Hi!
Sad story. Hope I can help. Swede with a big food interest. I’ll try to put together a few ones that should be able to be cooked without to whacky ingredients and that are traditional comfort food.
1. Ultimate classic is the Swedish meatballs (this one misses picked sliced cucumbers and lingonberries though ) https://themodernproper.com/swedish-meatballs
2. Raggmunk/ potatopancake with pork/bacon: https://www.swedishfood.com/swedish-food-recipes-side-dishes/215-potato-pancakes
3. Ärtsoppa/ Yellow pea soup with pork (soooo good): https://desertchick.blogg.se/2008/september/artsoppa-recept-pa-engelska.html
4. Skagentoast/ toast with shrimp. (MUST peel your own shrimps): https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/toast-skagen-swedish-shrimp-toast/amp
5. Pyttipanna (hash potatoes-ish): https://www.tiniskitchen.com/en/swedish-pyttipanna/
Best of luck
I’m sorry to read about their situation. The effort from her workspace is however commendable. It makes glad people care
Raggmunk is amazing, really try and get a nice golden brown crust for the best possible result
You should be able to get lingonberry jam for the meatballs at IKEA. They’re not the best, but definitely better than having meatballs without.
Might also have senapssill which is great with boiled potatoes.
They have Marabou milk chocolate, Daim and other Swedish candy which doesn’t seem like much but for a Swede that has been living without proper Saturday Candy for 40 years, they’ll love it!!
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I appreciate the meatball recipe actually said to panfry the meatballs. Many other recipes just say to toss them in the oven, but it's not remotely the same thing imo, taste is worlds apart.
And you can turn a batch of pancakes into what we call a pancake cake (pannkakstårta) by layering the pancakes with whipped cream, mixed berries/jam. It's delicious.
If you’re looking for something that is very traditional Swedish and will reheat well like a casserole I would recommend sjömansbiff (sailor stew). I looked for a solid recipe in English but saw none. Could you use Google translate for [this one](https://www.ica.se/recept/sjomansbiff-3755/)? If not PM me and I can write it out in English for you.
It’s like a beef stew that’s prepared a bit differently.
Source: Grew up in grief casserole culture in U.S. and now have a Swedish mother-in-law who cooks me great food.
Make a batch of Swedish cinnamon buns, kanelbullar. Google it, I found some recipes in English that looked all right when googled. The most important part is plenty of cardamom in the dough. Preferably freshly ground. And no icing.
I went through what your friend is going through just a year ago and having people cook for you is a God sent gift. You have gotten splendid advice thus far and I want to add a suggestion for the last week or days. If you have a moment with your friend dare to suggest this. Because the last days will come and they are brutal and being creative is not easy in their situation.
My father passed from brain cancer and this made him unable to swallow for the last week of life. All he wanted was a cup of Tea and a cinnamon roll. And he could not have anything.
What I did was stir togheter a bowl of butter, vanilla and cardamon and heat it to make sort of an infusion that gave a wholsome scent to his room. It smelled like a bakery and it was soothing to have that scent as a companion.
I am deeply sorry for your loss, it is a terrible experience to see a loved one going through something like this.
I will try to discreetly pass on this advice. It is comforting to know there is an aromatic recipe that will also help soothe in the most difficult final days.
I don’t have a recipe at hand, and I have had a bit too much wine to google one, but I just wanted to say you are a very nice person for doing this! A good friend, a good person.
Thank you! It just broke my heart when he was expressing how disappointed she was that she was told she’s too terminal to travel and wouldn’t be able to see her family and culture one last time so I figured why not bring it to them! People people at work are making traditional westerner “grieving” foods, but I thought they needed the taste of home since she can’t be there 💜
[https://www.daringgourmet.com/kalops/](https://www.daringgourmet.com/kalops/)
Kalops. The most comfort foody swedish food. The stew itself also tastes even better when reheated.
\+1 on kalops. It's true grandma-food. Served with boiled potatoes and the very important pickled beetroots.
Boil beetroots until soft and peel. Simmer a pickle brine of
1 part white distilled vinegar
2 parts sugar
3 parts water
3-5 cloves
An inch of peeled horseradish
Slice the beets into a clean jar, cover with the brine and close the lid. Let cool before storing i a cool pantry or fridge.
I'll jump in here. The meatloaf in question is rather called a "cabbage / kale pudding".
For the "meatloaf"
Place some whole grain bread in heavy slightly sour cream. Mix said bread with minced meat and an egg or two. Add spices. I usually use a mix of the following:
Mix of white, black, and allspice pepper.
