Norwegian Halfmoon Cookies / Halvmåner

A recipe for filled cookies found on mills.no

It should not be surprising that these cookies have a crescent shape. Punch out round cakes with a glass and then fold them. Fill the cookies with vanilla cream, jams or as here, with prune filling. The dough gives about 40 cookies.

Christmasy Norwegian Meatballs / Julefine Kjøttboller

A recipe for spicy meatballs found on kiwi.no

Serve these meatballs as a separate dish or as a part
of many on the Christmas buffet or at the Christmas lunch!

Karjalan Paisti – Karelian Hot Pot / Karelsk Gryterett

A classic Finish dinner recipe found on
what was then called about.co.uk

Karelian Hot Pot or Karjalan Paisti in Finnish is a traditional meat stew from the region of Karelia (now split between Finland and Russia). It’s commonly made with a combination of pork and beef but other proteins, like lamb, can be used. Finnish hot pot is typically seasoned with black peppercorns, allspice and bay leaves.

This Finnish stew is made in one large pot over low heat, once everything is chopped, it’s a real hands-off recipe. Serve Karelian Hot Pot as the Finns do, with mashed potatoes and cranberry or lingonberry preserves on the side.

Traditional Swedish Cabbage Soup / Tradisjonell Skånsk Kålsuppe

A traditional recipe from Sweden’s southernmost landscape found in “Carl Butlers Kokebok – Fortsettelsen” (Carl Butler’s Cook Book – The Continuance) published by Cappelen in 1991

Nordic cookbook history was written in 1974. That year a bunch of Swedish foodie friends published a cookbook that would become one of Scandinavia’s most popular, Carl Butler’s Cookbook. With folded corners, patches of pie dough, tomato sauce and French mustard and an unmistakable scent of herbal spices and garlic it can be found in hundreds of thousands of Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian homes. The book put for the first time coq au vin, moussaka and paté on our tables.

For all Scandinavians who like me love that cook book it took 17 years before we could hurry to the book shops to buy the continuance. It was simply called “Carl Butler’s Kokebok – Fortsettelsen” (Carl Butler’s Cook Book – The Continuance). This recipe is from that book – Ted

Traditional Danish Cold Potato Salad with Frikadells / Kold Kartoffelsalat med Frikadeller

A traditional Danish lunch/dinner recipe
found on familiejournal.dk

Cold potato salad with frikadells is a nice old-fashioned Danish dish
that can be enjoyed by everyone.

Frankfurters in Lager / Pølser i Pils

An exciting  frankfurter recipe found on gilde.no

Frankfurters are very popular in Norway, both among children and grownups, but they are not often served as fancy as in this recipe. It will take a little time, but it will be worth it, believe me – Ted

Beef Stew With Potatoes From Southern Sweden / Skånsk Kalops Med Potatis

A classic Swedish dinner recipe found on receptfavoriter.se

Classic Swedish beef stew flavored with allspice. Here with carrots but they can be excluded. Most taste and real flavour is obtained with meat on the bone. Regular stew meat will do as well but then you may need to add stock cube for more flavour.