The best Swedish meatballs are at someone's home, when you are invited to a normal Swede 😂 everyone makes them a little different depending on their tradition in their family. But they are the best.
Skagenröra is actually the creamy shrimp mix you put on the bread. The dish is called Toast Skagen. The Västerbottenpaj is a quiche, as you guessed, but it's normally a side dish or something you find on our smorgordsbord. Finally, if you only eaten meatballs at IKEA... I mean, they are maybe ok, but nothing close to what you can get at a better restaurant, or home. And we seldom use cream. Only when we make the deluxe version.
Västerbottenpaj, in English should be tarts, not pies. Savoury pies exist in English, like Guiness Beef Pies but maybe savoury pies don't exist in the USA. Pies generally have a pastry top and when they're open, they're tarts. I'm off to Sweden for a week in January, any recommendations for places to get Köttbullar? I bookmarked "Meatballs for the People", how are they?
@@julesverneinoz Always hard to directly translate a dish from one kitchen to another, but the filling in the Swedish dish contains of egg, milk, cream and that typical cheese from up north. That's at least the same ingredients as in a quiche, in the same proportions, just adding the graded cheese. But I'm not an expert on those kind of dishes. Regarding the restaurant, I think I'm like most Swedes and almost never order meatball when we go out. We eat them at home. On top of that I'm not from Stockholm. But looking at the pictures on Tripadvisor it looks OK. A typical serving with a gravy that looks a little thin in my taste. Pickled cucumbers is a must and preserved lingonberries instead of a simple jam is also a good sign.
@@erik.almgren I'm showing my foodie geekiness here but a quiche is a French tart, so in English it's a tart 😜j/k I get what you mean. Specifically, it is like quiche. Thanks for the tip. For obvious reasons, we won't have the luxury to eat the meatballs at a Swede's home although I've started cooking them at home now so that I know the recipe by heart when I'm in Sweden and try cooking them if there's time. I am also visiting Gavle and Gothenburg if you have any recommendations.
Pretty sure that kebab pizza is Swedish, it has existed for as long as I can remember in Sweden, at least since the 80s. The pizzerias in Sweden also have kebabs in 99% of the cases, pizzerias in Sweden are as common as pubs in Great Britain, only on my street about 1 km long there are 5 pizzerias. You can go out to any small village in Sweden where there is nothing else, but there is guaranteed to be a pizzeria there.
Skagenröra was invented by the OG Swedish chef. It contains shrimp. It's named for a Danish vacation spot. You can eat it on different dishes as a condiment, but the most common is to have it on toast, with a bit of caviar and lemon juice. That's called "Toast Skagen". It's really good. We also have shrimp sandwich, it's not exactly the same, but also delicious with fresh shrimps boiled eggs and fresh lemonjuice. You gotta try both.
These videos are so cute. I love hearing other people learn about Sweden. Because it teaches me what I take for granted. I don't realise that these things are special to others nationals. It is nice :)
Swedish pizza taste different then any pizza you find anywhere. Don’t ask me why, I think it’s because a lot of people from the Middle East came over and opened pizzerias without really knowing how to make them but now it has become to something Swedish since it really has evolved to its perfection. And to be honest, the same pizza taste a little different where ever you are in the country…even in your own city.
Every family have their own meatball recipé. I love moose meatballs for example. You can find very good Swedish meatballs at good restaurants, for tourists, but it's really not restaurant food in Sweden, more like everyday food.
@@olafthebear2327 The problem is that moose meat are too lean to make meatballs out of straight up. You have to mix it with something, like pork, beef or as someone else suggested in the comments - cream. I isually do about 50% moose, 25% pork and 25% beef... and bread ans spices of course... but I will try cream next time, it sounded delicious. However you do it, it will make delicious salty balls! Wild Swedish salty balls! Yummy!
You mostly find Skagen-Toast as a starter dish in restaurants doing fine-dining, the more common item is Shrip-Sandwich which you can grab at almost any cafe and even in supermarkets, both are delicious!
7:08 History- ''The Västerbotten pie was most likely created sometime in the late 1980s or early 1990s as a development of the Franco-German quiche Lorraine, which was extremely popular in Sweden in the 1980s and often referred to as 'French cheese pie'. Västerbotten cheese pie is mentioned in the daily press (SvD) from 1994. It quickly became an essential part of Swedish crayfish dishes and buffets.'' From recipe online, the only difference is that Västerbotton pie has no milk in it while Quiche has milk, and ofc different cheese compare to ppl normaly have in quiche
My sister has baked ALOT of kladdkakor in her days, and now she bakes with browned butter and i think real dark chocolate instead of cocoa. It is heavenly! ❤
Västerbottenpaj is a pie made of a specific cheese from the northern part of Sweden. The cheese can only be made of northern milk. The consistency is grytty and the taste is soooo good!! But, it´s wery expensive it cost around 200 kr per kilogram or almost 15 pounds per kilogram, and you need very much cheese to make. You only eat Västerbottenpaj on holidays
1. Skagentoast eller toastskagen eller skagenröra 2. Västerbottenspaj 3. Köttbullar med potatismos och gräddsås och lingon med picklad gurka 4. Kebabpizza, strimlat kebabkött tomatsås ost lök, ibland svamp och vitlökssås eller orientsås eller kebabsås, eller bea sås 5. Kladdkaka "close too brownie but not the same" Chokladkaka
Toast skagen was the signature dish of swedish chef Tore Wretman created in the 1950’s, it’s been so popular you now can buy skagenröra (Skagen mix) in most swedish supermarkets, so you can only make toast and then add the skagenröra to the toast to make this dish.
Västerbotten cheese has its very own VERY rich, slightly salty-acidic taste that is difficult to describe. It must be experienced. Unlike most other cheeses with a lot of flavor, it does not have a very noticeable smell (a bit like real Parmigiano Reggiana (Parmesan)). It is only manufactured in one place - a very small community in northern Sweden called Burträsk. Only cow's milk from the local dairy may be used. It has been produced since 1872 according to a secret recipe known only to the cheese master and a few other people. According to legend, it was the dairywoman Ulrika Eleonora Lindström who created the recipe for Västerbottensost in 1872. Also according to legend, the recipe came about by chance when Ulrika Eleonora Lindström was working alone in the dairy. She had to interrupt the work on Västgötaosten for other tasks and some rumors claim that these tasks would have had to do with love. According to the myth, it was the distraction of a wooing farmhand that caused her to fail to keep a proper eye on the cheese vat. This meant that the curd was cooled and heated in several rounds and the result was not as intended. Despite the mistake, the cheese became tasty and quickly became a success around the country 😋😋😋.