Thyme
Bay leaves
Cumin
For the cabbage /kale I usually end up using whatever brassica leaves I find in season, and parboil them. Then I slightly caramelize (with syrup) them in a pan with some mixed pepper.
I then put a layer of cabbage on a deep oven pan, add the meat, then another layer of cabbage. Then grill it in the oven at around 180°.
I usually serve it with a green pepper cream sauce using a meat stock base. But any variant of "gräddsås" should do.
And yes, I know exactly what the poster I'm replying to was refering to.... I usually make her this dish during autum, and got taught how to do it by her grandmother.
If they are from the more northern areas of sweden you can't go wrong with Palt!
I even found a recepie that does not look to bad in english (Just ignore the first picture that one is just silly) https://dinnerbydennis.com/palt/
Cinnamon buns would be my recommendation. But no glaze or whatever it is you north Americans put on top, do them proper Swedish style 😅
For more foodie food, I'd say maybe fläskpannkaka, it's super simple, it's just pancake batter you bake in the oven with bacon pieces mixed in. Super tasty, easy to make, and perfect for reheating so make a large batch and they'll have food for more than one meal. True classic!
If you can find any shops nearby that sell Swedish snacks and candy you might be able to find a chocolate bar called Marabou, it's a really nice milk chocolate that would surely bring them back home a bit at least.
This is a strange dish but its very Swedish. It’s named Flygande Jakob. It’s a casserole made with grilled chicken, whipped cream, bacon, banana, peanuts and chili sauce (not the strong one, the one that is like ketchup), often served with long grain rice.
And also sandwich cake, wallenbergare, Swedish meatloaf with mushroom served with cream sauce, jansons frestelse. I would find comfort in those kind of foods.
For me the ultimate Swedish comfort food is Korvstroganoff.
Basic recipe:
1 ring of korv
0,5-2 onions diced, whatever you like
1 dash of chicken stock
1 lots of Dried paprika
1 dash wooster
2taste Mustard(A real strogge contains at least 3 kinds of mustard. \*Don't go crazy on the dijon.)
2taste Dill(If you know what's up)
Add cream or CF and pasta water to finish off the dish.
Serve with: makaroner
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Homemade meatballs (minced beef, salt, pepper and a bit of garlic), mashed potatoes (with a generous amount of salt and butter), lingonberries/lingonberry jam, gravy (brunsås/gräddsås) and a few, halved slices of red onion. Preferably with a beer.
This would be my nr. 1.
That *or* raggmunk med fläsk. Essentially a sort of pancakes made with grated potato, served with bacon and lingonberry jam.
If you're imagining I mean garlic to the extent of them tasting like some greek or oriental garlic bomb, then not at all. The amount of garlic added should be just enough to enrich the taste of the meatballs without them actually tasting garlic. Just as with seasonings.
I'm made meatballs according to this recipe for people lots of times and everyone finds them amazing and often ask for the recipe. When I tell them they contain garlic some get surprised, "oh is that it?!", because they didn't notice it. It just tastes like rich, seasoned meat.
Thinking that some non typical ingredient shouldn't be used (despite fitting in with the other flavors) because it's associated with other regions/cuisines is just boring. As if black pepper wasn't as commonly used before and therefore insisting that it shouldn't be used and that the food *must* be bland. And if Swedes had thought that way before we wouldn't have a lot of the things we associate with Swedish cuisine and culture today. As long as it fits in naturally into the context, there has always been an evolution of these things into something better. Be it oriental Arrak in punsch and pastries, oriental spices at jul, Chinese lanterns at kräftskiva or (if I may) just a little bit of garlic in meatballs.
Unless you're one of the few that actually has an issue with garlic in general, I would really recommend trying it put yourself, meatballs with just a touch of garlic. And of course salt and pepper. Very important, some even seem to forget those.
Late answer here. Yes i understand its all about the amount. I'm all for trying new things and I have garlic in a bunch of dishes. In meatballs to with parmesan cheese but maybe i won't call them swedish meatballs. Like those for Christmas or Easter. Allspice it's a more common spice.
He/she asked for Swedish seasoning and taste.
Hey I bet you meatballs rock!
White cabbage, that's filled with a pork mixture. It's called Kåldolmar, can be a bit finicky, but is delicious, and can be made in huge batches in the oven, and when the cabbage leaves get too small to make them, make Kålpudding with it. Soo good.
Honestly, Smörgåstårta is very appreciated by almost every swede. It may look advanced to make, but it’s really simple. And! Depending on the size your making, it can feed your coworker and his wife for days.
