Cooking Swedish
Meal boxes come in many varieties. But few are as meticulously put together, original and culinarily achievable as those from Marley Spoon. Their boxes contain no tired recipes, but unique collaborations with guest chefs and organizations.
In November, for example, the box has a Scandinavian theme, featuring recipes from, among others, our favorite Swedish chef. No, not the one from The Muppets Show. But Rikard Andersson, co-owner of the Amsterdam coffee-and-brunch bar Scandinavian Embassy. A choice that is as surprising as it is logical, because this chef is one of the few people in our country who cooks Swedish food.
Dried cherries
For the themed box, Andersson created four dishes. With ‘Swedish’ ingredients such as dried cherries, buckwheat, herring fillets, smoked meat and pickled beets. The latter come from Amsterdam-based picklers Lepelboom.
The meal box is like a 1,000-piece puzzle
The recipes are very precise, with clear step-by-step photos and all the ingredients measured out in exactly the right quantities. This makes the box most resemble a 1,000-piece puzzle. But it does ensure that cooking does not take longer than the promised thirty or forty minutes.
Christmas box
Marley Spoon’s 2016 Christmas box will once again be a unique collaboration. Namely with the organizations VoorUit & Hotspot Hutspot. They work in disadvantaged neighborhoods in Amsterdam and Rotterdam. The guest chefs are residents of those neighborhoods, sharing their favorite family recipes. And that produces dishes such as Mathlou (Moroccan stuffed bread with minced meat and vegetables).
Creamy herring
Our favorite from Rikard Andersson’s box is the creamy herring with apple and baby potatoes. At his own Scandinavian Embassy, you can eat something similar on rye bread. So if you enjoyed it, you know where to go.
Photo: Marley Spoon
