My name is Gitte and I’m from Denmark. I live in the US with my wonderful family and I enjoy recreating classic, as well as modern Danish recipes and also trying out other Scandinavian and American dishes. Learning to bake in a foreign country using unfamiliar ingredients and trying to navigate translations and conversions has been challenging. What I have tried to do with my blog is to translate not only recipe ingredients and instructions but also convert from metric to standard measurements and I hope this will be helpful to anyone wanting to bake Scandinavian recipes. My blog consist of mostly baked goods but you may also encounter some good home cooking, from time to time. I hope you enjoy this site and feel free to stop in anytime.
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Hi Gitte,
I just stumbled here, and so excited to try some of your recipes, especially the rundstykker. My mom turns 80 next month, so I know it would be a treat for me to make that for the morning breakfast on her birthday. When I was in Denmark for my birthday one year, I was so delighted to have fresh rundstykker served in the morning.
Thank you,
Aileen, it always makes me happy to hear when people enjoy my food blog. I hope your mother likes the Rundstykker 😀
Hi Gitte, I have used your recipes time and time again but not commented before and thought it was about time I did. Thank you so much for so many wonderful recipes which always turn out so well – even if you are a bit of a heavy handed cook like me! 🙂 I am English and live near Randers in Denmark with my Danish husband and being able to find beautiful Danish recipes written in English has really helped me make my new Danish family some delicious food. Thanks again! Marie
Marie, thank your for your kind comment, I really appreciate it. It always warms my heart when I hear that my food blog is helping other people who lives in a foreign country, because that can sometimes be a bumpy road 🙂
I just found your site while searching for what my Danish Grandmother called “Kringler”. How was I to know I’d find these wonderful sugar cookies under pretzels? Thank you!
Mary, I am so glad that you were able to find the cookies you were looking for. Happy baking.
Hi,
I’ve just returned from a 2 week visit to Denmark and am going through rugbrod withdrawal. I’m beginning the sourdough starter process today. Thanks for the recipe!
You’re welcome, hope you like it.
Hi, I used to live in Denmark and I miss (among other things) the rugbrod and the bakeries. I’m going to give it a try, I didn’t know it took so much preparation. I tried the Ikea one without good results.
Ale, your right it does take quite a bit of prep work but I hope you like the Rugbrød.
Tried Rugbrod today. It was great, but my next try will be even better. It will be a staple around our home.
I am nearly 80 years old and have some significant health problems which were nearly fatal. As a result I started baking my own bread. In the last couple of years I have become a pretty fair baker, for an old man. Lost 100 pounds in the process, and my health is much better.
do you have any other Danish breads you could recommend?
Warren Althaus–St Louis, Missouri
I don’t have other Danish breads to recommend at this time but I am always looking out for delicious recipes. Rugbrød is really the big staple in Danish households and I’m sure I’ll be baking more new bread recipes from time to time but they may, or may not necessarily be Danish.
If you are near a Korean community you can get the meat for stegt flaesk. Here in Chicago we have H-Mart. Æbler med flask. My childhood favorite! Hils, Erik.
I am anow American removed from my Danish roots by two generations on one side and three on the other, yet I have never heard a word of Danish or eaten a Danish meal. With your site and others I might find I hope to remedy the latter at least. My dream is to visit Denmark before I die so that I can also hear my ancestral tongue. Thank you for helping to keep your native traditions alive.
I hope you try some of the Danish recipes and maybe one day get to go to Denmark 🙂
Hi Gitte, jeg har lige sendt dig en email om broed. Har du fundet et sted i USA hvor du kan koebe flaeskesteg. Det vil meget gerne lave til jul.
Mange hilsner, Bodil
Hello Bodil, du kan købe flæskesteg online hos de følgende butikker men vent ikke for længe da de bliver udsolgt. Hvis du har spørgsmål, ring eller email dem endelig, de er vældig flinke allesammen.
http://www.nordichouse.com/SearchResult.aspx?CategoryID=30
http://scandinavianbutik.com/product-category/food/meats/
Jeg tror ikke Nordisk Import sælger flæskesteg, men de har mange andre madvare.
http://www.nordiskimport.com/category/Main-Shop-1
Du kan selvfølgelig også beskrive det til din lokale slagter og måske kan de skære det ud til dig.