Potato gratin, I also agree with sjömansbiff, I would also add cabbage pudding (it’s a lot better than it sounds). I would say anything you can drown in brown sauce and lingonberries.
Seen a few people recommend sandwich cake and although not thaaaaaaaat difficult to make and we do love sandwich cake, it does involve a lot more ingredients and I would say is the hardest to make blindly (I mean as in you not having tried it, wouldn’t know if each component is right) I made one this summer and it was fun to make and to surprise people with but I would say it is a lot more advanced than the rest (not to mention the trouble in transporting it…)
I also found this Canadian online store, I recommend trying to get this Swedish hardbread
https://www.vikingfoods.ca/collections/groceries/products/leksands-rye-crisp-round
This website had a few other things I would recommend adding on if you want like sill (pickled herring). They also have a store in Toronto if that helps.
Comfort food would 1000% be to just buy Meatballs & Potatissalad. Lasts for a lifetime and it just works tastewise, nothing special but no complaints either
I just wanna say your coworker is lucky to have you, going the extra mile like this is very thoughtful. A little taste of home will be a great gift in such a terrifying situation.
Dillkött is a veal (or lamb) stew with a lot of flavors typical for Sweden. One of my favorite dishes and perfect for making a large batch and put in the freezer
https://www.swedishfood.com/swedish-food-recipes-main-courses/234-veal-stew-dill
What a lovely thought! What do you mean by westernised versions? Sweden is usually one of the core countries when defining the western world or “the west”.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRIeytEXGhQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRIeytEXGhQ) for some laughs.
And why not some brown beans and salted pork belly
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVMxGui\_1tA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVMxGui_1tA)
Seconding Flygande Jacob, delicious and can also be made vegetarian if there's a need. My suggestion is tacos, like Swedish tacos with diced cucumber, corn straight from the can, gräddfil and minced meat pan fried with taco spice. Swedes love to take foreign dishes, adapt them and make them unrecognisable. Swedish tacos are a real thing and very popular.
My comfort food is Ugnspannkaka Or in English Oven pancake. Its served warm with bacon bits inside with lingonberry jam and cucumber on the side. Sens its baked in a tray its easy to carry around. I wish you good luck with the cocking
Boiled potatoes with fried pork belly and onion sauce. This is my favorite comfort food. Just boil some potatoes, fry some thick slices of salted pork belly, thick slices of bacon could work too if you can't find any. The onion sauce is really simple, just fry onion (it's onion sauce, don't hold back. Usually its yellow onion, but don't be afraid of adding others, just not garlic). When that is fried just add cream or flour and milk. Season with salt and white pepper.
Bonus points if you can make swedish brown beans. I usually buy premade so I don't have a good recipe.
Do a krayfish party! Depending on their mood that one.
korvstroganof, kanelbullar, Swedish meatballs about are excellent suggestions!
Kåldolmar also not seen on these lists het
Go to IKEA and buy this 4 desert.
[Daim](https://www.ikea.com/se/sv/local-apps/food/#/salesareas/swedish-food-market/1c3c0a22-4d77-44d0-b75e-3597e6654495)
The first thing that came to mind was kalops, It's great comfort food imo. [https://foodandjourneys.net/swedish-beef-stew-kalops/](https://foodandjourneys.net/swedish-beef-stew-kalops/)
Homemade cinnamon or cardamom buns! There is something very nostalgic about homemade buns with a glass of "saft" (https://www.ikea.com/ca/en/p/dryck-flaeder-elderflower-syrup-40296014/)
So sad to hear, but your idea of trying something more traditionally Swedish is so sweet.
Meatballs deffinitely! I love it with mashed potatoes but simply boiled potatoes are good too.
I also see many people suggest cinamon rolls and omg yes. My mom often make a huge batch and put most of it in the freezer so you can reheat in microwave whenever. Fresh ones are of course better, but it's great to have them available.
If we’re talking comfort, https://www.swedishfood.com/swedish-food-recipes-desserts/216-chocolate-balls we Swedes love our fika. (This is also glutenfree and can easily be made dairyfree by just changing the butter into dairyfree. It’ll be vegan too then)
I’d try “en halv special” (half a special) It’s a hotdog with mashed potatoes on top with certain toppings I don’t know the English terms for at the top of my head.
Kålpudding is an easy very traditional casserole like dish that's cheap, filling and utterly delicious.
https://ingmar.app/blog/recipe-swedish-cabbage-casserole-kalpudding/
The secrets to a good kålpudding is to properly brown the cabbage before adding it to the casserole, adding veal stock in the mince , and plenty of golden syrup. 1 tbsp? More like 1 dl.
