Brit Reacts to 5 SWEDISH FOODS I LOVE! 

The best Swedish meatballs are at someone's home, when you are invited to a normal Swede 😂 everyone makes them a little different depending on their tradition in their family. But they are the best.

Kebabpizza originated in sweden but nowdays it can be found pretty much everywhere in europe

Skagenröra is actually the creamy shrimp mix you put on the bread. The dish is called Toast Skagen. The Västerbottenpaj is a quiche, as you guessed, but it's normally a side dish or something you find on our smorgordsbord. Finally, if you only eaten meatballs at IKEA... I mean, they are maybe ok, but nothing close to what you can get at a better restaurant, or home. And we seldom use cream. Only when we make the deluxe version.

Yeah Västerbotten paj is a quiche but it’s made with Västerbotten cheese that’s quite expensive and kinda similar to a mix of Parmesan and cheddar

Kladdkaka originates from a badly baked chocolate spunge cake. It was not baked properly, but served anyway. And it spread quickly :)

Skagenröra was invented by the OG Swedish chef. It contains shrimp. It's named for a Danish vacation spot. You can eat it on different dishes as a condiment, but the most common is to have it on toast, with a bit of caviar and lemon juice. That's called "Toast Skagen". It's really good. We also have shrimp sandwich, it's not exactly the same, but also delicious with fresh shrimps boiled eggs and fresh lemonjuice. You gotta try both.

Pretty sure that kebab pizza is Swedish, it has existed for as long as I can remember in Sweden, at least since the 80s. The pizzerias in Sweden also have kebabs in 99% of the cases, pizzerias in Sweden are as common as pubs in Great Britain, only on my street about 1 km long there are 5 pizzerias. You can go out to any small village in Sweden where there is nothing else, but there is guaranteed to be a pizzeria there.

Every family have their own meatball recipé. I love moose meatballs for example. You can find very good Swedish meatballs at good restaurants, for tourists, but it's really not restaurant food in Sweden, more like everyday food.

These videos are so cute. I love hearing other people learn about Sweden. Because it teaches me what I take for granted. I don't realise that these things are special to others nationals. It is nice :)

You mostly find Skagen-Toast as a starter dish in restaurants doing fine-dining, the more common item is Shrip-Sandwich which you can grab at almost any cafe and even in supermarkets, both are delicious!

Swedish pizza taste different then any pizza you find anywhere. Don’t ask me why, I think it’s because a lot of people from the Middle East came over and opened pizzerias without really knowing how to make them but now it has become to something Swedish since it really has evolved to its perfection. And to be honest, the same pizza taste a little different where ever you are in the country…even in your own city.

7:08 History- ''The Västerbotten pie was most likely created sometime in the late 1980s or early 1990s as a development of the Franco-German quiche Lorraine, which was extremely popular in Sweden in the 1980s and often referred to as 'French cheese pie'. Västerbotten cheese pie is mentioned in the daily press (SvD) from 1994. It quickly became an essential part of Swedish crayfish dishes and buffets.'' From recipe online, the only difference is that Västerbotton pie has no milk in it while Quiche has milk, and ofc different cheese compare to ppl normaly have in quiche

My sister has baked ALOT of kladdkakor in her days, and now she bakes with browned butter and i think real dark chocolate instead of cocoa. It is heavenly! ❤

Toast skagen was the signature dish of swedish chef Tore Wretman created in the 1950’s, it’s been so popular you now can buy skagenröra (Skagen mix) in most swedish supermarkets, so you can only make toast and then add the skagenröra to the toast to make this dish.