Kladdkaka is really good, you can eat it both warm and cold. When i eat it warm, i usually have some sort of ice cream next to it, usually vanilla. When its cold, i usually eat it with either raspberry or strawberry. But its ok to eat it without all that if you want to.
IKEA meatballs is not even close to the real thing, if people say otherwise I feel bad for them. Kebabpizza is actually Swedish, but got famous world-wide so it started brand over Europe. I tried the Kebabpizza once in UK it was okay, but nothing beats the sauce we have in Sweden. Skagenröra you got to try on the westcoast, nearby Gothenburg (like Tjörn or Marstrand). Kladdkaka is a really hoysehold dessert here in Sweden, you can pretty much always make one. Västerbottenost is pretty much Swedens answer to Parmesan, the cheese is probably my favorite cheese.
IKEA meatballs isnt same as homemade, sry but its just not. Also Västerbotten Ost is a cheese that really highly valued and epic, so that pie becomes really tasty
The fish eggs are the "dot above the i" as we say, the perfekt accessories till many dishes and is a must when eating Västerbottens-paj. Little salty bombs that explodes in your mouth together with a piece of pie and some crème fraîche! We eat the to a lot of food; different cold sauces, on pies with all sorts of seafood, delicious on langos or potatoes - baked or roasted. The name of the pie comes from the cheese in it. Västerbottensost, a hard cheese with small pipes from the small village of Burträsk in the province of Västerbotten (I live quite near). It is over 150 yrs since the dairy maid forgot some cheese in the cellar and it became very mature and salty...and very well tasting. Now it is a fav in all of the country. NO cream in the meatballs (only om Wallenbergare, patties made of veal)! But sometimes we make a brown sauce with cream to eat with them.
Meatballs is not restaurant food really in sweden it´s something you make at home and IKEA meatballs are definetly not the best. Kebabpizza is on every pizzaplaces menu and probably the most ordered especially on a sunday after a night out as you mentioned. And Kladdkaka is the best and basicly translates to "Messy cake" since the chocolate is creamy on the inside 😀
Kladdkaka is really my favorite cake in Sweden but i prefer Vanilla instead of chocolate but both are really good. Just try the Vanilla one and you be hooked.
And also. In Gothenburg in many gatukök ”streetkitchen” we have ”Halv Special”. (Half special) You must try it. Its a hotdog but with mashed potato on top. And a ”Hel Special” is the same but with 2 sausages in the bread under the mashed potato. ”Potatismos in Swedish ”
I think Skagen would be okay in Jersey. I would do normal toast and not dark bread. Invented att Riche in Stockholm. Only shrimps, mayo, dill (maybe red onions) and the kaviar on top is an addition to the original. A squeeze of lemon and your done. Västerbottenspaj is a quiche but with a mature Swedish cheese (vösterbottenost). Not everyday but usually for holidays or other celebrations (I think, but I have not lived in Sweden in a very long time)
The best place for meatballs in Gothenburg (except for home cooked) is Café Du Nord, locally known as Köttbullekaféet (The Meatball Café). The meatballs are somewhere between a golf ball and a tennis ball in size, and are traditionally served with gravy, strong mustard, and a slice of thick soft bread with butter that you dip in the gravy. You can have your meatballs with mash and lingonberry jam as well, but that's the typical way of having meatballs in Sweden, so why not try something different, but equally tasty, instead? Kebab pizza originated in Sweden. I'm not surprised that it spread to the UK. The best one can be found in the city of Jönköping where the pizza's famous sause was invented. I'm pretty sure you don't have that particular sauce in the UK, so definitely try a kebabpizza (Swedish spelling) when you are here. Kladdkaka (pronounced kladd-kaah-ka) is one of my favourite deserts. Whenever I make it, I flavour it with orage zest. Tastes very similar to the chocolate oranges you have there in the UK. And I totally agree with you about the cream. No need to add any sugar.
Västerbottensostpaj is a type of quiche, yes. But don't expect it to taste like every other quiche you have tasted. As she said, it's not sharp, but the cheese it's made from is similar to a manchego. So, the whole package has a powerfull taste that is hard to describe. It doesn't look like the cheese is all that expensive to buy in the UK (Expensive, yes, but not insanely so), and scandikitchen has a recipe for making it that seems OK if you are curious.
Västerbotten pie is sold in most major grocery stores all year round. you can eat it as a dish with some salad. Västerbotenost is a fairly strong cheese, one of my favorites. usually have that cheese in the bechamel sauce when I make a lasagna. Unfortunately, there are many who post recipes for food that are not original. type Swedish meatballs. think the original recipe is minced meat, onion, egg, breadcrumbs, milk, salt and black pepper. then there are those who have Dijon mustard and garlic, which came late in Swedish homes, but I don't think that's classic.
IKEAs meatballs aren't horrible by any means but you cannot really compare it to home made, moms/grandmoms meatballs OR ordered in a good restaurant with genuine Swedish "husmanskost" which I suppose translates to traditional normal everyday dishes. A few other very typical dishes are (Google them): "Raggmunkar med fläsk", "fläsk med löksås", "stekt strömming" and "kroppkakor". Thank me later :)
Jag älskar till och med småländska kroppkakor 🫣 Kokade. Sedan hälla lite smält smör över. Eller stekt, tärnad bacon med stekfettet. Bara lite. Lingonsylt. Så underskattat! 👌🏻
If you come to Sweden.Try to find meatballs made on elk/moosemeat.A burger with wildboremeat is a delicius thing to.Yes it is a bit expensive but it is all natural.
Yeah, you have Skagenröra and Toast Skagen. The röra, or blend/mix that it translates to, is all the gooey stuff with mayonnaise and shrimp and dill. And that you can put on anything really. But bread/toast or baked potato is the most common. Putting it on toast gives you Toast Skagen. As simple as that.