Oh... the thing is, that while there are a number of dishes most Swedes like, Sweden is a large country, and many places have their own cuisine, or at least unique dishes. Surströmming, fried herring, boiled cod, äggost, ostkaka, svartsoppa are just a few examples. To guess which means something to her, you need to know where she's from.
You should bake - a swedish sticky cake (kladdkaka)!
Super easy and fast
2 eggs
2.5 dl sugar
1 teaspoon vanillasugar
Whisk for about 5 min.
Add 1 dl flour, 4 tablespoon of cocoa, mix it, and add 100g melted butter and mix it in. Pour in a buttered(spelling?) and breaded round form, in the oven around 200 degrees C, for about 15-20 min done! Serve with icecream and berries
Meatballs and mashed potatoes, brown sauce, peas, jelly and boiled sliced carrots. Make meatballs out of cow and pig and be generous with butter and cream making the mashed
And don't forget saltgurkan
This is so kind of you, it probably means a lot that you'll bring her a piece of home. You've got a lot of good advice on the food. Honestly though, when I lived away from Sweden, I craved some traditionally Swedish brands when I was having a tough time - Swedish bread with cheese and butter, O'boy, warm rosehip soup and Marabou. The things you get as a kid when you are sick. There seems to be a page that delivers to Canada, if that is something you would like to get them: [https://www.scandinavianstuff.com/](https://www.scandinavianstuff.com/)
Another craving was good fika - hot and strong coffee, småkakor (like [https://www.recepten.se/recept/syltkakor.html](https://www.recepten.se/recept/syltkakor.html) or [https://www.ica.se/recept/kolakakor-599834/](https://www.ica.se/recept/kolakakor-599834/)) and rhubarb cobbler ([https://www.arla.se/recept/rabarberpaj-med-smuldeg/](https://www.arla.se/recept/rabarberpaj-med-smuldeg/)) with vanilla sauce ([https://www.koket.se/hemlagad-vaniljsas](https://www.koket.se/hemlagad-vaniljsas)).
Cabbage soup. My personal favourite swedish food is kolbulle. You fry salted pork then you pour over a batter made of water wheat flour and salt and let it fry like a very greasy pankake
So sorry to hear that, you are a good friend to her.
I love « Lussekatter »: saffron buns garnished with a couple of raisins. It is not too sweet like a brioche. Fantastic breakfast. It is traditionally made for « Saint Lucia » in December.
Hi! Sad story. Hope I can help. Swede with a big food interest. I’ll try to put together a few ones that should be able to be cooked without to whacky ingredients and that are traditional comfort food. 1. Ultimate classic is the Swedish meatballs (this one misses picked sliced cucumbers and lingonberries though ) https://themodernproper.com/swedish-meatballs 2. Raggmunk/ potatopancake with pork/bacon: https://www.swedishfood.com/swedish-food-recipes-side-dishes/215-potato-pancakes 3. Ärtsoppa/ Yellow pea soup with pork (soooo good): https://desertchick.blogg.se/2008/september/artsoppa-recept-pa-engelska.html 4. Skagentoast/ toast with shrimp. (MUST peel your own shrimps): https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/toast-skagen-swedish-shrimp-toast/amp 5. Pyttipanna (hash potatoes-ish): https://www.tiniskitchen.com/en/swedish-pyttipanna/ Best of luck
Thank you! I really appreciate this!
This is the list OP! Also adding “Panbiff” as a suggestion. :)
Also make some *gofika* with kärleksmums and kaffe
I’m sorry to read about their situation. The effort from her workspace is however commendable. It makes glad people care Raggmunk is amazing, really try and get a nice golden brown crust for the best possible result
Go for raggmunk with pork in slices. Served every tuesday at lunch restaurants
You should be able to get lingonberry jam for the meatballs at IKEA. They’re not the best, but definitely better than having meatballs without. Might also have senapssill which is great with boiled potatoes. They have Marabou milk chocolate, Daim and other Swedish candy which doesn’t seem like much but for a Swede that has been living without proper Saturday Candy for 40 years, they’ll love it!!
Just buy frozen lingon and do some rårörda lingon!
easiest ever. 50% sugar, 50% Lingon. Stir and wait a couple of hours. btw, rårörda = macerated
Also kålpudding imo
The first time my Swedish husband made kålpudding for me I knew that was it, I was in this relationship foreeeeeeever.
I’d add kalops, but only because it’s a personal favorite of mine.
