Late June DJ:s

These are the artists playing this week at Freyja and our terrace Söder. This week there’s fewer DJ:s than usual because of us being closed friday and saturday for midsummer celebrations. Come on up and dance!

Emma’s best tips for midsummer

“On my Midsummer table you’ll be sure to find the traditional herring and fresh new potatoes tossed with sour cream, chives, egg and browned butter. Another must-have is a quiche made with Swedish cheese (Västerbotten) and a fresh salad with seasonal ingredients like radishes, spring onions and green asparagus.”

This is how Emma wants to celebrate her midsummer, and what it sounds like when Emma together with Marion Ringborg from Garba and Mikkel Karstad from NOMA are interviewed and portrayed by Vogue Scandinavia. Emma gets her love for Nordic classics from her grandmother’s kitchen in Boxholm, but likes to use inspiration, ingredients, and spices from other cultures and these are expressed in the recipe that our dear chef Emma chooses to share.

“Instead of a strawberry sponge cake with cream, I like to make a meringue topped with crème pâtissière, strawberries and fragrant elderflowers. Usually the first strawberries are here by Midsummer and also the fresh new potatoes that I’ve been longing for. This is my favourite time of the year, when all the fresh greens are popping up.”

Read the full article here.

Below is Emma’s recipe for a tasty and fun midsummer!

Meringue Cake with crème pâtissière

For the meringue:

  • 6 egg whites
  • 1 tsp white wine vinegar
  • 400g sugar

For the crème pâtissière

  • 500ml milk
  • 1 vanilla pod, seeds removed
  • 100g sugar
  • 120g egg yolk
  • 35g corn flour
  • 250g heavy cream
  • 500g strawberries
  1. Preheat the oven to 125 degrees. Whip the egg whites, vinegar and 100g of sugar until just fluffy. Gradually add the rest of the sugar whilst continuing to whip until it begins to form stiff peaks.
  2. Line an oven tray with baking paper. Add the meringue to the baking paper and spread to form a high 20-inch circle. Bake for 2 hours, then turn off the oven and leave the meringue to dry.
  3. Whilst the meringue is drying, make the crème pattiserie. In a saucepan, bring the milk and vanilla to boil. Combine the sugar, egg yolk and corn flour in a large bowl. Pour the milk over the egg mix and stir to combine. Return the mixture to the saucepan and bring to the boil for 5 minutes. Strain through a sieve and leave to cool.
  4. Once the mixture is cool, whip the heavy cream and fold into the cooled egg mix using a spatula. Spoon over the top of the meringue and decorate with strawberries and edible flowers.

Enjoy!

Dee jays 13-18.6

Freyja+Söder ploughs on, all week and weekend DJ:s and summer fun, come on up and wiggle!

Everybody’s talking about Freyja

Vogue Scandinavia went to Freyja, and dictated what you could almost call a love letter to our dear restaurant when they recommended it in their article about Södermalm’s hippest restaurants to eat and drink at this summer. They describe a wonderful mix of clientel, where people from both Södermalm and Östermalm come to enjoy an evening together, as well as Emma’s menu:

“As for the food, chef Emma Shields serves up the sort of unfussy menu you can return to again and again. A diced flounder starter, served with a rich potato butter sauce, for instance, or a baked asparagus with hollandaise, met with a satisfying herb chicken or sirloin steak for the main event. There are plenty of veggie-heavy options, too, so no one leaves hungry.”

Read the whole article and the opinion of Vogue here!

 

SvD at Freyja

The magazine SvD at Freyja

SvD swung by the terrace Söder and had a lot of praise to offer.

“High above Södermalm’s rooftops, restaurant Freyja floats. Another step up, under the open sky, is Freyja’s own roof terrace called Söder. Here you can find everything you could want for a full evening – a hot dog stand, two bars and a schedule packed with entertainment. However, all of this pales in comparison to the breathtaking views you are treated to while sipping on a cooled glass of rosé.”

We are one of seven sunny terraces that SvD recommends for the summer, thank you Svenskan!

 

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