Scandinavian dips

Keta caviar dip

Ingredients:

  • 1 pack cream cheese (250 g)
  • 150 g sour cream
  • some dill (chopped well)
  • 1 glass Keta caviar (100 g)
  • juice of ½ lime
  • black pepper

Preparation:

  1. Stir cream cheese, sour cream and dill well in a mixer.
  2. Season with a dash of lime juice and some ground pepper.
  3. Do not add any salt!
  4. Finally add Keta caviar and stir dip carefully.

Cucumber and onion relish

Ingredients:

  • 2 sour green apples
  • 1 cucumber
  • 2 big tomatoes
  • 4 shallots
  • Balsamico vinegar
  • brown sugar
  • maple syrup

Preparation:

  1. First peel cucumber, then grate. Add some salt and set aside for about 1 hour.
  2. Peel and grate apples, too./li>
  3. Pour some hot water over the tomatoes. Remove peel after it has got loose. Then remove seeds and dice pulp (small pieces).
  4. Dice shallots, too (very small pieces).
  5. Mix all ingredients and cover them with some Balsamico vinegar. Set mixture aside and leave it for about 1 day.
  6. After one day’s time mixture is to be squeezed out and tasted with some brown sugar and some maple syrup.

Mackerel dip

Ingredients:

  • 1 smoked mackerel
  • juice of ½ lemon
  • 3 tablespoons mayonnaise
  • 2 tablespoonful chives, chopped finely
  • 150 g sour cream
  • dried dill

Preparation:

  1. Bone smoked mackerel thoroughly. Then strain fish through a big colander (or purée in a mixer).
  2. Add lemon juice, mayonnaise and chopped chives, sour cream and a pinch of dried dill.
  3. Mix all ingredients and serve.