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Opened shallow can of Swedish surströmming showing silver herring fillets in pale brine, served beside tunnbröd and sliced red onion.
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Surströmming

Salted, barrel-fermented Baltic herring from Sweden, surströmming is packed in shallow tins where fermentation may continue. Its traditional production is a specialist commercial process, not a household formula.

Sweden
Fish and seafood
A stack of thin soft Swedish mjukt tunnbröd with toasted freckles, one folded on a wooden board.

Tunnbröd

Tunnbröd is Sweden’s family of thin, docked flatbreads, baked soft for immediate meals or dried crisp for the pantry. This home recipe follows a northern Swedish soft rye-and-wheat version scented with anise and fennel.

Northern Sweden
· Grains and starches
A shallow ceramic bowl of thick white långfil, with a spoon drawing a soft elastic strand of cultured milk back into the bowl.

Långfil and tettemelk

Långfil and tettemelk are traditional Swedish and Norwegian cultured milks with a mild sour taste and a stretchy texture produced by ropy lactic acid bacteria.

Northern Sweden · Traditional method
· Dairy