Food: Krumkake
June 13, 2011 | Family,Food,Norway
I bought a non-electric krumkake iron (that could be used on any stovetop) before we moved back home from Norway. I used it for the first time the other day when my mother-in-law showed me how to make krumkake. Ten years later. You can never accuse me of rushing into anything. So, here they are. Mmm, so tasty!
Krumkake
2 eggs
sugar
butter
flour
2 or 3 drops of lemon juice
Weigh the eggs. Use the same weight for the rest of the ingredients. (For example, our two eggs weighed 110 grams. We used 110 grams each of sugar, butter and flour.)
Melt butter in saucepan. Set aside and let cool.
Mix egg and sugar well.
Sift flour, then add to the egg and sugar mixture.
Pour in melted butter. Add lemon juice. Mix together. Let stand for a bit.
Heat krumkake iron on stove. Put a spoonful of mix on the iron and close. Heat on one side for 15 seconds, turn over and heat for another 15 seconds. Lift krumkake with a knife. Roll immediately.
(I got my krumkake roller, made by Bethany Housewares — which we drove past on our way to Decorah — with my gift certificate from Hansen Hardware.)
Remember the wine!
(I asked my mother-in-law if she would like a glass of wine. I thought she said, “No. We’re going to bake.” What she really said was, “Now! We’re going to bake.” (Now in Norwegian sounds just like “no.”) Silly me. Thinking she would turn down wine.
June 13th, 2011 at 12:56 pm
seems very akin to pizzelle?
June 13th, 2011 at 4:47 pm
Looks like it! Now I want to try the pizzelle. :)
June 13th, 2011 at 5:10 pm
Which reminds me … I forgot the lemon juice in the recipe. I’d better go add that.
June 19th, 2011 at 7:42 am
Wow, how pretty! And the wine looks quite good too.
June 19th, 2011 at 10:26 am
They’re pretty AND tasty. :)