Autumn is here. It's a season we never really had in Texas, at least not like the autumn here in Sweden. Here there are colors everywhere. The temperature drops to a cold chill. When the sun is out it's beautiful, when its not it's cozy. It's the perfect time of year.
Last year around this time my husband was working crazy hours at his job and he wasn't home until around 8:00 each night. Which was late to eat dinner. But I grew used to the few hours I had alone. I'd work on elaborate dinners, have a glass of wine, listen to music. When we moved to our bigger apartment with a bigger kitchen, I'd just sit in our kitchen while sauce simmered or potatoes roasted. Making dinner became comforting. It still is.
When we were invited to a dinner party last weekend G and I wondered what we'd bring. We decided on a roasted pumpkin and feta cheese salad with red onion marmalade as a side.
The red onion marmalade was a hit. It went with everything and it made a lot (as 2 kgs of onions will) so we've been adding the leftovers to our food all week.
It's the perfect fall condiment. Sour, sweet, onion-ey, caramel-ey, with hints of wine.
It takes a long time to make- a lot longer than we expected it would. It's a lot of onion slicing. But it's good. It's so good. Even good on toast as a savory snack.
If you know me, then you'll know that I have an extreme aversion the winter. The darkness is hard and the cold seems like it will never go away, even come April. We light more candles this time of year. We huddle in scarves and hats. We hold hands. It's ways to get through the "darker months" that Sweden's winter brings. And we make hearty, good food.
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