Dejligt at have fundet din blog. Vi er for nylig flyttet fra Danmark til USA, så jeg kan sagtens lave dansk mad (i Danmark), men herovre kæmper jeg også med de anderledes ingredienser og alt det, man ikke bare kan købe. Og her kommer din blog så ind i billedet. Skønt 🙂
Louise, heldigvis er der idag et par forskellige gode internet butikker, resten må vi improvisere 🙂 Held og lykke til dig her i USA.
Kære Gitte, 🙂
My mother was from Denmark, too, and I just want to say how grateful I am for discovering your wonderful blog. Mor passed away a few months ago; reading posts here helps me somehow to still feel connected to her. So, thank you.
Hey Nathalie, I am happy to hear that my blog is bringing you some comfort and helping you keep connected to your roots. Thank You for your kind words.
Wonderful blog! I can absolutely relate to the challenges you mention of cooking in another country. I felt the same way when I relocated. While it might not have been a different country, some of the differences between northern and southern cuisine are like night and day.
Love the recipes you’ve posted, keep up the great work! 🙂
It’s always so nice to hear when people are enjoying my blog, thank you for your kind words 🙂
Hi Gitte,
I found your blog today and fell in love with it! I am definitely going to try some of the recipes, because I lived in Denmark for a year as a student and I miss that time and Danish food very much! 🙂 All the best to you from Lithuania!
Good luck with your baking adventures Rita 🙂
Hi Gitte,
I am glad to have found your blog. For about 15 years, we go to Danmark, we love the country. It feels like home. Whith your blog, we can bring a little piece of Danmark to our home in Holland.
Kind regards, Kay, Christa, Sven and Torben Jensen
It is a lovely country indeed and I am so glad your’re enjoying the blog.
Hi Gitte!
I’m an American studying abroad in Copenhagen until May and loving everything about Denmark, and of course the food. My host family often cooks traditional meals, a lot of which I have found recipes for on your blog and I am loving that! Recently, we have been trying to make the perfect flødeboller…we’re on trial 4 and still haven’t gotten things quite right. Have you ever tried making them? You seem to be so successful at all of the other Danish treats so I thought I’d ask! I have loved reading through your blog – can’t wait to bring these recipes back with me when I return to the States. 🙂
Mary
Ah yes, flødeboller 🙂 I have made them and they were delicious, but they didn’t make it into the blog. They are back on my to-do-list and maybe one of these days I’ll actually get around to making them again. In the meantime, try different sources. If the recipe fails, do some more research and try a different recipe or technique. Mette Blomsterberg is always a good source.
Odense Marcipan website has a video Tutorials on several different kinds of flødeboller.
Great, thanks for the info.
Hi there! I just came across your blog whilst trying to research Danish pastries. My boyfriend and I have set ourselves a ‘cooking around the world’ challenge where we will aim to cook a dish from every country, and we’re up to Denmark, so I thought Danish pastries would be ideal (and I found your kanelsnegle recipe which looks delicious). However, your blog is so lovely I now can’t decide what I want to make! The gulerodsbrud looks great as well! Thanks for all the great recipes. 🙂
Mash29, my pleasure 🙂
I absolutely love gamle ole cheese. can someone give me and address on how I can order this and have it shipped to the U.S.
Mange tak
Uffe,
There are three online sources that I use to order Danish product and all of them carry different types of cheeses. Keep in mind that it varies what they have in stock at different times. I have ordered Gamle Ole online in the past but usually have my parents mail it to me or pick it up when I go home.
http://scandinavianbutik.com/
http://www.nordiskimport.com/
http://www.nordichouse.com/default.aspx
Gitte,
OMG, I have been thinking about you and Joe lately.
A few weeks ago I enjoyed a delicious dessert with a German friend and he commented about the differences between American junk food and authentic deserts from Europe. It took me back to a visit at your old house and how you felt the same way.
