5 Swedish Foods I Tried AND LOVED since moving to Sweden - Just a Brit Abroad
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- What food do they eat in Sweden? And is Swedish food good or bad? What are some of the most weird foods people eat in Sweden? And what are some of the Swedish foods I've tried and loved since moving to Sweden. These are some of the questions we'll be answering in today's video, all about, you guessed it, FOOD! You guys have been asking me to talk about food for a minute, so today I'm finally giving the people what they want and digging into some of the Swedish foods I've learned, tried and loved since I ended up moving here a couple of years ago.
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5 Swedish Foods I've tried and loved:
1. Köttfärssås (or kebab for that matter) on a pizza - okay, I get why this might offend the italians out there, but I have to say, most of the Swedish pizza combinations are actually pretty good
2. Rödbetssallad - beetrood salad, Swedish style is to die for! I know it sounds fairly underwhelming, I mean, what can you really do with a salad? But go and buy a Rydbergs Rödbetssallad and then come back to me!
3. Crisps... with dipp! The Swedish dips you can buy are so varied and interesting. And they really make the difference, regardless which crisps you fancy!
4. Sill - or pickled herring, to my non-Swedish viewers! Its a common dish during Swedish högtider (like Midsommer and Christmas) and I challenge you to try it before you judge it. You're guaranteed to be surpised!!
5. Swedish pies - sure, England is famous for its pies, but Sweden take it to a whole new level. And I'm totally here for it!
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Good thing about being adult is you CAN get Rödbetssallad any time you have a craving for it, paired with some freshly fried köttbullar. Mmmm
Just tried out the chili potato sallad and it is magnificient with some Oxfilé or just hot dogs, or damn just eat it out of the box, very tasty :)
haha of course Johan! like I said in the video, its available all year! I was just trying to explain the tradition of when its more normal to have it. so good though, I could eat it all the time!
mmmm you're making me hungry Berth!!
@@JustaBritAbroad Mission success :)
@@JustaBritAbroad i watched your channel 20.12 sunday 25 july welcome to Sweden ilove beetroot salad and bolognese on pizza my favorite pizza has bolognese onion and paprika or a pizza With pineapple have you tried panpizza from billys and grandiosa my favorite Taste is original and kebab
You should try Västerbottenspaj!! That shit’s delish!
That´s my favorite savory pie! And my favorite cheese. It´s so good!
Definately! With fresh bleak roe on top!
Råraka with bleak roe, finely chopped red onion, gräddfil, chives and a cold beer plus a shot of Akvavit!
Freshly grilled Char from the Scandic mountains is fantastic!
Kantarelltoast with heaps of butter fried chantrelles and minced onions and herbs!
Real Renskav or Souvas, from Swedish Sami Caribou!
Roast roe deer filet with juniper and rosemary, gravy, lingonberries and ovenroasted parsnips, celeriac and turnips and almond potatoes!
Toast Pelle Jansson or Gubbröra!
Swedish braied brisket with salted sidfläsk (like porkbelly) and springs first greens!
Älgfärsbullar from falls freshly minced Moose with fried porcini (Karl Johan Svamp)!
Swedish flounder fried two minutes each side in butter, served with fresh stringbeans or peas, a handful of capers in the pan before the butter dresses them and the new potatoes, and a knob of either freshly grated horseradish or anchovy butter (sardellsmör) and a green salad is one of summers absolute delights!
Swedish yellow split pea soup cooked slow with a knuckle of pork, and good coarse sour mustard, plus the Swedish pancakes or plättar with jam and a dollop of whipcream that go with the thursday evening dish is really good hone made fare.
A classic Swedish steak Tartare or kroppkakor (knedely in Czech or soft porkfilled potatodumplings with browned butter and lingonberries, fresh fried strömming with mash, parsley and lemon, Wallenbergare made from soft minced veal, the list of tasty Swedish food is decent.
I really wonder where the heck this guy goes out to dinner, and who cooks at the dinnerparties he’s been to?!
Swedish pies besides Västerbotten worth mentioning are all sweet, not savory. Gooseberry, rhubarb and strawberry, etc.
Fast food? That would be pyttipanna with HP sauce, parsley and a fried egg or raw yolk, a better falafel with muhammara and tahinisauce (now a Swedish staple) and Swedish Ostbågar/Cheez Doodles are way better than American ones or most sad potato chips.
This was the strangest video he’s done by far..
😳 🤭
I'm actually gutted that I forgot to mention this Johanna because, since moving to Sweden, Västerbottenspaj is my absolute favourite!!
@@Asa...S such a fantastic combination!
@@gnarbeljo8980 haha wow Jo, I feel so judged!! weirdest video?!😱I don't know how I forgot to mention västerbottensostpaj though because I love that🤩
Love banana and pineapple on pizza! 😂
I do too!!!
That is so wrong
so does my girlfriend😳makes for some awkward pizza choices in our house😅
@@h06anbjo there's more of you😱😳 only kidding😅
@@lars-erikullsgard3320 haha glad there's a swede on my side!!
Meanwhile in Eskilstuna prison, those 2 prisoners wanting kebab-pizza for 20 inmates in order to let a hostage go tells you the value of this currency.
really?! haha I'd never heard that story before Patrik, that's mental!! they should promote it like that at pizzerias too - "kebab pizza, so good, it'll even stop a criminal in their tracks!"
