Norwegian cuisine
Since the country has a harsh climate and developed fishing, the cuisine of Norway is represented mainly “peasant” dishes.
National cuisine of Norway
The most common local product is Norwegian salmon, but in addition to it, Norway also cooks dishes from other fish - pink salmon, flounder, halibut, and trout. So, here in high esteem “clipfix” (dried cod), “sursild” (herring marinated with onions) or “fiskemelier” (cod liver with caviar).
From meat dishes (usually berry and sweet and sour sauces are served with meat), travelers will be offered to enjoy steaks, schnitzels, fried pork ribs, meat stews with herbs, and as a side dish - legumes, potatoes, cabbage, cereals.
An integral part of Norwegian cuisine is baked goods: for example, potato crisps are popular here (“lefse”) and crispy bread like lavash (“knackbred”).
Popular Norwegian dishes:
- “fiskeball” (fish meatballs with sauce);
- “hitball” (a dish in the form of beef meatballs with sauce);
- “foricol” (a dish in the form of baked lamb with stewed cabbage and flour sauce);
- “smalakhove” (a dish in the form of a stewed lamb's head);
- “swelle” (traditional Norwegian pancakes);
- “spillingball” (cinnamon rolls).
Where to try Norwegian cuisine?
Many restaurants offer their guests traditional Norwegian dishes such as elk, venison, fish delicacy lutefisk at reasonable prices..
In Oslo, you can have a bite to eat at “Kaffistova” (in this cafe, visitors are treated to dried fish, potato dumplings, meat patties, venison dishes) or “Oslo spiseforretning” (this restaurant will appeal to gourmets who will be offered to enjoy chicken fricassee, pollock steak with onions, klipfisk fish), in Bergen - in “Finnegaardstuene” (for gourmet versions of classic Norwegian dishes, try fried cod with wine sauce and lentil puree, warm salad with beets, and venison fillet with juniper berry sauce).
Cooking courses in Norway
Would you like to sample Norwegian food in traditional dining establishments and take part in the preparation yourself? Take a closer look at a food tour “Oslo Food Tours”, during which you, in addition, will be offered to visit small shops with food and desserts.
A trip to Norway can be timed to coincide with the Food Festival “Matstreif” (Oslo, September), King Crab Festival “Polar Spectacle” (in October-December, within the framework of the festival, tasting of crab meat with spicy and sweet sauces is organized, safaris for king crab are organized, and a children's culinary school begins to function) or the Culinary Festival “Gladmat” (Stavanger, July).
