Nordic Winter Cookbook

by Viola Minerva Virtamo

The long Nordic winter season is punctuated by delicious culinary feasts – Christmas shining as the brightest star. Any excuse to get creative in the kitchen and gather our nearest and dearest around the table brings light in the middle of the dark. An alluring, shimmering elegance points the way to a winter wonderland. This is your chance to taste genuine seasonal delicacies!

For a pre-Christmas cocktail party, finesse slices of archipelago bread with piquant apple & whitefish tartar and vegetable carpaccio. Celebrate the New Year by decking the table with blinis. After a day in the snow on Shrove Tuesday, there’s nothing like tucking into classic salmon soup and cream-filled ‘semla’. Decorate the festive table with a wreath of evergreens and serve up some creamy artichoke soup, gin & beetroot cured salmon, a new take on Finnish ‘rosolli’ salad and parmesan & thyme broccoli. How about some velvety cardamom cake, mouth-watering gingerbread tiramisu or sea buckthorn cheesecake for dessert?

Nordic Winter Cookbook serves up an abundance of Nordic festive treats. The book covers the tastiest savoury and sweet recipes, instructions for nature-inspired DIY decorations and foodie gift ideas. The seasonal delicacies with a modern twist make use of local ingredients, elevating traditional Nordic recipes into the new millennium.

Genres: Cookbooks, Food and Drink, Cooking

234 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2021

Reviews

[Lucia Jane · Rating 5 out of 5]

So many delicious recipes, mostly vegetarian and a few with fish. Lots of sweets to make and bake. Perfect for the winter months.

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The long Nordic winter is punctuated by delicious culinary feasts.

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Winters in the Southern parts of Finland may no longer be as snowy as in my childhood, but the stillness of nature with its muted hues a poetic, calming quality.

[Mandewski · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a creative and inspiring read. The Nordic Winter Cookbook includes not only a range of recipes for seasonal appetizers, mains, desserts, and beverages, but also DIY craft projects and tips for holiday decorations, gifts, table setting, and course menus! Further, the artwork is some of the most beautiful I've seen in a cookbook and packed to the brim from cover to cover. This one is worth leaving out as a coffee table book! I look forward to trying out the Wintry Sage and Fig Sourdough and the Grandmother's Cardamom Cake with Browned Butter Frosting recipes.

[Ja_malka · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nádhera. Fotky, recepty, fínština. Perfektné. Už som robila pečené pučené zemiaky s francúzskou omáčkou, a papierové hviezdy. Krásna kniha.

[ShopAroundTheCorner · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gorgeous photography and mouthwatering recipes, I can't wait to try some of them this winter!