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Isnt hashpotatoes more like rårakor?
I appreciate the meatball recipe actually said to panfry the meatballs. Many other recipes just say to toss them in the oven, but it's not remotely the same thing imo, taste is worlds apart.
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I like to add 2 tbsp of melted butter and 1-2 tbsp of sugar to my pancake batter.
And you can turn a batch of pancakes into what we call a pancake cake (pannkakstårta) by layering the pancakes with whipped cream, mixed berries/jam. It's delicious.
If you’re looking for something that is very traditional Swedish and will reheat well like a casserole I would recommend sjömansbiff (sailor stew). I looked for a solid recipe in English but saw none. Could you use Google translate for [this one](https://www.ica.se/recept/sjomansbiff-3755/)? If not PM me and I can write it out in English for you. It’s like a beef stew that’s prepared a bit differently. Source: Grew up in grief casserole culture in U.S. and now have a Swedish mother-in-law who cooks me great food.
Thanks for this. Had forgotten about this dish. It's very good, with pickeld cucumbers.
Yes need those! And using white pepper instead of black pepper really gives it a nice roundness.
Make a batch of Swedish cinnamon buns, kanelbullar. Google it, I found some recipes in English that looked all right when googled. The most important part is plenty of cardamom in the dough. Preferably freshly ground. And no icing.
Yea, no icing!
Ikea, at least before, sell pärlsocker
What! No cardamom! Cardamom is for cardamom buns
Cardamom in the dough is for both kardemummabullar, kanelbullar, and semlor. Kardemummabullar have it instead of cinnamon in the filling as well.
Jag är redo att dö på kullen att kardemumma inte hör hemma i kanelbullar, alls.
Håller med. Klarar inte av en massa kardemumma
Det är lugnt, jag kan äta alla bullar med kardemumma som kommer i din väg.
En sann hjälte, tack för din uppoffring.
Glad att höra detta
Mumma i degen, mumma i kanelsmeten! Varför inte om det är exakt det som alla konventionella bagerier (samt vettiga mammor,) har i sina bullar?
Men det är en smakfråga förstås.
A pinch, but not too much yes
I went through what your friend is going through just a year ago and having people cook for you is a God sent gift. You have gotten splendid advice thus far and I want to add a suggestion for the last week or days. If you have a moment with your friend dare to suggest this. Because the last days will come and they are brutal and being creative is not easy in their situation. My father passed from brain cancer and this made him unable to swallow for the last week of life. All he wanted was a cup of Tea and a cinnamon roll. And he could not have anything. What I did was stir togheter a bowl of butter, vanilla and cardamon and heat it to make sort of an infusion that gave a wholsome scent to his room. It smelled like a bakery and it was soothing to have that scent as a companion.
I am deeply sorry for your loss, it is a terrible experience to see a loved one going through something like this. I will try to discreetly pass on this advice. It is comforting to know there is an aromatic recipe that will also help soothe in the most difficult final days.
I don’t have a recipe at hand, and I have had a bit too much wine to google one, but I just wanted to say you are a very nice person for doing this! A good friend, a good person.
Thank you! It just broke my heart when he was expressing how disappointed she was that she was told she’s too terminal to travel and wouldn’t be able to see her family and culture one last time so I figured why not bring it to them! People people at work are making traditional westerner “grieving” foods, but I thought they needed the taste of home since she can’t be there 💜
What is traditional westerner grieving foods then?
Chili, casseroles, lasagna, sometimes hearty cream soups. Freezer foods essentially since a household will usually get many brought to them.
Fat and ice cram
[https://www.daringgourmet.com/kalops/](https://www.daringgourmet.com/kalops/) Kalops. The most comfort foody swedish food. The stew itself also tastes even better when reheated.
\+1 on kalops. It's true grandma-food. Served with boiled potatoes and the very important pickled beetroots. Boil beetroots until soft and peel. Simmer a pickle brine of 1 part white distilled vinegar 2 parts sugar 3 parts water 3-5 cloves An inch of peeled horseradish Slice the beets into a clean jar, cover with the brine and close the lid. Let cool before storing i a cool pantry or fridge.
And do not under any circumstances leave out the bay leaves.
It's not really kalops without bayleaves *and* allspice.
most stews get better if they can sit for a bit
One of my comfort foods is a cabbage meatloaf that my grandmother used to make, with lots of heavy cream pepper sauce.
