Swedish Breakfast Bread Recipe

I feel very lucky to have grown up in and out of the home of my dear Swedish friend, Klara, and to have spent time living in Stockholm. The philosophy around food from the importance of baking your own bread to the 11am ritual of stopping for coffee and a nibble, fika, promotes a way of life that fosters connection and intention.

Sitting around a table is one of life’s truest treats, and is perhaps more associated with dinners here in Australia. Breakfast time in Sweden was always an event. Always on the candle-lit table was a perfect triangle of cheese ready to be thinly sliced, home-made bread, perfectly boiled eggs sitting next to an egg slicer, thinly sliced cucumber bringing a lovely cool crunch and a big jug of hot filter coffee. And maybe it’s summer and there are the berries you picked to have with yoghurt or kefir.

Sitting around a table is one of life’s truest treats, and is perhaps more associated with dinners here in Australia. Breakfast time in Sweden was always an event.

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The nut-seed bread pictured here is a recipe I’ve developed from combining a few wonderful recipes. There’s something about making your own bread that feels good, and every loaf I’ve baked through lockdown has been a joy. Knäckebröd, similar to a cracker, is a pantry staple in Sweden and is a wonderful thing to have on hand for quick lunches or snacks, or as I’ve done here, as part of a breakfast spread.

This isn’t so much a recipe as a reminder to slow down this long weekend, get out your table cloth, light the candles and start your day with complete intention, not to mention delicious. It’s also perfect picnic fare for the picnic days ahead.

Spend your morning sipping coffee and building what the Swedes would call sandwiches - a slice of bread, perhaps with a smear of butter, a thin slice of cheese and a few rounds of cucumber with pepper and dill, or a perfectly sliced egg arranged over butter Knäckebröd.

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The berry compote is my Stewed Blueberry and Walnut recipe available on the INBED Journal, and I’ve served it here with Greek Yoghurt, olive oil and honey.

Harriet uses our IN BED 100% linen tablecloth in french blue, and napkins in marigold & french blue. Harriet’s speckled ceramic plates are by Muckware.

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From June 5 to June 11, I visited Western and Southern Sweden on a trip sponsored by Visit Sweden, West Sweden Tourist Board, Skåne Tourist Board, and Volvo as part of their CAR + VACATION contest. Here's a look at something I ate during my trip.

But during my week in Sweden, I woke up early almost every day for breakfast because Swedish breakfast is pretty great—at least, in the form of the complimentary breakfast buffets at the hotels I stayed at. If you're looking for platefuls of hash browns, syrupy pancakes, and bacon, you won't be happy, but if you like the sound of cereal, yogurt, dried fruits and nuts, and a make-your-own-open-faced-sandwich bar featuring a spread of breads, colds cuts, and cheeses, this is for you.

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I know eating hotel breakfast buffets isn't the same as eating breakfast in a Swedish home (unless the Swedish home has a spread of 30+ items), so I asked Swedish Serious Eats reader Jessica J (a.k.a. theswedishchef) to describe a typical Swedish breakfast for me. I showed her my photos; she pointed out what was right and what was wrong. Considering that the hotels provided dishes catering to more than just Swedes (Bacon and eggs?...we do that for the English), I found out I ate plenty of wrong.

Butter, cheese, ham, liver paté, pickles, cucumber, tomato, and raw bell pepper (paprika in Swedish) are standard breakfast sandwich toppings put on top of bread (usually dark, slightly sweet bread) or cracker-like crisp bread. Example sandwiches: bread spread with liver paté topped with pickles, or bread spread with butter and topped with cheese, pepper, and cucumber.

Hard or soft boiled eggs (most of the buffets I ate offered both) can be eaten whole and stuffed with a bit of caviar-from-a-tube (the brand I saw the most being Kalle), or sliced up on top of bread or crisp bread and topped with caviar. (You can also just eat caviar on crisp bread, but it goes well with egg.)

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Jam isn't usually eaten with bread, but mixed into a bowl of plain yogurt, along with dried fruits and nuts. Yogurt also comes in different flavors. Swedish yogurt is pourable, a bit more liquidy than typical American yogurt, but not to the point of being drinkable.

Bacon, eggs, sausages, meatballs, and soft French cheeses were common parts of my breakfast buffets, but they're not common Swedish breakfast fare—they're more for tourists.

Pancakes aren't eaten for breakfast, but are eaten for lunch on Thursdays after eating pea soup. Alas, the tradition of eating this meal on Thursdays isn't as common these days.

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After the last week's trip to the sunny and hot Brazil, in this #2 edition of the “Breakfast Around the World” posts series we are heading North to the land of the Vikings, meatballs and Ikea - Sweden! Let's see how the Swedish breakfast looks like!

Let's start from clearing up the myths. Despite the crazy popularity of the Swedish meatballs (hello, Ikea!) and Swedish pancakes around the world, they are not eaten for breakfast. The same can be said about another Swedish staple  - salmon. Neither salmon, nor other kinds of fish such as pickled herring are common for breakfast. I found the fact that such a beloved food in Sweden as salmon is left behind a little bit surprising. In my humble opinion it is a perfect sandwich topping, and actually, even I have it for breakfast sometimes, but hey, it's their choice! If you are a Swede and you are reading this post right now, please clarify the situation with the salmon and Swedish breakfast in the comments section below. Thanks in advance!

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So, now when we clarified what Swedes don't eat in the morning, let's talk about what is usually found on their breakfast table. It should be mentioned that Swedes eat their breakfast at home; going out for the first meal of the day is an unusual thing. Like in other European countries, open-faced sandwiches are a MUST. You can choose from different toppings that are put on top of either plain or crisp bread. One of the most authentic toppings is a fishy paste (cod roe spread also called Kaviar) from a tube! More about it below. Boiled eggs are also a frequent guest. Swedes also like such international breakfast staples as oatmeal porridge and cereal or muesli.

Swedes can't imagine their breakfast without a cup of coffee. Strong coffee. In the last post about the Brazilian breakfast I told you that Brazil is the world's largest producer of coffee, right? Well, Swedes are not known for producing coffee, but they drink a hell of a lot of it! Sweden is in the top 5 of the most coffee drinking countries in the world! If you are not a fan of this black drink, like me, pour yourself a cup of juice.

Breakfast sandwiches in Sweden are as plain as possible. Bread, butter or margarine, cheeses, cold cuts, and a simple veggie

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