How to pronounce Slátur

In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /ˈstlauːtʏr̥/. In plain English letters that is SLOW-toor, 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 Slátur?

Slátur is a main dish of Iceland. Where it comes from: All Iceland. People usually eat it at lunch or dinner. Its main ingredients are offal, lamb and wheat & flour. It tastes savory.

Where Slátur comes from

Slátur 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 Slátur in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Slátur:

• Ciğer kebabı · Street food · Diyarbakır, Türkiye

  Ciğer kebabı is liver kebab: pieces of lamb liver, with small pieces of tail fat between them, grilled on skewers over charcoal.

• Haggis · Main dish · Scotland, United Kingdom

  Haggis is a savoury pudding of sheep's heart, liver and lungs, minced with oatmeal, onion, suet and spices, and traditionally cooked in the animal's stomach.

• Smalahove · Main dish · Voss (Vestland), Norway

  Smalahove is a Western Norwegian dish of a sheep's or lamb's head: smale is a dialect word for sheep and hove means head.

• Tollatsch · Main dish · Western Pomerania, Germany

  Tollatsch is a dumpling in the style of blood sausage from Pomerania and Western Pomerania, traditionally made at the pig-slaughtering feasts.