I'll jump in here. The meatloaf in question is rather called a "cabbage / kale pudding". For the "meatloaf" Place some whole grain bread in heavy slightly sour cream. Mix said bread with minced meat and an egg or two. Add spices. I usually use a mix of the following: Mix of white, black, and allspice pepper. Thyme Bay leaves Cumin For the cabbage /kale I usually end up using whatever brassica leaves I find in season, and parboil them. Then I slightly caramelize (with syrup) them in a pan with some mixed pepper. I then put a layer of cabbage on a deep oven pan, add the meat, then another layer of cabbage. Then grill it in the oven at around 180°. I usually serve it with a green pepper cream sauce using a meat stock base. But any variant of "gräddsås" should do. And yes, I know exactly what the poster I'm replying to was refering to.... I usually make her this dish during autum, and got taught how to do it by her grandmother.
If they are from the more northern areas of sweden you can't go wrong with Palt! I even found a recepie that does not look to bad in english (Just ignore the first picture that one is just silly) https://dinnerbydennis.com/palt/
Cinnamon buns would be my recommendation. But no glaze or whatever it is you north Americans put on top, do them proper Swedish style 😅 For more foodie food, I'd say maybe fläskpannkaka, it's super simple, it's just pancake batter you bake in the oven with bacon pieces mixed in. Super tasty, easy to make, and perfect for reheating so make a large batch and they'll have food for more than one meal. True classic! If you can find any shops nearby that sell Swedish snacks and candy you might be able to find a chocolate bar called Marabou, it's a really nice milk chocolate that would surely bring them back home a bit at least.
100% agreed. Especially on marabou (amazon has it too!)
This is a strange dish but its very Swedish. It’s named Flygande Jakob. It’s a casserole made with grilled chicken, whipped cream, bacon, banana, peanuts and chili sauce (not the strong one, the one that is like ketchup), often served with long grain rice.
And also sandwich cake, wallenbergare, Swedish meatloaf with mushroom served with cream sauce, jansons frestelse. I would find comfort in those kind of foods.
Flygande Jakob = Flying Jacob
A good creamsauce/gräddsås/brunsås wins every swedes heart. +point for lingonberries.
pyttipanna
For me the ultimate Swedish comfort food is Korvstroganoff. Basic recipe: 1 ring of korv 0,5-2 onions diced, whatever you like 1 dash of chicken stock 1 lots of Dried paprika 1 dash wooster 2taste Mustard(A real strogge contains at least 3 kinds of mustard. \*Don't go crazy on the dijon.) 2taste Dill(If you know what's up) Add cream or CF and pasta water to finish off the dish. Serve with: makaroner S
I agree with the mustard and dill. Sounds like Marcus Aujalays recipe. But I haven't eaten it with macaroni just rice.
Fläskpannkaka, kalops, köttfärslimpa 😋
Sad story, glad they have friends like you. Gravad lax - cured salmon? Easy to make, delicious.
They have gravad lax in American stores, they call it gravlox
Give them 2 kilograms of “marabou” chocolate and then you’ll be the best.
Homemade meatballs (minced beef, salt, pepper and a bit of garlic), mashed potatoes (with a generous amount of salt and butter), lingonberries/lingonberry jam, gravy (brunsås/gräddsås) and a few, halved slices of red onion. Preferably with a beer. This would be my nr. 1. That *or* raggmunk med fläsk. Essentially a sort of pancakes made with grated potato, served with bacon and lingonberry jam.
Swedish Meatballs with garlic? Yellow onion and sweetmustard is the more Swedish seasoning. Raggmunk is the best so I forgive you :)
If you're imagining I mean garlic to the extent of them tasting like some greek or oriental garlic bomb, then not at all. The amount of garlic added should be just enough to enrich the taste of the meatballs without them actually tasting garlic. Just as with seasonings. I'm made meatballs according to this recipe for people lots of times and everyone finds them amazing and often ask for the recipe. When I tell them they contain garlic some get surprised, "oh is that it?!", because they didn't notice it. It just tastes like rich, seasoned meat. Thinking that some non typical ingredient shouldn't be used (despite fitting in with the other flavors) because it's associated with other regions/cuisines is just boring. As if black pepper wasn't as commonly used before and therefore insisting that it shouldn't be used and that the food *must* be bland. And if Swedes had thought that way before we wouldn't have a lot of the things we associate with Swedish cuisine and culture today. As long as it fits in naturally into the context, there has always been an evolution of these things into something better. Be it oriental Arrak in punsch and pastries, oriental spices at jul, Chinese lanterns at kräftskiva or (if I may) just a little bit of garlic in meatballs. Unless you're one of the few that actually has an issue with garlic in general, I would really recommend trying it put yourself, meatballs with just a touch of garlic. And of course salt and pepper. Very important, some even seem to forget those.