Västerbotten cheese has its very own VERY rich, slightly salty-acidic taste that is difficult to describe. It must be experienced. Unlike most other cheeses with a lot of flavor, it does not have a very noticeable smell (a bit like real Parmigiano Reggiana (Parmesan)). It is only manufactured in one place - a very small community in northern Sweden called Burträsk. Only cow's milk from the local dairy may be used. It has been produced since 1872 according to a secret recipe known only to the cheese master and a few other people. According to legend, it was the dairywoman Ulrika Eleonora Lindström who created the recipe for Västerbottensost in 1872. Also according to legend, the recipe came about by chance when Ulrika Eleonora Lindström was working alone in the dairy. She had to interrupt the work on Västgötaosten for other tasks and some rumors claim that these tasks would have had to do with love. According to the myth, it was the distraction of a wooing farmhand that caused her to fail to keep a proper eye on the cheese vat. This meant that the curd was cooled and heated in several rounds and the result was not as intended. Despite the mistake, the cheese became tasty and quickly became a success around the country 😋😋😋.

Västerbottenpaj is a pie made of a specific cheese from the northern part of Sweden. The cheese can only be made of northern milk. The consistency is grytty and the taste is soooo good!! But, it´s wery expensive it cost around 200 kr per kilogram or almost 15 pounds per kilogram, and you need very much cheese to make. You only eat Västerbottenpaj on holidays

I have a friend from Newcastle and when he visited Sweden the first time in 2001 he had never seen a kebabpizza before and he loved it 😅

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The best swedish meatballs are made by a Swedish grandma 😊

The fish eggs are the "dot above the i" as we say, the perfekt accessories till many dishes and is a must when eating Västerbottens-paj. Little salty bombs that explodes in your mouth together with a piece of pie and some crème fraîche! We eat the to a lot of food; different cold sauces, on pies with all sorts of seafood, delicious on langos or potatoes - baked or roasted. The name of the pie comes from the cheese in it. Västerbottensost, a hard cheese with small pipes from the small village of Burträsk in the province of Västerbotten (I live quite near). It is over 150 yrs since the dairy maid forgot some cheese in the cellar and it became very mature and salty...and very well tasting. Now it is a fav in all of the country. NO cream in the meatballs (only om Wallenbergare, patties made of veal)! But sometimes we make a brown sauce with cream to eat with them.

1. Skagentoast eller toastskagen eller skagenröra 2. Västerbottenspaj 3. Köttbullar med potatismos och gräddsås och lingon med picklad gurka 4. Kebabpizza, strimlat kebabkött tomatsås ost lök, ibland svamp och vitlökssås eller orientsås eller kebabsås, eller bea sås 5. Kladdkaka "close too brownie but not the same" Chokladkaka

Kladdkaka is really good, you can eat it both warm and cold. When i eat it warm, i usually have some sort of ice cream next to it, usually vanilla. When its cold, i usually eat it with either raspberry or strawberry. But its ok to eat it without all that if you want to.

When you finally do go to Sweden, you'll have to stay for at least a week so you can taste all the wonderful FIKA things haha!

I have never used cream in meatballs!?!… i have to try that !.. Damn it! 😂

The best meatballs served in Gothenburg is at Köttbullekällaren next to Saluhallen. The name translated to english means The Meatball cellar.

IKEA meatballs is not even close to the real thing, if people say otherwise I feel bad for them. Kebabpizza is actually Swedish, but got famous world-wide so it started brand over Europe. I tried the Kebabpizza once in UK it was okay, but nothing beats the sauce we have in Sweden. Skagenröra you got to try on the westcoast, nearby Gothenburg (like Tjörn or Marstrand). Kladdkaka is a really hoysehold dessert here in Sweden, you can pretty much always make one. Västerbottenost is pretty much Swedens answer to Parmesan, the cheese is probably my favorite cheese.

