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Oven-baked Falukorv Sausage with Västerbottensost Cheese and Apple

Oven-baked Falukorv Sausage with Västerbottensost Cheese and Apple

April 24 2023
Oven-baked Falukorv sausage is one of the most popular traditional home-cooked dishes in Sweden. This recipe is made with Västerbottensost cheese which makes it extra tasty.
Caramel Cut Biscuits

Caramel Cut Biscuits

April 24 2023
Caramel Cut Biscuits are a real classic among Swedish biscuits. These crispy and chewy Caramel Cut Biscuits, also known as syrup biscuits, are easy and quick to make. Perfect for a fika, coffee break, or a cake party.
Knäckebröd (Swedish Rye and Spelt Crispbread)

Knäckebröd (Swedish Rye and Spelt Crispbread)

December 29 2022
Knäckebröd are fermented crispy, thin discs of bread. They are very easy to make and go perfectly with your festive cheeses, pâtés and smoked fish. Marie Lester, who is a professional baking tutor, recipe developer and writer shares her favourite traditional Knäckebröd recipe with us. 
Pierre's Sticky White Chocolate Cake With Saffron

Pierre's Sticky White Chocolate Cake With Saffron

December 11 2022
Kladdkaka is one of the most popular chocolate cakes in Sweden. Pierre's Sticky White Chocolate Cake with Saffron is a luxurious version of the family favourite. It's made with white chocolate and saffron - served with whipped cream and lingonberry jam.
Marie’s Pepper-Ginger Biscuits

Marie’s Pepper-Ginger Biscuits

December 11 2022

Happy Pepparkakans Dag everyone! Pepparkakor is Swedish for ginger biscuits, and it’s the most popular biscuit in Sweden all year around - but particularly at Christmas time! 

Super talented baking tutor, recipe developer and writer Marie Lester has shared this wonderful recipe for Pepparkakor Ginger Biscuits. 

 

Reindeer with Porcini (Karl Johan) Mushrooms &  Lingonberries

Reindeer with Porcini (Karl Johan) Mushrooms & Lingonberries

November 24 2022

Reindeer and porcini mushrooms (or Karl-Johan mushrooms as they’re called in Sweden) are really a good combo. Here's a really quick recipe that doesn't take long to prepare and tastes really good too.

 

Swedish Elk Meatballs with Chanterelle Sauce

Swedish Elk Meatballs with Chanterelle Sauce

November 24 2022
The mighty elk (or moose if you like!) is the king of the Swedish forests. Elk meat is full of flavour and the minced meat is a delicious alternative in all all your favourite mince based dishes, including the most famous Swedish dish if them all: Swedish Meatballs.
Elsa’s Kladdkaka

Elsa’s Kladdkaka

November 3 2022
Kladdkaka is a gorgeous rich chocolate dessert cake with a crisp exterior and a soft and gooey interior. 
Classic Apple Pie

Classic Apple Pie

August 15 2022
Classic apple pie with braided lid. This beautiful pie is super tasty and perfect to serve as a dessert, or as a special treat for the fika break. 
Princcess Cake

Princcess Cake

April 29 2022

Princess Cake is probably the most famous of Swedish cakes. With its layers of airy sponge cake, creme patisserie, raspberry jam, whipped cream and covered with a layer of colourful marzipan - it's absolutley gorgenous and indulgent.

Recipe and photo by: Elin at Fika Bristol

Easter Salad with Hot Smoked Salmon and Asparagus

Easter Salad with Hot Smoked Salmon and Asparagus

April 8 2022

Lightly cooked asparagus, hot smoked salmon and crispy radishes in a dressing with capers and mustard. Serve as part of your Easter buffet, or as a luxurious lunch.

Tagliatelle with dried Porcini

Tagliatelle with dried Porcini

February 9 2022
This is a lovely and simple recipe with our Dried Porcini from Get Funghi.
Kanellängder - Cinnamon Lengths

Kanellängder - Cinnamon Lengths

October 19 2021
This recipe is for Cinnamon Bun lovers who fancy making something a little different. Kanellängder, or Cinnamon Lengths in English, are rectangular shaped breads which are perfect to serve up when you want to treat a larger group of friends to fika.
Fika Bristol's Cinnamon Bun Rolls

Fika Bristol's Cinnamon Bun Rolls

October 1 2021

Swedish cinnamon buns is a classic Swedish bake, served at all cafes and 'fika' parties. Everyone is expected to be able to make them or at least eat a few. 

 

We've borrowed the recipe below from the talented baker Elin Fry, who owns Fika Bristol, a Swedish bakery in Bristol. Elin says:

"The Cinnamon Rolls are not difficult to make at all, just takes a bit of time as the dough needs to be left to rise twice.  For many Swedes one of the best childhood memories is coming home from school to a kitchen smelling of cinnamon rolls. Then getting to eat a roll whilst is still warm and drink a glass of cold milk with it – heaven!  My daughter once said 'Oh I whish you could eat the smell' when I was baking the rolls."

