Food and recipes
Sand cakes
Sandkake is a popular, small and sweet Christmas cake. For many, it is one of the seven flavours. My grandmother was from Nordmannvik in Kåfjord. Her recipe book contains many sweet temptations. Here are her sand cakes.
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Potatoes
It's finally time for new potatoes! This important and nutritious ingredient can be used in all kinds of cookery and is both cheap and durable. When fresh, it's a meal in itself. Here are some traditional and new potato recipes.
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Bidos
This is a recipe for the traditional Sámi dish bidos from the Centre for Northern Peoples' Sea Sámi Kitchen.
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Oatmeal biscuits / Oat biscuits from Nord-Troms
These oat biscuits are made according to an old recipe from northern Troms. In a more modern version, you can add cinnamon, berries or fruit. The biscuits are great with cheese. They keep for a long time in a sealed tin.
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Lefser
Lefser is delicious and a natural companion to coffee. In North Troms, lefse has been baked in many variations. Secret recipes were often passed from mother to daughter. Together with flatbread, lefser was an important part of the Lofoten and Finnmark coffers' food supply.
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Lien organic herb farm
The world's best beefsteak tomatoes and antioxidant-packed goji berries are grown here. Basil, chilli and tomatoes in all varieties. Through 34 years of organic herb farming at Nordnes in Kåfjord, Tom Lien has an inexhaustible amount of knowledge about useful plants from all over the world.
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Crispy fried cod tongues
Cod tongues are a traditional food in our area too. Here you can learn how to get your cod tongues crispy and tasty.
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Blood pancakes
Blood pancakes are traditional Sami food. During slaughter, the whole animal was utilised, including the blood. Here is Svein Leiros' recipe for blood pancakes the Sea Sami way.
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Vegetables and berries
The most common types of berries were lingonberries, blueberries, crowberries, raspberries and cloudberries. The potato was the most important vegetable. It provided a lot of nutrition and was easy to grow. Here are recipes for vegetables and berries from North Troms.
