Finnish Recipes

"Inspired by a Bourdain show, this is a terrific tummy-warming meal for those cold, dreary days. Plunk everything in the crockpot in the morning and come home to a hot, hearty stew. Courtesy of Kari Diehl"

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Ingredients: lamb stew meat, pork stew meat...

"Found in Dec/Jan 1996 issue of Taste of Home, submitted by Audrey Thibodeau."

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Ingredients: egg whites, sugar...

"This is a traditional Finnish thick oven baked pancake"

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Ingredients: eggs, milk, salt...

"From my mother's recipes. She loved to bake and we loved to eat it!"

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Ingredients: ground cardamom, eggs...

"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...

"This fun vegan dish normally uses cream but soymilk is far healthier and non-dairy to boot. Feel free to use almond or rice milk instead, and make sure it is plain and unsweetened due to the addition of sugar to this. I normally hate eating mushrooms cold but this made me change my mind! Cook time includes chill time."

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Ingredients: fresh chives, fresh mushrooms...

"A sweet bread traditionally served in Sweden or Finland; often served as buns, loaves, or in a bundt shape. Often topped with a white icing and walnuts, this is usually served with coffee. I came across this recipe (source, epicurean.com) while looking for instructions for how to braid or plait braid, which, incidentally, is also done with this bread,..."

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Ingredients: egg whites, eggs...

"The openings in this holiday bread often serve as a container for Christmas cookies. From The Festive Bread Book by Kathy Cutler. I've changed the recipe just a bit to prevent any mishaps with the yeast."

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Ingredients: ground cardamom, eggs, milk...

"I got this from my finish work pal Riina, we got them at work one day and they were so tasty that i requested the recipe. I came come and started baking right away. DH loved them too so they are a real winner in our family."

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Ingredients: rolled oats, vanilla, flour...

"Black pudding = bloodpalt = blood pudding This recipe does not include instructions for making Bloodpalt. Add salt to taste Depending the size of onions and your own taste you can use 1 or 2 onions Instead of smoked ham you can use bacon"

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Ingredients: pepper, onions, potatoes...

"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...