I love writing recipes. I love teaching people how to make the things that I genuinely love to eat. That’s why the recipes I share aren’t often new ideas I’ve “developed” from my imagination, they are treasured dishes I’ve learnt through a life and career in food.
A consequence of this is that my recipes aren’t often the headline act. Normally they’re an integral part of a story I’m trying to tell, like this one on Finnish buns which ends up being about my experience as an immigrant in Finland.
That’s why I’ve created this index to keep track of the Nordic-inspired recipes I’ve shared here.
I hope it helps.
Starters
Finnish fish soup
Pickled herring with creamy potatoes and pickles
Burned and blackened beetroot tartare (Vegan)
Mains
Fragrant spiced pot-roast chicken
How to cook open flame salmon, Finnish-style
Mushroom tart
Roast chicken with burnt cabbage butter
Crispy panko chicken with chicken skin butter
Christmas dinner (Turkey etc)
Christmas leftover pie and other ideas
Traditional Finnish pork and beef stew
A line cook’s guide to cooking steak
Pork, girolle mushrooms and burnt apricots in a creamy sauce
Pork and pumpkin patties with potato puree
Good old fashioned English fish pie
Desserts
White miso Swedish chocolate mud cake
White miso and cardamom seasoned banana bread
Honey yogurt cake
Black sesame ice cream
Pineapple-weed meringue pie
Mushroom chocolate tart
Pumpkin sorbet
Coffee bavarois with meringue and cloudberries
Miso and hazelnut pumpkin bread
Perfect pavlova
Fruit and nut Swedish chocolate mud cake
Christmas tree sorbet
Runeberg Torte (Finnish almond and rum cakes)
Perfect doughnuts
Finnish custard buns
Nordic creamy almond and cardamom Easter buns
Honey custard bun brûlée pudding
Bread
How to use a poolish to make great bread
How to use leftover porridge to make deliciously moist bread
Sides/Extras
Salt dough crust (for baking root vegetables)
Finnish savoury rice pies (Karelian pies)
Easy to make Finnish mead
Mille-feuille potatoes
Grilled butter
How to joint a turkey/chicken
Finnish vegetable gratins
How to grill campfire potatoes
Pickled dill flowers
This will certainly come in handy - thanks, Wil! Your posts are great fun to read even without the recipes, but you've also shared excellent recipes ☺️
Clearing my calendar. If you need me, I'll be in the kitchen.