Kling Recipes

CHICKEN à LA KING

Steps:

• Melt butter in 3-quart saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook bell pepper and mushrooms in butter, stirring occasionally, until bell pepper is crisp-tender.
• Stir in flour, salt and pepper. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until bubbly; remove from heat. Stir in milk and broth. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Boil and stir 1 minute. Stir in chicken and pimientos; cook until hot. Serve over rice.

HOMEMADE PICKLING SPICE

Steps:

• Place mustard seeds, allspice berries, whole coriander seeds, and red pepper flakes into a small glass jar with a tight-fitting lid. Shake to combine. Add ground ginger to seeds and shake again. Sprinkle crumbled bay leaves over spice mixture and place cinnamon stick halves into the jar. Seal and shake to combine. Mixture can be stored in the tightly sealed jar for up to 1 month without loss of flavor.

KLING

Steps:

• Blend flour and salt.
• Cut in lard.
• Add water.
• Mix well.
• Divide into 12 balls.
• In a separate bowl, combine beaten egg and milk.
• In a third bowl, cream butter and sugar.
• On a floured surface, roll dough as thin as possible.
• 8 to 10 inch circles.
• Bake like a pancake on a seasoned griddle set at 400 degrees.
• When the first side is lightly browned flip the"pancake" and brush the baked side with the egg/milk mixture.
• When the egged side is dry flip the"pancake" again and rebake the egged side.
• You will cook 3 sides.
• Stack the cooked pieces with very wet washcloths facing the unegged side of the"pancakes".
• When the"pancakes" are cool and pliable spread the enegged side with the butter mixture and fold, butter side in.
• Cut into 3 wedges and freeze of refrigerate.
• These are best when aged in the freezer for 4 to 8 weeks.

KRINGLE

Steps:

• Soften butter with a potato masher or something similar. Spread the butter on waxed paper to an 8 by 16-inch rectangle. Chill.
• Dissolve yeast in the warm water. Add milk, sugar, salt, lemon extract, and egg and mix well. Add flour and mix smooth by hand. A nice dough should be formed Wrap with plastic wrap and chill.
• Roll the dough on well-floured board to an 8 by 12-inch rectangle. Divide the prepared butter layer into 2 equal parts. Place 1 piece of the butter on 2/3 of the dough. Fold the uncovered third of dough over the middle third (on top 1/2 of the butter layer), then fold the remaining third over the top. Chill.
• Roll dough again to an 8 by 12-inch rectangle. Place the remaining piece of chilled butter on 2/3 of the dough. Fold in the same method as the first piece of butter.
• Gently roll dough to an 8 by 16-inch rectangle being careful not to break the layering of butter. Fold like above in thirds. This make 24 layers of butter. Chill.
• Cut the dough into 2 equal pieces. Lightly and patiently roll 1 piece at a time, until piece is about 6 by 20 inches.
• To prepare filling mix ingredient until smooth. Spread center third of dough with butterscotch filling, then add fruit, nuts, raisins or jam. Fold 1 of the long edges to the middle, moisten other edge and fold over top to cover filling. Seal well.
• Put kringle on lightly greased baking sheet and form into oval shape, pressing ends of kringle together to form a continuous oval. Flatten entire oval with hands. Cover kringle for 1 hour at room temperature.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Bake for about 20 to 25 minutes, until golden brown color. Cool, then ice with mixture of powder sugar and water.
• Please note that the best quality kringle require patience. This process is most successful when spread out over three days. Day 1, roll in first piece of butter. Day 2, roll in second piece of butter and additional fold. Day 3, create your kringle or other fine Danish pastries. A quality Danish pastry should be light, tender, flaky, and full of flavor. With patience and pride this recipe will yield just that.

NORWEGIAN: LEFSE MED KLING FROM SOGN

Steps:

• Mix the butter into the flour with your hands until crumbly.
• Then, mix in all remaining dry ingredients into the butter/flour mixture.
• Add the kefir milk. Work the mixture until you have a nice dough. It should be like a pie crust dough, not a bread dough.
• Take a ball of dough, about 150 grams in weight and roll with a pin until you have thin 50cm diameter circle. This means you will have a very thin circle when it's finished. You use a thin, 70cm long 2-3cm diameter rolling pin to roll the dough out. You must constantly reposition the piece on the work surface, rolling it up onto the pin on occasion and flipping it over and unrolling it to work the other side. It mustn't stick to the work surface so make sure there is a dusting of flour on the surface at all times. You can't work the dough too much or it will absorb the flour and become stiff and unusable. It's a bit of an art to get it right and you'll need to practice.
• Bake the dough on a special electric frying pan (called a "takke" in Norwegian). It probably is the same pan used to bake Mexican tortillas. You cook it like a pancake, on both sides, until brown spots just begin to appear.
• When done, let the lefses cool.
• When you are ready to eat them, spray them (or dunk them) in water, drain quickly and let them rest a couple minutes on a towel. The excess water is absorbed by the towel and the remainder moistens the lefse.
• Kling filling: Mix all the ingredients together, slowly, a bit at a time until you have an even batter. :
• Spread onto the lefse and roll up/fold together.

KUA KLING (SOUTHERN THAI-STYLE RED CURRY)

Steps:

• In a nonstick skillet over medium-low heat, warm the oil and toast the curry paste, turmeric and chiles (if using) until extremely fragrant, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir and lower heat as needed to prevent sticking.
• Add the chicken and cook, breaking the meat up with a spoon. Stir to coat the meat in the curry paste and to prevent sticking, and cook until the chicken is opaque, 7 to 10 minutes. If everything is sticking, don't panic - just add a little water or neutral oil.
• Stir in the brown sugar, fish sauce and lime zest, and cook just until the liquid's been absorbed, about 1 minute. Season to taste with more brown sugar and fish sauce. (The chicken should be spicy first, salty second.) Serve at once with desired toppings.