Congratulations on this wonderful site. I am so happy you and your family are doing so well.
We need to catch up very soon.
Love, Angi
Hi Angi, so glad to hear from you! The web page has been a great way for me to keep in touch with my Danish roots and enjoying bits and pieces of all the wonderful Danish treats. Hope you and your family are all doing well and we hope to catch up with you again sometime soon.
Love Gitte
Here is a link to Joe’s page:
http://jganvil.com
https://www.facebook.com/artistblacksmithgrouptidewater
Hello there Gitte!
I´m Irene, from Spain. I am currently studying in Denmark and I am enjoying my experience here. It is pretty clear that Danes love food! 🙂 and I fell in love with some of the Danish recipes! The other day, my roomate, who is Danish, cooked the amazing “gulerodsbrud” or “Danish carrot buns”. It was absolutely delicious and I ended up here looking for the recipe on the internet. I cannot wait to cook it for my family when I have the chance! I am sure I will follow your website from now on when I´m curious on trying a new Danish recipe. Have a great day!
Gulerodsbrud is one of my favorite recipes as well. I bake them periodically, freeze them and pull them out as needed for a lunch sandwich. Hope you like them.
Hi Gitte! I’m Italian, but I’ve been in Denmark for about one year and a half. I was studying before in Horsens and then in Aarhus. I really really love your country, also because I had great and meeting experiences there. I had a food glog too, with a section about sweets from all over the world and, of course, I prepared the Kanelsnegle! I love them and I like cinnamon a lot! I really hope to be back in DK one day!
Have a nice day!
Farvel! 🙂
I am so glad you enjoyed Denmark and thanks for looking at my blog. Have a great day.
Mange tak!
My mom was from Bornholm and faced similar challenges in the kitchen. She had no internet to find recipes and had to write letters to ask her mom a question. I remember it took about 3 weeks to get an answer! I am now making many things she did and your blog is great! Is there a recipe for Danish layer cake?
We are indeed very spoiled with today’s technology. Yes, I do have two different recipes for layered cakes on my site. Here are the links:
https://mydanishkitchen.com/2011/05/30/lagkage-med-jordbaer-og-marcipan-layered-cake-with-strawberries-and-marcipan/
https://mydanishkitchen.com/2013/01/28/othellolagkage-othello-layered-cake/
https://mydanishkitchen.com/2012/08/06/lagkagebunde-cakes-for-layered-cake/
Bare fantastisk! God inspiration til min bagning.
Tusind tak.
Tak for de søde ord Kirsten 🙂
hello … I was adopted into a dainiah family when born, my favorite sandwhich spread was Liverpaste… I have yet to fina a recipie close to taste as my fathers… do you have any recipies on hand ??
susan
Susan, here is the link to my Liver Pate
https://mydanishkitchen.com/2012/01/02/leverpostej-danish-liver-pate/
Good luck.
The best recipe I’ve ever made (and I’m Danish). As a kid I used to grind the mixture using a hand grinder 3 times for my mother just so I could have it. I think the béchamel gives it a lift.
Erik, are you talking about Leverpostej?
Hello! I just found your blog/website. We just received a foreign exchnage student from Denmark here at our home in Virginia Beach. Will try to incorporate as many recipes as possible to make hime feel at home.
That’s really very nice of you. I’m sure after a while he’ll start missing certain Danish foods.
Hej!
I just wanted to let you know I’m so excited to have found your blog. I lived in Denmark for a year in college (many years ago) and Juleforkosten are one of my fondest memories, really the whole Christmas season in general. I made your gløgg for our Christmas dinner and it was a big hit.
Mange tak,
Hildur
I love that Gløgg as well, glad you liked it.
Was looking at your recipe for øllebrød and saw your question about pasteurized egg yolks. You can buy pasteurized eggs, and just separate them. Save the whites for some other use, like souffle’ or something.
Hi Min, thanks for the tip. I did see some at the store not too long ago, I’ll have to do that when I make øllebrød again.
