Short-grain rice simmered slowly in milk until thick and creamy, served warm with cinnamon sugar and a pat of butter, or cold with milk poured over. This is the dish Swedish families eat on Christmas Eve, with one blanched almond hidden in the pot.
A moist, oil-based spice cake packed with grated carrot and finished with lemony cream cheese frosting. Baked in a 9x13 pan and cut into squares, the way it is sold in Nordic cafes.
Short-grain rice simmered slowly in milk until thick and creamy, served hot with a pool of melting butter, cinnamon sugar and, on Christmas Eve, a whole almond hidden in the pot.
Soft yeasted buns rolled with a cinnamon-butter filling, baked until just set, brushed with syrup and finished with pearl sugar. This is the everyday Swedish fika bun, stickier and sweeter than the cardamom version.
Soft, cardamom-scented yeast buns twisted into loose knots and topped with pearl sugar. The Swedish answer to the cinnamon roll, and the standard companion to coffee at fika.