How to pronounce Flatkaka

In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /ˈflatˌkʰaːka/. In plain English letters that is FLAHT-kah-kah, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Flatkaka?

Flatkaka is a bread or pastry of Iceland. Where it comes from: All Iceland. People usually eat it at lunch or dinner and as a snack. Its main ingredients are wheat & flour. It tastes savory.

Where Flatkaka comes from

Flatkaka is one of 13 signature dishes of Iceland on this map.

• Skyr · Dessert · All Iceland

  Skyr is a thick cultured dairy food made from skimmed milk, warmed, soured with a bit of an earlier batch and strained until very thick.

• Brennivín · Drink · All Iceland

  Brennivín is Iceland's own style of the Nordic brännvin and is considered the country's signature spirit.

• Harðfiskur · Snack · All Iceland

  Harðfiskur is dried fish that has been beaten to soften it, most often haddock, wolffish or cod, though pollock, blue whiting and halibut are also used.

• Kjötsúpa · Soup & stew · All Iceland

  Kjötsúpa, Icelandic meat soup, is a hearty soup of lamb and vegetables, most often potatoes, swede, carrots and white cabbage, with onion or leek, dried soup herbs and often rice, oats or barley.

• Kleinur · Dessert · All Iceland

  Kleinur are small twisted pastries fried in fat, traditionally tallow, and they have long been a popular coffee-time treat in Iceland.

• Rúgbrauð · Bread & pastry · All Iceland

  Rúgbrauð is Icelandic rye bread: dark, dense, crustless and rather sweet, it keeps for a long time.

Food of Iceland

Dishes like Flatkaka in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Flatkaka:

• Rowie · Bread & pastry · Scotland, United Kingdom

  A rowie, also called a buttery or Aberdeen roll, is a flaky, slightly salty bread roll from Aberdeen, made with flour, butter, lard, salt, sugar and yeast.

• Soda bread arán sóide · Bread & pastry · All Ireland, Ireland

  Irish soda bread is raised with bicarbonate of soda and buttermilk instead of yeast, so it can be mixed and baked within an hour.

• Lefse · Bread & pastry · Norway

  Lefse is a traditional soft Norwegian flatbread, also found in parts of Sweden.

• Tunnbröd · Bread & pastry · Norrland, Sweden

  Tunnbröd, 'thin bread', is Sweden's own flatbread and is linked above all with the food traditions of Norrland.