One of the key products for cooking in Sweden is fish and seafood. The most popular fish is herring and local housewives can cook dozens of different dishes from it. The herring is served in marinade, with mustard, with lemon, white sauce, salted, smoked or fried. The most original dish from this fish is "surstromming", which is a fermented herring. The dish has a sharp, specific smell, but the taste of fish will be remembered for a long time by those who dared to try it. Other popular fishes are salmon, pike, mackerel, and sprats. Be sure to try the "gravel" - a dish of salmon in a special marinade, "zilbular med korintez" - beefsteak from herring, and a variety of fish cutlets.
Other seafood is equally popular like Crabs, squid, mussels and other bounties of the Baltic Sea. Meat dishes are equally popular. Due to the peculiarities of climate and relief, the most common types of meat are pork, venison, poultry, and game. One of the most classic dishes is Swedish meatballs ("svenska bullar ", “Swedish kottbullar”). They are prepared from minced meat with the addition of eggs, rusks, and cream and served with mashed potatoes and cowberry sauce. Another national dish is pea soup with pork; traditionally the dish is served on Thursdays. Among other popular local dishes - "kottbullar" (large Swedish dumplings), fried pork with beans, little bits of game, chopped venison.
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