Swedish Recipes

Now you can enjoy even more mouthwatering Swedish delights right at your own home - just follow these simple recipes! There will be a chef-recommended recipe shown here every month.

And if your adventurous self wants to try preparing more variety of Swedish cuisine, check out the IKEA's Real Swedish Food Book, available at the IKEA Swedish Food Market (Alexandra Level 1 or Tampines Level 3) for just $13.

November Recommendation:
Sandwich gateau with salmon

Serves 10 persons

Ingredients :
2 pkts of HÄLLA SOFT ARCTIC CAKE
250gm Mayonnaise
400gm MARINATED SALMON (GRAVAD LAX)
4 hard-boiled eggs, halved and quartered
Dill
Sliced Lemon
Segmented Tomato
Sliced Cucumber
1-2 Tubes of PRAWN CHEESE SPREAD (RÄKOST)

For the Salmon filling: Chop 150gm salmon and 1 chopped hard-boiled egg.
Mix with 150gm mayonnaise and a little chopped dill.

Procedure :
Join two slices of the bread to form a round cake.
Spread with the shrimp cheese and cover with two more slices of the bread, with this join at a slight angle with the first one.
Spread the salmon filling and cover with the remaining slices of bread.
Spread with mayonnaise and garnish with salmon, egg, lemon, cucumber, tomato and dill.

* dl=decilitre (one tenth of a litre)

Marinated Salmond (Gravad Lax (200g) $12.40/pack

Prawn Cheese Spread (220g) $5.80/tube

Halla Soft Arctic Cake (250g) $3.20/pack

Nov Recommendation:
Swedish Meatballs

Serves 6-8 persons

Preparation suggestion
Option 1 : Pre-heat oven to 160 degrees celcius and bake frozen meatballs for 13-15 minutes. Meatballs should be laid flat on a baking tray.

Option 2 : Pan fry meatballs over medium fire on a non-stick pan. Ready to serve when meatballs' colour turn to a nice brown.

Option 3 : Microwave the meatballs for 5 minutes at medium setting (300w). In this method, meatballs may not acquire the desired brownish colour.

Cream Sauce (for 0.5kg of meatballs)
1. Pour 1 packet of Cream Sauce (40g) into a pot
2. Add 320ml of water
3. Whisk the mixture until it is smooth
4. Put to slow heat
5. Continue to whisk the mixture until a creamy gravy is formed

Serving suggestion
Serve with boiled potatoes and Lingonberry Jam on the side.

Swedish Meatballs (1kg)) $17.50/pack

Lingonberry Jam PL (400g) $4.80/bottle

Cream Sauce PL (40ml) $2.30/pack