Saturday, Part II: Ode to Danish 'Favorit'-es.



Our delightful Saturday continued with a visit from Kell-Bells, Denise & Matt, who joined us for a potluck and ode to our Danish favorites!

The original impetus for the occasion was to savor two precious bottles of 'Jensens Favorit Sauce', imported from DK earlier this year and due to expire soon.



The flavor of this sauce is difficult to describe and Danes laugh over the fact that we are so very fond of it. But we are. We are so very fond of it. It is served at a Danish steakhouse called, 'Jensens Bofhus' (kind of a Danish Black Angus; hence the reason Danes laugh at us) and is kind of a complex tomato, cream, paprika, curry--je ne sais quoi kind of a sauce. Not piquant or especially seasoned..mellow but complex. And, as of yet, despite our best efforts, Kelly and I have been unable to sleuth the recipe.



We decided to crown the event with a smorgasboard of sumptuous Danish desserts: Denise made amazing crepes with cherry and apple pie fillings, Nutella (nectar of the gods) and bananas---mmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!



As if this wasn't enough, Kelly magically re-created a to-die for version of the Danish pastry, 'Thé Birkes' also known as 'Copenhagen Birkes' by people who live on Jutland. A rich, flaky pastry with a buttery sweet 'almond-ish' paste and crowned with poppy seeds--Kelly's version was AMAZING. Kelly's thé birkes rival any homemade version I ever tasted while living there (only actual Danish bakers have the time, know-how and equipment to actually roll 40 layers of butter into a pastry.) GOOOOOO KELLY! Readers: if you are lucky, perhaps she will out with her recipe. (See these works of art, below.)



And, finally, our contribution to dulce was 'Kransekage' (a baked marzipan-like cookie) and strawberry 'Guf' (a pink, marshmallow-creme like topping for ice cream).



Audrey wanted to play 'Wee' again.