You mean french quiche 😁😁 Damn, you where spot on!! I live in Gothenburg and there are 2 places here that makes AMAZEBALLS......."café rosa mi" and "köttbullekällaren"......
about the kladdkaka: I've always wondered why this isnt a thing globally. Its so increadibly good when you do it yourself. And its so easy and fast to make also. Then just whip up some cream and you are in heaven.
I'm a tad bit offended that an American compares Västerbottens-ost with American cheddar but ok! Västerbotten is a large part of Northern Sweden. And this is where this cheese is produced and has its origin. It has won prices guys, its a very typical Swedish taste. I'd say it's closer to fresh parmesan in taste than it is to cheddar for eg
@05:05 As a foodie, I think the levels of organic and non-organic levels of different elements in water, soil, air and environment in different countries, even in different areas of a region of a country, produce different flavours in the ingredients you put in the food. From there, the food tells the history, geographical and social history of the people and their heritage. So, absolutely try the dish from where it's from to 'get it'. Dish with the same name would have been done differently in different places (even in different families), biryani in India, nasi goreng in SEA, fish soup in the Nordic, etc. When you think about so many different vegetable/fruit varieties in the world, would you think the cream in the US tastes the same as in Sweden? Would it taste the same in all of Sweden? Also, immigrants are 'snapshots' of a certain time of a certain country's/region's stories and traditions, they often don't change. However, the stories and traditions from where they came from may have evolved.
You can easily make Kladdkaka at home! Just google for recipe. But never bake it to long! The middle should almost be runny. A very typical Swedish dessert or fika.
Värterbotten - a county. Ost - cheese. Västerbottenost - cheese made in the north of Sweden out of milk from the cows there. Västerbottenpaj - contains västerbottenost.
I think kebabpizza originated in Sweden and spread like wildfire. Fun fact: there was a prison riot in Sweden and one of the demands of the prisoners was kebabpizzas for them all.
Ikea's meatballs are okay, a good substitute IF you're not in Sweden. I would say that almost every mum in Sweden makes them even better. I am not too fussed about the cream-sauce myself, I'd rather have it with a brown-sauce(nah, not HP-), some pickled gherkins and of course lingonberries. But not the jam-variety, I prefer what we call "rårörda lingon" and I always do them with a splash of cognac.
Okey, so.. First of, Im Swedish. Hello. And second.. All these dishes depends on what region you live in. I know that Skagenröra is around every place around Sweden where you got access to a fish market, so close to the sea, but even smaller places you can find dishes serving this. You can, like Västerbotten Paj, buy it in stores year round and eat it whenever. Västerbotten Paj is however more for Västerbotten region, and less so for example Skåne region, (Scania region in Swedish). Kebab Pizza is also debated, in Skåne / Scania, a Kebabpizza without fries (UK: chips) its not a proper Kebabpizza. The swedish pizza is thin in its crust, and not like in America, thick. And its a year-round dish that is, along with Tacos, a treat for the whole family. Typical Swedish dishes that are very well liked around the regions are Köttbullar med mos (meatballs and mashed potatoes), Pyttipanna and Pancakes. We also have waffles, along with many other dishes and pasteries we eat on typical days. In Sweden many many days are dedicated for specific foods. It can be Gräddbullens day, or Kanelbullens (cinnamonbun) day. In skåne / scania we also have spiddekauga, which is translated to Spettekaka outside of Skåne, which is very tasty with vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce.
the best pizza in Sweden you find in Trollhättan, a small old industri town where SAAB cars did come from, Once i was in Venice Italy and it tasted just the same!
Usually I don't put cream in my meatballs, just if you want to make it a bit more 'luxurious', the cream are more for Wallenbergare, something like big and a bit flatter meatballs. Wallenbergare is like heaven, made from veal meat. Kladdkaka (swedish muddcake) is one of the easiest thing to bake, that was the first thing my son started to bake on his own, at the age of seven-eight, so you can try it at home. Västerbottenspaj, there are so many ways to make it, but I prefer to make it with more cheese and not so many eggs, gives more taste, just this cheese is it hard to find a substitute for, I think Parmesan is closest.
She is surprisingly good at swedish pronouncuation (for an American) with one exception. "kladdkaka" is not pronounced with a long "a", but a short one. If you come to sweden and orders a "klaaadkaka", you might get a very confused server who doesn't understand what you mean. By the way "Västerbottenpaj" is named after a large region (county?) in the north of Sweden: Västerbotten. The paj part only means paj. However, the word "paj" is also swedish slang for when something is broken (busted). I don't know what this says about the Västerbottenpaj. 😉
Hahahha! I can relate so much to the Thai foods. xD I used to love swedish-styled thai food more than any other food. And because of this I was under the impression that the swedish thai food was Thailand, you know? But then I traveled to Thailand a few years back and my love for swedish thai food went from something I love to something I just like. I mean, it's still good and there are times I crave thai food and I'd eat it, no problem. Now, it's usually not about which ingredients you use because there is a huge importer of asian food and ingredients here in Sweden called "Saigon Food" which imports everything you'd need for asian style cooking, but I digess... There's also always this idea of what we eat here in Sweden compared to what they eat in Thailand, or any other foreign food. So when you go to a restaurant you can expect that the restaurants never go for the authentic cuisine in question, and they always adapt the menu to the swedish consumers. For instance... There is not a lot of spice in any swedish food whatsoever, so making thai-spiced food to a swedish consumer would make many dislike it, simply because we're not used to such spice. I for one is very much for the authentic experience and I personally do not like that restaurants adapt their menu to our market because I really, really love to taste what's around the world. xD
I've never used cream IN the meatballs. For the sauce sure, but never in the balls. It's just eggs, minced meat, crumbs, milk, onion, sugar, salt, pepper and in my family we use garlic too. It's pretty fun that everyone have their own version. Same thing with köttfärssås (bolognese).
So eating Swedish Meatballs at IKEA is like going to Macdonalds and saying that their hamburgers are the best you've ever had. They are so much better to make at home. Doubtful that IKA has cream in its sauce, for example, it will probably be too expensive. She should just make them at home it's not very difficult.
