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korvstroganoff
Mar. 5th, 2024 11:13 pmRecently, I’ve been almost exclusively eating a childhood favourite of mine - Penny Pasta. Since I’ve been at university I’ve been eating all sorts of random things, putting together whatever from my fridge in what was increasingly unsuccessful efforts to make something nice and easy. Including the memorable time I just added a whole load of peanut butter to pasta, which was stodgy and too much for me to finish.
Then I was reminded of Penny Pasta and began to really crave it. I tried to look up a recipe, but google kept autocorrecting me to penne pasta - this was an effort in frustration and even when I added ‘Swedish’ to the end of my search I just got loads of meatball pasta recipes, until I asked my mum and found out that Penny Pasta (named as such because the frankfurter slices looked like pennies) is actually a family friends take on korvstroganoff.
Korvstroganoff is a Swedish pasta dish containing sausages in a sauce made up of tomato paste, mustard and cream. The version that we always had as kids is made up of ketchup and cream (added until you get a good light red colour) and Worcestershire sauce. Then frankfurters and whatever veggies you want (I particularly like to add broccoli).
The first couple times I made it I used normal sausages because I couldn’t find frankfurters in Tesco, although my friend assured me they do sell them. It was good, although I accidentally bought not-chipolata’s which I personally prefer. But after I did eventually find frankfurter’s it was just the way I remember it. It also means you can boil everything in one pan and as a lazy person myself I’ll do anything for less washing up.
It’s really good and easy and I’m glad I’ve rediscovered this recipe. It’s definitely something I’ll be making a lot in future. Although I have eaten pretty much just that for a week or two and should probably eat something else.
Then I was reminded of Penny Pasta and began to really crave it. I tried to look up a recipe, but google kept autocorrecting me to penne pasta - this was an effort in frustration and even when I added ‘Swedish’ to the end of my search I just got loads of meatball pasta recipes, until I asked my mum and found out that Penny Pasta (named as such because the frankfurter slices looked like pennies) is actually a family friends take on korvstroganoff.
Korvstroganoff is a Swedish pasta dish containing sausages in a sauce made up of tomato paste, mustard and cream. The version that we always had as kids is made up of ketchup and cream (added until you get a good light red colour) and Worcestershire sauce. Then frankfurters and whatever veggies you want (I particularly like to add broccoli).
The first couple times I made it I used normal sausages because I couldn’t find frankfurters in Tesco, although my friend assured me they do sell them. It was good, although I accidentally bought not-chipolata’s which I personally prefer. But after I did eventually find frankfurter’s it was just the way I remember it. It also means you can boil everything in one pan and as a lazy person myself I’ll do anything for less washing up.
It’s really good and easy and I’m glad I’ve rediscovered this recipe. It’s definitely something I’ll be making a lot in future. Although I have eaten pretty much just that for a week or two and should probably eat something else.
