Finland
-The Food
Gingerbread and Finnish mince pies, “joulutorttu”. Smell of cinnamon and vanilla aroma from butter-eye bunnies and Cinnamon rolls, served with hot “Glögg”, mulled wine. The Finns eat more cinnamon rolls per capita than any nation in the world!
Chose from several fish dishes; smoked salmon, cold gravlax, salmon rolls with chopped onions, sour-cream & caviar, roe of rainbow trout, whitefish and herring in various herbal sauces.
Oven baked ham is enjoyed with carrot-, potato and turnip casserole and a “sallatti”, finely chopped boiled carrots, red roots, anchovy and salted pickles. Baked potatoes with boiled cod-fish and a white pepper flavored sauce. Lobsters, oysters and King crabs have also found their way to the Finnish Christmas table.
The Christmas dessert “kiisseli”, made from apricots, raisins, apple slices and prunes, is traditionally served with rice pudding and whipped cream. Marmalade, box of chocolate fondant and Marianne chocolate filled mints are popular, being a part of the secret pleasures of Christmas time!