Cold poached salmon is a typical Swedish summer dish that is just as delicious as it is convenient.
Cold poached salmon — a perfect summer dish
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Swedish “chocolate cuts” cookies — chokladsnittar
Chokladsnittar, or cut chocolate cookies, is one of the workhorse cookies that are part of the standard café selection.
Swedish raspberry caves, or jam cookies
“Swedish jam cookies” sounds too plain. Let’s be daring and use the direct translation for hallongrottor — “raspberry caves”.
Tango cake from the 1920s
The recipe to this tango cake from the 1920s comes from Elsa Anderssons Konditori in Norberg.
Swedish sandwich cake
If you wanted to make it into Guinness Book of World Records, what would you do? Well, in 1985, a man named Hasse "Hasse P" Pettersson decided that he would put his slandered hometown Köping on the map again by making the world's longest sandwich cake, or...
Strawberry cake — perfect for Midsummer
Can’t guarantee the weather, but we’ll still have summer as long as there’s this cake.
Irresistible pickled herring in mustard sauce
Fond of pickled herring? Then you’ll love herring in mustard sauce.
Quick and simple chocolate balls
Swedish kids know this recipe by heart, trust me.
Toast Skagen — Sweden’s favorite appetizer?
This mayonnaise-rich shrimp toast is popular for a reason.
Sans Rival — Swedish almond praline cake
Sans Rival is sumptuous almond praline cake.
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My name is Isabelle. Here at Swedish Spoon, you’ll find Swedish food history, tried-and-tested recipes, and a lot of obsessing over great butter. You can also expect some travel tips.