Finns love their pulla.Pulla is a sweet brioche type of bread baked with wheat flour. In Finland, pulla dough always has cardamon, at least in all recipes that I use, and that’s the difference with Swedish Semla. This type of coffee bread is common in all Nordic countries in different forms. You can make korvapuusti…
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Finnish Spinach Soup and Feta Börek – Pinaattikeitto
Spinach soup is one of my favorite soups. It is served in Finnish schools as lunch, usually with meat-filled pies and hard-boiled eggs. I have lots of vegetarian friends, and they ask me for recipes. So, this time, I converted this classic soup recipe into something new. To my surprise, I used soy milk instead…
Pannukakku – Finnish Oven Pancake
Winter has finally arrived in Austria! There is lots of snow and freezing temperatures. Kiddo and his best friend have been outside from early morning until late evening playing in the snow. Great! I have been enjoying the silence inside the house, and at least our Kiddo has been dead tired in the evenings. Something…
Authenthic Finnish Karelian Pie – Karjalanpiirakka
Karelian Pies..I tried to make this recipe as simple as possible to do because making of Karelian pies is a challenge by itself already but very much worth of it!
Peltilihapiirakka – Finnish Sheet Pan Minced Beef Pie
Retro foods are fashionable again. And good so! This is one of my favourite recipes.
Finnish Whipped lingonberry semolina porridge – Puolukka vispipuuro
Tasty vegan/vegetarian and milk free porridge, which is great for breakfast or as dessert. Taste of Finland on your plate!
Kesäkeitto – Finnish Summer Vegetable soup
Summer days..Long,hot and sunny. We have been spending lots of time outside in the garden. Kiddo water sliding ,playing in the sandbox and building all kind of things. Me digging,cutting,listening music,drinking wine and reading books.. Occasionally screaming to Tweedle Dee & Dum while they’ve gotten into their normal enterprising routines of getting in trouble. Moving…
Loimulohi – Flamed Salmon in grill, New Potatoes and Chanterelle Sauce
So it is Juhannnus? I am in Austria, and here, no one celebrates midsummer solstice.I spent my day, on Friday, sitting outside on our sauna terrace, and making “Vihta’s” for the winter. They will be used in sauna on special occasion, to bathe.Something crazy that we Finns do in sauna.We beat ourselves with…
Peruna Blinit – Potato blinis
Blinis..part of Finnish winter food which has its roots deeply in Russia and russian food culture. Blinis are eaten during the cold winter months with fish roe or just with fish.Winter food..Hevy and fatty..Blinis are usually made with buckwheat flour. I found this recipe last Christmas in one of the Finnish magazines. Idea of using…
Cinnamon rolls with the extra twist (apples and carrots are involved)
In Finland we have something called “korvapuusti”, “slap on your ear” might be the best translations for it. I love them! This might be the only baked recipe, that I do not manage to screw up! Dough is simple sweet brioche dough.Very versatile to use. What makes Finnish brioche dough special is CARDAMOM. It gives…
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