Blodpalt
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Blodpalt is an old-fashioned Swedish dish still fairly common in northern Sweden
and Finland
(known in Finnish as veripalttu or roppana). The dish's history goes back to a time when the households carefully made use of all parts of the animals to get enough food.
Blodpalt is essentially pitepalt
– similar to kroppkakor
– a kind of potato dumpling. However, in blodpalt, potato is usually replaced by flour of wheat or rye, and blood (in the north commonly from reindeer
and elsewhere in Sweden from pig
) is added. This made the dish a nutritious meal that was often eaten during the dark part of the year.
Blodpalt is sometimes eaten together with bone marrow (usually from reindeer) and is then referred to as lappkok.
There is also a Palt-Academy located in the northern part of Sweden.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
and Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
(known in Finnish as veripalttu or roppana). The dish's history goes back to a time when the households carefully made use of all parts of the animals to get enough food.
Blodpalt is essentially pitepalt
Pitepalt
Pitepalt is a palt, a dish related to kroppkakor, and the specialty of the city of Piteå, though it is not eaten only in Piteå. This Swedish dish has almost as many variants as households in Piteå. Pitepalt are mostly made out of raw potatoes and barley flour, which is not the case with kroppkakor....
– similar to kroppkakor
Kroppkakor
Kroppkaka is a traditional Swedish dish, namely potato-dumplings with a filling of onions and pork or bacon. Potatoes, wheat flour, onion, salt and minced meat/pork are common ingredients in kroppkakor...
– a kind of potato dumpling. However, in blodpalt, potato is usually replaced by flour of wheat or rye, and blood (in the north commonly from reindeer
Reindeer
The reindeer , also known as the caribou in North America, is a deer from the Arctic and Subarctic, including both resident and migratory populations. While overall widespread and numerous, some of its subspecies are rare and one has already gone extinct.Reindeer vary considerably in color and size...
and elsewhere in Sweden from pig
Pig
A pig is any of the animals in the genus Sus, within the Suidae family of even-toed ungulates. Pigs include the domestic pig, its ancestor the wild boar, and several other wild relatives...
) is added. This made the dish a nutritious meal that was often eaten during the dark part of the year.
Blodpalt is sometimes eaten together with bone marrow (usually from reindeer) and is then referred to as lappkok.
There is also a Palt-Academy located in the northern part of Sweden.
External links
- www.paltakademien.se The official Paltacademy