Sweden Traditional cuisine

The Swedish national cuisine formed under the influence of natural conditions of the country and has a clear imprint of the Scandinavian folk traditions. Sweden has long been used in its cooking those foods that can make a long winter storage, so widely used pickles, pickles, smoked fish, as well as abundantly used fats and sugar. For roasting and stewing Swedes frequently use butter instead of lard or bacon. Also, traditionally weak use of seasonings and spices. Another feature - a passion for a fairly simple and monotonous, but very hearty "home cooking".

Core of cuisine, as in many Scandinavian countries, are fish dishes. Any meal made with appetizers starting with the obligatory salt herring, herring in mustard, in wine, with onions, herring with flavor, herring fillet with white sauce, herring in the grill or baked in the oven with lemon, a sandwich with herring, herring in marinade "glasmestarsil" and others, followed by the other fish dishes, salted and smoked fish. Extremely popular crustaceans, fish roe, salmon in a variety of forms, boiled ling "lyutfisk and freshwater fish in all possible combinations. Only when the fish decided to change the plates and move on to other dishes. Most fish dishes are accompanied by potato salad (like a beet salad with sausage and potatoes "Pete and Miss) and boiled vegetables, boiled eggs, various sauces, hearty soups (including the famous beer soup elebrad or soup of oysters" nasselsuppa-honey-err "), various mushrooms (kantareller"), boiled potatoes, etc.

Among dairy foods very popular cheese, buttermilk and yogurt. Also always on the table there puddings, brown bread, dry bread of different varieties and shapes and variety of jams from local fruits (some of them even go as a kind of sauce to many meat dishes). Traditional meat dishes, mostly prepared from pork, venison and game. Interesting pork roll "flaskrulader, acute pork sausage" isterband, chopped venison "renstek" pie "leverpashtey, large dumplings" kottbullar, Christmas ham, roast losyatina "unstekt Allgäu, cold meats and sandwiches (mainly based white bread) with various fillings.

Of the Swedes prefer to drink coffee (rather "weak") and mineral water. The country has produced many high-quality alcoholic drinks - vodka, whiskey, liqueurs and infusions of local herbs and berries, beer, etc., but still popular variety of punches and grog.