Recipes

Scandinavian food is the heart of Ingebretsen’s. And there is so much more than lutefisk and lefse. Besides the meat market that has been open since 1921, we carry other Nordic foods. You can find many of them here.

Read about the Scandinavian dishes we love:

Bake Your Own Julekake this year!

How to bake your own Julekake - the easy way! If you can't buy a traditional Scandinavian Julekake for the ...

Semla Day

Shrove Tuesday or Fat Tuesday is a day in February known in Sweden as “Semmeldagen” (the day of the Semla) ...

The Legend of Sankta Lucia

St. Lucia Day December 13th is the day that Swedes and others all over the world honor the legend of ...
A slice of Icelandic Happy Marriage Cake next to a cup of coffee.

Icelandic Happy Marriage Cake

June is the month of Iceland’s National Day (June 17), weddings, and rhubarb. In honor of all three, this month’s ...

Midsummer Cocktails

Two Cocktails for Midsummer If you've spent time in Scandinavia in the summer, you probably had a glass of sweet ...

U.P. Pasties – What happens when Finns meet Celts

The meeting of Celtic and Finnic culture on the Iron Range gave the world more than the redoubtable St. Urho ...

Danish Burning Love

Danish Burning Love, Brӕndade Kӕlighed, - the name is appropriate for Valentine’s Day. Whether the burning love is for bacon, ...

Curried Fish Balls

I’ve heard numerous people, including Nordic chef Magnus Nilsson, speak about fish balls being a beloved comfort food from childhood onwards ...

Æbleskiver For All

Æbleskiver - a Danish Sweet Treat One of our favorite Scandinavian breakfast goods are these delicious pancake balls from Denmark, ...

Three pea soups in a pod

On a classic, early-80s California road trip, a carload of friends and I were breezing north on the 101. The ...