KROPPKAKOR – SWEDISH POTATO DUMPLINGS

Firstly let me tell you about my midsommar or midsummer – the day we Swedes celebrate the start of summer and the season of fertility. As expected we celebrated outside Jönköping, it feels like everyone leave town to go to the countryside the day before midsummer leaving all the streets empty in town. This year I…

THE GREATEST CANDYSHOP + HOW SWEDES SHOP FOR CANDY

Just a small tip, if ever visiting Gothenburg pay this candyshop a visit, its epic! They call themselves “4gott” and I think they have three stores around Gothenburg but I’ve only been to the one at Östra Hamngatan 5 just outside the centralstation. I always joke about getting diabetes just by breathing in the air in…

PICKLED HERRING or SILL

How have your 2016 been so far? My year have started off on the calm note – with days spent in my PJs most of the time, my face haven’t been near any makeup and I have watched tones of movies, WJHC and reading books I forgotten I ever bought. It have been so nice…

RIS Á LA MALTA

I can’t believe it’s only 3 days left of 2015 – as always, the year have flown by so fast. This means that this is the last of the “Christmas-food” posts for this year, ending with the one thing I can’t celebrate Christmas without; Ris á la Malta. This is the one thing I ask my…

MY SWEDISH CHRISTMAS

This night was my first night since Monday that I’ve slept in my own bed, and god, it felt so good! I love christmas but after driving from family to family, activity to activity and when I finally landed at home after the traditional boxing-day ice hockey (and we won, that felt even better) I have…

SANTA’S PORRIDGE – 2ND ADVENT

Can’t believe it’s already the 2nd of advent! This week have flown by so fast, probably due to a lot of studying for my exams (one week left today) and the fact that my days are so stuffed with meeting friends, hockey and preparation for our presentation in accounting-class. Every year the Swedish television air…

GUBBRÖRA

Oldmans-mix or ”gubbröra” in Swedish are traditionally eaten during midsummer and around christmas time. This is one of those traditional recipes that are on its way to be forgotten, it’s almost as its classified as “something my grandma eats” and therefore not made by those under 80. But, I will fight for it, because to…

1ST ADVENT

Yesterday it was 1st of advent. Advent it a pretty serious thing here in Sweden, its the one thing everyone looks forward to after two months with rain/snow, darkness and staying in.We crave the warmth, to meet up with friends, to eat good food and to celebrate. This is also a day full of personal traditions…

SWEDISH TRADITIONS; CHRISTMAS TABLE

I believe this is one of Sweden’s strangest food traditions. It’s called “julbord”, or directly translated to; christmas table. In december, you dress up and go out to eat christmas-food with family and friends (I know someone that have a record of 13 christmas-tables in one year, I would say that’s pretty decent). . Downsides…

SWEDISH VACCUM-CLEANERS

This is the Swedish retro-cake ‘Dammsugare’ or Vacuum-cleaners in English, and they have got their name from the tube-shaped vacuum cleaners used in the 1960s and the fact that they historically were used to use up old and dry cakes “to vacuum them up…” . Despite their doubtful history they are a real treat, sweet…

CINNAMONBUN WREATH

This is a new take on the Swedish classic; the cinnamon bun or “kanelbullen”. Or really, this is the original version of it, but its gotten a bit forgotten. Instead of making separete buns you make one big one, with the (amazing) perk of beeing so much more moist. Its also quite a impressive centerpiece to…