Despite the fact that Swedish cuisine is famous for its fairly simple, no frills, dishes, they are hearty and tasty (pickles, pickles, canned, dried and fermented foods are popular here).
National cuisine of Sweden
Fish is a frequent visitor to the buffet: it is baked, fried, smoked, grilled or with the addition of wine, served with white sauce or lemon. Fried, baked or boiled potatoes are often served as a side dish, and the meat is complemented by mushrooms fried with cream and onions. On the Swedish table, there are always meat dishes from rabbit meat, game, partridge, venison, so you should definitely try elk meatballs. As for popular snacks, in Sweden this role is assigned to skagen toast - a toast on which finely chopped food, seasoned with mayonnaise, is laid out.
Popular Swedish dishes:
- “Grav” (a dish of salmon, which is soaked in a special marinade during the cooking process);
- “Zilbular honey corintzes” (herring steak with sauce);
- “Lutefisk” (a dish made from boiled sea pike);
- Easterband (spicy pork sausages);
- “Unstect alg” (a dish made from fried elk meat);
- “Nasselsuppa lid-yegg” (soup with oysters).
Where to taste the national cuisine?
In Swedish restaurants, you will have the opportunity to order not only any dish separately, but also a combined main dish, appetizer and dessert at a certain price (sets).
Do you want to save money? Pay attention to places full of ads for “dish of the day” or “lunch of the day” (discount is available) - their price also includes bread and salad.
In Stockholm, you can visit “Gyldene Freden” (visitors are treated to meatballs with mashed potatoes, pickled cucumbers, lingonberry sauce) or “Pelikan” (they serve food in simple dishes, found in many houses of Stockholm: here it is recommended to enjoy Swedish meatballs and local beer), and in Malmo - “Arstidernain Kockskahuset” (guests here enjoy reindeer fillets with currant sauce and morels, beef fillet with mint sauce, homemade cheese) or “Anno 1900” (in the menu of this restaurant, visitors will find classic Swedish positions in the form of halibut with sauce horseradish, fried herring, cauliflower soup, meatballs).
Cooking classes in Sweden
You can visit the culinary classes at the Radisson SAS Royal Viking hotel: the chef divides the guests into groups, inviting each of them to prepare a side dish, dessert, appetizer, hot dish, and then eat the prepared meals together.
It is recommended to plan a trip to Sweden for the “Taste of Stockholm” culinary festival in June (in addition to tasting dishes, the event participants will have musical performances and artistic performances) and the Chocolate Festival in October (guests are introduced to the technology of making chocolate, show chocolate sculptures, offer to take part in various competitions).
