Finnish Christmas boxes make jaws drop – praised in Sweden

The Finnish Christmas table traditionally includes Christmas ham and various boxes. Roni Lehti

Zeina Mourtadaone of Sweden’s most popular of bloggers glowing Finnish Christmas boxes.

– Finnish carrot box and lantu box. So simple and so good. The sweet taste of the gratin goes so well with spicy food, Mourtada shines a light on Finnish traditional boxed dishes familiar from the Christmas table.

Zeina’s instructions on Finnish Christmas treats get an enthusiastic reception from the commenters.

– Thank you very much for cheering Finnish traditional dishes.

– But the best thing is if you have a box of potatoes, a box of carrots and a box of greens and then you take a little of each. Variation in taste, and then they complement each other.

– It’s not Christmas without a lantubox.

Zeina’s carrot box, 6 servings.

1 kilogram of carrots

2 deciliters of brown rice

3 deciliters of cream

2 eggs

0.5 deciliters of dark syrup

2 pinches of nutmeg

About 2 tablespoons of white pepper

Salt

Boiling water

30 grams of butter

0.5 deciliters of breadcrumbs

Peel the carrots and chop them into large pieces. Put the carrots in a pot, pour water on them and cook them under the lid until soft. Put your porridge in a pot, pour water over it. Bring to a boil over high heat, reduce heat and let simmer on medium heat, covered, for about 20 minutes until the rice grains soften and absorb all the liquid. Stir evenly to the bottom of the pan. Heat the oven to 200 degrees, with top and bottom heat. Puree the carrots until smooth. Then add rice porridge, cream, eggs, syrup, nutmeg, white pepper and salt. Mix everything thoroughly. Pour into a medium baking dish. Make holes in the carrot mixture with a fork. Sprinkle the breadcrumbs evenly on top and add the butter cut into small cubes. Cook on the middle level of the oven for about 30-35 minutes.

Instruction: Zeina Mourtada/ Zeinas Kitchen