@@JustaBritAbroad lol, well it was happening yesterday so that's probably why you hadn't heard of it ;)
That can’t be true. Pizza always take 15 minutes to a quarter in Sweden. 😉
Lmao yeah, of all things they demanded pizza😭🤣
@@mldag1678 If you can’t get a helicopter to escape with, pizza is the second best choice.
If you enjoy pies here in Sweden, you have to try Västerbottenostpaj with Löjrom, chives, finely chopped red onion, creme fraiche and a handful of shrimps. It's delicious and probably THE PIE of Sweden. Also you have to try the Northern part of Sweden's cuisine!
I don't know how I forgot to say västerbottensostpaj in this video Thomas because its honestly my most favourite pie since I moved here!! and I've just visited Norrland funnily enough, so I have a few fresh insights from the cuisine there too now for a future video!
Västerbotten is *so good*. I also buy the actual cheese and put it on sandwiches, in thick slices…
I used to loathe rödbetssallad as a child. But as an adult it is one of my favourite. A fun story about it is actually when my sister went to study japanese in Japan for a few months. She lived in a kind of dormitory with other international students and one evening they had a world food event where each group of students cooked some representative food from their country and then they all tasted eachother's dishes. My sister and a couple of other swedes, made, among other things, rödbetssallad. She said it was a super hit among all international students as well as the japanese teachers. So for any foreigners in sweden, I definitely recommend trying it.
I can understand that its a bit of an acquired taste, which makes a lot of sense why some kids aren't entirely sold! how interesting to hear that its so popular among the international community though. I got to say, I can understand why!!
I don't trust the japanese when it comes to food. One time I stayed in a hotel. That weekend they served japanese breakfast. The dining room and foaje smelled like rotten eggs every morning. I don't like rödbetssallad but I always mistake it for sillsallad.
Banana, Pineapple and curry on pizza is one of my favourites :D
there's so many of you out there😱😆
Same.. Så galet gott
Same. My is with peanut and mushrooms..... it just works
@@JustaBritAbroad well we do eat kalles kaviar after all. The thing even bugg eating Chinese say ew to 😂
@@adp6632 yes.. peanuts and muschrooms work too... with peanuts its Kinda like a flying Jacob but in pizza form :p
Especially if you add chicken to the mix.... mm... peanuts, chicken, curry, banana, pineapple... sounds awesome!
I have to try that some time!
Omg, I love pizza with ham, pineapple, banan and peanuts!
👍 Yup, my default pizza, if I can’t make my mind up.
@@foowashere oh really? maybe time to give it a go again!
sorry Anna! oh well, more for you I guess haha
@@JustaBritAbroad Hawaiipizza is a classic, but also I like the one with chicken, peanuts etc. I think they've got pineapple in it as well, but can't remember now :)
I don't really like pineapple on pizza, but banana and curry is great. Last time in Sweden I had one with ham, "oxfilé", banana and bearnaise. Absolutely smashingly great. Try it before you judge. Italians get 99/100 right when it comes to food, but for some strange reason have too little imagination for even trying banana on pizza.
fruit on pizza is so good, I love sweet and savory
sweet and savory together? interesting!
Smörgåstårta should be on the list!
It's about what HE likes. We don't get to say what he likes.
@@beorlingo Did you even watch the video? I suspect not.
At 7:17 he says "Let me know what you think, is there anything I missed, are there any other foods that you really love here in Sweden that you really think deserve to be championed, you want to fight for that cause and you want it to be in the next video? Let me know down in the comments below!"
ehhhh I'm not sold yet I'm afraid! I don't hate it, but I don't gel with the fact its called a "tårta"😅
@@beorlingo haha feel free to add your own suggestions to my list! I don't mind🤗
@@JustaBritAbroad Everything edible that's layered is a tårta. We have silltårta too :)
Best pizza is ham and pineapple, often called Hawaii.
Some food well worrh trying is
Raggmunk (potatopancake) with bacon or sidepork and lingonberry
Also falukorv (Swedish sausages) with mustard, cheese and tomatos and onion made in owen and served with mushed potato with some warm butter and dill in top.
Jummie 🤩
Once was at a julbord at a restaurant and they had 27 variants of pickled herring. And since you start with that I wanted to try them all. When finished I had to skip the rest of the julbord since I was stuffed.
27 variants?! wow, how luxurious!
Rhubarb pie with custard... Yum!
oooh I didn't even get into dessert pizzas in this video, there just wasn't time. but you're right!! sooo good
@@JustaBritAbroad Rhubarb pizza? No no, it´s made of pieshell or crumble =)
Strömmingsflundra with riced potatoes/newly harvested summer potatoes, parsley butter, or just butter, fresh dill and lemon.
Omggg yess!!!
yum!!
I second this comment haha
If you like Rödbetssallad and Inlagd sill, you should try Sillsallad, which is basically Rödbetssallad mixed with shopped up pieces of inlagd sill, like matjes sill.