Food paj in sweden as you say, is same as u got in uk. With a q. In gothenborg there is a restaurangen called the meatball or café nord. Bigest best meatballs
My own favourite foods from Swedish cuisine must be... let's see. Swedish home made meatballs preferrably moose or deer balls. Suovas (reindeer kebab, sort of) Swedish or Småland cheese cake. (The real one from Småland) Toast Skagen Beef Wallenberg Falukorv Stroganoff Västerbottensostpaj Swedish Army Peasoup w. Scania mustard and warm Punsch. Mom's special sausage stew. ;-) ... with ättiksgurka and a lot of pepper.
Both Toast Skagen and Västerbottenpaj one mostly get at better resturants as starters, for 2-3 dishes menues.. and sometimes even kladdkaka as dessert! How ever, if/when you comes to sweden/Gothenburg.. there is a well renowed place.. "köttbullskällaren" = "meatball cellar", New ower Caffe Nord!
Just search the recipe for kladdkaka and make it your self. It’s pretty easy to make so you don’t need to be a master chef to pull it off😄 But we use the messurement deciliter here in sweden and not cups.
Skagenröra is technically not shrimp toast, it's specifically the shrimp salad that goes on top of the toast. And we have skagen baguette as well, so it doesn't only go on toast. But it is the most common way to eat it I guess. All the same, it's really good. And I do love skagen baguette more than skagen toast to be honest. Edit: Also, swedish meatballs are WAY better at someones home. IKEA meatballs in my opinion isn't good, I don't like any food at IKEA tbh. But homemade swedish meatballs are really good. (I am a pescatarian though so I only make vegetarian/vegan "meatballs"). But either way it is really good with normal swedish meatballs, but I haven't had it in years since I stopped eating meat. I do recommend meatballs made with moose meat though. They're the best
“In English we don’t have savoury pies..” As an American living in London for over a decade, correction ma’am we have all kinds of savoury pies. Americans are so ignorant.
Skagenröra is a thing, at least. Me I have never eaten it myself even tho I am from Sweden. The dish is nothing I'm all that interested in myself, so I suppose that is why ;D
Yes Dwayne 👍🏼 a Swedish Kladdkaka Whipped Cream and fresh Raspberries or Gooseberries and Coffee ..i get this last Saturday from a old lady i helped her to transport some boxes from one island to her island and i almost get to heaven and back again.. Huuuh it was really life memory everytime i past her island so can i taste this kladdkaka ha ha ha ha 🤯🇸🇪
IKEA is not even close to how good Swedish meatballs can be. And not all recipies have cream, acctually this is the first time I've heard of that. But I'm not surprised, everyone has their own recipie. Of you get invited to someones home to have meatballs that is the best.
I think SkagenRöra and generelly making a skagen röra toast is Most of all on the west coast were i live so we have it more here than other places but its absoulutely authentic and not uncommon in sweden
Home made meatballs is far better then if you get them from some store. Homemade meatbakks have a lot more, well meat. If you get them in a store they are composed by a lot less meat. Im not sure what the mix is when you get them out, but even in the stores if you buy them there is not all that much meat.
The best Swedish meatballs are at someone's home, when you are invited to a normal Swede 😂 everyone makes them a little different depending on their tradition in their family. But they are the best.
Yes... every grandmother or grandfather have their own family recipé.
And i make the best ones.
Swedish here and I agree. IKEA meatballs are good but they are also commercially produced. The very best are homemade.
yes, was always you mother that made the best meatballs, and my mother made the best Pitepalt
@@zpitzer Mmmm... pitepalt!
Kebabpizza originated in sweden but nowdays it can be found pretty much everywhere in europe
Skagenröra is actually the creamy shrimp mix you put on the bread. The dish is called Toast Skagen.
The Västerbottenpaj is a quiche, as you guessed, but it's normally a side dish or something you find on our smorgordsbord.
Finally, if you only eaten meatballs at IKEA... I mean, they are maybe ok, but nothing close to what you can get at a better restaurant, or home. And we seldom use cream. Only when we make the deluxe version.
We usually save the cream for the sauce... 😊
Yeah, never heard of anyone using cream for the meatballs, except for the sauce itself..
Västerbottenpaj, in English should be tarts, not pies. Savoury pies exist in English, like Guiness Beef Pies but maybe savoury pies don't exist in the USA. Pies generally have a pastry top and when they're open, they're tarts.
I'm off to Sweden for a week in January, any recommendations for places to get Köttbullar? I bookmarked "Meatballs for the People", how are they?
@@julesverneinoz Always hard to directly translate a dish from one kitchen to another, but the filling in the Swedish dish contains of egg, milk, cream and that typical cheese from up north. That's at least the same ingredients as in a quiche, in the same proportions, just adding the graded cheese. But I'm not an expert on those kind of dishes. Regarding the restaurant, I think I'm like most Swedes and almost never order meatball when we go out. We eat them at home. On top of that I'm not from Stockholm. But looking at the pictures on Tripadvisor it looks OK. A typical serving with a gravy that looks a little thin in my taste. Pickled cucumbers is a must and preserved lingonberries instead of a simple jam is also a good sign.
@@erik.almgren I'm showing my foodie geekiness here but a quiche is a French tart, so in English it's a tart 😜j/k I get what you mean. Specifically, it is like quiche.
Thanks for the tip. For obvious reasons, we won't have the luxury to eat the meatballs at a Swede's home although I've started cooking them at home now so that I know the recipe by heart when I'm in Sweden and try cooking them if there's time. I am also visiting Gavle and Gothenburg if you have any recommendations.
Yeah Västerbotten paj is a quiche but it’s made with Västerbotten cheese that’s quite expensive and kinda similar to a mix of Parmesan and cheddar
Kladdkaka originates from a badly baked chocolate spunge cake. It was not baked properly, but served anyway. And it spread quickly :)
Pretty sure that kebab pizza is Swedish, it has existed for as long as I can remember in Sweden, at least since the 80s.
The pizzerias in Sweden also have kebabs in 99% of the cases, pizzerias in Sweden are as common as pubs in Great Britain, only on my street about 1 km long there are 5 pizzerias. You can go out to any small village in Sweden where there is nothing else, but there is guaranteed to be a pizzeria there.
Skagenröra was invented by the OG Swedish chef. It contains shrimp. It's named for a Danish vacation spot. You can eat it on different dishes as a condiment, but the most common is to have it on toast, with a bit of caviar and lemon juice. That's called "Toast Skagen".
