Langafasta 2021

Lenting season 2021

When you think of traditional Icelandic cuisine, you often think primarily of meat and fish dishes. And many Icelanders apparently feel that a “real meal” includes a lot of meat and fish and as few vegetables as possible (“rabbit food”).

Recently I was looking for recipes in one of my old Icelandic cookbooks and then tried out recipes for beetroot pancakes and an “everyday soup”. I realized that there are actually many vegetarian recipes in traditional Icelandic cuisine - dishes with beets, potatoes, barley, etc., but also many sweet main courses, such as the ever-popular cocoa soup or apple fritters.

So this year I've decided to introduce you to corresponding vegetarian recipes during Lent - " Iceland vegetarian ", so to speak.

Here I have picked out a few tried and tested vegetarian recipes from the blog that are popular with us:

main courses

- Bankabygg með grænmeti - pearl barley with fried vegetables

- Grænt byggsalat - Green barley salad

- Kartöflur með idýfu - potatoes with dip

- Rauðrófusalat með geitaosti - beetroot salad with goat cheese

- Ostabollur í súpu - cheese balls in soup

- Kartöflubúðingur - Icelandic potato gratin

- Gulrótabuff - potato buffer

Soups

- Grænmetissúpa - vegetable soup

- Hvítkálssúpa - white cabbage soup

Sweet main courses

- Brauðsúpa - sweet rye bread soup

- Kakósúpa - cocoa soup

-Eplasúpa með tvíbökum - apple soup with rusks

- Fylltar pönnukökur með marengs - Stuffed pancakes with meringue

- Eplaskífur - apple cake

I wish you a good appetite and a good Lent to everyone who wants to try “Iceland vegetarian”!

Coffee table in the Árbær local history museum

[Translated from here.]