You nailed my favs as well. Theres also Meatballs, Kallops, Jansons frestelse, Pytt i panna, and a few others. I love to see that English - Swedish dictionary behind you. I have a similar. :D
Öländska kroppkakor
ooooh some really good choices here!! fun to hear I'm not the only one with the dictionary though - I'm using it all the time for my Swedish classe shaha
"I'm a sucker for anything with curry seasoning"
... Bortsett från pizza med banan + ananas + curry.
Right?!
hahaha you caught me there Ingrid! Can't disagree with you at all😆but fruit and curry is such an out there combination in my mind haha
@@aliciabergman1252 oopsie!! you found me haha
That’s my favorite pizza!!! 😲🍕
@@JustaBritAbroad It is actually a quite nice pizza believe it or not. Esp if you remove the banana ;)
Watching this video right after picking up some pickled herring from the store for dinner. 😜
I'm one of those Swedes that keep the pickled herring industry going between our holidays. 😂
Mustard, ginger/lime and "ramslök" are my favorites! 😍
The (last year?) variant of pickled herring with Earl Grey was amazing and beyond, so sad it was just a yearly test.
@@AnanaceDev
I never tried that, but that's probably because I don't like tea... 😜 😂
haha doing your civic duty then Sara? I love it!😆 why the hell not, tasty stuff!!
they did that?! how did I miss this hahaa
that makes two of us! see, I told you, I'm not very British really haha
I was raised since childhood on pickled herring and never knew it was a Swedish thing until I met Per haha. My favorite is the cream variety, but I like original too. Imagine that, an American raised on pickled herring in the 70s haha.
you were? how funny! I had no idea it was so common in other parts of the world! you're ready for Sweden!
Whoa, where in America did you grow up? Where did you find the pickled herring?
@@attesmatte Dundalk, Maryland.
@@JustaBritAbroad Yup, all ready haha
Pickled herring is not (just) a Swedish thing. It is very common also in Russia, Ukraine, and the Baltic states.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickled_herring
I grew up eating pickled herring every Saturday breakfast. We all had breakfast together, the whole family. Dad boiled eggs and we ate them with herring, kaviar or just plain salt... All these food traditions vary a lot throughout sweden
oh you did? for breakfast!😱 now that's a new one on me!! haha
@@JustaBritAbroad Really? I believe it's common practice where I'm from, boiled eggs with pickled herring for breakfast. I still do it sometimes
I sent a screenshot of a pizza menu... well let's face it, several screenshots because no way it would fit in one... to my American friends a week or so ago, and even though they didn't understand the ingredients they were amazed over how many different variants of pizza we have here 😂😂
hahaha yeeeep, it really is next level! you should send them the link to this video and see what they make of it!
Thank you, I really enjoyed your video (but I hate rödbetssallad :)) One thing that I think is typically Swedish is our "Pytt i panna" You have something similar in the UK called hash but it's far from the same. I'm frying boiled potatoes (from "yesterday") in small squares and put in chopped onions, some left-over beef and bits of some smoked sausages, salt & pepper and a bunch of parsley on top. To go with it I choose pickled beet roots! and a fried sunny-side-up egg. If you have some left over gravy just stir it in (or make a quick one with some cream and soy sauce), then you get creamy Pytt. Some restaurants in Sweden have their own Pytt i panna as a signature dish - one in Göteborg but I forgot the restaurants name.
Glad to hear you enjoyed it! thanks for stopping by and checking it out🤗 I've tried pytt i panna a couple of times actually - so simple and yet so tasty!!
As a Swede living abroad I very much approve of your list. And got a massive craving for Swedish food!
I think you need to add WASA bread with butter and Sharp Cheddar Cheese to your list, it is always so satisfying; not matter how basic it may seem.
My favourite pizza is banana curry !! 😆
I also recently discovered the awesome addition of Sriracha to banana curry pizza! Sooooooo good, highly recommended 👍
well I like siracha, but I'm not sure I'd get on with the other parts haha
I'm missing one thing on your list the Swedish take on tacos! As far I know we have it like no one else!
hahaha good point! I thought that one was too obvious to make the list, but you're right, swedish tacos are something different!
Kebabpizza from the south of Sweden, Jönköping comes to mind where they use Gyros instead of the Döner kebab. It's amazing. Kebabpizza is basically more popular than köttbullar these days. There have been petitions to make it our national dish for a few years now and I'm definitely on that boat :)
Jönköping definitely does it best, I can agree there!
Only one place in Östersund use Gyros instead of Döner kebab and with my luck they don't deliver to my place but every other restaurant in the city do, it sucks
Banana, pineapple, curry, and chicken topped with garlic sauce! Nothing can beat that! I almost always have rödbetssallad in my fridge, no shame!
The dipping is awesome with cucumber or carrots!
I agree with all of this... apart from the pizza preference😆
Lite synd att inte nämna smörgåstårta, speciellt nu på sommaren. Finns ju få saker som är så sköna som att sitta i värmen och äta en kall smörgåstårta med lite flädersaft och avsluta det hela med en rabarber paj med vaniljkräm/vaniljglass.
förlåt hachimaki! tyvärr är det inte min favorit! jag köper inte det helt och hållet på grund av det nämns som en "tårta"! idéen att det är en tårta är helt galen till mig haha
@@JustaBritAbroad I'm sorry, but I'm curious now. What is your main reservation about this name "tårta"?
