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Sauces, Relishes & Pickles

Born of necessity, the practice of pickling and processing fruits, vegetables, fish, and meats for winter consumption has become a culinary art in the Scandinavian countries. Now used as much to maximize the flavor of foods as to preserve them, a few simple and quick cooking techniques produce incredible relishes, pickles, and sauces.

Caviar Cream Sauce
Caviar cream sauce recipe - a perfect accompaniment for Scandinavian fish recipes

Lemon-Dill Pesto - Pesto with a Scandinavian Twist
Lemon-Dill Pesto is a wonderful accompaniment for grilled fish or chicken.

Lingonsylt – Lingonberry Preserves
Lingonberry preserves are Scandinavia's answer to cranberry sauce. Serve as a tasty relish with meat, poultry, or fish or as a required accompaniment to Swedish pancakes.

Small Batch Rhubarb Jam
An easy recipe for rhubarb jam, an Icelandic staple

Kari's Scandinavian Almond Sauce
Almond Sauce - A recipe for an almond dessert sauce for use with Scandinavian cakes and pastries

Pickled Beets (Inlagda Rödbetor)
No Scandinavian company dinner would be complete without a side dish of ruby-red pickled beets.

Sweet Dill Mustard Sauce
A recipe for sweet dill mustard sauce, often served with gravlax in Scandinavia.

Marinated Cucumbers
Serve fresh, quickly-prepared Scandinavian marinated cucumbers as a relish in place of processed pickles with hamburgers, hot dogs, and barbecue sandwiches.

Vanilla Sauce
Vanilla sauce is a favorite topping throughout the Scandinavian countries for cakes and puddings. Try this easy, fool-proof recipe the next time that you bake apple cake; the sauce makes a favorite dessert even better!

Raspberry Sauce
Raspberry sauce is a favorite topping across Scandinavia for both cold and warm versions of rice pudding such as Ris à la Malta, a common Christmas dessert.

Apple Syrup
a recipe for Apple Syrup, a delicious alternative to lingonberries or maple syrup on Scandinavian pancakes

How to Make Dandelion "Honey"
A recipe for dandelion "honey"

How to Make Homemade Dandelion Jelly
A recipe for homemade dandelion jelly.

How to Make Dandelion Vinegar
How to make dandelion vinegar.

Pickled Dandelion Bud "Capers"
How to make dandelion bud "capers."

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