Finnish Fruit Recipes

"Vispipuuro (Finnish whipped porridge) or klappgröt (Swedish name) is a sweet, wheat semolina (manna) dessert porridge made with berries, usually lingonberries. It's eaten in both Sweden and Finland. The semolina is cooked with the berries and also some kind of sweetener. After the mixture has cooled down, the porridge is vigorously whipped to a..."

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Ingredients: lingonberries, salt, sugar...

"Submitted by the Nav Jiwan International Tea Room for the Extending the Table cookbook. This is known as Vatkattu Marjapuuro in Finland. It is often made with lingonberries which are plentiful there. You can also use apple, strawberry or raspberry juice + 1 Tablespoon lemon juice in place of the cranberry juice."

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Ingredients: cranberry juice, sugar...

"While Finns would typically use fresh lingonberries for this hearty porridge, cranberries are equally delicious. Serving size is estimated. Posted for ZWT 6 - Scandanavia. Recipe was found on about.com and provided by Kari Diehl, Guide to Scandinavian Food, About.com."

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Ingredients: cinnamon, rolled oats, salt...

"Based on a recipe from Anna-Maija’s and Juha Tanttu’s book, Food from Finland. This might even be good with some whipped cream!"

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Ingredients: sugar, water, potato flour...

"From about.com :Finnish Mansikkalumi, "Strawberry Snow," is a light and easy summer dessert that can be served immediately at room temperature or prepared ahead of time and frozen in a decorative mold. I'm posting for ZWT6 and my strawberry harvest. For those who are leery of egg whites you can use 6 tsp. powdered egg white reconstituted..."

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Ingredients: egg whites, cookies...

"Posted for ZWT6 Scandinavian Region - Finland. Found on-line for authentic and historical Finnish recipes. These cakes were named after Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877), the national poet of Finland, who is said to have had a special liking in them. His birthday is celebrated on the 5th of February, around which time the cakes are sold in many..."

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Ingredients: eggs, granulated sugar...

"ZWT6 Finland. "This is a simple sugar cake that goes well with a cup of tea. Most of the Finnish recipes only use candied orange peel to garnish and juice to make the glaze. I've also added grated orange zest to the cake batter to make the cake even more fragrant and tasty." http://nami-nami.blogspot.com. Cooking time is a guess."

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Ingredients: confectioners' sugar, oranges...

"Posted for ZWT 6."

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Ingredients: Cointreau liqueur, egg whites...

"Posted for ZWT6 Scandinavian Region - Finland. I posted a similar recipe to this but it called for making your own "cream of wheat" first and then the pancake. This is similar in that it bakes in the oven but seems a bit simpler. I want to try both methods and thought it worth posting this one too. There are 3 other recipes for this recipe..."

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Ingredients: cream, eggs, fresh fruit...

"Adapted from Time/Life Foods of the World. Posted for ZWT6."

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Ingredients: cranberry juice, sugar...

"Another GREAT Jamie Oliver recipe, and one that I am preparing for New Year's Eve! Jamie says you can use any spirits or liquor, but he suggestes vodka and tequila in his recipe. These bottles look SO festive and pretty, I plan to use holly, berries, bay leaves, fruit slices, ivy and woody herbs for my bottles this year. DO check that the liquor bottle..."

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Ingredients: tequila, fresh edible flowers...