Smörgåstårta är djävlulens påfund
@@FancyFramePictures Men ja! Nästan bara oätbara grejer på. Ska jag på dop eller begravning ser jag till att äta innan för man kan ge sig fan på att det kommer att stå en smörgåstårta på mottagningen sen.
This episode made me smile Gregg.
I did not have to guess if you meant serious or joking.
This time, I immediately understood what you meant.
I have had acquaintances from England at my home.
I was impressed that they liked herring.
They got to try eating herring with sour cream, chives and lingonberries.
It was a success.
Well done Gregg!
Thanks Kjell! I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed it. And I can totally understand why your herring was a hit with the British acquaintances, its so yummy!! Really fun to hear that you enjoyed the video though!
Have you tried "Pitepalt" ? Thats one of my favourites and if you do your own Lingonberry jam to go with it nom nom nom
I actually haven't! might have to look it up
You should try "kolbulle." It's an old dish "kolare" (translated to coalers maybe?) and lumberjacks used to make in the forests. It's basically a pancake with diced pork in it. You cook it in a cast iron pan on an open fire. Serve with lingon jam. It's very salty and fat but it works so well with the sourness of lingon. Perfect if you're on the LCHF-diet.
thanks for the tip off Josefine! I'll have to give it a go!
my fav pizza toppings: pineapple, kebab, chicken and curry sauce
I have to admit, chicken is growing on me too!!
Har du prövat västerbottenspaj? Överlägset bästa ostpajen...
He might, when the crayfish season is on!
det har jag gjort! kan inte tro att jag glömde att nämna det😳😱 det är min favorit!! hade aldrig haft det innan jag kom till sverige men nu tycker jag att det är bästen!
I've actually never tried a crayfish party though!
In the US we have many people that emigrated from Scandinavia yet this is the first time I'm hearing of any of this. I would love to try that pizza you mentioned or anything else on that list.
Yeah, I wonder why the emigrants from Sweden didn’t bring Estrella dip and kebab-pizza to the US!
My guess is that an Ikea near you sell pickled herring around Christmas, Easter or Midsummer (end of June). They are sold in glass jars that don’t need to be in refrigirator until opened, so they’re easily stored and may be found at the end of the store where you buy cheap hot dogs (if the layout is the same as here in Sweden - I hope it is!).
so fun that I could help introduce you to a couple of new things! you'll have to pop across to Sweden and give it a try!
@@Jony5173 should have been the first thing that went in the suticase right?!
@@onomatopoetisk good tip KL!!
I didn´t know that our variations of pizza was so unique! I have heard and seen local stuff that seems odd (like Surströmmingspizza or Hamburger with fries pizza) but having pineapple and bananas is quite common. Just love it btw. :-)
Mmm Calskrove
The dips are great if you want to have a healthy snack too. Just exchange the chips with a good vegetable like carrot sticks, cucumber slices or raw cauliflower, cut and broken into bite size pieces. I even exchange the "gräddfil" with "fil"...👍😁
and radishes...
tyvärr blir det inte helt nyttigt, då dipparna innehåller socker...
such a good idea!! I've done this a few times, so yummy!! though never tried switching gräddfil for fil - might have to give it a test run!
@@chalphon4907 oooh really? interesting!!
@@annafroven8813 så klart men det är en bra alternativ som är något mitt i mellan!
Thank you for your reviews of Swedish food, I can only agree ☀️ I’m Swedish but live and work in Norway, and because of corona I have not visit Sweden for a year, I really really miss kebab pizza and the meals you counted up on the video 😃🙏
thank you to Hans! hope you get to visit Sweden again soon!
I'm not a fan of ananas on pizza, but I really like the pizza that has banana, peanuts, pork filet and curry on it. I've seen this type having several different names. It's not a pizza I feel like having often but when I do, it's delicious.
Swedish pizza ftw! No pizza I’ve tried in the U.K. has been any good (except for that one exception at a fancy Italian restaurant in London).
My ex lived on meatballs and rödbetssallad sandwiches all through her latest pregnancy. Just get it from the store! No one will judge you. Promise.
Always thought that the open pies were called quiche in English. At least got a few of them from Tesco as a student and they were quite similar :)
swedish pizza is awesome! though I do love an English goats cheese pizza with caramelised onion, that stuff is to die for!!
@@JustaBritAbroad Ooh, that sounds delicious! I love goat cheese and caramelised onion!
My favorite is probably bolognese or sausage stroganoff (the one with falukorv). Swedish chili con carne is not bad either, that's what I'm making for dinner tomorrow :)
I really love your channel!!
Thanks Per! so glad to hear you're watching and enjoying!
Nice list. There are many things i can add like Janssons frestelse, Gravad lax, Isterband and Småländsk ostkata to mention a few
Banana, pineapple and curry is almost a classic.
You could find that in the early eighties! Probably before that! "India" or something like that when it's curry on it.
Pineapple, no banana nor curry, ham or something is often called "Hawaii" or "Honolulu" or likewise 😂
not sure I could stomach that Marta, but perhaps that's a good thing - even more for you! haha
Make your dippa on thursday instead, it tastes so much more when you eat it friday night.