Dwayne I worry for you if you ever come to Sweden. You'll be so full you'll be rolling down the streets within a week :)

IKEA meatballs isnt same as homemade, sry but its just not. Also Västerbotten Ost is a cheese that really highly valued and epic, so that pie becomes really tasty

Meatballs is not restaurant food really in sweden it´s something you make at home and IKEA meatballs are definetly not the best. Kebabpizza is on every pizzaplaces menu and probably the most ordered especially on a sunday after a night out as you mentioned. And Kladdkaka is the best and basicly translates to "Messy cake" since the chocolate is creamy on the inside 😀

I think Skagen would be okay in Jersey. I would do normal toast and not dark bread. Invented att Riche in Stockholm. Only shrimps, mayo, dill (maybe red onions) and the kaviar on top is an addition to the original. A squeeze of lemon and your done. Västerbottenspaj is a quiche but with a mature Swedish cheese (vösterbottenost). Not everyday but usually for holidays or other celebrations (I think, but I have not lived in Sweden in a very long time)

The best place for meatballs in Gothenburg (except for home cooked) is Café Du Nord, locally known as Köttbullekaféet (The Meatball Café). The meatballs are somewhere between a golf ball and a tennis ball in size, and are traditionally served with gravy, strong mustard, and a slice of thick soft bread with butter that you dip in the gravy. You can have your meatballs with mash and lingonberry jam as well, but that's the typical way of having meatballs in Sweden, so why not try something different, but equally tasty, instead? Kebab pizza originated in Sweden. I'm not surprised that it spread to the UK. The best one can be found in the city of Jönköping where the pizza's famous sause was invented. I'm pretty sure you don't have that particular sauce in the UK, so definitely try a kebabpizza (Swedish spelling) when you are here. Kladdkaka (pronounced kladd-kaah-ka) is one of my favourite deserts. Whenever I make it, I flavour it with orage zest. Tastes very similar to the chocolate oranges you have there in the UK. And I totally agree with you about the cream. No need to add any sugar.

You mean french quiche 😁😁 Damn, you where spot on!! I live in Gothenburg and there are 2 places here that makes AMAZEBALLS......."café rosa mi" and "köttbullekällaren"......

Västerbotten pie is sold in most major grocery stores all year round. you can eat it as a dish with some salad. Västerbotenost is a fairly strong cheese, one of my favorites. usually have that cheese in the bechamel sauce when I make a lasagna. Unfortunately, there are many who post recipes for food that are not original. type Swedish meatballs. think the original recipe is minced meat, onion, egg, breadcrumbs, milk, salt and black pepper. then there are those who have Dijon mustard and garlic, which came late in Swedish homes, but I don't think that's classic.

Kladdkaka is really my favorite cake in Sweden but i prefer Vanilla instead of chocolate but both are really good. Just try the Vanilla one and you be hooked.

Kladdkaka is definitely a MUST!!!😋😋😋

Kladdkaka is probably one of the most normal Swedish fika When I say I want to bake something everyone automatically thinks it’s kladdkaka

Västerbottensostpaj is a type of quiche, yes. But don't expect it to taste like every other quiche you have tasted. As she said, it's not sharp, but the cheese it's made from is similar to a manchego. So, the whole package has a powerfull taste that is hard to describe. It doesn't look like the cheese is all that expensive to buy in the UK (Expensive, yes, but not insanely so), and scandikitchen has a recipe for making it that seems OK if you are curious.

Kebab pizza was strarted in Sweden

I'm not a Swede, but typically I'd order a kebab pizza after a night out and eat around half of it, and leave the rest to eat the next day

If you come to Sweden.Try to find meatballs made on elk/moosemeat.A burger with wildboremeat is a delicius thing to.Yes it is a bit expensive but it is all natural.

U should serch for the recipe and show us when u try to fix Swedish food and stuff. So u can also taste the Swedish food 👌🏼

Yeah, you have Skagenröra and Toast Skagen. The röra, or blend/mix that it translates to, is all the gooey stuff with mayonnaise and shrimp and dill. And that you can put on anything really. But bread/toast or baked potato is the most common. Putting it on toast gives you Toast Skagen. As simple as that.

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About cream in Swedish food... Wallenbergare, ground veal beef patties. When making them you totally put as much cream in them as they can hold...!

I am from Sweden and live in Gothenburg. know all the dishes she mentioned like all these.

