A FOOD TRADITION
Finnish Cuisine
A Nordic cooking tradition built around rye, potatoes, dairy, fish, game, berries, and seasonal preserved foods, with strong regional variations.
Dishes linked to this cuisine
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Graavilohi
Graavilohi is Finnish salt-cured salmon seasoned with salt, sugar, and dill and served chilled in thin slices.
Hernekeitto
A Finnish split-pea soup traditionally simmered with dried peas, pork, onion, and marjoram until hearty and tender.
Imelletty perunalaatikko
A traditional Finnish baked potato casserole in which wheat flour helps sweeten the mashed potato mixture before it is combined with milk and butter.
Joulukinkku
Joulukinkku is a Finnish Christmas ham made by curing and roasting pork, often finished with a mustard coating and breadcrumb crust.
Joulupuuro
A Finnish Christmas rice porridge cooked slowly with milk and served sweetened or seasoned with cinnamon.
Joulutorttu
A Finnish Christmas star pastry made from laminated wheat dough and filled with prune preserve before baking.
Kaalilaatikko
A Finnish baked cabbage casserole made with cabbage, rice, minced meat, onion, and a mildly sweet syrup seasoning.
Kainuun rönttönen
Kainuun rönttönen is a traditional Kainuu rye pastry filled with a sweetened mixture of lingonberries and potato.
Kalakukko
A traditional Finnish baked rye loaf filled with fish and pork and served as a hearty savory meal or snack.
Karjalanpaisti
A traditional Finnish Karelian hot pot of slowly braised mixed meats with onion and simple seasoning.
Karjalanpiirakka
A Finnish Karelian pasty made from a thin rye crust wrapped around a rice porridge filling and often served with egg butter.
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