Pies: Salmon and spinach, or anything with Västerbottenost on or in it.
Best pizza: Chicken, bacon, banana, curry and peanuts, and of course cheese and tomato sauce. Sounds crazy, taste excellent.
really?! this might be my new favourite life hack!! totally agree with a västerbottensost paj too, yum!!
@@JustaBritAbroad Just don't forget to put a lit on the container you mix it in, so you don't get "skin" on it.
I am Swedish and have never heard of minced meat pizza before :) My favorite is with half kebab and half chicken & extra salad. I know many who like pizza with Pineapple and the banana but I myself have never understood that thing but we all like it differently. I usually mostly ask if they know my pizza and usually go. beetroot salad not good but my mom & dad like and even if you can eat the whole word around, they usually do not :) Have started to see your videos more and more:)
Really? You never seen a pizza menu where it say köttfärssås/köttfärs? It's on very menu haha
Great video!
thanks buddy! glad you enjoyed it!!
Ohhhhhh, proud of you! You have good taste! 😂 What about filmjölk.... 😂 I still think of you every time I have my filmjölk 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
hahaha thanks!! and that's hilarious, I'm glad my story made an impact on your daily routine hahaa
@@JustaBritAbroad you are funny, nice and goodlooking - yes you made an impact on me! I hope you like Sweden and stay here for a long time. Please....make a video in Swedish. Anyone who can pronounce "köttfärssås" like you can also speak the language!
I mean, beetroot salad can be had any time of the year... just make up a reason to celebrate or have a "fancy evening", but also for easter or midsommar. Or in the countryside its pretty much eaten all year round, so thats how I was raised.
"Ragu/Bolognese" with a simple bottom layer of double cream is common in Italy/Naples for pizza. Beet salads in all forms are common in Germany. Smashing up chips as a flavouring for a dip is used to be popular in North East (North America). Pies? Swedish... really... Herring - yes, Swedes took that to a whole new level. Curry one is awesome.
You’re pronouncing the dishes like a viking! Well done! Rödbetssallad is the best!
Btw- pizza with curry, banana, pineapple and peanuts is a favourite of mine. You’ll be surprised how well the ingredients pare up.
It's beetroot with mayonaise... we eat pickled herring all year around! We usually pickle the herring ourselves, 1 part vinäger 12% (vinegar essence), 2 parts sugar, 3 parts water. Then we put in sliced red onion, carrots and hole pepper corns.
Håkan, it's also créme fraiche. And a bunch of things.
yum!!
Tropicana pizza (the name of the pineapple + bana + curry powder variety) is a staple and surprisingly nice. I'm just a (very tiny) bit surprised you didn't like this as it contains CURRY! Also, the nearest thing to Swedish pies in the uk is the quiche, although they are generally taller than the pies in Sweden and contains more dough and less filling (and are not as tasty). I also do buy Rödbetssallad in the UK. You need to know where to look for it, though.
My dad used to work for several major food corporations - during the late 70's and most of the 80's he was the local manager for CPC in Simrishamn, who among many other products made Winborgs pickled herring. Dad helped up the quality and even helped them develop a couple of recipes (he'd also been on the product development team that created Felix bruna bönor and instant mashed potatoes - he also brought to Sweden quick-open cans from Germany, the ones everyone use now) and for most of the 80's Winborgs pickled herring was considered the best in Sweden. Unfortunately that's a long time ago, and they kind of reverted on quality after CPC got gutted by competitors - Winborgs still exists, but they mainly just make stuff like vinegar.
Nice to hear you like pickled herring. Many foreigners do after (reluctantly) trying it. The beginners version is the senapssill (mustard herring): pickled herring dressed with a mix of equal parts sweet Swedish mustard and the sauce normally eaten with gravlaks. Kids usually don't like pickled herring, and senapssill tends to be the first one they eat. It was for me. I'm a traditionalist, so no curry or garlic herring for me. My favourites are plain pickled herring made with carrots, onions and the sweet brine (1 part 12% vinegar, 2 parts sugar, 3 parts water) and the matjessill ("virgin herring"): heavily spiced and eaten with gräddfil/sour cream.
Its so good right? tomorrow I'm trying surströmming for the first time ever in a video too - wish me luck!
i just have to say that beetroot salad is something you can get at any holiday since we swedes are not really creative when it comes to holiday foods. Herring, beetroot salad, salmon, meatballs, snaps, nubbe, knäckebröd, and prinskorv, are the staples for our dinner tables at the big holidays like Easter, Christmas, and Midsummers eve (pretty big holiday in sweden) to mention a few. if you put these items on the table you will have a successful holiday gathering, and if you have these items front and center you can add basically any type of food and get away with it. had a friend who had a separate buffet table where they had tacos at christmas, and another friend had a pizza table at midsummer, but neither the pizza or the tacos where eaten more than the "original" food.
on the topic of pickled herring, you said you liked the curry one, that was the only herring i could stand when i was younger, especially after christmas dinner at my uncle where they had home made apple and curry pickled herring. i was basically floored by how amazing it tasted
Ever tried raggmunk or blodpudding? Both served with lingonsylt is so yummy, but I know, not for everyone. Both are classic Swedish dishes.
Gräddfil isn't pasturised, it's fermented!
