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15-Aug-2016 17:55
They are widely used as a condiment for a variety of dishes from meatballs and pancakes to oatmeal and blood pudding, and is rarely used as jam on bread.
Thanks to the Swedish institution of Allemansrätten which grants everyone public access to freely enjoy nature, many Swedes grew up picking these tart red berries from nearby forests.
They were simple and inexpensive yet filling meals and it wasn’t until the early 1900s that husmanskost started making their way from grandma’s table into taverns and pubs called Most husmanskost dishes are served with lingonberries.
Lingonberries are tart red berries similar to cranberries found in shrubs within Scandinavian forests.
Raggmunk are pancakes made from grated or ground potato, flour, and egg, seasoned with onions and garlic, and served with thick cuts of bacon and lingonberry preserve.
It remains one of the most popular local dishes because of its savoury balance between sweetness from the lingonberries, buttery saltiness from the raggmunk pancakes, and fatty grease from the bacon. The Wallenbergare is a meat patty dish made from ground veal, cream, and eggs, coated in breadcrumbs, and served with mashed potatoes, peas, and lingonberry preserve while the Biff à la Lindström is extremely similar, but instead of veal, is made from ground beef, onions, potato, diced beetroot, and capers.
It served its own version of pyttipanna as seared cubes of beef tenderloin, sautéed onion, and diced potatoes with mustard cream and raw egg yolk.
Translated into “house owner’s food”, was the middle-class working man’s meal.A hearty blend of potatoes and root vegetables gathered from fields, meat from farm or wild animals, fish from the North and Baltic Seas, and herbs pulled out of gardens.The lingonberries are then used to make jam-like preservatives.While Swedish meatballs remain the most iconic husmanskost associated with the country internationally, here are more complex hearty dishes that locals usually pick right off the menu if available.
In between Stockholm’s modern culinary blend of Asian fusion restaurants, fine dining restaurants, and kebab pizza joints are restaurants specializing in traditional Swedish cuisine.The US has its southern style kitchen called soul food and husmanskost is the Swedish equivalent of country-style cooking.