Recipes Of Traditional Danish Food
The Danish kitchen is known for things like rye bread, open-faced sandwiches, meatballs, and over the past years also for New Nordic Cuisine. If you want to cook the Danish way, you have come to the right place. Find recipes of some favourite Danish dishes below. Enjoy!
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Cuisine Chicken Salad With Mushrooms and Bacon
The love for rye bread is high in Denmark. One of the preferred types of topping is the chicken salad. Chicken salad is enjoyed all year long, but is extra popular at Christmas and Easter lunches.14.03.2022Read more -
Strawberry Tart
With its red and white colours and delicious strawberries, the strawberry tart is a true Danish summer classic.13.06.2022Read more -
Cuisine Old-fashioned Danish Apple Trifle
The literal translation of æblekage – a classic, old-fashioned Danish dessert – is apple cake, but it has more in common with a trifle or a crumble. It is a lovely dessert on top of a good meal, and then it’s pretty easy to make. Enjoyed throughout the year, æblekage is always served cold with a generous layer of whipped cream.14.03.2022Read more -
Cuisine Hveder - Danish Wheat Buns
Hveder is the Danish name for the wheat buns eaten at the occasion of the Great Prayer Day, which is the fourth Friday after Easter. In 1686, a Danish bishop declared that nobody was allowed to work on Great Prayer Day. With closed bakeries, people had to get their bread the night before and then toast them on the day. Today, most Danes eat their hveder on the evening before Great Prayer Day.14.03.2022Read more -
Cuisine Frikadeller - Danish Meatballs
Danish meatballs, otherwise known as frikadeller, is a beloved national dish. Frikadeller is not a Danish invention. They are found in food cultures all over the world and are also known as köfte, kebab, or köttbullar. This dish is so common in Denmark that it is often eaten at both lunch with rye bread as smørrebrød, and as a main course for dinner.
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Cuisine Herring The Danish Way
Herring in curry sauce is a cherished staple at any Danish lunch table and an important part of Scandinavian food heritage. In Denmark, it is most common to buy pickled herring in jars and eat the herring with capers, onions, and dill on Danish rye bread. There are various variations and new ones are created every day.14.03.2022Read more -
Cuisine Traditional Danish Layer Cake
A layer cake consists of multiple stacked sheets of cake held together by frosting or another type of filling, such as jam. It is served for birthdays, anniversaries, and other celebratory events. Only your imagination sets limits for fillings and toppings.14.03.2022Read more -
Cuisine Open-faced Sandwich With Potato
Smørrebrød is a Danish open-faced sandwich with a slice of rye bread, salted butter, and a variety of ingredients. The variant with potato is a classic which is especially tasty in June and July when the Danish potatoes grown in the open field are in season. It is also one of the only vegetarian variants of smørrebrød.14.03.2022Read more -
Cuisine Classic Potato Salad
Danish people love potatoes in all forms and classic potato salad is no exception. It is a great summer side dish and a must-have for a traditional Nordic barbecue party. The potato salad is also great in combination with Danish Meatballs.14.03.2022Read more -
Cuisine Danish Rye Bread
Ask any Dane living abroad what Danish food they miss most and they’ll respond: Danish rye bread! The first recipe of Danish rye bread goes back to 1703, but Danes have eaten rugbrød for more than a thousand years. Today, rye bread is still an absolute essential in Nordic cuisine. Many kinds of Danish open-faced sandwiches are built on top of rye bread.
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