Delicious Finnish Culinary Delights That Will Shake Your Tongue

Typical Finnish cuisine is similar to Scandinavian food, the difference is that Finnish food tends not to be sweet. Rye bread from Finland is unsweetened and is even a bit bitter. Russian and German influences have entered Finnish cuisine. Finnish food is not well known outside of northern Europe.

Fish and meat play an important role in traditional Finnish dishes especially in western Finland. Meanwhile, dishes from eastern Finland tend to contain more traditional vegetables and mushrooms. In Finnish cuisine the presence of fresh bread is mandatory on the table.

Finland has an interesting variety of local dishes. Finland’s forests and lakes seem to hide a treasure trove of food such as berries, mushrooms and fish. The following is a typical Finnish food that you need to taste, visit the nicolettis steak and pasta.

Silli Jud Uudet Perunat

This typical Finnish culinary dish is actually potatoes combined with herring (silli). Potatoes with fresh lake herring plus chantarelle sauce. Another variation is potatoes combined with fish eggs and silli. Or potatoes which are only combined with silli and a little butter, a little fennel and a little salt. The variations of silli jud uudet perunat are endless but equally tempting.

Finnish people have a bit of difficulty getting potatoes and it takes a long time, because potatoes usually only appear in summer. When the potato harvest arrives, the local newspaper will publish a story every year.

Rapu

Rapu is a Finnish dish for crayfish parties or “kraftskiva”. Originally kraftskiva was a Swedish tradition that was adopted and celebrated by Finns every summer. Rapu or small freshwater lobster is considered a gourmet food and is not cheap. That is why Rapu is always present at elegant parties. In addition, the Crayfish season runs between July 21 and the beginning of autumn.

Leipajuusto

The next typical Finnish food is Leipajuusto which is usually used as a typical dessert from Northern Finland. Leipajuusto is made from cow’s milk, cheese bread which has a very unique texture. In the past, Leipajuusto was so valuable that it was even given as wages to people who worked in the fields during the summer harvest.

Leipajuusto is very easy to prepare and is available in every local supermarket. To serve it you just have to cut it into small slices and warm it in a pan with the cream mixture. When ready, serve with cloudberries or lakka or hilla in Finnish. Cloudberries are one of the most delicious fruits. These vitamin-rich berries can be found in the Lappish swamps. The combination of Leipajuusto, cream and cloudberries will produce a delicious combination of sour and sweet flavors. Also suitable as a friend to drink coffee.

Leipäjuusto

This type of cheese is made using cow’s, goat’s or deer’s milk. The name of this cheese means “cheese bread” because the process of making it involves baking, like toast.

This Leipäjuusto can be eaten warm or cold, then served as a side dish with coffee or cloudberries. Generally, cheese is served as a dessert paired with cream or jam.

Ruisleipä

Ruisleipä is rye bread made from sour dough. This wheat bread has a dense, heavy and flat texture.

This cake is usually eaten at breakfast with wood spread, butter or other spreads. Sometimes enjoyed with soup at lunch or as an evening snack.