Enjoyed the video ^^
Pizza with just västerbottenost on it to melt in the oven, and then you put chopped red onion, "gräddfil", chives and "stenbitsrom" (or löjrom if you´re rich...), it´s so good.
totally agree Åsa! how I forgot to mention västerbottenost paj, I'm gutted!!
@@JustaBritAbroad Perhaps you can make a "Swedish cheeses" video some time in the future. About the ordinary day to day "breakfast cheeses" like Gräddost, Hushåll, Greve, Präst and Herrgård, to Kryddost that you mainly have for midsummer and crayfish parties, to the king of Swedish cheeses, Västerbotten.
Whenever there is some offer in the supermarket I hoard it, grate it, freeze it, it´s a bit expensive for my taste, it just lifts the taste of so many dishes. Italians might find it sacrilegious, but I often use it instead of parmesan on pasta or risotto (risotto with "kantareller" and västerbottenost... that´s so good).
Have you tried "mesost" btw? I really don´t like it, but it´s very Scandinavian. It´s even more common in Norway (called "brunost" or "brown cheese"), even if it has existed in Sweden for hundred of years too, it really is an aquired taste. But it´s one of those things you should try if you haven´t. (Be aware to mention it´s Norwegian origin, because otherwise you will have a ton of insulted Norwegians in the comment section, they´re very... protective... and hate when something Norwegian (like the cheese slicer!) is called Swedish.
But banana and pineapple taste good 💕
The crisp-dipps are super tasty with carrot sticks and other vegetables as well 👍
Quite a reasonable list. And when it comes to chips/dip combos i really like the holiday dip for salt and vinegar chips. I get all happy eating those chips, we didn't have salt and vinegar chips here until some time in the 90s, so everytime we went abroad i ate them to the extent it felt like my mouth was falling apart.
And regarding the topic of our pizzas (And also related to rödbetssallad), i dont know about other cities, but where i live some of the pizza places do "Christmas pizza", and it seems they like to outdo eachother with combining pizza with swedish christmas food in the most disgusting way possible. Saw one on a menu with christmas ham, rödkål and rödbetssallad and meatballs.
Too much, too wierd.
oooh I like holiday dip too Fredrich, good choice! and I'd never heard of this Christmas pizza until I saw it mentioned in another comment somewhere under this video - might have to give it a try!
You should try flavored mjukost (soft cheese) on tube.
In particular the shrimp one is very popular.
Räkost.
To the dipp i use cream fraiche and for pizza topping you cant go wrong with bearnaise sauce 👌
Greddfil is sour creem or creme fraiche, mix with dip mix powder. Yummy
If we didn't eat rödbetssallad all year round, it wouldn't be in the shop all year round.
And many people eat pickled herring almost every day.
of course, you're right, there are people that eat it a lot more regularly. I was just explaining the "traditions", as I have a lot of international watchers who maybe aren't familiar with the more typical way to eat the foods🤗
Best pizza I’ve had was at a French bistro. Pear, Roquefort, walnuts and topped off with honey before serving.
oooh that sounds good😱🤩
My favourite Swedish pizza is from a restuarant close to Nytorps Gärde in Stockholm (Dalens pizzeria). They have (or atleast they used to have) a pizza they named "Istanbul" that has crab, gorgonzola, shrimps, and capers on it... mmm I miss it...
oooh interesting Chalphon! that's next level!!
Haha i love banana on a pizza 🤤 and cashews nom nom nom. And I so agree with that pie. Taco pie is amazing and Västerbotten Pie is soo good.
mmmm to cashews! and I totally agree with these pie choices!!
I'm so happy that you like pickled herring !
well this week I even tried surströmming for the first time believe it or not! video to follow very shortly!
Best combo: OLW Fresh Island dip + cauliflower 🤤🤤
ooh is cauliflower the game changer?! I'm going to have to give that combo a try!
Kebabpizza is the best. However, they exist in Latvia, too. Also, we have pizza with pickles on in Latvia. Also, homemade rödbetssallad is the best. I make it myself, together with homemade meatballs. Plus, crisps dip is great. My dad visited me from Sweden, and he brought ranch dip.
its sso good right? had no idea it was in Latvia too though, nice!
Cold pickled herring and fresh boiled potatoes any hot summers day is delicious....
My favourite pie is a minced meat pie with cheesecover, served with a garlic oil. The recipe is complicated to explain since it was yeeears ago I ate it...
I recommend OLW Chipotle cheddar dipp!
Dipp is also so good with vegetables. I like to eat it with carrots and cucumbers but just dip all your favorite vegetables
such a good tip Kajsa! I definitely encourage that!!
Have you tried fläsk med löksås? Don't know if it's specificly swedish but it's really delicious!
I sure have!
Färskpotatis.Boil it with some fresh dill and and eat it with sill and gräddfil or some barbecue and bearnaise or cold as a snack with your favorite dip. Next day you chop it up into bits and into the frying pan with some unions and you have another favorite.
This is my favorite summer food.
ooh great tips, you're making me hungry!
with the risk of sounding ancient ;) when i was a child back in the 70s herring and rödbetssallad was only sold at the big holidaymonths, christmas and easter, matjessill was only sold in june near midsummer.
oh it was? cool to see that its becoming more widely available now then!
