Swedish Dinner Party Recipes

"The only way to eat beets! When I harvest my beets in the fall I always make up a few batches of this for the freezer-they're just as good reheated and it's a wonderful quick veggie for winter! To prepare fresh beets, I cover them with water, cook for 30 minutes to an hour till tender, then peel and cube. This recipe is a Swedish family tradition...."

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Ingredients: cider vinegar, cornstarch...

"This cucumber salad goes well with just any kind of meal. In Sweden, strong white distilled vinegar is usually used (12%), which gives the cucumber salad the correct sweet-and-sour flavour and a wonderful fresh and refreshing taste."

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Ingredients: cucumbers, parsley, salt...

"Not your typical boring rice! Dill, cardamom and jalapeño come together to lend an interesting twist that really pumps up this rice dish from Operakällaren in Stokholm. Packed with flavor, this rice is terrific with poultry or seafood entrees."

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Ingredients: ground cardamom, dill...

"The explosion of flavors in this dish of cabbage are really a nice experience. It has a nice texture and it goes well with pork or beef or chicken."

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Ingredients: cider vinegar, currant jelly...

"This is from the food network. For the Scandinavian part of the World Tour!"

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Ingredients: lime sorbet, mint leaves...

"This all-rye bread, called matbrod or "food bread" in Sweden, is incredibly simple to make. The cumin seeds impart a unique but delicious flavour. You could use caraway seeds instead. Recipe found in Canadian House and Home and is from Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid's Home Baking: The Artful Mix of Flour and Tradition Around the World (2003..."

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Ingredients: light rye flour, liquid honey...

"This is a Swedish recipe often served at Christmas time. This is very popular throughout Scandinavia Colorful & Tasty"

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Ingredients: fresh lemon juice, sugar...

"This doesn't have the typical pie crusts that Americans are used to. Instead, it is more like a coffee cake or cobbler. The batter is mixed with the apples and the whole mixture is baked in a pie plate. Much easier than a traditional crusted pie, and a nice change of pace with a delicious topping."

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Ingredients: cinnamon, ground cardamom...

"A little known fact: Yorkshire Pudding was brought to England by the Vikings. Originally called 'Tjockpannkaka', it was a delicacy eaten only at feasts to celebrate the homecoming of the main fleet of Viking ships. 'Thorsvedt the Berserk' was a Viking warrior who remained in northern England after a particularly bloody battle and passed on the recipe..."

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Ingredients: eggs, milk, salt...

"Found online; posting for ZWT6 (Scandinavia/Sweden) **Chilling time not included in prep/cooking time**"

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Ingredients: cinnamon, cornstarch...