It's really good.
We also have shrimp sandwich, it's not exactly the same, but also delicious with fresh shrimps boiled eggs and fresh lemonjuice.
You gotta try both.
These videos are so cute. I love hearing other people learn about Sweden. Because it teaches me what I take for granted. I don't realise that these things are special to others nationals. It is nice :)
Swedish pizza taste different then any pizza you find anywhere. Don’t ask me why, I think it’s because a lot of people from the Middle East came over and opened pizzerias without really knowing how to make them but now it has become to something Swedish since it really has evolved to its perfection. And to be honest, the same pizza taste a little different where ever you are in the country…even in your own city.
True! And kebab sauce is the best in Småland ;) not the red and white sauce but the one made with Fanta :D
Swedish pizza is probably the pizza outside Italy that most closely resembles original Italian pizza.
@@fridahultgren8865 Jönköping u mean??🤤
@@fridahultgren8865 Same in Göteborg. The White gold!
@@matselm it's the same in the entire småland :) , I have seen it in Norrköping too but only on one restaurant. Kungskebab.
Every family have their own meatball recipé. I love moose meatballs for example. You can find very good Swedish meatballs at good restaurants, for tourists, but it's really not restaurant food in Sweden, more like everyday food.
Moose meatballs sounds heavenly. People always mention the reindeer stuff, but Moose with a little bit of salt is truly the food of gods in my opinion
@@olafthebear2327 The problem is that moose meat are too lean to make meatballs out of straight up. You have to mix it with something, like pork, beef or as someone else suggested in the comments - cream. I isually do about 50% moose, 25% pork and 25% beef... and bread ans spices of course... but I will try cream next time, it sounded delicious.
However you do it, it will make delicious salty balls!
Wild Swedish salty balls!
Yummy!
You mostly find Skagen-Toast as a starter dish in restaurants doing fine-dining, the more common item is Shrip-Sandwich which you can grab at almost any cafe and even in supermarkets, both are delicious!
Skagenröra is actually the creamy mix on top on a toast and then called toast skagen
7:08 History- ''The Västerbotten pie was most likely created sometime in the late 1980s or early 1990s as a development of the Franco-German quiche Lorraine, which was extremely popular in Sweden in the 1980s and often referred to as 'French cheese pie'. Västerbotten cheese pie is mentioned in the daily press (SvD) from 1994. It quickly became an essential part of Swedish crayfish dishes and buffets.''
From recipe online, the only difference is that Västerbotton pie has no milk in it while Quiche has milk, and ofc different cheese compare to ppl normaly have in quiche
My sister has baked ALOT of kladdkakor in her days, and now she bakes with browned butter and i think real dark chocolate instead of cocoa. It is heavenly! ❤
Västerbottenpaj is a pie made of a specific cheese from the northern part of Sweden. The cheese can only be made of northern milk. The consistency is grytty and the taste is soooo good!! But, it´s wery expensive it cost around 200 kr per kilogram or almost 15 pounds per kilogram, and you need very much cheese to make. You only eat Västerbottenpaj on holidays
1. Skagentoast eller toastskagen eller skagenröra
2. Västerbottenspaj
3. Köttbullar med potatismos och gräddsås och lingon med picklad gurka
4. Kebabpizza, strimlat kebabkött tomatsås ost lök, ibland svamp och vitlökssås eller orientsås eller kebabsås, eller bea sås
5. Kladdkaka "close too brownie but not the same" Chokladkaka
Toast skagen was the signature dish of swedish chef Tore Wretman created in the 1950’s, it’s been so popular you now can buy skagenröra (Skagen mix) in most swedish supermarkets, so you can only make toast and then add the skagenröra to the toast to make this dish.
Västerbotten cheese has its very own VERY rich, slightly salty-acidic taste that is difficult to describe. It must be experienced. Unlike most other cheeses with a lot of flavor, it does not have a very noticeable smell (a bit like real Parmigiano Reggiana (Parmesan)). It is only manufactured in one place - a very small community in northern Sweden called Burträsk. Only cow's milk from the local dairy may be used.
It has been produced since 1872 according to a secret recipe known only to the cheese master and a few other people.
According to legend, it was the dairywoman Ulrika Eleonora Lindström who created the recipe for Västerbottensost in 1872. Also according to legend, the recipe came about by chance when Ulrika Eleonora Lindström was working alone in the dairy. She had to interrupt the work on Västgötaosten for other tasks and some rumors claim that these tasks would have had to do with love. According to the myth, it was the distraction of a wooing farmhand that caused her to fail to keep a proper eye on the cheese vat. This meant that the curd was cooled and heated in several rounds and the result was not as intended. Despite the mistake, the cheese became tasty and quickly became a success around the country 😋😋😋.
Yeah, and how dare she compare it to cheddar, it's the most expensive cheese in Sweden
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I have a friend from Newcastle and when he visited Sweden the first time in 2001 he had never seen a kebabpizza before and he loved it 😅
If I remember correctly, kebabpizza started becoming a thing in England because swedes basically brought the idea there whenever they travelled
Kladdkaka is really good, you can eat it both warm and cold. When i eat it warm, i usually have some sort of ice cream next to it, usually vanilla. When its cold, i usually eat it with either raspberry or strawberry. But its ok to eat it without all that if you want to.
IKEA meatballs is not even close to the real thing, if people say otherwise I feel bad for them.
Kebabpizza is actually Swedish, but got famous world-wide so it started brand over Europe.
I tried the Kebabpizza once in UK it was okay, but nothing beats the sauce we have in Sweden.
Skagenröra you got to try on the westcoast, nearby Gothenburg (like Tjörn or Marstrand).
Kladdkaka is a really hoysehold dessert here in Sweden, you can pretty much always make one.
Västerbottenost is pretty much Swedens answer to Parmesan, the cheese is probably my favorite cheese.