The Västerbottensostpaj or Västerbotten-cheese quiche is delicious too. The Västerbotten cheese is a quite good cheese with a special taste.

Hahahha! I can relate so much to the Thai foods. xD I used to love swedish-styled thai food more than any other food. And because of this I was under the impression that the swedish thai food was Thailand, you know? But then I traveled to Thailand a few years back and my love for swedish thai food went from something I love to something I just like. I mean, it's still good and there are times I crave thai food and I'd eat it, no problem. Now, it's usually not about which ingredients you use because there is a huge importer of asian food and ingredients here in Sweden called "Saigon Food" which imports everything you'd need for asian style cooking, but I digess... There's also always this idea of what we eat here in Sweden compared to what they eat in Thailand, or any other foreign food. So when you go to a restaurant you can expect that the restaurants never go for the authentic cuisine in question, and they always adapt the menu to the swedish consumers. For instance... There is not a lot of spice in any swedish food whatsoever, so making thai-spiced food to a swedish consumer would make many dislike it, simply because we're not used to such spice. I for one is very much for the authentic experience and I personally do not like that restaurants adapt their menu to our market because I really, really love to taste what's around the world. xD

about the kladdkaka: I've always wondered why this isnt a thing globally. Its so increadibly good when you do it yourself. And its so easy and fast to make also. Then just whip up some cream and you are in heaven.

IKEAs meatballs aren't horrible by any means but you cannot really compare it to home made, moms/grandmoms meatballs OR ordered in a good restaurant with genuine Swedish "husmanskost" which I suppose translates to traditional normal everyday dishes. A few other very typical dishes are (Google them): "Raggmunkar med fläsk", "fläsk med löksås", "stekt strömming" and "kroppkakor". Thank me later :)

Västerbotten paj goes really great with Skagenröra. had it on midsummers eve.

skagenröra on a sandwich is not a räkmacka(shrimp sandwich) it might be a sandwich with shrimp on it but its not the same thing.

Wästerbotten cheese is great, love to use it in both pies and on gratins =) The landscape Västerbotten is great also ;)

@05:05 As a foodie, I think the levels of organic and non-organic levels of different elements in water, soil, air and environment in different countries, even in different areas of a region of a country, produce different flavours in the ingredients you put in the food. From there, the food tells the history, geographical and social history of the people and their heritage. So, absolutely try the dish from where it's from to 'get it'. Dish with the same name would have been done differently in different places (even in different families), biryani in India, nasi goreng in SEA, fish soup in the Nordic, etc. When you think about so many different vegetable/fruit varieties in the world, would you think the cream in the US tastes the same as in Sweden? Would it taste the same in all of Sweden? Also, immigrants are 'snapshots' of a certain time of a certain country's/region's stories and traditions, they often don't change. However, the stories and traditions from where they came from may have evolved.

Normally u dont have creme in the meatballs, is milk. U have creme in the saus

You can easily make Kladdkaka at home! Just google for recipe. But never bake it to long! The middle should almost be runny. A very typical Swedish dessert or fika.

It's actually quite unusual to make meatballs with cream. It is commonly made with milk, not cream.

"Meatballs" at Ikea are ok, but home made or from a better restaurant is another thing!

If you ever try meatballs you also need to try moose meatballs. So good, my grandfather is a hunter and every christmas we get those

Sometimes I make kladdkaka with whiskeytruffles on it and hazelnuts as decoration.......very tasty 😊

Swedish taste resturant in Gothenburg are my favorite place to eat classic swedish meatballs.

I'm a tad bit offended that an American compares Västerbottens-ost with American cheddar but ok! Västerbotten is a large part of Northern Sweden. And this is where this cheese is produced and has its origin. It has won prices guys, its a very typical Swedish taste. I'd say it's closer to fresh parmesan in taste than it is to cheddar for eg

Something you should try if you ever come to Sweden is ”blodpudding” basically blood pudding it’s delicious literally my whole childhood

I think kebabpizza originated in Sweden and spread like wildfire. Fun fact: there was a prison riot in Sweden and one of the demands of the prisoners was kebabpizzas for them all.