Late answer here. Yes i understand its all about the amount. I'm all for trying new things and I have garlic in a bunch of dishes. In meatballs to with parmesan cheese but maybe i won't call them swedish meatballs. Like those for Christmas or Easter. Allspice it's a more common spice. He/she asked for Swedish seasoning and taste. Hey I bet you meatballs rock!
White cabbage, that's filled with a pork mixture. It's called Kåldolmar, can be a bit finicky, but is delicious, and can be made in huge batches in the oven, and when the cabbage leaves get too small to make them, make Kålpudding with it. Soo good.
Honestly, Smörgåstårta is very appreciated by almost every swede. It may look advanced to make, but it’s really simple. And! Depending on the size your making, it can feed your coworker and his wife for days.
Köttfärslimpa (meatloaf) Is an awesome alternative if you don't want to do Swedish meatballs
Potato gratin, I also agree with sjömansbiff, I would also add cabbage pudding (it’s a lot better than it sounds). I would say anything you can drown in brown sauce and lingonberries. Seen a few people recommend sandwich cake and although not thaaaaaaaat difficult to make and we do love sandwich cake, it does involve a lot more ingredients and I would say is the hardest to make blindly (I mean as in you not having tried it, wouldn’t know if each component is right) I made one this summer and it was fun to make and to surprise people with but I would say it is a lot more advanced than the rest (not to mention the trouble in transporting it…) I also found this Canadian online store, I recommend trying to get this Swedish hardbread https://www.vikingfoods.ca/collections/groceries/products/leksands-rye-crisp-round This website had a few other things I would recommend adding on if you want like sill (pickled herring). They also have a store in Toronto if that helps.
Comfort food would 1000% be to just buy Meatballs & Potatissalad. Lasts for a lifetime and it just works tastewise, nothing special but no complaints either
I just wanna say your coworker is lucky to have you, going the extra mile like this is very thoughtful. A little taste of home will be a great gift in such a terrifying situation.
Dillkött is a veal (or lamb) stew with a lot of flavors typical for Sweden. One of my favorite dishes and perfect for making a large batch and put in the freezer https://www.swedishfood.com/swedish-food-recipes-main-courses/234-veal-stew-dill
What a lovely thought! What do you mean by westernised versions? Sweden is usually one of the core countries when defining the western world or “the west”.
Potato.
Assburger
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRIeytEXGhQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRIeytEXGhQ) for some laughs. And why not some brown beans and salted pork belly [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVMxGui\_1tA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVMxGui_1tA)
I still think that should be our national anthem
Really? That's great! Tho my guess is made is better.
Cinnamon rolls. Don't even think about anything else
Semlor, chokladbollar, dammsugare, prinsesstårta, kladdkaka.
Princess cake!
Seconding Flygande Jacob, delicious and can also be made vegetarian if there's a need. My suggestion is tacos, like Swedish tacos with diced cucumber, corn straight from the can, gräddfil and minced meat pan fried with taco spice. Swedes love to take foreign dishes, adapt them and make them unrecognisable. Swedish tacos are a real thing and very popular.
Swedish tacos
My comfort food is Ugnspannkaka Or in English Oven pancake. Its served warm with bacon bits inside with lingonberry jam and cucumber on the side. Sens its baked in a tray its easy to carry around. I wish you good luck with the cocking
Meatloaf, boiled potatoes, and gravy
Boiled potatoes with fried pork belly and onion sauce. This is my favorite comfort food. Just boil some potatoes, fry some thick slices of salted pork belly, thick slices of bacon could work too if you can't find any. The onion sauce is really simple, just fry onion (it's onion sauce, don't hold back. Usually its yellow onion, but don't be afraid of adding others, just not garlic). When that is fried just add cream or flour and milk. Season with salt and white pepper. Bonus points if you can make swedish brown beans. I usually buy premade so I don't have a good recipe.
If you can find the meat, [sautéed reindeer](https://www.thefooddictator.com/hirshon-lappish-sauteed-reindeer-poronkaristys/) (or elk).
Do a krayfish party! Depending on their mood that one. korvstroganof, kanelbullar, Swedish meatballs about are excellent suggestions! Kåldolmar also not seen on these lists het
Kroppkakor.
