Dinner
Lohikeitto
Finnish salmon soup: potatoes and leek in a light stock, cream stirred in, salmon poached off the heat, and dill…
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Rye, salmon and berries from the forest floor. 16 Finnish recipes, from the everyday to the ambitious.
The 16 recipes cover 4 of the site’s categories, among them 7 bakes, 7 dinners, 1 breakfast and 1 holiday dish. None of them is ready in 30 minutes or less, start to finish. For 9, the method times a wait such as rising, chilling or marinating, and the time at the top of the recipe includes it. By difficulty: 8 easy, 7 medium and 1 hard.
As written, 11 are vegetarian, 2 gluten-free and 1 dairy-free. Another recipe meets a diet label only with a swap the recipe names, and the recipe says which.
Finnish recipes — all 16 recipes
Bread
Karelian Pies
Thin rye shells crimped around a rice porridge filling, baked hot and brushed with melted butter, then topped with…
Holiday Specials
Joulutorttu
Finnish Christmas stars: rough puff pastry pinwheels folded round a spoonful of dark prune jam, dusted with icing…
Dinner
Karelian Hot Pot
Three meats, an onion, some peppercorns and water, in a low oven for three and a half hours. There is nothing else…
Dinner
Baked Feta Pasta
A block of feta baked with cherry tomatoes, garlic and olive oil until soft and blistered, then mashed into a creamy…
Baking
Korvapuusti
Finnish cinnamon rolls of cardamom dough, twisted into pinched rolls with butter and cinnamon sugar and baked for 20…
Baking
Ruisleipa
A Finnish sour rye bread of rye flour, water and a starter, with a chewy crumb and a cracked crust, risen for 90…
Baking
Mustikkapiirakka
A Finnish blueberry pie of a soft shortcrust base and a thick layer of fresh or frozen blueberries under a vanilla…
Dinner
Kalakukko
A Finnish fish pie baked inside a rye crust with small fish and pork belly for 3 hours, a speciality of Savonia.
Side dish
Porkkanalaatikko
A Finnish Christmas casserole of mashed carrots, rice, cream and egg flavoured with nutmeg and baked for 1 hour.
Dinner
Makaronilaatikko
A Finnish baked macaroni casserole of minced beef, onion, milk and egg, baked for 45 minutes and served with ketchup…
Baking
Runeberg Tart
Finnish almond and raspberry jam cakes, soaked in rum syrup and topped with sugar icing, baked for 25 minutes in…
Dinner
Poronkaristys
Thin slices of reindeer or venison sautéed with onion and served over mashed potatoes with lingonberries. The meat…
Baking
Pulla
A Finnish braided cardamom coffee bread, soft and slightly sweet, risen for 90 minutes and baked for 25 minutes.
Baking
Munkki
Finnish ring doughnuts of cardamom dough, fried until golden and rolled in sugar, a May Day treat.
Breakfast
Finnish Pancake Pannukakku
A Finnish oven baked pancake of eggs, milk and flour, baked in a tin for 30 minutes until puffed, golden and custardy.