I am just happy you didn't out us for our "christmas buffet"-pizzas, it even has rödbetssallad on it!
hahaha I've actually not tried that myself yet, but now I reaaaaally want to!
The pizza thing. Thats a strength of the Swedish culture, through history and now. Swedes are, perhaps paradoxical for someone who only sees our shy side, very open to ideas from the outside. Our industry builds on collecting knowledge from all over the world, the famous Swedish pop music is seldom very Swedish, it's imported genres and sentiments.
There is always a way to make things in a better way. And until we can agree on the perfect pizza, let's throw anything on them that is good warm.
And a open sandwich with rödbetssallad, homemade meatballs and fresh parlsey! Best bread for is rågsiktskaka, so you know.
I would say that freadsgsmys is all about tacos (or texmex). The chrisp is something you eat aftervards when the foodcoma has settled :D
fair point Morgan! I eat tacos occasionally but I must admit I'm not that crazy about it. it does the job, but I prefer Friday night pizza!
I always thought "gräddfil" was the same as "sourcream".
It is. I reacted to that too.
@@ela83a They're actually not exactly the same. Although both are sourced cream, the UKs sour cream are fatter than gräddfil. Sour cream is something in between gräddfil och creme fraîche.
@@Fanniiiy of course they are not exactly the same. But generally they are used as closest comparison.
In Sweden we have so many different variations of dairy products and Swedified versions 😁
@@ela83a Haha true! It's just tricky, for instance you can't really use gräddfil to make an American NY cheesecake when the recipe says sour cream. Learnt that the hard way 😂
@@Fanniiiy Mix with creme fresh or smetana (the russian soured cream). Or you can add kvarg which is essentially unsalted unseasoned low fat cream cheese of less density ie Fromage frais. I use Garant’s dense tubs for NY Cheesecake mixed in.
Speaking of bananas, there once was a Kalles Kaviar with banana flavor. It didn't last long for some reason. But great list (it took me almost 40 years to discover rödbetssallad myself).
no way?!😱😱 that sounds very... unforgettable😳 hehe thanks Martin, have a great weekend!
@@JustaBritAbroad There was a Kalles Kaviar with eggs in it too
You can make the dipp with greek yougurt, its the same as gräddfil, then just add the seasoning
Great choice!
I love salmon!
Gravad lax, rimmad lax och inkokt lax. 🙋♀️
Gräddfil = Sour cream
Or in the UK soured cream.
The difference is that the Swedish only has 12% fat, standard. No difference between brands.
What I understand the fat content in the UK is 18%.
In the USA I think it's about the same amount fat as in the UK, but as usual they add extra thickener, which could be from a whole bunch of different stuff.
My suggestions about using English or American recipies with sour cream is to use half gräddfil and half creme fraiche (full fat, 34%!).
In a cheese cake, use more creme fraiche than gräddfil. Just remember that creme fraiche has less acidity, it doesn't taste as sour as at least American sour cream. I assume that it's same with the English.
we call it sour cream in the UK too actually Anna🤗 but you're right, they are the same thing!
Interesting video, I wonder, how much time did you spend on editing? Seems like a lot of work. I very much enjoy it though.
I've never really gotten in to pie culture myself, guess I oughta try it.
Too long is the answer to that Timothy😆 I'm convinced its taking me longer and longer to edit my videos everytime I put one together, which is surely not how its supposed to be?😅 but I can't help myself, I want to make sure its as entertaining and enjoyable to watch as possible! That said, its a lot of hours a week when you're putting two videos out consistantly every week around a day job haha.
Still, glad to hear you enjoyed it and I appreciate the interest and that you're hear to watch them and talk with me in the comments! You'll have to let me know if you get behind the pie culture. You wont regret it!!
Banana, pineapple, curry powder, and chicken pizza is my favorite.
Thanks for a fun list of Swedish classics. Gräddfil=sour cream
Just so you know. I believe you have that in the UK. And I must say I'm one of the swedes that can't stand pickled herring but I love the banana/ pineapple/ curry pizza. Rödbetssallad you can eat whenever I think (It's so Good!) but I rarely do.
Gräddfil and sour cream actually aren't exactly the same, but they are the closest cousins, you're right🤗but glad that you enjoyed the video and that we share the love for rödbetssallad - so good!!
Test a spenatpaj, it's super fresh and nice. Oh, and in the spring test Nässelsoppa!
det har jag gjort Anders! det är jättegott faktiskt!
Rödbetssallad is on the smorgasboard of all big holidays here. Christmas, Easter and also Midsummer.
yep, proper högtider food :D
oxfillet pasta /or oxfillet pizza with bearnesås (oxfile pasta eller oxfilé pizza med bearnesås)
Azteca pizza (tomatsås jalapeno ost salsa ham(skinka) salsa sås gräddfil eller creme fraiche)
chantarell sandwich (kantarell smörgås/toast)
sandwich cake (smörgåstårta)
raw steak (råbiff)
stewed macarones with sassuge (stuvade makaroner med falukorv)
waffels with cream and syrap you can have what you want creme and jam (våfflor med grädde och sirap du kan ha vad du vill grädde och sylt )
Skagen toast or shrimp sandwich ( skagen toast eller räkmacka)
Skagen mess with baked potato and aroma butter (skagenröra med bakad potatis och kryddsmör)
Hazelback potato with a god meat bearnesauce and madeirasauce baconwraped asperagus (hasselbackspotatis med gott kött bearnesås ,madeirasås baconlindad sparris )
Hasselbackspotatis heter Hasselback även på andra språk. Det är ett egennamn, från hotell Hasselbacken i Stockholm. Man översätter inte det, lika lite som man översätter Stockholm...
