How to pronounce Kleinur

In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /ˈkʰleiːnʏr̥/. In plain English letters that is KLAY-noor, 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 Kleinur?

Kleinur is a dessert of Iceland. Where it comes from: All Iceland. People usually eat it at teatime and as a snack. Its main ingredients are wheat & flour and egg. It tastes sweet.

Where Kleinur comes from

Kleinur 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.

• Flatkaka · Bread & pastry · All Iceland

  Flatkaka, also called flatbrauð, is a thin, round Icelandic bread, about 15 centimetres across and 2 to 3 millimetres thick, brown with black scorch marks.

• 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.

• 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 Kleinur in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Kleinur:

• Dundee cake · Dessert · Scotland, United Kingdom

  Dundee cake is a rich Scottish fruit cake of butter, sugar, eggs, sultanas, currants and orange peel, recognisable by its top, which is covered with concentric circles of whole blanched almonds instead of glacé cherries.

• Svele · Dessert · Møre og Romsdal, Norway

  A svele is a thick Norwegian pancake, about a centimetre thick and 18 centimetres across, raised with baking soda and hartshorn salt, which give it a characteristic flavour; the batter also has egg, flour, butter, sugar and soured milk or kefir.

• Flødebolle · Dessert · Denmark

  A flødebolle, 'cream bun', is a Danish treat of a wafer base topped with a light white foam of whipped egg white and sugar and coated in chocolate; with grated coconut it is a kokosbolle.

• Princess cake Prinsesstårta · Dessert · Sweden

  Princess cake is a traditional Swedish layer cake of airy sponge, vanilla custard and a thick dome of whipped cream, covered in a smooth sheet of marzipan.