Magnus has a taste for cooking

Magnus Krantz, project manager at Weldin Gothenburg, (former GH Svetsteknik), has a passion for cooking, which he thanks his father for. His father, a fisherman, would bring home fish, lobster and crayfish, which they would prepare together. With such generous access to all the bounty of the sea, it wasn’t long before he was curing salmon and filleting all kinds of fish, and many of the family’s meals came from the sea.

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His father’s closest friends were restaurant owners and famous chefs in Gothenburg, and complemented his catches by bringing him fine meats from their restaurants.

“I think it was a win-win situation for everyone. I helped dad and his friends by picking berries and mushrooms for their dinners, got some pocket money for that and also helped to cook and eat the meals. And that taught me how to cook a nice piece of meat, almost always with a good whiskey or red wine reduction sauce.”

What is your favourite recipe?

“I never use recipes, I just go by taste. There’s nothing better than experimenting, you always learn something new. It took a lot of work to create a recipe to share with you, because most of what I do is in my head and taste buds, but the recipe I chose is relatively simple. I make it often and it’s a dish I created myself.

What is the best thing about cooking?

“The best thing is the company. It’s important that cooking doesn’t turn into a duty; that takes all the fun out of it. Inviting friends and family to dinner and spending time together, that’s what makes cooking fun. And if you can enjoy your meal with a good drink, that’s the icing on the cake.