IKEA meatballs isnt same as homemade, sry but its just not. Also Västerbotten Ost is a cheese that really highly valued and epic, so that pie becomes really tasty
The fish eggs are the "dot above the i" as we say, the perfekt accessories till many dishes and is a must when eating Västerbottens-paj. Little salty bombs that explodes in your mouth together with a piece of pie and some crème fraîche! We eat the to a lot of food; different cold sauces, on pies with all sorts of seafood, delicious on langos or potatoes - baked or roasted. The name of the pie comes from the cheese in it. Västerbottensost, a hard cheese with small pipes from the small village of Burträsk in the province of Västerbotten (I live quite near). It is over 150 yrs since the dairy maid forgot some cheese in the cellar and it became very mature and salty...and very well tasting. Now it is a fav in all of the country.
NO cream in the meatballs (only om Wallenbergare, patties made of veal)! But sometimes we make a brown sauce with cream to eat with them.
Meatballs is not restaurant food really in sweden it´s something you make at home and IKEA meatballs are definetly not the best. Kebabpizza is on every pizzaplaces menu and probably the most ordered especially on a sunday after a night out as you mentioned. And Kladdkaka is the best and basicly translates to "Messy cake" since the chocolate is creamy on the inside 😀
About the kladdkaka, it does have a proper english name and its called Mudcake
^^ Yeah was about to say, it is a mudcake when translated to english
The best meatballs served in Gothenburg is at Köttbullekällaren next to Saluhallen. The name translated to english means The Meatball cellar.
The best swedish meatballs are made by a Swedish grandma 😊
Kladdkaka is really my favorite cake in Sweden but i prefer Vanilla instead of chocolate but both are really good. Just try the Vanilla one and you be hooked.
And also. In Gothenburg in many gatukök ”streetkitchen” we have ”Halv Special”. (Half special) You must try it. Its a hotdog but with mashed potato on top. And a ”Hel Special” is the same but with 2 sausages in the bread under the mashed potato. ”Potatismos in Swedish ”
I think Skagen would be okay in Jersey. I would do normal toast and not dark bread. Invented att Riche in Stockholm. Only shrimps, mayo, dill (maybe red onions) and the kaviar on top is an addition to the original. A squeeze of lemon and your done.
Västerbottenspaj is a quiche but with a mature Swedish cheese (vösterbottenost). Not everyday but usually for holidays or other celebrations (I think, but I have not lived in Sweden in a very long time)
Correct! Skagen is served on white toast in the original.
The best place for meatballs in Gothenburg (except for home cooked) is Café Du Nord, locally known as Köttbullekaféet (The Meatball Café). The meatballs are somewhere between a golf ball and a tennis ball in size, and are traditionally served with gravy, strong mustard, and a slice of thick soft bread with butter that you dip in the gravy. You can have your meatballs with mash and lingonberry jam as well, but that's the typical way of having meatballs in Sweden, so why not try something different, but equally tasty, instead?
Kebab pizza originated in Sweden. I'm not surprised that it spread to the UK. The best one can be found in the city of Jönköping where the pizza's famous sause was invented. I'm pretty sure you don't have that particular sauce in the UK, so definitely try a kebabpizza (Swedish spelling) when you are here.
Kladdkaka (pronounced kladd-kaah-ka) is one of my favourite deserts. Whenever I make it, I flavour it with orage zest. Tastes very similar to the chocolate oranges you have there in the UK. And I totally agree with you about the cream. No need to add any sugar.
Kladdkaka is definitely a MUST!!!😋😋😋
U should serch for the recipe and show us when u try to fix Swedish food and stuff. So u can also taste the Swedish food 👌🏼
Västerbottensostpaj is a type of quiche, yes. But don't expect it to taste like every other quiche you have tasted. As she said, it's not sharp, but the cheese it's made from is similar to a manchego. So, the whole package has a powerfull taste that is hard to describe. It doesn't look like the cheese is all that expensive to buy in the UK (Expensive, yes, but not insanely so), and scandikitchen has a recipe for making it that seems OK if you are curious.
Västerbotten pie is sold in most major grocery stores all year round. you can eat it as a dish with some salad. Västerbotenost is a fairly strong cheese, one of my favorites. usually have that cheese in the bechamel sauce when I make a lasagna. Unfortunately, there are many who post recipes for food that are not original. type Swedish meatballs. think the original recipe is minced meat, onion, egg, breadcrumbs, milk, salt and black pepper. then there are those who have Dijon mustard and garlic, which came late in Swedish homes, but I don't think that's classic.
Kebab pizza was strarted in Sweden
I am from Sweden and live in Gothenburg. know all the dishes she mentioned like all these.
IKEAs meatballs aren't horrible by any means but you cannot really compare it to home made, moms/grandmoms meatballs OR ordered in a good restaurant with genuine Swedish "husmanskost" which I suppose translates to traditional normal everyday dishes. A few other very typical dishes are (Google them): "Raggmunkar med fläsk", "fläsk med löksås", "stekt strömming" and "kroppkakor". Thank me later :)
When you finally do go to Sweden, you'll have to stay for at least a week so you can taste all the wonderful FIKA things haha!
Hemmagjorda köttbullar 👌🏻
Skagen 🤤
Smörgåstårta 🥰
Ärtsoppa och pannkakor 🫶🏻
Finns mycket gott att käka i Sverige ☺️
Jag älskar till och med småländska kroppkakor 🫣 Kokade. Sedan hälla lite smält smör över. Eller stekt, tärnad bacon med stekfettet. Bara lite. Lingonsylt. Så underskattat! 👌🏻
If you come to Sweden.Try to find meatballs made on elk/moosemeat.A burger with wildboremeat is a delicius thing to.Yes it is a bit expensive but it is all natural.
The Västerbottensostpaj or Västerbotten-cheese quiche is delicious too. The Västerbotten cheese is a quite good cheese with a special taste.
Dwayne I worry for you if you ever come to Sweden. You'll be so full you'll be rolling down the streets within a week :)
Yeah, you have Skagenröra and Toast Skagen. The röra, or blend/mix that it translates to, is all the gooey stuff with mayonnaise and shrimp and dill. And that you can put on anything really. But bread/toast or baked potato is the most common. Putting it on toast gives you Toast Skagen. As simple as that.
It is even delicious on avocado
I'm not a Swede, but typically I'd order a kebab pizza after a night out and eat around half of it, and leave the rest to eat the next day
You mean french quiche 😁😁
Damn, you where spot on!! I live in Gothenburg and there are 2 places here that makes AMAZEBALLS......."café rosa mi" and "köttbullekällaren"......
