Pyttipanna—Swedish fry-up
The Great Battle of Pyttipanna was fought in 1974, and mostly on the pages of Dagens Nyheter. It started relatively innocently, with a letter from your everyday angry citizen. He complained about finding sausage (the horror!) in his pyttipanna at the bistro of...
Schackrutor—Swedish checkerboard cookies
Are these cookies schackrutor, or brysselkex? Until recently, that was an odd question. Naturally, they are checkerboard cookies, and that’s that. Then it turned out that they had been lumped together with a completely different cookie. Yes, this is what drama...
Brysselkex — Swedish Brussels cookies
My great grandmother Hedvig died many decades before I was born. But, she still claims a faint presence in my life through the worn, stained recipe book filled with neat rows of longhand that has made its way to me. In this treasure, there are no less than three...
Rårakor—Swedish potato cakes
Rårakor is a true chameleon dish. Potato cakes might not sound fancy, I know. But sit down at a posh Swedish restaurant and you can easily pay a couple of hundred crowns for this simple dish. That is, at least if it is topped with roe from Kalix. Or why not serve it...
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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.