Vegetables and Potatoes
Recipes on this site:
 Boiled
Potatoes
Simple directions for preparing a simple dish: boiled new potatoes. Recommended
seasoning: dill weed or dill butter.
Sillgratin (Herring Casserole)
A traditional hearty baked dish with herring, potatoes and onions. Great
for the smörgåsbord or for dinner on a cold evening.
Recipes on the Net:
Boiled
Danish Squash With Ground Beef
A main dish flavored with ginger and soy
sauce.
Bruna Bönor (Brown
Beans)
From Wikstrom's Gourmet Foods, a recipe for preparing the brown beans from their
dried form. (Wikstrom's also sells and ships brown beans and other Scandinavian
foods.)
Danish Red
Cabbage
Cooked with vinegar, tart apples, and red currant jelly.
Finnish Summer
Soup
A vegetable soup, made with potatoes, onions, baby carrots, green beans, and
green peas. (Vegetarian.)
Finnish Turnips
A baked casserole which includes cream, sugar, and cornflakes.
Let's Talk Potatoes
Article on the potato, a staple in Norway since the 1700s, and "Norway's
most important vegetable." Includes recipes for boiled/steamed potatoes and
for Hasselbakpoteter, or sliced roasted potatoes. (This recipe for Hasselback
Potatoes uses Jarlsberg cheese.)
Pickled
Cucumbers
Crisp pickles, prepared about 4 hours ahead, marinated with vinegar, sugar,
mint, parsley, salt and pepper. (I personally prefer white to black pepper in
these pickles.)
Raarakor
A low-fat version of grated, fried potatoes.
Raggmunk
- Swedish Potato Pancakes
An adapted recipe for those who are watching their fat intake.
Scalloped
Potatoes with Three Cheeses
Uses extra-sharp cheddar, Danish blue cheese, and Parmesan. You might try
adapting it to substitute Jarlsberg or Fontina for a more subdued flavor.
Sjömansbiff -
Sailor's Stew
Sliced beef, onion and potatoes, baked in a casserole.
Swedish Hasselback
Potatoes
A Betty Crocker recipe. Potatoes are sliced almost all the way through, then
baked and topped with Parmesan cheese and bread crumbs. Simple and very
impressive. Preparation and baking time take almost two hours, so this isn't a
great impulse dish for tonight's dinner table.
Swedish Potato,
Ham and Pea Salad
Dill dressing, an interesting combination of vegetables and smoked ham make this
a good substitute for standard potato salad.
Swedish Red
Cabbage
Prepared with vinegar and brown sugar, apples, spices, red wine and currant
jelly. A Christmas favorite. | 
