Your favourite traditional Finnish dish?

[Kutittaa]

Looking to sample some of the 'rarer' Finnish dishes, (other than potato this, and potato that).

What are your favourite traditional Finnish foods, and the ones you cook most often, or at least enjoy cooking.

[Upphew]

Makaronilaatikko.

[Jukka Aho]

"Traditional Finnish dishes" tend to be rather simple peasant food. Karjalanpaisti and hernekeitto would spring to mind. The latter should preferably be accompanied by Nordic-style open-faced sandwiches made of freshly baked bread. There are differing views on the consistency of proper hernekeitto (how much pork meat it should contain if any, how thick or runny it should be, etc.)

Golden chanterelles (kantarelli or keltavahvero in Finnish) are maybe not a "Finnish dish" as such but pretty nice if you manage to pick some. They only need to be sautéed in some butter.

See here and here for some pointers.

[interleukin]

Smoked fish. Yummie.

[Pursuivant]

Not with potatoes? Sacrilege, burn the heretic!

Actually, I now have some potatoes and cream, gammon and anchovies and I am trying to battle with which should I do first - pyttipannu or janssonin kiusaus. Not intending to make a haute cuisine mix of the two. But creamy pyttis has its... cholesterolic value... *burp*

[Karhunkoski]

Actually, I now have some potatoes and cream, gammon and anchovies and I am trying to battle with which should I do first - pyttipannu or janssonin kiusaus. Not intending to make a haute cuisine mix of the two. But creamy pyttis has its... cholesterolic value... *burp*

Unbelievable!

You're living in a country blessed with a plethora of eatery options from every corner of the globe, yet you whittle the choice down to either a Swedish hot-pot or Finnish drunken rock festival fayre.

[onkko]

Not with potatoes? Sacrilege, burn the heretic!

Actually, I now have some potatoes and cream, gammon and anchovies and I am trying to battle with which should I do first - pyttipannu or janssonin kiusaus. Not intending to make a haute cuisine mix of the two. But creamy pyttis has its... cholesterolic value... *burp*

You dont have eggs so obvious choise is janssonin kiusaus

[Rob A.]

Here's one I've had both with and without herring....I thought it was great either way:

Rosolli/punajuuri salatti.....rather colourful



...and Janssonin kiusaus is great too....but rather a rich, heavy dish...

[onkko]

...and Janssonin kiusaus is great too....but rather a rich, heavy dish...

Morning meal for kids, shame on you! you cant be northern

But to be honest, i dont know if im different and i dont see myself as different, we would eat you under a table

This is like one in "CSI" series, there was 6pack of beer and "no one drinks 6 pack alone". WTF!

Eh, i say

[Rob A.]

Ja...tässä on "perinteinen" kesäruoka:




Suklaakakku ...mukana rehelliset suomalaiset mansikat....

[Jukka Aho]

Here's one I've had both with and without herring....I thought it was great either way:
Rosolli/punajuuri salatti.....rather colourful

I quite like that too, as a Christmas specialty. The ready-made stuff they sell in boxes at supermarkets is vile, though... the pieces are chopped far too large and the consistency is too wet/mushy.

Some rosolli - or salla, as it is also called! - variants include cheese, onion (either raw or sautéed), apple, pickled cucumber, or even ground beef (typically to replace the herring) but the basis is potato, carrot and beetroot. The finer you can chop all these ingredients the better. Grated cheese can also be included on top as a decorative layer or as ornamental mounds.

Rosolli needs to be accompanied with its own dressing... served in a separate bowl so you can choose whether to scoop a dollop on your plate or not. There are varying recipes for the dressing too but most of them are based on almost runny whipped cream colored pink by beetroot juice and flavored with vinegar. Some recipes for the dressing also include salt, sugar, pepper, or even all of them, or odder things such as mustard. Some other variants are based on sour cream instead of whipped cream.

[Rob A.]

Yes...though I quite like pickled/marinated herring...

I regularly buy little jars of it at IKEA....and it's relatively cheap ...under $3.00 per jar...



I typically don't bother with the senapssill...OK, once in a while, but not really to my taste...

Oh and I see I misspelt salaatti in my post above...

[Jukka Aho]

I typically don't bother with the senapssill...OK, once in a while, but not really to my taste...

Sinappisilli in Finnish. (See here as well.) Come to think of it, I tend to buy that variety most often...

[Rob A.]

I typically don't bother with the senapssill...OK, once in a while, but not really to my taste...

Sinappisilli in Finnish. (See here as well.) Come to think of it, I tend to buy that variety most often...

I don't remember the "BOY" brand, but I do remember "ABBA" from the K-Market in the Kamppi Mall....and "PIRKKA" which I guess is a housebrand...it was on everything...so I was reluctant to buy it ... I was pleasantly surprised at the variety and choice... one brand that I tried was "AHTI" which seemed to be a "premium" brand ...???.... [Such choice here is reserved for peanut butter...or ketchup...I'll bet you can't get Heinz Red Thai ketchup in Finland....marvellous stuff... ]

Also from here I just noticed something called katajanmarjasilakkafilee....now that looks interesting, but it is the PIRKKA brand...I wonder who actually prepares it...some venerable Finnish company....or somewhere in China?? ... ... silakka seems to be another word for silli....how would you distinguish these two words or are they interchangeable?

[AldenG]

I typically don't bother with the senapssill...OK, once in a while, but not really to my taste...

Sinappisilli in Finnish. (See here as well.) Come to think of it, I tend to buy that variety most often...

Me, too. Many is the roadside meal I've made of that together with new potatoes boiled over a can of gas.