3 Scandinavian recipes to help you be more hygge this winter

Kate Lough13 October 2016Autumn 2016's buzzword is without doubt hygge. It doesn's translate directly into English, but it encapsulates a very Danish way of living, which is all about warm, cosiness and conviviality. It's about celebrating nature, spending time with family and friends and making the most of the simple things in life like food. Here, author of haute hygge manual How to Hygge: The Secrets of Nordic Living Signe Johansen, shares three warming winter recipes you should try at home, including a sticky ginger cake, roast lamb and a hot cauliflower salad.Sticky Ginger Cake with a Clementine GlazeAlways a favourite during the yule season, Serves 8–10 I baked this on Kirstie Allsopp’s Handmade Christmas TV programme and it was so popular I decided to include the recipe here. I’m not wild about sickly sweet marzipan or toothbusting sugar icing on traditional British Christmas cakes, so this is my Nordic alternative —festive colours, flavours and just the right amount of sweetnes...