Birthday dinner in Icelandic
It was my husband's birthday last week and we took it as a welcome opportunity to invite friends over for dinner over the weekend.
For obvious reasons, we invited people to Icelandic food and I thought about what I could offer that was “particularly typical”. However, the friends asked that it should be as "harmless" as possible - i.e. no singed sheep's heads, no ram's testicles and similar delicacies.
This resulted in this “menu”:
As an appetizer ( lystauki ) there was plum vinegar - a small sip of mild vinegar (3% acid) mixed with warm water. There were also cookies with plum jam to “round off” the plum theme, so to speak. However, these are classic Icelandic Christmas cookies, the recipe for these "hálfmánar" (= half moons) is available at Christmas time! (But as a food blogger you have to start making Christmas recipes in good time.)
As a starter ( forréttur ) there was a fish soup, actually a humarsúpa, into which I added chopped cod for the last few minutes. Also very tasty! By the way, there was also freshly baked Sveitabrauð.
The main course ( aðalréttur ) was lamb goulash in a malt beer cream sauce. I added dried blueberries for a fruity note. The taste is wonderful - but the color is a bit purple!
Side dishes included caramelized potatoes and mashed turnips. When I mashed the beets, I (unfortunately) also used colored carrots, and the purple carrots really stood out in color. So it was a very purple-heavy meal!
For dessert ( eftirréttur ) there was Westfjord-style Skyrterta - the dessert met with undivided enthusiasm from the guests, even those who were not entirely happy with fish, crabs, lamb and similar ingredients.
Anyone who wanted got a piece of the leftover birthday cake...
...but everything was finished properly, everything tasted exactly as it should - and I had a lot of fun. And I took photos diligently!
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| A look behind the scenes - photo session |
I should definitely invite people over for Icelandic food more often!
And the recipe for the lamb goulash is coming one day.
[Translated from here.]
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