Santa Claus delivers Christmas Message from Finnish Lapland.
Santa Claus delivers his first Christmas message from his Post Office, Finnish Lapland. Top Christmas wishes are health, happiness and love.
Santa Claus delivers his first Christmas message from his Post Office, Finnish Lapland. Top Christmas wishes are health, happiness and love.
Whether you want to see Santa or the Northern Lights, a northern Winter holiday, away from the Alps, has got to be a consideration.
This time last year we were in Finland and enjoyed a week at Torassieppi and a week in Yllas. The food at Torassieppi was very good and they served up lots of traditional dishes. I have no idea whether this is their recipe, but it works for me and a gingerbread cookie tastes great with a cup of tea.
Porkkanalaatikko appears on most traditional Finnish festive tables and is traditional carrot casserole with rice cooked in milk or cream and topped with breadcrumbs. I sampled this delight when on a trip to seek the Northern lights and to ski in Finland. Whilst the Finnish version of carrot casserole is OK as a fairly ‘solid’ side dish, I prefer my carrots a bit spicier and my casserole with a bit more liquid. So, my carrot casserole has a bit more of a nod to Morocco than Lapland.
Lakkakakku is a celebratory cake that involves cloudberries being soaked in rum. Here is a simpler twist on the cake using cloudberry jam.
Beetroot Fritters appeared on my plate several times in Finland