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…
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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…
Bärlauch suppe – Wood Garlic soup, and little information about this delicacy.
It’s springtime in Austria, and one sure sign of it is liverwort starting to bloom, and tender wood garlic leaves pushing through forest soil. I went to the forest this morning to see if the wood garlic was big enough to be picked. I didn’t know anything about wood garlic before I moved to Austria….
Maisemakahvilan Raparperipiirakka – Finnish Rhubarb Sheet Pie
Spring is slowly arriving in Austria. Birds are going crazy, and first, wood garlic leaves are poking their heads up from the forest soil. One sure spring sign is that my vegetable handler has rhubarb for sale. Today was the day! I managed to get some fresh rhubarb. It’s still grown in the greenhouse, but…
Finnish Salmon and potato bake – Lohilaatikko
I am emptying my freezer, and I found a piece of salmon that I need to use away. Salmon bake or lohilaatikko, as we call this simple dish, is everyday food in Finland. Easy and fast to make. You can make it bake-ready already the previous day, and when you come home, just shove it…
Lindstr̦ms Patties from black beans РKasvis Lindstr̦min pihvit
I love Lindström Steaks. I am trying to go more towards vegetarian foods, so I wanted to try this classic recipe to see how it would work as a vegetarian dish. Originally, Biff à la Lindström is a Swedish dish made from onion, potato, red beet, capers, and ground beef, which are made into patties…
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