Hello Gitte! I have made quite a few recipes of yours over the years and tonight read your entire blog and can’t wait to try more of them. My grandmother is Danish and my grandfather Swedish and I lived in Stockholm with them when I was a child. I miss so many of my grandmother’s Danish recipes and quite a few of yours taste like her’s did! Sadly, I wasn’t interested in cooking when she still was well enough to cook so I have to find recipes online or in books to try to replicate her cooking. I was wondering if you ever remembered having a burger-type patty made with pork and served with sauteed onions and gravy? I always remember it as a Danish dish, but it may have been Swedish or something.
Happy New Year!
Vanessa, it sounds like “Bøf” but that is a beef dish, so if it was pork for sure it must have been “Karbonader”. I don’t have either of those dishes on my blog, as I tend to do more baking, but simple just go to google.dk and search for those words and use google translate. It won’t be a perfect translation but it should be good enough for you to understand. Oh and type the word “opskrift” after the word “Karbonader” for example, which means recipe. Good luck in your search. 🙂
Thank you Gitte, it is Karbonader! The beef dish (Bof) is another delicious one that my grandmother taught me, but I really prefer pork. I’ll be trying to make one of the Karbonader recipes next weekend! Thank you again!
Glad I could help 🙂
Sounds like hakke bøf w løg sovs. A family favorite and always served with mash potatoes.
Hej Gitte. Jeg har lige fundet din blog. Jeg er netop selv flyttet til USA for at være sammen med min amerikanske mand, så denne blog er lige hvad jeg har brug for, især her i December, hvor de danske juletraditioner skal holdes lidt i hævd.
Velkommen, hvis du har spørgsmål om hvor du kan få ditten og datten, så spørg endelig bare. Glædelig Jul til både dig og din familie.
Hej Gitte!
Det er så rart at finde opskrifter her til mad jeg har fået hele mit liv men aldrig rigtig var med til at lave selv! Min mor er dansk, og selvom jeg er født og voksede op i USA er vi meget tæt knyttet til familie og venner i Danmark. Og vi spiste faktisk dansk mad hjemme, så det er det jeg er mest vandt til.
Jeg er i gang med din brunkage opskrift (den oprindelige) og har to spørgsmål — skal degen virkelig køles overnat, eller kan vi nøjes med nogle timer i køleskabet, og hedder de brunkager på dansk? Jeg har altid kun hørt brune kager.
Tusind tak!
Marianna
Marianna, du kan nok godt nøjes med et par timer på køl men smagen bliver bedere jo længere dejen ligger. Og jo de hedder Brunkager på Dansk 🙂 Glædelig Jul
Hi Gitte, I am an Indien , just bought to Denmark and lives with my husband. I know we have to go back to India after sometime. Surely I will miss this lovely country,,, Now I got your site to experiment with Danish delicacies and hope I can cook danish food for our kids in future… Just thrilled! Thank You…
Merry Christmas 🙂
Thank you Mary, I hope you enjoy your time in Denmark. Merry Christmas to you and your family 🙂
Hello there! I fell across your blog while looking for an aebleskiver recipe online, but I ended up also finding your ris a la mande recipe. My father’s grandmother was Danish and it is always this time of year that he gets nostalgic of all the wonderful Danish holiday foods Nanny made that he misses. I am going to surprise him this year with his favorite rice pudding this Christmas, now that I have a recipe to work with 🙂
Wonderful! Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Kanont, endelig et godt sted at finde danske opskrifter. !!! I have lived in Texas for going on 10 years now and am deprived from my childhood cooking in Denmark. Thanks for keeping a site like this going so that I yet again might experience Danish cooking, My wife will have no excuse now.. LOL
Jesper Bang
It really warms my heart when I get comments like yours. I am so glad that you are enjoying my site and I hope it brings back many wonderful memories 😀
Finally! I have been looking for a Danish food blog, and now I finally found yours. I moved to Denmark 4 months ago to study, and even though I am a Dane, I have never lived in Denmark. My parents have never gone up in the Danish tradition, so I’m super happy that I found your blog. Now I have no excuses not to make Danish food! I’m totally in love with your pebernodder ❤
Christmas thoughts from Maria the Danish American who is finally in Denmark.
