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Rømmegrøt is Norwegian porridge
made with sour cream
, whole milk, wheat flour, butter, and salt.
Rømme is Norwegian word meaning a heavy sour cream
made from cream or blend of whole milk and cream which is acidified. Grøt translates as porridge. Traditionally, rømmegrøt is a delicacy prepared for special occasions, including holidays. It is considered to be a traditional Norwegian dish. Recipes differ depending on the region of the country.
Rømmegrøt is thick and sweet and is generally drizzled in butter and sprinkled with sugar and ground cinnamon
. Because this is so rich, it is often served in small cups with a small amount of butter topped with brown sugar
, cinnamon and cream. Traditionally it is eaten with cured meat.
Porridge
Porridge is a dish made by boiling oats or other cereal meals in water, milk, or both. It is usually served hot in a bowl or dish...
made with sour cream
Sour cream
Sour cream is a dairy product rich in fats obtained by fermenting a regular cream by certain kinds of lactic acid bacteria. The bacterial culture, which is introduced either deliberately or naturally, sours and thickens the cream. Its name stems from the production of lactic acid by bacterial...
, whole milk, wheat flour, butter, and salt.
Rømme is Norwegian word meaning a heavy sour cream
Sour cream
Sour cream is a dairy product rich in fats obtained by fermenting a regular cream by certain kinds of lactic acid bacteria. The bacterial culture, which is introduced either deliberately or naturally, sours and thickens the cream. Its name stems from the production of lactic acid by bacterial...
made from cream or blend of whole milk and cream which is acidified. Grøt translates as porridge. Traditionally, rømmegrøt is a delicacy prepared for special occasions, including holidays. It is considered to be a traditional Norwegian dish. Recipes differ depending on the region of the country.
Rømmegrøt is thick and sweet and is generally drizzled in butter and sprinkled with sugar and ground cinnamon
Cinnamon
Cinnamon is a spice obtained from the inner bark of several trees from the genus Cinnamomum that is used in both sweet and savoury foods...
. Because this is so rich, it is often served in small cups with a small amount of butter topped with brown sugar
Brown sugar
Brown sugar is a sucrose sugar product with a distinctive brown color due to the presence of molasses. It is either an unrefined or partially refined soft sugar consisting of sugar crystals with some residual molasses content, or it is produced by the addition of molasses to refined white...
, cinnamon and cream. Traditionally it is eaten with cured meat.
Other sources
- Brown, Dale The Cooking of Scandinavia (Time-Life Books, New York. 1968)
- Haug, Tore and Astrid Karlsen Scott Authentic Norwegian Cooking (Nordic Adventures, 2000) ISBN 0-963433-970