This weekend was the 21st Oregon Brewers Fest down at waterfront, with the fantastic legally nerdy theme "Celebrating the 21st Amendment," so my dad, Genaro, and I checked it out on Saturday. Besides enjoying the insane crowd of people, there were some amazing beers! Our favorites were "Hell or High Watermelon", who knew watermelon and beer could mesh so well? As well as a dark ale called "Quilter's Irish Death" -- something about funny names seems to lead to good beer! :o)
Dad and Genaro looking over the program, deciding which beer to taste next.
Genaro and I with a little "Hell or High Watermelon."
Now! On to Æbleskiver...
A few weeks ago Kati bought me a special cast iron Æbleskiver pan, and I finally put it to use today. Æbleskiver is a traditional Danish dessert, usually eaten around Christmas (they sell them all over the place during the holidays). They are delicious little poofs of dough which you can dip in lots of different things, but I stick to the basic jam and powdered sugar. Here's some pictures of how it turned out!
Mmmm! A nostalgic taste of Denmark! My Æbleskiver were a little larger than usual, but it's a tricky pan to get used to! The little blue coffee mug above the plate is actually from Tivoli, the theme park in downtown Copenhagen. My Danish host sister Nanna (who has an amazing family that I loved living with in Denmark) came to stay with our family last summer, and she is so sweet she brought us Danish themed gifts, including that little mug.
This is post cooking, so the pan is a little dirty, but those little half-sphere openings are where you pour the dough, and once it cooks a little, you slowing rotate the ball, letting the dough fill out into a full sphere of fluffy goodness. A little tricky at first, but the end product is worth it!
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