Danish/4 recipes

Danish rice pudding (risalamande) with almond extract, folded whipped cream, and fresh raspberry sauce. A light, creamy Scandinavian Christmas dessert topped with whole almonds.

Please your desire for pastries with this scrumptious snack that has a hint of almond.

Flaky cream cheese pastry rolls filled with cocoa, semisweet chocolate chips, and walnuts. No yeast, no proofing, no laminating. Rolled jelly-roll style, sliced, and dusted with powdered sugar for an easy chocolate Danish.

Laminated yeast pastries with butter folded through dough, twisted into spirals and filled with cinnamon apples. Overnight fermentation develops rich flavor.

Authentic Danish pastry (Dansk Wienerbrod) dough: laminated yeast pastry rolled and folded multiple times to create flaky, buttery layers. The base recipe for Cocks' Combs, Spandauers, Cremeboller, and every other classic Danish bakery treat.

Whole rye berry porridge simmered with cinnamon, caraway, and vanilla, finished with plump raisins. A chewy, nutty Scandinavian breakfast topped with ricotta. Slow-cooked comfort in a bowl.

Danish pastry dough is the classic laminated yeast dough behind bakery wienerbrod: enriched with eggs and milk, folded with a full pound of butter to create dozens of shatteringly flaky layers.

Danish frikadeller meatballs: traditional pan-fried Scandinavian meatballs from twice-ground veal and pork, served with browned butter, potatoes, and stewed cabbage.

Open-faced tuna Danish stacked on toast with crunchy cabbage, grated carrot, cool cucumber slices, and a tangy yogurt-ketchup dressing. No-cook, 15 minutes, and diabetic friendly.

Classic Danish almond pastries shaped into cock's combs with a buttery almond paste filling. Puffed, golden, and sugar-crusted, these bakery-style treats yield two dozen.

Apples and cottage cheese baked in a round cake pie make an easy to make delicious low fat apple and cheese Danish.

Homemade Danish pastry wreath with layers of buttery laminated dough, almond filling, and candied cherries. A holiday baking project that rewards patience with flaky, golden results.

Lavish Danish onion soup simmered with an entire bottle of dry champagne, Camembert cheese, and a silky port wine egg yolk liaison. Served over butter-fried bread. This is not your average onion soup.

These succulent meatballs made in their own savory sauce are great served with noodles or rice!

Danish cream cheese coffee cake made with crescent roll dough, vanilla cream cheese filling, and a cinnamon-nut topping. Dusted with powdered sugar for a quick brunch treat.

Braided almond crescent ring using store-bought crescent roll dough and almond paste filling. Golden, flaky, and topped with sliced almonds. Brunch showpiece in under 45 minutes.