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Fruits featured in recipes include blackcurrant, apples--specifically of the åkerö variety, [3] cherries, lingonberries, raspberries, gooseberries, and pears. Another strong influence on Swedish pastries is the practice of fika. Fika is a custom involving enjoying coffee, small pastries, and quiet time to recover from everyday stress.
Krokan is a Swedish confection and a traditional dessert in the country. It is a multi-tiered pastry made from almond flour, constructed of thin pieces baked in decorative patterns. [1] The parts are then joined using melted caramelized sugar, assembled into a tower, and decorated with crisscross patterns [2] and marzipan roses.
Ostkaka (pronounced oost-kah-kah), ost meaning "cheese" and kaka meaning "cake" in Swedish, is known as Swedish cheesecake or Swedish curd cake, it is a Swedish dessert that has its roots in two different parts of Sweden, Hälsingland and Småland, though there are some differences between ostkaka from Hälsingland resembling halloumi in texture, [1] and the soft-grained ostkaka from Småland. [2]
One of the most traditional Swedish soups, ärtsoppa, is still served in many restaurants and households every Thursday, [3] a tradition since the Middle Ages. Ärtsoppa is a yellow pea soup, commonly served with pancakes as dessert. This is a simple meal, a very thick soup, basically consisting of boiled yellow peas, a little onion, salt and ...
Princess cake or Princess Torte [1] [2] (Swedish: prinsesstårta) is a traditional Swedish layer cake or torte consisting of alternating layers of airy sponge cake, pastry cream, and a thick-domed layer of whipped cream. The cake is covered by a layer of rolled marzipan, giving it a smooth, rounded top.
Saffranspannkaka or gotlandspannkaka (English: saffron pancake or Gotland pancake, Gutnish: saffranspannkake or saffranspannkakå) is a dessert from the island of Gotland, Sweden, and is considered one of their provincial dishes. [1] It is made of rice pudding, cream, milk, sugar, egg, chopped almonds, and saffron mixed together and baked.
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A semla, vastlakukkel, laskiaispulla, Swedish eclair, fastlagsbulle / fastelavnsbolle or vēja kūkas is a traditional sweet roll made in various forms in Sweden, [1] Finland, Norway, Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Estonia, [2] and Latvia, associated with Lent and especially Shrove Tuesday in most countries, Shrove Monday in Denmark, parts of southern Sweden, Iceland and Faroe Islands or ...