What is the traditional Swedish Christmas dinner?

Christmas presents are under the lighted tree, candles shine brightly and the smorgasbord (or smörgåsbord, as it’s written in Swedish) has been prepared with all the classic dishes: Christmas ham, pork sausage, an egg and anchovy mixture (gubbröra), herring salad, pickled herring, home-made liver pâté, wort-flavoured …

What is a Swedish Julbord?

Julbord is a Swedish Christmas dinner. Literally Julbord means ‘Christmas table’, so basically, they prepare various types of traditional foods in a big table on Christmas Eve and celebrate it till Christmas.

What is in a traditional smorgasbord?

A traditional Swedish smörgåsbord consists of both hot and cold dishes. Bread, butter, and cheese are always part of the smörgåsbord. It is customary to begin with the cold fish dishes which are generally various forms of herring, salmon, and eel. Dessert may or may not be included in a smörgåsbord.

What is a Swedish Smörgåsbord?

Except, Smörgåsbord is a Swedish word and in Norway and Denmark, it’s called something else (Koldt Bord (cold table), and similar). A smorgasbord is basically means a buffet made up of many smaller dishes: ‘a laid-out table’. The traditional smörgåsbord is slightly different, depending on the country you are in.

What do the Swedish eat on Christmas Eve?

In Sweden, the main Christmas meal is eaten on Christmas Eve, not Christmas Day. It is essentially a cold buffet accompanied by some hot dishes. The centre piece of the buffet is julskinka (Christmas ham). The tradition of eating ham at Yule goes back to another of the Norse Gods.

How do you eat julbord?

It is served with a Béchamel or mustard sauce, a light sprinkling of finely ground allspice, white pepper, black pepper and occasionally fried bacon. Lutfisk is not normally on a julbord as it is usually cooked to order. It is a dish that is much loved by some, but detested by most!

What is the difference between buffet and smorgasbord?

In today’s world, buffet is the term used to refer to an all-you-can-eat meal for a fixed price. Before restaurant buffets became the craze, all-you-can-eat meals were called smorgasbord.

What kind of fish is Surstromming?

Baltic herring
Small Baltic herring are caught in the spring, salted and left to ferment at leisure before being stuffed in a tin about a month before it hits the tables and shops. The fermentation process continues in the tin; ‘souring’ as the Swedes refer to it, and results in a bulging tin of fermented herring or surströmming.