Æbleskiver and More: A Sampling of Danish Recipes [Spiral-bound]

Lisa Steen Riggs (Author, Editor), Drawings by Diane Heusinkveld (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 15, 2003

This collection of Danish recipes was inspired by the puffy round aebleskiver, an expression of the creative spirit of the Danish cook who turns ordinary mealtimes into succulent feasts. Included are recipes from Lisa Steen Riggs' personal collection, the staff of the Danish Windmill and Immigrant Museum, friends, and love-to-cook contributors. Among the over 115 recipes, you will find choices from the exotic to "Bedstemor's" (grandmother's) best. The Aebleskiver section includes hints and tips for using the special aebleskiver pan, cooking, and serving, as well as a variety of favorite recipes for these doughnut-like treats. Other savory, typically Danish recipes are found in Coffee Cakes; Sweet Breads; Pastries; Breads; Rolls; Rusks; Smorrebrod; Salads; Soups; Main Dishes; Vegetables; Sauces & Dressing for Meats, Fish & Vegetables; Cakes and Other Desserts; Cookes; and Drinks. You will find "Great Grandma's Danish Aebleskiver," "Danish Kringle," "Danish Rye Bread," "Some Favored Combinations" (smorrebrod), "Herring Salad," Holiday Fruit Soup," "Danish Stew with Dumplings," "Sweet-Sour Red Cabbage," "Creamy Danish Blue Cheese Dressing," "Danish Layer Cake," "Danish Anise Seed Cookies," " Chrismtas Punch," and much more. Interesting historical reference covers the Danish Windmill, The Danish Immigrant Museum, the Danish settlement of Elk Horn, as well as other Danish historic sites.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Editor Lisa Steen Riggs is director of the Danish Windmill in Elk Horn, Iowa.

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 166 pages
• Publisher: Penfield Books (April 15, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1932043187
• ISBN-13: 978-1932043181
• Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 3.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #323,402 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #15 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Cooking, Food & Wine > Regional & International > General

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31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great recipes, January 9, 2007

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M. Holder (SLC, Ut.) - See all my reviews
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I ordered this for my mother, her grandmother having come from Denmark. I bought it as a companion gift for an AEbleskiver pan I got for her birthday. The book had so much more! She spent most of the evening of
her birthday pouring through the book. She found many recipes from her childhood, including "the" sugar cookie recipe that had disappeared years ago and she and my sister had spent countless hours trying to duplicate.
The bits included in the book about Danish heritage made it so much more than a cookbook. We are going to order more books for her to give her
siblings this Christmas.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It is called Aebleskiver AND MORE...of course there are other recipes in there!, January 20, 2010

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M. Raymer "Crazy Cat Lady" (California USA) - See all my reviews
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I really like this book, and I don't understand so many people's negative reactions. Yet again people have failed to read the description for something, but really, I thought that since the title is: "Aebleskiver and MORE: A SAMPLING of Danish recipes" people would be able to figure out that there is other stuff in there. If you also look at the product details you can see that it is a very small book. I think this is a brilliant and fun idea because now all I have to do is take off the binding and I no longer have to transcribe all these recipes to index cards for my recipe box, since it has already been done for me! If you like buttery cookies, tarts, and other Scandinavian treats, this is a great little book. Some of the recipes aren't the best I've ever used (my grandmother's Danish bread recipes can't be compared with, after all), but all of them are still very good, and many of them are even great. With over 100 recipes for under $10, I think this would be a great gift and I think it is a clever way to introduce someone to the joys of making Danish foods and drinks.

As for people's problem with the limited number of aebleskiver recipes, the point of aebleskivers is that they are portable little round "pancakes" that you can either fill with jams, fruit, etc while you make them, and/or dip them in fun jams and syrups. It is a SIMPLE recipe that you do not need many ingredients for, and you CUSTOMIZE them to your tastes by what you put with them. Just think about sandwiches, and you will see what I mean. Sandwiches are two pieces of bread with something inside of them, and there is almost no limit to the different kinds of sandwiches you can make, simply by filling them with different things. The are essentially PANCAKES, after all, and how many different recipes for pancakes do you need? I'm sorry, but part of the fun of aebleskivers is putting something in them and seeing how they turn out. Will sprinkles in the batter make them festive, or will they just turn out weird? If I put in pieces of a very juicy apple, how long should I cook them, and should I add more flour? Just like people enjoy experimenting on and tweaking a cookie/cake recipe, it is the PROCESS of making aebleskivers that is fun. There are, in my opinion, plenty of recipes for aebleskivers to try/tweak in this book, especially considering that I would be willing to buy this book just for the other Danish recipes and instructions included within.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great little book, May 19, 2010

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I ordered this book, mainly to avoid shipping costs on the Sante Cabin Kitchen Æbleskiver Pan pan I ordered. What a great little book. I have a great recipe for Æbleskivers, but this book gives me a number of other options. I knew when I ordered it that it had much more than just Æbleskiver, and that was fine because I wanted some more Danish recipes.

I will be buying more of these books to give to cousins and other family members. We're Danish (actually, I'm only half, but my cousins are 100%). In fact, some are from Elk Horn, which is featured in the book.

If you're looking for a great little (and I mean that literally) book with some really good looking Danish recipes, look no further. This is it.

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I just re-read the other reviews. A couple mentioned they were looking more for Æbleskiver recipes. I mentioned that in my review, but decided to let you know how many there are. There are 8 Æbleskiver recipes. There are 109 other recipes for things such as breads, soups, drinks, cookies, etc. Remember, a big part of the title is "...and More A Sampling of Danish Recipes". I stand by my review, this is a great little book.