About cream in Swedish food... Wallenbergare, ground veal beef patties. When making them you totally put as much cream in them as they can hold...!
I have never used cream in meatballs!?!… i have to try that !.. Damn it! 😂
Well, instead of using breadcrumbs softened in water, I would try bread soaked in cream instead... It could work.
Basic recipe, Soak breadcrumbs in cream, add 50/50 pork and beef, softened onions and you are halfway to a kickass meatball.
It is common to use cream when you make meatballs out of grounded moose meat, because it is such a lean meat 😊
@@nojracoll4336 I usually mix moose and pork, to counter the lean moose, when I do moose balls, but I'll try cream next time.
skagenröra on a sandwich is not a räkmacka(shrimp sandwich) it might be a sandwich with shrimp on it but its not the same thing.
about the kladdkaka: I've always wondered why this isnt a thing globally. Its so increadibly good when you do it yourself. And its so easy and fast to make also. Then just whip up some cream and you are in heaven.
It is a worldwide thing, just called Mudcake in other places
I'm a tad bit offended that an American compares Västerbottens-ost with American cheddar but ok! Västerbotten is a large part of Northern Sweden. And this is where this cheese is produced and has its origin. It has won prices guys, its a very typical Swedish taste. I'd say it's closer to fresh parmesan in taste than it is to cheddar for eg
@05:05 As a foodie, I think the levels of organic and non-organic levels of different elements in water, soil, air and environment in different countries, even in different areas of a region of a country, produce different flavours in the ingredients you put in the food. From there, the food tells the history, geographical and social history of the people and their heritage. So, absolutely try the dish from where it's from to 'get it'. Dish with the same name would have been done differently in different places (even in different families), biryani in India, nasi goreng in SEA, fish soup in the Nordic, etc. When you think about so many different vegetable/fruit varieties in the world, would you think the cream in the US tastes the same as in Sweden? Would it taste the same in all of Sweden?
Also, immigrants are 'snapshots' of a certain time of a certain country's/region's stories and traditions, they often don't change. However, the stories and traditions from where they came from may have evolved.
Kladdkaka is probably one of the most normal Swedish fika
When I say I want to bake something everyone automatically thinks it’s kladdkaka
You can easily make Kladdkaka at home! Just google for recipe. But never bake it to long! The middle should almost be runny. A very typical Swedish dessert or fika.
It's actually quite unusual to make meatballs with cream. It is commonly made with milk, not cream.
Västerbotten paj goes really great with Skagenröra. had it on midsummers eve.
Normally u dont have creme in the meatballs, is milk. U have creme in the saus
Värterbotten - a county. Ost - cheese. Västerbottenost - cheese made in the north of Sweden out of milk from the cows there. Västerbottenpaj - contains västerbottenost.
"Meatballs" at Ikea are ok, but home made or from a better restaurant is another thing!
Yes estonians love too that food . We are only separated by Baltic Sea 227 km at Saaremaato Sweden Gotland
Something you should try if you ever come to Sweden is ”blodpudding” basically blood pudding it’s delicious literally my whole childhood
Blackpudding
I think kebabpizza originated in Sweden and spread like wildfire.
Fun fact: there was a prison riot in Sweden and one of the demands of the prisoners was kebabpizzas for them all.
Sometimes I make kladdkaka with whiskeytruffles on it and hazelnuts as decoration.......very tasty 😊
If you ever try meatballs you also need to try moose meatballs. So good, my grandfather is a hunter and every christmas we get those
Ikea's meatballs are okay, a good substitute IF you're not in Sweden. I would say that almost every mum in Sweden makes them even better. I am not too fussed about the cream-sauce myself, I'd rather have it with a brown-sauce(nah, not HP-), some pickled gherkins and of course lingonberries. But not the jam-variety, I prefer what we call "rårörda lingon" and I always do them with a splash of cognac.
Okey, so.. First of, Im Swedish. Hello. And second.. All these dishes depends on what region you live in. I know that Skagenröra is around every place around Sweden where you got access to a fish market, so close to the sea, but even smaller places you can find dishes serving this. You can, like Västerbotten Paj, buy it in stores year round and eat it whenever. Västerbotten Paj is however more for Västerbotten region, and less so for example Skåne region, (Scania region in Swedish). Kebab Pizza is also debated, in Skåne / Scania, a Kebabpizza without fries (UK: chips) its not a proper Kebabpizza. The swedish pizza is thin in its crust, and not like in America, thick. And its a year-round dish that is, along with Tacos, a treat for the whole family. Typical Swedish dishes that are very well liked around the regions are Köttbullar med mos (meatballs and mashed potatoes), Pyttipanna and Pancakes. We also have waffles, along with many other dishes and pasteries we eat on typical days. In Sweden many many days are dedicated for specific foods. It can be Gräddbullens day, or Kanelbullens (cinnamonbun) day.
In skåne / scania we also have spiddekauga, which is translated to Spettekaka outside of Skåne, which is very tasty with vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce.
Meatballs, lingon berries and pasta are one of my favourites (maybe not so usual)
Swedish taste resturant in Gothenburg are my favorite place to eat classic swedish meatballs.
the best pizza in Sweden you find in Trollhättan, a small old industri town where SAAB cars did come from, Once i was in Venice Italy and it tasted just the same!
Usually I don't put cream in my meatballs, just if you want to make it a bit more 'luxurious', the cream are more for Wallenbergare, something like big and a bit flatter meatballs. Wallenbergare is like heaven, made from veal meat.
Kladdkaka (swedish muddcake) is one of the easiest thing to bake, that was the first thing my son started to bake on his own, at the age of seven-eight, so you can try it at home.
Västerbottenspaj, there are so many ways to make it, but I prefer to make it with more cheese and not so many eggs, gives more taste, just this cheese is it hard to find a substitute for, I think Parmesan is closest.
Ikeas meatballs may not be the worst, but it's very far from being the best.
I think I had my first Kebabpizza around 1995, so yeah.
She is surprisingly good at swedish pronouncuation (for an American) with one exception. "kladdkaka" is not pronounced with a long "a", but a short one. If you come to sweden and orders a "klaaadkaka", you might get a very confused server who doesn't understand what you mean.
