The Original Norwegain Waffle

For best result, use a traditional Norwegian waffle iron.

Ingredients
6 large eggs
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 cup sour cream
1/2 cup melted butter

Instructions
1. In a large mixing bowl, use a hand mixer to beat together eggs, sugar, and vanilla extract until creamy.

2. Mix in flour, baking soda, and salt until just combined.

3. Add in sour cream and melted butter and mix until the batter is smooth. Let it rest for 20 minutes before making the waffles.

4. Heat a heart-shaped waffle iron and spray it with nonstick cooking spray or brush with melted butter.

5. Pour 1/4 cup of the batter onto the waffle iron, close, and cook until light brown. Serve with butter and brown cheese, or whipped cream topped with jam.

Now that you’ve satisfied your taste of Norway, why not check into an experience in this magical destination? Contact us for ideas on how to travel to Norway!

Tour of the Azamara Luxury Boutique Ship

Click here to see an in-depth tour of the Azamara ship you can book for a Norway Experience & Perry Golf package … or you can book anywhere in the world for that matter! This small ship cruise line sails to Alaska, Asia, Antarctica, South America, Africa, the Caribbean, and some of your favorites destinations like Greece, Iceland, The United Kingdom, Spain, Croatia, Italy and so many more cool places.

If Norway is on your bucket list you’ll want to check out the available excursions. There will be more added as we get closer to 2021!

While it lasts, you can book a luxury vacation with 50% off the 2nd guest and up to $1,000 on onboard credit. Azamara is offering reduced deposits and other great ways to make your trip worthwhile and keep money in your pockets to spend while abroad. Did you know this cruise line only has 350 cabins? Bookings always include free gratuities, free drinks (yes … wine, beer, an cocktails too), and usually a free excursion with sailing 7 nights or longer.

Please contact us for more information or to learn how you can earn a free trip with a group. Your credit can be shared with all in the group or you, as the ‘pied piper’ and use it yourself! We’ve personally sailed with Azamara to Greece, Croatia, Montenegro, Venice, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, and Singapore and are happy to answer any questions you may have on a 700 passenger vacation as good as any land vacation you can find!

Firecracker Grilled Alaska Salmon

This recipe serves 8 people and is a great way to change up the flavors of your usual grilled salmon dinner. Enjoy!

• 8 (4 ounce) fillets salmon

• 1/2 cup peanut oil

• 4 tablespoons soy sauce

• 4 tablespoons balsamic vinegar

• 4 tablespoons green onions, chopped

• 3 teaspoons brown sugar

• cloves garlic, minced

• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger

• 2 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes

• 1 teaspoon sesame oil

• 1/2 teaspoon salt

  1. Place salmon filets in a medium, nonporous glass dish. In a separate medium bowl, combine the peanut oil, soy sauce, vinegar, green onions, brown sugar, garlic, ginger, red pepper flakes, sesame oil and salt. Whisk together well, and pour over the fish. Cover and marinate the fish in the refrigerator for 4 to 6 hours.

  2. Prepare an outdoor grill with coals about 5 inches from the grate, and lightly oil the grate.

  3. Grill the fillets 5 inches from coals for 10 minutes per inch of thickness, measured at the thickest part, or until fish just flakes with a fork. Turn over halfway through cooking.

Looking to travel to Alaska in the near future? Contact us to chat about your option. We are happy to help!

Tahitian-Style Poisson Cru

For Six People

Ingredients

• 500g of red tuna

• 2 tomato

• 1 small cucumber

• 2 green limes

• 1 onion

• coconut milk

• parsley

• 1 green onion

• salt

• pepper

Cut the fish into small pieces and soak it in seawater or salt water for 5 minutes. In a salad bowl, put diced tomatoes and cucumbers, thinly sliced onion, cut green onion and chopped parsley. Add lemon juice, salt and pepper and let soak for a few minutes. Drain the fish, add to the bowl and mix well with other ingredients. Add the coconut milk at the last minute.

Serve immediately.

Windstar's Maple Siracha Drumsticks

Chef Steven Raichlen shares his masterpieces with Windstar guests.

