The last week of July flies by but not without a bunch of creatives mixing music at Freyja+Söder. The classic Swedish holiday weeks are coming to an end, but the holiday partying has only just begun.
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Dee jays 18-23.7
Music all summer at Hornsgatan 18
We are now in the later weeks of July, lots of new faces at Freyja + Söder this week, move your hips to the sound of their music and make sure to have a lovely time!
Dee jays 11-16.7
Third week of july, some new faces but also faces that we now recognize and love to see at Freyja, come on up and join the fun!
Dee jays 4-9.07
July is a time when the summer has really started, the summer salary is in, the summer sun stands high and the mood of our artists are on top. From Tuesday to Sunday, music is played in the minibar, on the terrace, and in the “stora baren” inside the Freyja restaurant.
Interview in the ingredients – The road to Freyja
In the podcast “The Ingredients”, Emma Shields is interviewed in a ínformative and humorous episode, spanning about an hour, about the joy of cooking, Freyja and the challenges and the contrary industry that the restaurant business often entails. We also get to hear about Emma’s journey through the world, to a penthouse in Södermalm.
Click here to listen to the episode!
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.”
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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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!
Saturday terrace party during the day + Artists of the week
This saturday, the terrace kicks off early at 1:00 p.m. with live music and hopefully lots of sun, Sean Gillion starts is followed by Mackan Lindström, come by and move your hips!
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!