 

Swedish Fruit Crumble Pie - Smulpaj

Swedish Fruit Crumble Pie - Smulpaj

August 28 2021

Swedish Fruit Crumble Pie, Smulpaj, with home made vanilla sauce is pure heaven! 

This recipe works with blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, gooseberries or any other favourite fruit and berries.

Carrot & Cardamom Cake With Walnuts

Carrot & Cardamom Cake With Walnuts

August 15 2021

Swedes have enjoyed the taste of cardamom for more than 1000 years, when the Vikings found the spice in the bazaars of Constantinople.

Today Swedes consume eighteen times more cardamom than the average country.

Cardamom adds a fragrant flavour to biscuits, cakes, mulled wines, stewed fruits, ice-cream, and it's even used as a pickling spice.

Vanilla Hearts

Vanilla Hearts

August 9 2021

A classic Swedish pastry filled with delicious custard.  They're a bit fiddly to make, but it's totally worth it - they will taste just like in a Swedish konditori coffee house. 

Västerbottensost Cheese Pie

Västerbottensost Cheese Pie

June 30 2021
Västerbottencheese pie is a Swedish classic. It's often served during holidays such as Easter, Midsummer, Christmas. And it's a not a real Swedish crayfish party without this pie.
Mazariner (Swedish Almond Tarts)

Mazariner (Swedish Almond Tarts)

March 11 2021

This recipe by recipe creator, food blogger and photographer Louise at Nordic Kitchen Stories is a modern take on the classic Swedish amond tarts filled with almond paste and topped with icing called Mazariner (Mazarin for singular.)  Below is a recipe for Louise's Mazariner with blood organge curd and icing.

These mini tarts have a long tradition. They are said to be named after the Italian cardinal and diplomat Jules Mazarin (1602-1661) exactly why is unclear. It’s said that Mazarin was a food lover, who together with Anne of Austria (Queen of France 1643-1651), with whom he had good relations, was one of the few Italians who extensively popularised pasta throughout France.  It is then hardly surprising that these tarts have his name and found their way in variations across Europe.

Gubbröra

Gubbröra

March 4 2021

Gubbröra is an egg-anchovy salad whose colourful Swedish name means ‘old man’s mix’. Works well both as a starter and as a midnight snack.

Swedish culinary tradition includes numerous dishes that are based on seafood or meat that has been salted to last a long time, in this case spice-cured anchovies. Egg-anchovy salad is best served as a starter on a thin slice of round dark bread. A small sprig of dill on top looks nice.

Oven Pancake

Oven Pancake

March 4 2021

The oven pancake is very different to it's thin cousin, which is fried and flipped in a frying pan. The oven pancake is much thicker and with a unique taste.

It's really easy to make, and traditionally eaten on Thursdays after a tasty pea soup with salty bacon.

Swedish Vanilla Buns

Swedish Vanilla Buns

January 8 2021

Swedish Vanilla Buns (Vaniljbullar) are sweet, enriched, yeasted buns flavoured with cardamom, filled with an enticing creme patisserie and then delicately dusted with sugar.  Light as a feather and mouthwateringly delicious.

These Swedish custard buns set themselves apart from any other.  Although they don’t quite have the same classic status as Cinnamon & Cardamom Buns, they are still popular with young and old in Sweden.

Louise at Nordic Kitchen Stories has introduced the tangzhong method into this recipe. 

What on earth is the tangzhong method you ask?, you ask.

"Well, it has its origins in Japan", says Louise. "A yeasted bread technique that involves cooking a portion of flour into a thick roux prior, to then add to the dough ingredients, resulting in soft, fluffy bread, that stays fresh a little longer."

She adds:

"If you follow the simple steps below, I guarantee you, you’ll have delicious, light and extremely more-ish buns to share with your family and friends."

 

 

Text, recipe and photo: Louise Hurst, Nordic Kitchen Stories

 

Pastry Parcels with Västerbottensost Cheese

Pastry Parcels with Västerbottensost Cheese

December 31 2020

Västerbottensost cheese is one of Sweden's most popular hard cheeses. This recipe is easy to make and delicious - perfect party bites!

Lucia Buns

Lucia Buns

November 21 2020

Lucia Buns are, as the name suggests, traditionallay eaten at Lucia celebrations on 13 December. These fragrant saffron buns are delicius with a coffee, hot chocolate or Glögg, Swedish mulled wine.

