Koldormer and Danish Pastries

So over New Year's weekend we were with Nels' family. His dad made Koldormer which is an authentic Swedish meal. Koldormer is a meat mixture (usually hamburger and rice with other stuff...) all wrapped in cabbage leaves. We helped wrap up the meat mixture and tie them up in the cabbage leaves. After that you fry them and bake them. They actually tasted pretty good. Here's a picture of what Koldormer looks like:

The best ones were the ones with green cabbage leaves instead of the white ones.

The Nyborg's (mainly Mom Nyborg) makes danish pastries every Christmas. They take forever to make, but taste extraordinary. Unfortunately, I forgot to take pictures of all the hard work that went into making them and the final product. Quick summary of how to make them: 3 days of rolling them out, letting them rise, and letting the dough sit, before finally putting the filling in and baking them. All the hard work is worth it though when the light fluffy pastry melts in your mouth.

As you can tell the Swedish heritage that Nels' great grandparents brought with them to America is still going strong!