As I know this cake is originally from Sweden, but because of taste and simplicity is very popular in Estonia
NB! this is quite a small cake.
So, try this first time and believe me, next time you have to double all quantities 🙂
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Summer New Vegetables Milk Soup. Värske köögiviljasupp
This is dish from my childhood.
In June or July, when all vegetables start to mature. Carrots are almost always seeded too closely together. And it is important to thin carrots, they will not grow to maturity unless they have space to do so.
So, you have tiny carrots , first small potatoes are sweet peas and maybe even first cabbage.. aand this is mean Summer New Vegetables Milk Soup. Easy to do and very delicious.
Of course, you can cook it all year long, but then,. it is not This Soup.
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Cottage Cheese and Potato Salad. Kodujuustu ja kartulisalat
Interesting fact: In Estonia, cottage cheese began to be produced in order to meet the cheese production plan set by Moscow to the USSR. The National Planning Committee of the USSR almost doubled the cheese production of the Estonian SSR for the five-year plan, So, this is the reason why Estonia began to produce cottage cheese which was reported as cheese in the reports 🙂
But still. There is nothing better than fresh new potatoes with little bit salty cottage cheese.
I believe I am not wrong to say that this is a typical Estonian summer dish. Potatoes and cottage cheese and sometimes with herring. Continue reading “Cottage Cheese and Potato Salad. Kodujuustu ja kartulisalat”
Grilled Chicken fillet with Dill and Kefir Marinade. Kana tilli ja keefirimarinaadis
A light and easy summer recipe.
Kefir makes a chicken soft and gives the sour taste, dill adds an exciting taste flavor.
And there are no Estonian recipe without garlic. Garlic is necessary to get right touch and taste. Serve with fresh berries combined with honey.
Sour and Sweet Rhubarb and Strawberry Kissell with KAMA cream. Maasika- rabarberikissell kamakreemiga
Delicous, full of fruits Kissel with beautiful colour.
Sweet strawberries complements tart rhubarbs.
Our mothers cooked Rhubarb Kissel with Strawberries usually in June, when everyone were fed up with rhubarb, but strawberries began to mature and were not so many.
Rabarberi/Rhubarb Kissell is dessert, what you can enjoy as separate dessert or as addition for other desserts. Like quark pudding or bread pudding.
To get Estonian touch, serve kissell with Kama cream.
Strawberries And Summer
Lüübnitsa Cold Summer Soup. Lüübnitsa külm suvesupp
Lüübnitsa is the small village in Setomaa. South eastern Estonia, near the Pihkva lake. Lüübnitsa has become very famous for her onion and fish fair. If you visit Estonia during summer time, you are welcome 🙂
Setos (Seto: setokõsõq, setoq, Estonian: setud) are an indigenous ethnic and linguistic minority in south-eastern Estonia and north-western Russia. Setos are mostly Seto-speaking Orthodox Christians of Estonian nationality. The Seto language (like Finnish and Estonian) belongs to the Finnic group of the Uralic languages. The Setos seek greater recognition, rather than having their language considered a dialect of Estonian. Along with Orthodox Christianity, vernacular traditional folk religion is widely practiced and supported by Setos.
read more about Setos
Did you know there are dialects in different regions of Estonia? For example, the Setos in southern Estonia have their own dialect and their own kingdom, with about 12,000 speakers. Võru also has its own dialect with about 75,000 speakers. Both dialects are on the UNESCO list of threatened dialects.
Check and google for Seto Kuningriigi Päevad and Lüübnitsa Fish and Onion fair in August
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Baltic Herring and Potato Casserole. Räime ja kartulivorm
The Baltic herring is one of the most important fish in the whole of the Baltic Sea and the Estonians’ feeder for centuries.
In 2007 the Baltic herring was announced the national Estonian Fish. The Baltic herring is such an everyday fish for us and believe me, we have a lot of recipe books like ” 100 dishes from Baltic herring”.
Since Baltic Herring are cheap fish, she had a reputation for many years as a poor human food. But because of delicious taste this reputation is gone. And from early spring to late autumn, Baltic Herring is mandatory part of Estonian cuisine.
Especially in spring, because the spring Baltic herring is big, fat and delicious.
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Spruce Tips Pesto. Kuusevõrse pesto
Classical recipe, pesto, with Estonian twist. For base I used tart and fresh spruce tips, combined with hazelnuts and local hard cheese.
Wonderful combination and spread for a rye bread or as salad.
Light green, healthy and direct from nature 🙂
Rye and Rhubarb Cake. Rukki-rabarberikook
Simple and delicious cake for people, who do not want or like very sweet cakes.
Bitterness of the rye and chocolate , tart rhubarb and crunchy nuts creating wonderful combination.
Rye flour and quark make this cake lighter and healthier
And make quark by yourself. Trust me : It is much simpler to make than you might think. I won’t tell if you don’t 😉
Look at for recipe.
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Estonian Cuisine. Eesti Toit. 