 

 

The annual candlelit Lucia procession on 13 December is perhaps one of the more exotic-looking Swedish customs, with girls and boys clad in white full-length gowns singing songs together. Among the youngest, anyone can be Lucia; as the children get older, the competition will harden. Learn more about Lucia from Sweden.se's website: https://sweden.se/culture-traditions/lucia/

 

SWEDISH SEEDED LIMPA BREAD

SWEDISH SEEDED LIMPA BREAD

November 1 2020

Limpa is a classic Swedish bread loaf, often served as an open sandwich. Recipe developer, food photographer and blogger Louise from Nordic Kitchen Stories have updated her Grandmothers recipe and added healthy seeds.

 

"In all honesty it takes me no time to weigh and mix the ingredients, pop in the oven and an hour later I have a lovely home baked loaf!"

Louise, Nordic Kitchen Stories

 

Bostongurka - Pickled Cucumber Relish

Bostongurka - Pickled Cucumber Relish

September 17 2020

Bostongurka tastes amazing in a burger and as a relish with meat, fish or vegetarian dishes. The name 'Bostongurka' has nothing to do with the city of Boston but is purely a brand name of a product invented in 1945 by a second world war refugee from Czechoslovakia named Herbert Felix. His last name is still to this day synonymous with Swedish pickles. Felix is one of biggest Swedish food brands.


Below is our recipe for how to make your own home made Pickled Cucumber Relish, which is the perfect accompaniment with burgers and hot dogs, as well as meat and fish dishes.

Rosehip Soup

Rosehip Soup

September 17 2020
Rosehip Soup is a popular hot drink on cold Swedish winter days. This recipe makes a thick syrup, which is packed with vitamin C and it tastes heavenly.
Swedish Cinnamon Buns

Swedish Cinnamon Buns

September 10 2020

The Swedish Cinnamon Bun is probably the most iconic of Swedish pastries. It's eaten often, every day for many Swedes, at the fika break with a cup of strong coffee, fruit cordial, or a glass of cold milk. On the 4th of October every year Sweden celebrates Cinnamon Bun Day and on this day more than 7 million cinnamon buns are sold, and it's estimated that around another 7 million are baked at home. That's a LOT of cinnamon buns!

At TotallySwedish we stock the vital ingredients you need to bake your own cinnamon buns: fresh yeast, pearl sugar, strong white flour, and of course, ground cinnamon and vanilla sugar!

The recipe below was created by Jan Hedh, who is one of Sweden's most famous pastry chefs and cookbook authors. We stock a range of biscuits from Hedh-Escalante, all of which are not only delicious, but also beautiful to look at. 

Beetroot and Horseradish Cured Gravad Lax

Beetroot and Horseradish Cured Gravad Lax

June 12 2020

Salmon is a must for the Midsummer smörgåsbord. Talented food blogger, recipe creator and food photograpfer Louise from Nordic Kitchen Stories lent us this amazing recipe for Beetroot and Horseradish Gravlax.

 

Kavring Bread

Kavring Bread

May 8 2020
Kavring is a traditional Swedish dark rye bread. Often served with gravlax, pickled herring, pickles or hard-boiled eggs.
Bondkakor - Farmer's Cookies

Bondkakor - Farmer's Cookies

May 8 2020
Bondkakor, or Swedish farmer cookies, both look and sound modest. Nothing special, surely? But don’t be fooled - these cookies are amazing, preferably served with a glass of cold milk.
Tosca Cake

Tosca Cake

May 8 2020

Surprise friends and family with a deliciously moist cake topped with caramelised almond flakes - perfect for dessert or fika breaks. The Tosca Cake became popular in Sweden during the 1930's and 40's. Its origin is not known, but it's believed that it's named after Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca.

 

Nettle Pesto

Nettle Pesto

May 8 2020
Many people hate stinging nettles in their gardens. But did you know you can eat them? They taste great and contain a lot of vitamins and minerals.
Brysselkex and Schackrutor

Brysselkex and Schackrutor

April 1 2020
Brysselkex, Swedish Brussels biscuits, are classic shortcrust pastry biscuits rolled in colourful granulated sugar.The same dough can be used to make Schackrutor, Swedish Chequerboard biscuits. 
Swedish Cardamom Buns

Swedish Cardamom Buns

January 11 2020

Did you know that Swedes consume more cardamom per year than anywhere else in Europe? In India cardamom is often used for its health benefits and as a spice in savoury dishes and drinks, and in the Middle East cardamom in coffee is a popular drink. Swedes mostly consume their cardamom via deliciously fragrant cakes, pastries and biscuits.

This recipe is a plant-based version of classic Swedish Cardamom Buns, created and photographed by recipe developer and photographer Natalie Penny - http://nataliepenny.com

Carrot Cake Cupcakes With Pecan Tosca

Carrot Cake Cupcakes With Pecan Tosca

October 31 2019
These delightful carrot cake muffins with pecan tosca and topped with gorgeous frosting make for an indulgent treat for the afternoon fika break. And kids love them too!