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Kalakukko (Finnish: [ˈkɑlɑˌkukːo]) is a traditional Finnish dish from the region of Savonia made from fish (e.g., perch, vendace, loach, smelt, or salmon) baked inside a loaf of bread. Kalakukko is especially popular in Kuopio, capital city of the Northern Savonia region. Kuopio is home to many kalakukko bakeries.
Sourdough starter mix, the base of most Finnish rye bread. Rye bread, known as ruisleipä, is a popular dark and sour bread in Finland, distinguishing itself from German rye breads by its less greasy and moist texture and differs from Swedish rye breads by not being sweet and lacking spices like caraway.
Ruisreikäleipä (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈrui̯sˌrei̯kæˌlei̯pæ], rye hole-bread) is a kind of Finnish bread, a flat rye flour loaf with a hole in the middle. It is sometimes referred to as reikäleipä ( [ˈrei̯kæˌlei̯pæ] ), shorter term without ruis (rye) which applies also to the oat loaf with a hole.
The large Finnish minority group in Sweden eats a stiffer rye bread baked with sour dough. Bread was historically primarily served in one of two ways, either broken into pieces in a soup, stock, milk, or fermented milk, or dipped in a hot drink, or served in the form of butter spread on a slice of bread and served as an open sandwich. [15]
Finnish cuisine is notable for generally combining traditional country fare and haute cuisine with contemporary continental-style cooking. Fish and meat (usually pork, beef or reindeer) play a prominent role in traditional Finnish dishes in some parts of the country, while the dishes elsewhere have traditionally included various vegetables and mushrooms.
Pulla (Finnish pronunciation:) is a mildly sweet Finnish sweet roll or dessert bread flavored with crushed cardamom seeds and occasionally raisins or sliced almonds. Braided loaves (pitko) are formed from three or more strands of dough. The loaves may also be formed into a ring.
This traditional farmhouse ale dates to the Viking era and is finding its way to the U.S.
Karelian pasties made in Vaivio, Liperi Karelian pasties, Karelian pies or Karelian pirogs (Karelian: kalitat, singular kalitta; Olonets Karelian: šipainiekku; Finnish: karjalanpiirakat, singular karjalanpiirakka [ˈkɑrjɑlɑnˌpiːrɑkːɑ]; [1] or Swedish: karelska piroger) are traditional Finnish pasties or pirogs originating from the region of Karelia.