Maria, enjoy your time in Denmark, especially Christmas, it is so magical. I just baked pebernødder myself and they are so yummy.
Min mor er fra Roskilde, og jeg er amerikansk. Jeg har brugt mange ferier i DK og jeg savner den mad, og vi kan ikke faa de rigtige ingredienser her.Jeg fandt din side ved at google remoulade , og jeg er saa glad for jeg gjorde. Jeg har gemt det i mine favoritter, saa nu kan jeg proeve og goere mad ligesom min Mormor
Lorraine, jeg er rigtig glad for at du nyder min mad blog, håber du får nogle gode ideer fra den 🙂
Hej Gitte, nej hvor hyggeligt. Jeg er fra Danmark men har boet i Georgia i naesten 25 aar. Min mand er fra USA, og han elsker alt dansk og var saa heldig at finde din side. Du kan tro dine opskrifter vil blive brugt med flittighed, isaer i december til julefrokoster og meget andet. Birthe
Virkelig glad for at du nyder bloggen, det er jo dejligt at kigge på noget Dansk, især på denne tid af året 🙂
Hej Gitte! I am from Argentina but my grandfather´s father came from Denmark in 1899 and so the many danish recipes have been followed generation after generation. We don´t usually cook danish food, but we do for special ocasions. There is also de Danish Club in Buenos Aires, where you can get great danish food! so I came across your blog and found it useful to try some of your suggestions. Thank you!!
Heidi, you’re so very welcome, I hope you enjoy the blog.
elsker din hjemmeside – bruger den til at finde ud af hvad ting hedder på engelsk 😉 bor på 4. år i UK 🙂
Rigtig glad for at du godt kan lide My Danish Kitchen 😀
ymerdrys! I was an exchange student to Denmark in 1976 (really? can it be so long ago?) I loved ymer… and of course it is not to be found in the US. But I never knew what was in the topping nor did I realize it had a name. So I learned something new after all this time. I’m going to make it and try it on top of my Greek Yogurt. I buy dark rye bread often – although it never seems as good as I remember the Rugbrød in Denmark. I miss smørrebrød and rød pølse from the street vendors. I do not miss the liverpaste, however! I will be exploring your blog. Thanks for writing it!
Thank you for your kind words and I hope you enjoy the Ymerdrys, it adds a nice crunch to your yogurt.
Just made your Danish Bun recipe and they came out very good! My boyfriend is Danish and only recently moved to California a year ago. He misses many of the delicacies from his hometown of Kobenhaven so I’m always looking for recipes to make for him. I can’t wait to surprise him in the morning with these!
Hope he likes them!
Don’t we all have a love-hate relationship with food, for some reason or another. I am glad you’re now enjoying experimenting. I love experimenting in the Kitchen too. Wish you a happy Sunday and a wonderful week ahead!
Thanks Liz, hope your Sunday was wonderful as well.
Tak Gitte! I’m married to a Dane whom is the only member of the family born in the US. Raised on traditional Danish food! I have many Danish cookbooks, but they only seem to have very traditional foods. The Danish family was just here for a big family wedding and we all feasted on more modern Danish cooking. Now, we are all going thru withdrawal. Your blog is going to be very helpful in keeping us fed!
Do you know of any American site that I could order Danish candies from? Amazon only has a minimal amount. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you,
Honora
Thank you Honora for your kind words and I am so glad you are enjoying my blog. Here are the online sites that I order from all the time. Keep in mind that they have different items in stock at different times, so check back with them from time to time.
http://www.nordiskimport.com/
http://www.nordichouse.com/
http://www.scandinavianbutik.com/
http://www.odense-marcipan.us/
Enjoy!
Tak!
Hi Gitte, I am now Canadian but originally grew up in Germany of German dad and Danish mom before emigrating to Nova Scotia in 1970. My mom was from Roskilde where her family owned Schmidt’s Konditori. She was an amazing cook who unfortunately often did not need to use written recipes so your blog has been great in finding some of those familiar foods she used to prepare. I am going to make Strawberry Koldskål this week. We continue to follow our Danish and German traditions and its wonderful bloggers like you that help so many of us connect with our roots. Thanks for bringing back memories!
