Fish soup is a Norwegian staple, and there are so many different versions here. Some are quite complex with lots of ingredients (maybe I’ll share one of those in the future), but this fish soup is simple and easy to whip up on a random Tuesday night. Ingrid shares several fish soup recipes in Den Rutetete Kokeboken. This soup is based off her “Simple fish soup with vegetables” recipe. And yes, this recipe is easy, but it’s still so delicious. I take a lot of road trips around Norway for work, and this fish soup is one of my favorite…
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Continue ReadingOne of my favorite Norwegian dishes is rømmegrøt, or sour cream porridge. I have so many fond memories of eating rømmegrøt in rustic log cabins while hiking in the mountains during summer trips to Norway growing up. Rømmegrøt is a porridge made with sour cream, milk, and a bit of…
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Continue ReadingSince starting this Norwegian food blog, I’m always asking my Norwegian friends which Norwegian foods I should share recipes for. And there are a few foods that everyone immediately mentions: vafler, fiskesuppe, and of course their beloved karbonader. Karbonader might be a bit less famous than their meatball cousins, but…
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Continue ReadingAfter making Telemark lefse I still had a lot of semolina left over, and my first thought was that I should make semolina porridge (semulegrynsgrøt or simply semulegrøt in Norwegian). Norwegians love their porridge, which I guess makes sense for a cold country. Apparently at one point Norwegians used to…
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Continue ReadingWaldorf salad, or Waldorfsalat in Norwegian, was first created by Oscar Tschirky at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York in 1893, however it became so popular in Norway that I now think of it as a Norwegian dish as well. In fact I don’t think I’ve ever eaten Waldorf…
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Continue ReadingWhile I was growing up my family spent every summer visiting my mother’s family in Telemark. And every summer I would be so excited to get to indulge in my favorite Norwegian food, including lefse with kling. Lefse is a traditional soft Norwegian flatbread made with flour and sometimes potatoes,…