I've never used cream IN the meatballs. For the sauce sure, but never in the balls. It's just eggs, minced meat, crumbs, milk, onion, sugar, salt, pepper and in my family we use garlic too. It's pretty fun that everyone have their own version. Same thing with köttfärssås (bolognese).

Meatballs, lingon berries and pasta are one of my favourites (maybe not so usual)

Yes estonians love too that food . We are only separated by Baltic Sea 227 km at Saaremaato Sweden Gotland

Just search the recipe for kladdkaka and make it your self. It’s pretty easy to make so you don’t need to be a master chef to pull it off😄 But we use the messurement deciliter here in sweden and not cups.

Both Toast Skagen and Västerbottenpaj one mostly get at better resturants as starters, for 2-3 dishes menues.. and sometimes even kladdkaka as dessert! How ever, if/when you comes to sweden/Gothenburg.. there is a well renowed place.. "köttbullskällaren" = "meatball cellar", New ower Caffe Nord!

the best pizza in Sweden you find in Trollhättan, a small old industri town where SAAB cars did come from, Once i was in Venice Italy and it tasted just the same!

Yes Dwayne 👍🏼 a Swedish Kladdkaka Whipped Cream and fresh Raspberries or Gooseberries and Coffee ..i get this last Saturday from a old lady i helped her to transport some boxes from one island to her island and i almost get to heaven and back again.. Huuuh it was really life memory everytime i past her island so can i taste this kladdkaka ha ha ha ha 🤯🇸🇪

Food paj in sweden as you say, is same as u got in uk. With a q. In gothenborg there is a restaurangen called the meatball or café nord. Bigest best meatballs

My own favourite foods from Swedish cuisine must be... let's see. Swedish home made meatballs preferrably moose or deer balls. Suovas (reindeer kebab, sort of) Swedish or Småland cheese cake. (The real one from Småland) Toast Skagen Beef Wallenberg Falukorv Stroganoff Västerbottensostpaj Swedish Army Peasoup w. Scania mustard and warm Punsch. Mom's special sausage stew. ;-) ... with ättiksgurka and a lot of pepper.

Usually I don't put cream in my meatballs, just if you want to make it a bit more 'luxurious', the cream are more for Wallenbergare, something like big and a bit flatter meatballs. Wallenbergare is like heaven, made from veal meat. Kladdkaka (swedish muddcake) is one of the easiest thing to bake, that was the first thing my son started to bake on his own, at the age of seven-eight, so you can try it at home. Västerbottenspaj, there are so many ways to make it, but I prefer to make it with more cheese and not so many eggs, gives more taste, just this cheese is it hard to find a substitute for, I think Parmesan is closest.

Ikea's meatballs are okay, a good substitute IF you're not in Sweden. I would say that almost every mum in Sweden makes them even better. I am not too fussed about the cream-sauce myself, I'd rather have it with a brown-sauce(nah, not HP-), some pickled gherkins and of course lingonberries. But not the jam-variety, I prefer what we call "rårörda lingon" and I always do them with a splash of cognac.

So eating Swedish Meatballs at IKEA is like going to Macdonalds and saying that their hamburgers are the best you've ever had. They are so much better to make at home. Doubtful that IKA has cream in its sauce, for example, it will probably be too expensive. She should just make them at home it's not very difficult.

She's in Sweden but in Malmö 😂 i would call that Danmark territory

Värterbotten - a county. Ost - cheese. Västerbottenost - cheese made in the north of Sweden out of milk from the cows there. Västerbottenpaj - contains västerbottenost.