Photo credit: Matthew Benson, 2018

Only four ingredients, easy to eat drumsticks with a sweet fiery maple-siracha are simple, yet astonishingly tasty. This often overlooked cut delivers a rich meaty flavor with a touch of Scotch whiskey to add to the additional smoke flavor.

Excerpted from Project Fire by Steven Raichlen.

To book a luxury Windstar sailing where they serve recipes like this, contact Culinary Latitudes today!

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RECIPE

Chicken Prep

12 large chicken drumsticks

1 Tbsp coarse salt (sea or kosher)

1 Tbsp freshly ground black pepper

1 Tbsp hot red pepper flakes

2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil

Place drumsticks in mixing bowl, sprinkle with salt, pepper, red pepper flakes and olive oil, stirring to coat well. 

Maple-Sriracha Glaze

6 Tbsp unsalted butter

5 Tbsp pure maple syrup

¼ cup sriracha, or more to taste

3 Tbsp Scotch whisky

Melt butter in saucepan over high heat, stir in maple syrup, sriracha and whisky. Boil until mixture is syrupy, 3-to-5 minutes.

Indirect Grilling

On a charcoal grill, rake coals into two mounds at opposite sides of grill and cook chicken in center. On gas grill, light the outside burners and grill in center.

Smoke-Roasting

Add hardwood (two chunks or 1 ½ cups wood chips, soaked in water for 30 minutes, then drained) to charcoal coals. On gas grill, make smoker pouch by folding heavy-duty aluminum foil over wood chips and poking holes in top to release smoke. 

Ready, Set, Grill!

• Set up grill for indirect grilling and heat to medium-high. Before cooking, scrape grill grate clean and brush grill grate with vegetable oil.

• Arrange drumsticks rounded-side up in single layer in center of grill. Add wood to coals or smoker pouch under grill grate and over outside burners.

• Close grill lid. Indirect grill drumsticks until skin is crisp and well browned. Cook 40 to 50 minutes, to internal temperature of 170ºF.

• About 5 minutes before chicken is done, brush all sides with glaze. Repeat just before removing drumsticks from grill. 

• Arrange drumsticks on platter and pour remaining glaze over them. Sprinkle with cilantro, chives or scallion greens and serve.

Excerpted from Project Fire by Steven Raichlen (Workman Publishing). Copyright © 2018. Photographs by Matthew Benson

Learn New Recipes from Cruise Chefs

“To elevate their culinary offerings, our cruise partners enlist high-caliber chefs to launch onboard restaurants and plan sophisticated menus. Here we have gathered several inspiring how-to-videos from inspiring chefs and mixologists across the fleets.”

CLICK HERE to see seven amazing recipes!

Ricotta Gnocchi from Tuscan Grille

One reason I choose Celebrity Cruises as my preferred luxury mainstream cruise lines is their award winning chefs. When they decide to share a recipe I snag it and add it to my collection. This tasty dish is is from their specialty restaurant, Tuscan Grille. Give Ricotta Gnocchi a try!

Enjoy a Feast of Flavors with Celebrity Cruises®

Our culinary-focused cruises deliver deliciously authentic experiences that are bound to expand your horizons and open your world like never before. Discover a mouthwatering journey featuring the finest culinary experts and globally inspired cuisines as distinct and amazing as the destinations we visit. Our latest culinary endeavors include partnerships with Fine Cooking magazine and their Emmy® Award nominated PBS series, Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking, and incredible onboard dining events with outstanding menus developed by our new Global Culinary Brand Ambassador, Daniel Boulud. So, step aboard and explore new ways to thrill your palate, master culinary skills, and take your vacation to a new tantalizing level.

A taste of the good life. Recreate Ricotta Gnocchi from our authentic Italian restaurant, Tuscan Grille. Buon appetito.

Give your taste buds a vacation and try sailing with Celebrity Cruises. Call 303-919-8627 or write to rhonda@culinarylatitudes.com for a cultural and culinary vacation.

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By the way, we are booked on a trip to Antarctica in January of 2021. Why don’t you join us?