The indigenous Sámi people from Scandinavia traditionally used (and still use) leather bags made from their reindeer to store meat, coffee, salt and flour. Just one of their many exquisite hand craft traditions.
It’s been awhile but hei hei from Norway! 🇳🇴 As my work @holmenlofoten includes social media my personal posting has dropped off. Screen fatigue is very real but as I also enjoy seeing your posts thought I’d share a few pics from yesterday’s visit to the Viking Festival here in Lofoten and a recipe. Maintaining restraint around buying yet more yarn, I bought a kilo of honey instead. The thin justification being a sore throat but also a great love for something that’s older than records can measure which tastes directly of its environmental source. This one an absolute beauty. Fully perfumed with spring / summer mountain blossoms. In raking through my old weekly recipes that I used to have published weekly in The West Australian, now over a decade ago, I found this one. A juicy gem of chicken recipe. Here it is again. I hope you enjoy it: SAFFRON, ROSEMARY, HONEY & LEMON ROASTED CHICKEN. Recipe link in my bio. ˚ ˚ ˚ ˚ #vikingfestival #honey #roastchicken #lofoten #lofotenislands #norway
Making Havsmak, seaweed goats cheese at @lofoten_g Making Havsmak, seaweed goats cheese at @lofoten_gardsysteri was a wonderful way to spend a Saturday afternoon. Thank you Hugo. #goatscheese #lofoten #lofotenislands
Beach wandering and pressing pause Beach wandering and pressing pause
It’s impossible to cram everything seen, felt an It’s impossible to cram everything seen, felt and laid to memory over a recent trip to the far north of Norway in a 30 second Reel, but here’s an attempt. It started with another visit to the Viking Museum @lofotrvikingmuseum. Seeing the volunteers in costume busy with crafting daily essentials makes me want to find a tardis. Onto Kabelvåg for The Espolin Gallery prior to boarding the Hurtigruten Coastal Express @hurtigruten in Svolvær bound for Kirkenes. Farewelled by the 4.5 metre tall ‘Fiskerkona’ sculpture depicting a fisherman’s wife scanning the Vestfjord. After a narrow passage into the famous Trollfjord, the ship docked at several ports along the magnificent fjord-filled coastline. Mostly cloaked in low cloud until Honninsvåg. Europe’s northernmost town. Disembarking early on a Sunday morning, Kirkenes lay dormant apart from a memorial board for killed Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny positioned directly opposite the Russian Consulate. From the Russian border, wide, open birch-forest and swampy covered lands ushered the drive through Finland back into Norway for a night’s stay in Karajsok. Home of the Sámi Parliament of Norway and Sámi Museum featuring beautiful examples of Sámi duodji (hand-craft). Onto Alta to see 2000 to 6200 year old rock carvings showing the life of hunters and fishermen and a memorable night’s stay at Trasti & Trine @trastiogtrine Back to Tromsø and then onto Senja. Norway’s second largest island with sky-scrapping mountains, spectacular fjords and small communities where a late fish & chip dinner at The Fat Cod @campsteinfjord deliciously sated an hours-long hunger. Driving further south, an impromptu visit to @ekoloialen led to an invitation for a picturesque walk into the woods to a family cabin followed by a final stay in Henningsvær. A journey that covered many impressions of great contrasts and a test for a new old vehicle, recently purchased.
Beautiful Norwegian woods. Thank you @ekolonialen Beautiful Norwegian woods. Thank you @ekolonialen
A new craft feels like a new friend. Thank you @le A new craft feels like a new friend. Thank you @leejohnphillips for the introduction. Thank you @holmenlofoten for the opportunity.
Highlights from the past 3 weeks in France. Work, Highlights from the past 3 weeks in France. Work, life & time with convalescing @pepespike
Village des Boris. Abandoned in the mid 19th centu Village des Boris. Abandoned in the mid 19th century. Rediscovered in ruins in the 1960s, it took 8 years to restore them. #drystonewall #bories #cabanes #gordes #provence #provencefrance
Austere beauty at the Abbaye Notre-Dame de Sénanq Austere beauty at the Abbaye Notre-Dame de Sénanque in Gordes. Founded in 1148. #abbayenotredamedesénanque #gordes
A day of travel. Hello Oslo. It’s lovely to fina A day of travel. Hello Oslo. It’s lovely to finally meet you. #travel
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