Okey, so.. First of, Im Swedish. Hello. And second.. All these dishes depends on what region you live in. I know that Skagenröra is around every place around Sweden where you got access to a fish market, so close to the sea, but even smaller places you can find dishes serving this. You can, like Västerbotten Paj, buy it in stores year round and eat it whenever. Västerbotten Paj is however more for Västerbotten region, and less so for example Skåne region, (Scania region in Swedish). Kebab Pizza is also debated, in Skåne / Scania, a Kebabpizza without fries (UK: chips) its not a proper Kebabpizza. The swedish pizza is thin in its crust, and not like in America, thick. And its a year-round dish that is, along with Tacos, a treat for the whole family. Typical Swedish dishes that are very well liked around the regions are Köttbullar med mos (meatballs and mashed potatoes), Pyttipanna and Pancakes. We also have waffles, along with many other dishes and pasteries we eat on typical days. In Sweden many many days are dedicated for specific foods. It can be Gräddbullens day, or Kanelbullens (cinnamonbun) day. In skåne / scania we also have spiddekauga, which is translated to Spettekaka outside of Skåne, which is very tasty with vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce.

Ikeas meatballs may not be the worst, but it's very far from being the best. I think I had my first Kebabpizza around 1995, so yeah.

She is surprisingly good at swedish pronouncuation (for an American) with one exception. "kladdkaka" is not pronounced with a long "a", but a short one. If you come to sweden and orders a "klaaadkaka", you might get a very confused server who doesn't understand what you mean. By the way "Västerbottenpaj" is named after a large region (county?) in the north of Sweden: Västerbotten. The paj part only means paj. However, the word "paj" is also swedish slang for when something is broken (busted). I don't know what this says about the Västerbottenpaj. 😉

Skagenröra in Sweden is really good! 😍

For the 2008 Melodifestivalen, the band Andra Generationen partook with the tune "Kebabpizza Sljivovitsa": ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gIDmp68_yJs.html

Yep, just like a quiche, but must be with that special swedish cheese. And no ham. Just cheese.

I ate my first kebab pizza in 1992 in Trollhättan in Sweden, so if anyone knows before that, please tell me

There has to be french fries on the kebab pizza aswell, on top of the other ingredients mentioned in the video.

I use too add little bit off coffe in my kladdkaka

Skagenröra is a thing, at least. Me I have never eaten it myself even tho I am from Sweden. The dish is nothing I'm all that interested in myself, so I suppose that is why ;D

for my homemade meatballs I don't use cream, but I do use milk in the mixture.

Skagenröra is technically not shrimp toast, it's specifically the shrimp salad that goes on top of the toast. And we have skagen baguette as well, so it doesn't only go on toast. But it is the most common way to eat it I guess. All the same, it's really good. And I do love skagen baguette more than skagen toast to be honest. Edit: Also, swedish meatballs are WAY better at someones home. IKEA meatballs in my opinion isn't good, I don't like any food at IKEA tbh. But homemade swedish meatballs are really good. (I am a pescatarian though so I only make vegetarian/vegan "meatballs"). But either way it is really good with normal swedish meatballs, but I haven't had it in years since I stopped eating meat. I do recommend meatballs made with moose meat though. They're the best

If I should name one favorite food it would be Prinskorv ( Prince sausages) Small and tasty =)

Yeah, kladdkaka is so goooooood and tasty if it's done right!

Skagenröra is a bit different in every family. Family-recipe

Kebab pizza s not a Swedish dish but a Swedish concept of having kebab ingredients on top of a pizza!

can get u some old school swedish recipes on what u want;)

Creme in the meatballs is because we need to build up that layer of fat before the long and dark winter comes 😁

IKEA's meatballs are the worst meatballs you can find in Sweden, even frozen meatballs from the store taste better if fried in a pan.

Skagenröra is usually offered as a starter on almost every Swedish restaurant so it's funny she has not had it in Sweden yet, haha

Good fine dine meatballs at Operakällaren in Stockholm, not the place you would expect but they have it.

Dwayne the caviar is good they just pop as you bite them and they just taste a little bit of saltyness.

Another great Swedish dish is Pitepalt