The swedish Christmas buffet, julbord, is a fish feast. Last night, Al and I went to the very beautiful, very fussy Vardshuset in Långedrag which is a suburb of Gothenburg out by the sea. From our vantage point in the corner of the glass house, we could see the 3-sided fireplace and all of the beautiful decorations.
There are standard dishes at julbord. There will be herring, several kinds, and fish, also several kinds. The famous Swedish Christmas potato dish is Janssons Fretelse, which is like scalloped potatoes with anchovy melted in. This julbord had 12 different kinds of herring (the julherring was my favourite; the orange, glögg, and lingonberry one was very interesting). There were 5 or 6 types of smoked salmon, and a half dozen again of cooked fish, salmon and others. The Janssons Fretelse was nice and creamy, and the dried sausage did not disappoint.
All of that was followed by a gluttonous assortment of desserts, including äggost med silt, which is sort of an egg custard with blackberry sauce, tartes and pastries, and risgröt, which is Swedish rice pudding.
It was a lovely evening out, complete with glögg and french champagne.
There are standard dishes at julbord. There will be herring, several kinds, and fish, also several kinds. The famous Swedish Christmas potato dish is Janssons Fretelse, which is like scalloped potatoes with anchovy melted in. This julbord had 12 different kinds of herring (the julherring was my favourite; the orange, glögg, and lingonberry one was very interesting). There were 5 or 6 types of smoked salmon, and a half dozen again of cooked fish, salmon and others. The Janssons Fretelse was nice and creamy, and the dried sausage did not disappoint.
All of that was followed by a gluttonous assortment of desserts, including äggost med silt, which is sort of an egg custard with blackberry sauce, tartes and pastries, and risgröt, which is Swedish rice pudding.
It was a lovely evening out, complete with glögg and french champagne.
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