Ingredients

• 1 lb skin-on salmon fillet
• 1/2 cup coarse salt
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 large bunch fresh dill, chopped
• 1 tbsp white peppercorns, crushed
• 2 tbsp aquavit or vodka (optional)

Instructions

1. Mix salt, sugar, and peppercorns
2. Place salmon skin-down on large sheet of plastic wrap
3. Cover flesh with salt-sugar mix, then press dill on top
4. Drizzle with aquavit if using
5. Wrap tightly, place on tray, weight with a plate
6. Refrigerate 48 hours, turning once after 24h
7. Scrape off cure and dill, slice thin
8. Serve with mustard-dill sauce and rye bread

Ingredients

• 2 cups rye flour
• 1 cup bread flour
• 1/2 cup sunflower seeds
• 1/4 cup flax seeds
• 2 tsp caraway seeds
• 1 packet active dry yeast
• 1.5 cups warm water
• 1 tbsp salt

Instructions

1. Combine flours, seeds, yeast, and salt in a bowl
2. Add water and mix until a sticky dough forms
3. Knead 5 minutes, shape into loaf
4. Place in greased loaf pan, cover, rise 2 hours
5. Bake at 350°F for 60 minutes
6. Cool completely before slicing

Ingredients

• 8 slices dense rye bread
• Butter, room temperature
• Pickled herring or smoked salmon
• Hard-boiled eggs, sliced
• Red onion, thin rings
• Fresh dill, capers
• Remoulade or mustard

Instructions

1. Butter each slice of rye generously
2. Layer one main ingredient per slice (herring, salmon, or egg)
3. Add onion, dill, capers
4. Dollop remoulade or mustard
5. Garnish with extra dill
6. Serve immediately

Ingredients

• 1 lb ground beef and pork mix
• 1/2 cup breadcrumbs
• 1/4 cup cream
• 1 small onion, grated
• 1 egg
• Allspice, nutmeg, salt, pepper
• 2 tbsp butter, 2 tbsp flour, 1 cup beef broth, 1/2 cup cream for gravy

Instructions

1. Soak breadcrumbs in cream. Mix with meat, onion, egg, spices
2. Form small meatballs, fry in butter until golden
3. Remove meatballs. In same pan, make roux with butter and flour
4. Whisk in broth and cream, simmer until thick
5. Return meatballs to gravy, heat through
6. Serve with lingonberry jam and mashed potatoes

Ingredients

• 4 cups flour, 1/2 cup sugar, 1 packet yeast
• 1 cup milk, 1/2 cup butter, 1 egg
• 1 tsp ground cardamom, 1/2 tsp salt
• Filling: 1/2 cup butter, 1/2 cup sugar, 2 tbsp cinnamon
• Pearl sugar or coarse sugar for topping

Instructions

1. Warm milk and butter. Add yeast, then flour, sugar, cardamom, salt, egg
2. Knead until smooth, rise 1 hour
3. Roll dough into rectangle, spread filling
4. Roll up, slice into buns, place in muffin tin
5. Rise 30 min, brush with egg wash, sprinkle sugar
6. Bake at 425°F for 12 minutes

Ingredients

• 4 cups mixed berries (blueberry, raspberry, blackberry, lingonberry)
• 4 cups water, 1/2 cup sugar
• 3 tbsp potato starch or cornstarch
• Lemon juice, cinnamon stick

Instructions

1. Simmer berries, water, sugar, and cinnamon 15 minutes
2. Remove cinnamon. Blend or press through sieve
3. Mix starch with cold water, stir into soup
4. Bring to brief boil, then cool
5. Chill. Serve cold with cream or ice cream