@@annicaesplund6613 men herregud jisses inte fan vet jag tur att du vet då
några riktiga bra förslag Jenny!! nu är jag hungrig haha
@@JustaBritAbroad 😂🤩🤩
The Swedish paj is like the British quiche though 😊
Hi from a Swede living in the U.K. since 1998 👋🏼
true, good point! which is another funny one, as I never really ate quiche in england either, always thought it was a bit dull. should give it a new shot now though, because I'm sure I'd love it! what part of the UK are you in by the way? and greetings!!
@@JustaBritAbroad I’m in north east Lincolnshire since 15 years but spent my first seven in north Staffordshire. Seems an odd place to en up as most Swedes comes to London) but I had a friend in Sheffield who I stayed with for the first three months here and the rest is, as they say, history.
I don’t know what it is but a piece of quiche can feel quite stodgy compared to a paj. Swedes certainly have more imagination when it comes to what to put in them (quite like pizzas!). Although, Tesco have a nice goats cheese and roasted pepper one. But who wants a soggy ham and cheese quiche when you can have Västerbottenpaj? 😊
Sending warm greetings your way too!
@ Sorry, I am a little confused. Sheffield is in fact in South Yorkshire. What is the connection with Staffordshire?
@@vulc1 I never actually considered myself *living* in Sheffield. I was a guest at a friend’s house for three months.
All except sweadish pie are common things in Finland too (once again 😄). Kebab has been pizzatopping like forever and it is one of my favourities. Hangover pizza with kebab, salami, becon and jalapeno is great and even better to flush it down with cold cola. I also love Habanero Tabasco on my pizza. It has better taste and more kick than normal Tabasco and it is something i must put to pizza every time or it will miss alot of the heavenly taste.
Bananas and peaches are something i don´t ever put on my pizza, but sometimes i like basic tuna, salami, paprika, prawns and pineapple pizza. Little lighter than that hangoverpizza 😂.
Rödbetssallad is good with basic meetsouce & boiled potatoes. I used to eat alot as i was kid. My son likes it aswell. I usualy eat pickeled and sliced beetroot instead but both goes.
Dipps are very good. Some of those are good even in foods and sallads. For example if i make tortillas i use garlic & chili as one of the sauce in those. It is delicious!
Haven´t seen that roasted paprika. I have to try that one if i can find it here. It can´t be bad. There used to be very good paprika chips about 20 years ago but some strange reason they stopped making those. There are many other variations of those but not under same label. Those were my favourites couple of years and i bought those every time and than those disappeard.
Pickeled herring in mustard sauce is my favourite. I don´t eat it anymore. That is only version i could eat with new potatoes. I would rather eat räksallad with potatoes but we don´t have that same pink delicate here in Finland 😕. Finnish ain´t so mush of prawn eaters as swedish. Luckily some stores sell skagenröra and i buy that time to time when it is available.
Well even thou we don´t have sweadish pie we have Karelian pies (only in Karelian area can use that name) or riisipiirakka if it is made in somewhere else than Karelia. Most finnish way to eat it is with eggbutter that is made from boiled eggs and butter. Very delicious. Ofcourse those can be eaten many ways. I like tose also simply with butter and cold smoked salmon on top.
Banana, chicken and curry. Skip the pineapple. Dips works for vegetables too. Have you tested skagenröra and smörgåstårta?
I like dips with vegetables!! so good🤩 and I sure have tried both of those things. Not so convinced by smörgåstårta I'm afraid, but I enjoy skagenröra!
Mmm.. Root beat sallad is awesome and especially with meatballs on a sandwich
sooo good Kristoffer, I'm a big fan of that combination!!
Rödbetssallad på korv med bröd. Bästa stödmaten efter en kväll på sta'n. ☺️👌
Det där med sill... Har du testat gubbröra? Dösmarrigt på knäckebröd!
yum! det låter utmärkt!! har inte provat gubbröra än då!
Have you tryed smörgåstårta and ostkaka and also knäckebröd and our alladin choklad at christmas and offcourse köttbullar och lingon med potatismos ? annother thing you can also try is makaronilåda with alot of lingon on it :)
Sorry 😔it's Aladdin. The chocolate. And that isn't what it used to be. They've exchanged nearly everything that was the real goodies to.. Yeah... Something else 😖😞
I sure have tried all of those things John, apart from makaronilåda! but I like macaroni and lingo, so it sounds like it would be an instant hit for me hehe
I really enjoyed your video and as a Swede I like most of your favorite foods, but I dont like "rödbetssallad", or beetroot overall tbh. Ive tried to "grow into it" lately and speaking of pizza, my favorite topping is; chevre or brie cheese with walnuts and honey, and sometimes you get beetroot with it too and erugola.