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Recipes by occasion: weeknights, guests, the weekend and the holidays of the year.

Weeknight

Pork Chops with Creamy Mushroom Sauce

Pork Chops with Creamy Mushroom Sauce

Beef stroganoff with mushrooms in a creamy paprika sauce in a cast iron skillet, parsley on top, with a bowl of rice beside it

Beef Stroganoff

Deep bowl of thick yellow Swedish pea soup with cubes of pork and a spoonful of mustard, served with buttered rye bread

Swedish Pea Soup with Pork (Ärtsoppa)

Guests

Beef stroganoff with mushrooms in a creamy paprika sauce in a cast iron skillet, parsley on top, with a bowl of rice beside it

Beef Stroganoff

Bowl of creamy Swedish rice pudding topped with melting butter and cinnamon sugar, with cold milk alongside

Swedish Rice Pudding with Cinnamon (Risgrynsgröt)

1 h 10 min · Easy

Toast Skagen: fried white bread topped with creamy dill shrimp salad, orange roe and a dill sprig, with a lemon wedge on the plate

Toast Skagen (Swedish Shrimp Toast)

Christmas

Bowl of creamy Swedish rice pudding topped with melting butter and cinnamon sugar, with cold milk alongside

Swedish Rice Pudding with Cinnamon (Risgrynsgröt)

1 h 10 min · Easy

Toast Skagen: fried white bread topped with creamy dill shrimp salad, orange roe and a dill sprig, with a lemon wedge on the plate

Toast Skagen (Swedish Shrimp Toast)

Square Danish pastries with almond filling, raspberry jam centers, sliced almonds and white icing on a wire rack

Danish Pastry (Wienerbrød)

4 h 38 min · Hard

Easter

Swedish semlor, cardamom buns filled with almond paste and whipped cream, with sugar-dusted lids set on top

Swedish Cream Buns (Semlor)

2 h 31 min · Medium

White bowl of Swedish pickled herring salad with potato, apple, and dill, topped with quartered hard-boiled eggs

Pickled Herring Salad (Sillsallad)

1 h 40 min · Easy

Twelve Danish open sandwiches on dark rye bread topped with pickled herring, smoked salmon with egg, and roast beef with remoulade and crispy onions

Danish Open Sandwiches (Smørrebrød)

New Year's Eve

Toast Skagen: fried white bread topped with creamy dill shrimp salad, orange roe and a dill sprig, with a lemon wedge on the plate

Toast Skagen (Swedish Shrimp Toast)

Bowl of French onion soup with a browned, bubbling cheese crust over baguette toast

French Onion Soup (Soupe à l'Oignon Gratinée)

1 h 55 min · Medium

Baked Swedish Jansson's temptation in a white dish with a golden breadcrumb crust and a serving lifted onto a plate

Jansson's Temptation (Janssons Frestelse)

1 h 30 min · Easy

Fastelavn

Swedish semlor, cardamom buns filled with almond paste and whipped cream, with sugar-dusted lids set on top

Swedish Cream Buns (Semlor)

2 h 31 min · Medium

Midsummer

Rhubarb pie with a golden lattice crust in a tart pan, one slice on a plate with cream poured over it

Rhubarb Pie (Rabarberpaj)

2 h 30 min · Medium

White bowl of Swedish pickled herring salad with potato, apple, and dill, topped with quartered hard-boiled eggs

Pickled Herring Salad (Sillsallad)

1 h 40 min · Easy

Greek salad with tomato wedges, cucumber, green bell pepper, red onion and olives topped with slabs of feta in a shallow ceramic bowl

Greek Salad (Horiatiki)

Birthday

Toast Skagen: fried white bread topped with creamy dill shrimp salad, orange roe and a dill sprig, with a lemon wedge on the plate

Toast Skagen (Swedish Shrimp Toast)

Square of carrot cake with thick cream cheese frosting on a small white plate, with the rest of the sheet cake and a cup of coffee behind it

Carrot Cake (Morotskaka)

2 h 5 min · Easy

Stack of heart-shaped Norwegian waffles with sour cream and raspberry jam on a white plate

Norwegian Waffles (Vafler)

1 h 5 min · Easy

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