Sweet and Sour Plum Sauce / Sursøt Plommesaus

A useful and tasty sauce found on frukt.no

A useful sweet and sour sauce delicious in wok dishes with vegetables or as dips for spring rolls. It also tastes delicious with fried chicken and fish dishes.

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Scandinavian Remoulade Sauce / Remuladesaus

A popular Scandinavian condiment found on geniuskitchen.com

This sauce is delicious with all kinds of things! Shrimp, chicken, sausages….there is no end to its uses!! Plus it is quick and easy to whip up in no time! Remoulade originated from France, But has been common in Scandinavia since the he end of the 19th century at least. It is particularly nice with deep fried plaice together with cucumber salad and boiled potatoes.

White Fishcakes with Prawn, Egg and Dill Sauce / Hvite Fiskekaker med Reke, Egg og Dillsaus

A classic Scandinavian fish dish found on deliciousmagazine.co.uk

Try this simple fishcake recipe, served with a prawn, egg and dill sauce,
which is healthy and super tasty.

Egg and Ham Sandwich with Green Sauce / Egg og Skinke Smørbrød med Grønn Saus

A delicate sandwich found in “Varme Småretter”
(Small Hot Dishes) published by Gyldendal in 1991

This dish can be served as light lunch or a small evening meal. You may want to toast the white bread slices in your  toaster instead of frying them in butter in the frying pan.

Breaded Plaice with Tartar Sauce / Sprøstekt Rødspette med Tartarsaus

A classic Danish lunch recipe found in “Mat til Hverdag og Fest” (Food for Everydays and Parties) utgitt av
Hjemmets Kokebokklubb i 1984

Breaded plaice with juicy, delicious fish meat under a delicate crust and served with tartar sauce and a little crispy salad and a lemon slice. This is party food at everyday prices. Fresh or frozen everyone likes plaice.

Chicken in Cream Sauce / Kylling i Fløtesaus

A delicious chicken recipe found in “Mat for Alle”
(Food for Everyone) published by Tiden Norske Forlag in 1985

Fricasseed Chicken / Hønsefrikasse

A recipe from an ad for the American Wine Advisory Board
published in LIFE magazine November 26. 1945

Bring out the goodness – with wine

This chicken fricassee can start you on a test of some pleasurable eating. You serve the chicken steaming hot. Then pour a glass of California Sauterne or an other good white wine, well chilled – and taste the wine and food together.

Traditional Norwegian Leg of Lamb Roast with Herbs / Lammestek med Urter

A traditional Norweginan lamb roast recipe from dinmat.no

The autumn’s fresh lamb with fresh herbs is a great combination. And potatoes that cook in the oven with the roast get a lovely taste that definitely will be a delight for the palate.

Parsley Filled Veal “Chicken” / Persillefylte Kalve”kyllinger”

A dinner recipe found in a special edition of “Husmorens
Kokebok” (The Housewife’s Cookbook) utgitt i 1963

This dish can be made in two different ways, either with thin slices of veal or with ground veal. The recipe calls for no boiled potaoes which must have been considered both daring and chic in Norway back in the early sixties when potatoes still was an absolute dinner staple.

Fish in Mustard and Onion Sauce / Fisk i Sennep- og Løksaus

A recipe for boiled fish in tasty sauce found in “Hverdagsmat”
(Everyday Food) published by Hjemmets Kokebokklubb in 1979

Plaice in Lemon Sauce / Rødspetter i Sitronsaus

A seafood recipe found in “Fisk og Skalldyr” (Fish and Shellfish)
published by Hjemmets Kokebokklubb in 1980

Fried Salmon with Sandefjord Butter / Stekt Laks med Sandefjordsmør

En lakseoppskrift med Klassisk Sandefjordsmør
funnet på rema.no

Sandefjord butter is a traditional Norwegian sauce that tastes
great with different fish dishes and chicken. Here it is served with
juicy fried salmon fillets, boiled potatoes and broccoli.

Traditional Norwegian Beef and Beans / Kjøtt og Bønner

A traditional Norwegian dinner recipe found on 
alleoppskrifter.no

All Western countries have their own versions of meat and beans dishes. This is one of the Norwegian ones.

Danish Fried Herring with Beetroot Salad / Stegte Sild med Rødbedesalat

A traditional Danish dinner recipe found on
familiejournal.dk

Anyone who knows a little about Scandinavian food in the old times knows that herring, both fresh and salted, was a central part of the diet not just along the coast. Barrels of salted herring were easy to transport and became part of the diet also on the countryside.

Salt Beef on Rye Bread with Mustard Sauce / Salt Oksekjøtt på Rugbrød med Sennepssaus

A canapé recipe found on BBCgoodfood

This quick canapé of traditional Jewish salt beef with a twist has the wow factor despite taking only minutes to make