Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Finnish cuisine is very similar to Swedish cuisine. Swedish dishes like Janssons frestelse (janssoninkiusaus), pyttipannu, and gravlax (graavilohi) are common in Finland. The overarching difference is the Finns' preference for unsweetened foods.
Mämmi (Finnish: [ˈmæmːi]; Swedish: memma) is a traditional Finnish dessert, eaten around Easter. Mämmi is traditionally made of water, rye flour, ground malted rye, salt, and dried, ground Seville orange zest. The mixture is then left to sweeten naturally, before being baked in an oven [1] until set, by which time the colour and flavour ...
This is a list of notable Finnish sweets and desserts. The cuisine of Finland refers to food preparation originating from Finland or having played a great historic part in Finnish cuisine. Finland also shares many dishes and influences with surrounding Scandinavian countries, such as Norway , Sweden , and Denmark , as well as Russia .
Kalakukko 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. The city also hosts an annual kalakukko baking contest.
Meat, berries, milk and ground vegetables are typical ingredients whereas spices are not common due to their historical unavailability. Finland is widely renowned for its rich bread culture, exemplified by its diverse range of breads, from sour rye to kalakukko – a "fish rooster" encased in a hearty rye crust.
Modern Finnish joulupöytä. Joulupöytä (pronounced [ˈjou̯luˌpøy̯tæ]; translating to " Yule table") is the traditional assortment of foods served at Christmas in Finland. It contains many different dishes, most of them typical for the season. The main dish is usually a large Christmas ham, which is eaten with mustard.
Kesäkeitto. Kesäkeitto (Finnish: [ˈkesæˌkei̯t̪ːo]; lit. 'summer soup') is a traditional vegetable soup in Finnish cuisine cooked in milk with butter, potatoes, carrots, peas, cauliflower and possibly other vegetables of the season. [1][2] During the wars in the 1940s, summer soup was very popular in Finland because the availability of ...
Ruisleipä. 5 types of Finnish rye bread (top to bottom/left to right): limppu, reikäleipä, loaf, reissumies and hapankorppu. Ruisleipä (rye bread) is a dark sourdough rye bread produced extensively in Finland. It is the most popular type of bread in Finland. It is a staple in Finnish cuisine, [1] and holds the status of the national food ...