Ellen, I am so glad that my blog could help you and your family keep in touch with your roots 🙂
Hej Gitte. Sjovt at finde din blog her. Jeg bor i Spanien, flyttede hertil i 2012. Du har en rigtig god blog her, meget interessant. Jeg holder af at lave god mad, og kæresten holder meget af dansk mad, så det serveres også her. Glæder mig til at studere din blog nærmere. Du ønskes en god dag.
Irene
Irene, tusinde tak for de søde ord. Håber du kan lide bloggen. 🙂
Happy to have seen your blog. Can’t wait to try your recipes! 🙂
I hope you like them 🙂
Vi havde besog fra Danmark og en diskussion kom igang hvordan man bagte brunsvigerer. Mine kogeboger havde ikke opskrifter, saa jeg var heldig at finde din blog., som nu er blandt mine favoritter. Hilsen Irene i Madisonville Texas
Irene, det er skønt at høre. Håber du kan lide Brunsvigern hvid du laver den, jeg synes det er rigtig lækker!
Hej Gitte – I am so excited to have found your blog! I live in Texas and am married to a Dane, who I met 30 years ago when I was an exchange student in Denmark. I love to make danish food for my husband and can’t wait to try your recipes for rugbrød and remoulade! I’ll let you know how they turn out!
Tusind tak – Chris in Houston
Chris, I’m glad you enjoy reading My Danish Kitchen and I hope you like the recipes. 🙂
Hello,
I can’t tell you how excited I was to stumble across your blog, I love that you mention the traditions behind the recipes! My father is from Aalborg and so you can guess that his heritage was a large part of my growing up and his many traditions have been passed down, especially at Christmas. Aebleskivers are a weekend tradition in my home and I have two pans, LOL, we eat them with strawberry jam and sugar, my kids love them. i also make the Krumkake but my question is where did you get your pan and what is the name of it, I like your pattern more than mine, I’d like to see if I can buy it online. We have a Scandinavian Specialty store here in Seattle and also a bakery that sells pretty amazing pastries, I’ll one year master the danish pastry. Thanks again for your blog.
Cindy
I am so glad you’re enjoying my blog 🙂 As for your question, here is a link to the Amazon site where I bought my Krumkake iron, and I love mine.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00006JL0Q/ref=oh_details_o05_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
It is a Chef’s Choice 839 Krumkake Express.
I noticed a few of your followers commented about changing from grams to cups and ounces. I use to have the same problem until I went over to Denmark and while I was shopping at a grocery store I picked up 2 measuring cups (1 large and 1 small) and some measuring spoons. It has helped so much in my recipes with the dry ingredients
Hi Gitte,
I made the Brunsviger and it was delicious. Can you tell me if it is possible to freeze the dough made with frest yeast prior to cooking.
Happy New year
Connie Denham
Connie – I did freeze yeast dough once but I was not successful in doing so. However, I do believe that it can be done. Here is a link, look it over and maybe give it a try. Good luck.
http://www.redstaryeast.com/lessons-yeast-baking/postpone-baking
Hi Gitte,
I was looking for a recipe for brunsviger, and came across your blog.
I came to Australia with my famiy in 1958 when I was nine. My mother and sister kept all their Danish recipes secret from me. I went back to Denmark for a trip in 2003, and found my first Danish cook book.( My sister took my mother’s when she passed away). My Danish cousins have been a great help to reinvigerate my Danish Cooking skills, and my Danish language as well.
Your blog has been a wonderful find on this Christmas Eve. I will be cooking Brunsviger for breakfast tomorrow and I will be thinking fondly of you.
I wish you a Merry Christmas fra os alle her i Australien.
Connie (Pedersen) Denham
Connie, I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas as well 🙂 I am happy to know that my little food blog is able to help you reconnect with your Danish roots and I hope you like the recipes. Lots of warm wishes from Gitte.