Swedish Yellow Split Pea Soup

Swedish Yellow Split Pea Soup Recipe

Swedish yellow split pea soup, or Ärtsoppa, is a classic Swedish dish. It has been traditionally served on Thursdays in Sweden since the middle ages and is sometimes followed up with Swedish pancakes for dessert. This is a great, simple dish, with only a few ingredients and is perfect for a cold winter day. Ingredients 1 … Read more

Swedish Chocolate Balls

Swedish Chocolate Ball Recipe

Chokladbollar recipe Chokladbollar (formally known as negerbollar, which has been appropriately changed to something more racially appropriate), are one of the best treats to have during a fika. If I had known how easy these are to make, I would have made them sooner. Yum! Ingredients 250g butter 2.5 dl (1 cup) sugar 8.0 dl … Read more

open-shrimp-sandwich

Open Faced Shrimp Sandwich

I made this recipe to celebrate Swedish midsummer, and oh my goodness, it tastes like Sweden! It is very close to a Swedish shrimp sandwich I had in Norrland that I absolutely loved. I will have to make that soon. For now, here is the open faced shrimp sandwich version. Ingredients Directions Help Support SwedishFreak.com

Swedish midsummer strawberry cake recipe

Swedish Midsummer Strawberry Cake Recipe

One of the great things about Midsummer is the food that is involved. Strawberries are regularly consumed in Sweden and are a big part of midsummer. Which is why Strawberry cake is so important! Now, there are many, many recipes for strawberry cake out there, in Swedish and in English. This one is one of … Read more

Video: Making Lussebullar

While my lussebullar the american way turned out yummy, I decided to do them from scratch on Lucia. The recipe itself wasn’t much harder, but for some reason the dough wanted to be kneaded for hours! I eventually gave up, and I did miss the lucia crowning ceremony at the church because of the long … Read more

Bonfires, sausages and pinnbröd!

Over the weekend all of Sweden celebrated spring with Walpurgis Night (or Valborgs in Swedish). This holiday is still common in lots of parts of Europe, including the Czech Republic, so it was nothing new to me. However, because I come from the dried lands of California, where generally any fire is strictly prohibited, I … Read more