How to pronounce Rúgbrauð

In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /ˈruː(ɣ)ˌprœyːθ/. In plain English letters that is ROO-broyth, 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 Rúgbrauð?

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

Where Rúgbrauð comes from

Rúgbrauð 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.

• 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.

Food of Iceland

Dishes like Rúgbrauð in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Rúgbrauð:

• Barmbrack bairín breac · Bread & pastry · Whole country, Ireland

  Barmbrack, or brack, is a yeasted bread rich with sultanas and raisins, usually soaked overnight in cold tea or whiskey, sweeter than sandwich bread but not as rich as cake.

• Singing hinny singin' hinny · Bread & pastry · Northumberland, United Kingdom

  A singing hinny is a griddle cake from Northumberland and the coal-mining towns of the North East.

• Lefse · Bread & pastry · Norway

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

• Frisian sugar bread Fries suikerbrood · Bread & pastry · Friesland, Netherlands

  Fries suikerbrood, Frisian sugar bread, is a white yeast loaf baked with large lumps of sugar mixed into the dough, up to forty per cent pearl or nib sugar, together with cinnamon and sometimes ginger syrup.