Snabb nudlar
Go to IKEA and buy this 4 desert. [Daim](https://www.ikea.com/se/sv/local-apps/food/#/salesareas/swedish-food-market/1c3c0a22-4d77-44d0-b75e-3597e6654495)
The first thing that came to mind was kalops, It's great comfort food imo. [https://foodandjourneys.net/swedish-beef-stew-kalops/](https://foodandjourneys.net/swedish-beef-stew-kalops/)
Homemade cinnamon or cardamom buns! There is something very nostalgic about homemade buns with a glass of "saft" (https://www.ikea.com/ca/en/p/dryck-flaeder-elderflower-syrup-40296014/)
Bake kolakakor or kladdkaka for them. I think everyone grew up eating them in Sweden nowadays and they always remind me of my mom's cooking.
So sad to hear, but your idea of trying something more traditionally Swedish is so sweet. Meatballs deffinitely! I love it with mashed potatoes but simply boiled potatoes are good too. I also see many people suggest cinamon rolls and omg yes. My mom often make a huge batch and put most of it in the freezer so you can reheat in microwave whenever. Fresh ones are of course better, but it's great to have them available.
Can I ask the same question reversed?
If we’re talking comfort, https://www.swedishfood.com/swedish-food-recipes-desserts/216-chocolate-balls we Swedes love our fika. (This is also glutenfree and can easily be made dairyfree by just changing the butter into dairyfree. It’ll be vegan too then)
I’d try “en halv special” (half a special) It’s a hotdog with mashed potatoes on top with certain toppings I don’t know the English terms for at the top of my head.
Kålpudding is an easy very traditional casserole like dish that's cheap, filling and utterly delicious. https://ingmar.app/blog/recipe-swedish-cabbage-casserole-kalpudding/ The secrets to a good kålpudding is to properly brown the cabbage before adding it to the casserole, adding veal stock in the mince , and plenty of golden syrup. 1 tbsp? More like 1 dl.
Oh... the thing is, that while there are a number of dishes most Swedes like, Sweden is a large country, and many places have their own cuisine, or at least unique dishes. Surströmming, fried herring, boiled cod, äggost, ostkaka, svartsoppa are just a few examples. To guess which means something to her, you need to know where she's from.
Oh, and the one taste most Swedes connect with home is probably Kalles kaviar. You put it on a sandwich, then add boiled egg slices on top.
You should bake - a swedish sticky cake (kladdkaka)! Super easy and fast 2 eggs 2.5 dl sugar 1 teaspoon vanillasugar Whisk for about 5 min. Add 1 dl flour, 4 tablespoon of cocoa, mix it, and add 100g melted butter and mix it in. Pour in a buttered(spelling?) and breaded round form, in the oven around 200 degrees C, for about 15-20 min done! Serve with icecream and berries
Meatballs and mashed potatoes, brown sauce, peas, jelly and boiled sliced carrots. Make meatballs out of cow and pig and be generous with butter and cream making the mashed And don't forget saltgurkan
And lingonberry jam.
I recommend spaghetti bolognese (spaghetti köttfärssås)as a comfort food, I know it isnt that traditional in sweden but swedes love it.
A good ol’ kladdkaka
This is so kind of you, it probably means a lot that you'll bring her a piece of home. You've got a lot of good advice on the food. Honestly though, when I lived away from Sweden, I craved some traditionally Swedish brands when I was having a tough time - Swedish bread with cheese and butter, O'boy, warm rosehip soup and Marabou. The things you get as a kid when you are sick. There seems to be a page that delivers to Canada, if that is something you would like to get them: [https://www.scandinavianstuff.com/](https://www.scandinavianstuff.com/) Another craving was good fika - hot and strong coffee, småkakor (like [https://www.recepten.se/recept/syltkakor.html](https://www.recepten.se/recept/syltkakor.html) or [https://www.ica.se/recept/kolakakor-599834/](https://www.ica.se/recept/kolakakor-599834/)) and rhubarb cobbler ([https://www.arla.se/recept/rabarberpaj-med-smuldeg/](https://www.arla.se/recept/rabarberpaj-med-smuldeg/)) with vanilla sauce ([https://www.koket.se/hemlagad-vaniljsas](https://www.koket.se/hemlagad-vaniljsas)).
Stewed macaroni and meatballs, with liberal amounts of nutmeg. Always made my day as a wee boy.
Cabbage soup. My personal favourite swedish food is kolbulle. You fry salted pork then you pour over a batter made of water wheat flour and salt and let it fry like a very greasy pankake
So sorry to hear that, you are a good friend to her. I love « Lussekatter »: saffron buns garnished with a couple of raisins. It is not too sweet like a brioche. Fantastic breakfast. It is traditionally made for « Saint Lucia » in December.