When Grandma invited the whole family over for Sunday lunch, it was either jauhelihaperunaviipalelaatikko (minced beef and potato casserole) or lihamureke (meatloaf) that she served. Accompanied with pineapple and Chinese scrappage salad, lingonberry jam, and grated carrot salad with raisins and beetroot. Lihamure (meatloaf) had mashed potatoes and peas as a side. Brown sauce of…
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Hannele’s American-style Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chocolate Chip Cookies are one of my family’s favorite cookies. I think this was the first thing I baked with my son. This recipe is from one of my friends when I was an exchange student in the US decades ago. My problem is that some of the ingredients you use in the recipe, were…
Salmon and Asparagus Casserole – Parsa lohilaatikko
Asparagus season started earlier in Austria and Germany this year than ever. We have been enjoying this lovely and noble vegetable since the beginning of April. People only eat asparagus with sauce, Hollandaise, or melted butter, but this wonderful vegetable can do so much more! I love making a quiche with asparagus or just baking…
Fluffy Finnish Potato Rolls – Kuohkeat perunasämpylät
I cooked deer stew yesterday and served it with sweet potato-potato mash. Of course, there’s a little bit of leftovers today. It’s not enough to eat with the rest of the stew or cook anything else. The rest of the stew will be mutated today into ragu, which we will eat with pasta. Also, we…
Finnish macaroni casserole – Makaroonilaatikko maitoon
In Finland, we have this comfort food called makaroonilaatikko. It’s just macaroni and minced beef baked with egg and milk mixture in the oven. Old fashioned makaroonilaatikko was made without meat and served as a side dish, for example, meatball sauce or different meat sauces. My grandmother made that version whenever we had family gatherings…
Korvapuusti – Authentic Finnish Cinnamon Buns
What is korvapuusti? Korvapuusti means “slap on the ears” in Finnish. Korvapuusti is a Finnish cinnamon roll shaped like slapped ears. They are sweet enriched dough scented with cardamom, filled with buttery cinnamon sugar, rolled up like cinnamon rolls, cut into triangle shapes, and pressed down in the middle to shape like it is. In…
Mashed Potato and Minced Beef Casserole – Jauhelihaperunasoselaatikko
Jauhelihaperunasoselaatikko – fun Finnish word 😀 It means minced beef and mashed potato casserole. It’s not fancy, but it’s tasty. This was one of my favorite school lunches when I was still at school. This is an excellent way to use if you have leftover mashed potatoes. If I cook food with what I serve…
Finnish lingonberry mash – Puolukkasurvos
This is a wonderful Finnish recipe for storing lingonberries! We used to do this a lot when I was a kid. First to forest to pick berries up, then cleaning and washing them and last mashing all lingonberries and storing them in the jars. Lingonberries are available in Austria. In the fall, you see them…
Finnish Meatballs in Brown Sauce – Mummin perinteiset lihapullat ruskealla kastikkeella
Finns love meatballs! Every family has their own recipe, so it’s hard to say what is original. Swedes have adopted meatballs as their own traditional dish. Still, almost every culinary culture has its own version of meatballs – it has evolved over the years and in many different hands. The first recorded mention of the…
Paprika Kinkkupiirakka – Finnish savory Paprika and Ham pie
I am going to our neighbor today for a birthday party. I asked what could I bring with me and paprika-ham pie was the wish. Piirakka means pie in Finnish, it does not matter if it is sweet or sour. I think this falls more into the category of quiche, but I will call it…
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