By the way "Västerbottenpaj" is named after a large region (county?) in the north of Sweden: Västerbotten. The paj part only means paj. However, the word "paj" is also swedish slang for when something is broken (busted). I don't know what this says about the Västerbottenpaj. 😉
Hahahha! I can relate so much to the Thai foods. xD I used to love swedish-styled thai food more than any other food. And because of this I was under the impression that the swedish thai food was Thailand, you know? But then I traveled to Thailand a few years back and my love for swedish thai food went from something I love to something I just like. I mean, it's still good and there are times I crave thai food and I'd eat it, no problem.
Now, it's usually not about which ingredients you use because there is a huge importer of asian food and ingredients here in Sweden called "Saigon Food" which imports everything you'd need for asian style cooking, but I digess... There's also always this idea of what we eat here in Sweden compared to what they eat in Thailand, or any other foreign food. So when you go to a restaurant you can expect that the restaurants never go for the authentic cuisine in question, and they always adapt the menu to the swedish consumers. For instance... There is not a lot of spice in any swedish food whatsoever, so making thai-spiced food to a swedish consumer would make many dislike it, simply because we're not used to such spice. I for one is very much for the authentic experience and I personally do not like that restaurants adapt their menu to our market because I really, really love to taste what's around the world. xD
I've never used cream IN the meatballs. For the sauce sure, but never in the balls.
It's just eggs, minced meat, crumbs, milk, onion, sugar, salt, pepper and in my family we use garlic too.
It's pretty fun that everyone have their own version. Same thing with köttfärssås (bolognese).
So eating Swedish Meatballs at IKEA is like going to Macdonalds and saying that their hamburgers are the best you've ever had.
They are so much better to make at home.
Doubtful that IKA has cream in its sauce, for example, it will probably be too expensive.
She should just make them at home it's not very difficult.
Food paj in sweden as you say, is same as u got in uk. With a q. In gothenborg there is a restaurangen called the meatball or café nord. Bigest best meatballs
IKEA's meatballs are the worst meatballs you can find in Sweden, even frozen meatballs from the store taste better if fried in a pan.
My own favourite foods from Swedish cuisine must be... let's see.
Swedish home made meatballs preferrably moose or deer balls.
Suovas (reindeer kebab, sort of)
Swedish or Småland cheese cake. (The real one from Småland)
Toast Skagen
Beef Wallenberg
Falukorv Stroganoff
Västerbottensostpaj
Swedish Army Peasoup w. Scania mustard and warm Punsch.
Mom's special sausage stew. ;-) ... with ättiksgurka and a lot of pepper.
Skagenröra in Sweden is really good! 😍
for my homemade meatballs I don't use cream, but I do use milk in the mixture.
Both Toast Skagen and Västerbottenpaj one mostly get at better resturants as starters, for 2-3 dishes menues.. and sometimes even kladdkaka as dessert!
How ever, if/when you comes to sweden/Gothenburg.. there is a well renowed place.. "köttbullskällaren" = "meatball cellar", New ower Caffe Nord!
Just search the recipe for kladdkaka and make it your self. It’s pretty easy to make so you don’t need to be a master chef to pull it off😄 But we use the messurement deciliter here in sweden and not cups.
Wästerbotten cheese is great, love to use it in both pies and on gratins =) The landscape Västerbotten is great also ;)
Yep, just like a quiche, but must be with that special swedish cheese. And no ham. Just cheese.
Skagenröra is technically not shrimp toast, it's specifically the shrimp salad that goes on top of the toast. And we have skagen baguette as well, so it doesn't only go on toast. But it is the most common way to eat it I guess. All the same, it's really good. And I do love skagen baguette more than skagen toast to be honest.
Edit: Also, swedish meatballs are WAY better at someones home. IKEA meatballs in my opinion isn't good, I don't like any food at IKEA tbh. But homemade swedish meatballs are really good. (I am a pescatarian though so I only make vegetarian/vegan "meatballs"). But either way it is really good with normal swedish meatballs, but I haven't had it in years since I stopped eating meat. I do recommend meatballs made with moose meat though. They're the best
She's in Sweden but in Malmö 😂 i would call that Danmark territory
I ate my first kebab pizza in 1992 in Trollhättan in Sweden, so if anyone knows before that, please tell me
Dwayne the caviar is good they just pop as you bite them and they just taste a little bit of saltyness.
“In English we don’t have savoury pies..” As an American living in London for over a decade, correction ma’am we have all kinds of savoury pies. Americans are so ignorant.
Yeah, kladdkaka is so goooooood and tasty if it's done right!
Another great Swedish dish is Pitepalt
Skagenröra is a thing, at least. Me I have never eaten it myself even tho I am from Sweden. The dish is nothing I'm all that interested in myself, so I suppose that is why ;D
Yes Dwayne 👍🏼 a Swedish Kladdkaka Whipped Cream and fresh Raspberries or Gooseberries and Coffee ..i get this last Saturday from a old lady i helped her to transport some boxes from one island to her island and i almost get to heaven and back again.. Huuuh it was really life memory everytime i past her island so can i taste this kladdkaka ha ha ha ha 🤯🇸🇪
For the 2008 Melodifestivalen, the band Andra Generationen partook with the tune "Kebabpizza Sljivovitsa": ua-cam.com/video/gIDmp68_yJs/v-deo.html
Skagenröra is a bit different in every family. Family-recipe
IKEA is not even close to how good Swedish meatballs can be.
And not all recipies have cream, acctually this is the first time I've heard of that.
But I'm not surprised, everyone has their own recipie.
Of you get invited to someones home to have meatballs that is the best.
I think SkagenRöra and generelly making a skagen röra toast is Most of all on the west coast were i live so we have it more here than other places but its absoulutely authentic and not uncommon in sweden
Kebab pizza s not a Swedish dish but a Swedish concept of having kebab ingredients on top of a pizza!
Home made meatballs is far better then if you get them from some store. Homemade meatbakks have a lot more, well meat. If you get them in a store they are composed by a lot less meat. Im not sure what the mix is when you get them out, but even in the stores if you buy them there is not all that much meat.
If I should name one favorite food it would be Prinskorv ( Prince sausages) Small and tasty =)
Good fine dine meatballs at Operakällaren in Stockholm, not the place you would expect but they have it.