Tag Archives: Finnish

Glögi – Spiced Drink for December

December 7, 2009 – 21:32

Glögi is the Finnish equivalent of mulled wine, and before Christmas its readymade incarnations start to appear in the stores – some with alcohol, but most without. I find them usually way too sugary, and that’s why I always thought that I just don’t care for the drink that much. It wasn’t until this weekend [...]

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Finnish Rye Bread

June 8, 2009 – 20:47

Finnish rye bread is dense and dark and sour, and as biased as I am, I must say it’s easily my favorite bread in the whole world. I always used to think that it’s hard to make, but as it turns out the process isn’t complicated at all – you just need to know what you’re aiming at. [...]

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Rye Lingonberry Whip

March 5, 2009 – 11:14

I love this dessert – it is a breeze to make, and its flavor has the perfect combination of tart and sweet with a little bit of nutty rye and some vanilla thrown in. Probably even better than the other trad Finnish dessert, whipped semolina-lingonberry porridge, and definitely quicker to make. We get lingonberries from [...]

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Whipped Lingonberry Porridge

September 11, 2008 – 09:33

Whipped semolina porridge with lingonberries, or vispipuuro as we call it, is a very traditional Finnish dessert. The semolina is first cooked with crushed lingonberries, then the porridge is cooled down, and finally it’s whipped, which gives it the right velvety texture and a pretty pink color. The resulting concoction is really more like a [...]

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Macaroni Casserole

October 24, 2007 – 21:35

This is the Finnish equivalent of mac and cheese: a food that every child loves, and most adults too. So naturally we made this for my 4-year-old niece who was coming over today. While makaronilaatikko was in the oven, we made jewelery and played “hide the piglet” with the little niece. She hasn’t been very [...]

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