List of Christmas Dishes - Sweden

Sweden

  • Julbord - Christmas smorgasbord ("Christmas table"), a catch-all term for all the dishes served during Christmas Eve:
    • köttbullar - Swedish meatballs
    • Julskinka - Christmas ham
    • dopp i grytan ("dipping in the kettle") - dipping bread slices in the ham broth after boiling the Christmas ham.
    • prinskorv - small hot dog sausages
    • fläskkorv - big pork sausage
    • isterband - smoked fresh pork sausage
    • revbensspjäll - spare ribs
    • inlagd sill - pickled herring (usually of different types)
    • gravad lax - lox
    • Janssons frestelse ("Jansson's Temptation") - warm scalloped potato casserole with anchovies
    • vörtlimpa - Swedish rye bread with grated orange peel made for Christmas, with or without raisins.
    • knäckebröd - dry crisp bread
    • rödkål - sweet and sour red cabbage, as a side dish
    • grönkål - sweet and sour kale as a side dish
    • brunkål ("brown cabbage")- cabbage flavoured with syrup hence the name
    • rödbetor - sliced beet root
    • an array of cheeses - bondost, herrgårdsost, prästost, getost (hard goat milk cheese)
  • lutfisk - Lye-fish (whitefish) that has been boiled served with white gravy
  • Julmust - a traditional, very sweet, stout-like, Christmas soft drink, originally intended as an alternative to alcohol beverage called Mumma
  • glögg - mulled wine
  • knäck - Christmas toffee
  • pepparkakor (Gingerbread) - brown cookies flavoured with a variety of traditional Christmas spices
  • Julost - Christmas cheese
  • Julgröt - Christmas rice pudding with an almond hidden inside
  • lussekatter - Saint Lucy saffron buns

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