How to pronounce Krumkake

In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /ˈkrʊ̀mˌkɑːkə/. In plain English letters that is KROOM-kah-keh, 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 Krumkake?

Krumkake is a dessert of Norway. People usually eat it on festive days and at teatime. Its main ingredients are wheat & flour, egg and dairy & cheese. It tastes sweet.

Where Krumkake comes from

Krumkake is one of 20 signature dishes of Norway on this map.

• Fenalår · Snack · Norway

  Fenalår is salted and dried leg of lamb or mutton, a cured meat Norwegian sources call typically Norwegian: many countries cure ham, but curing sheep's leg is distinctively Norwegian, and the name has European protection.

• Rømmegrøt · Dessert · Norway

  Rømmegrøt is a Norwegian porridge made with sour cream, whole milk, wheat flour, butter and salt; rømme means sour cream and grøt porridge.

• Lefse · Bread & pastry · Norway

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

• Fårikål · Main dish · Eastern Norway

  Fårikål means "sheep in cabbage": pieces of mutton or lamb on the bone, layered in a pot with wedges of cabbage and whole black peppercorns, then simmered for hours.

• Lutefisk · Main dish · Western coast

  Lutefisk is dried cod, or sometimes ling, soaked for days in water, then in a lye solution, and then in clean water again.

• Brunost · Snack · Gudbrandsdalen

  Brunost, "brown cheese", is not quite a cheese: it is made by boiling whey, the liquid left from cheesemaking, with milk or cream until the sugars caramelise into a brown, firm paste with a sweet, fudge-like taste.

Food of Norway

Dishes like Krumkake in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Krumkake:

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• Southern Jutland coffee table Sønderjysk kaffebord · Dessert · Southern Jutland, Denmark

  The Sønderjysk kaffebord, the Southern Jutland coffee table, is a tradition that opens with seven kinds of soft baked goods, continues with a couple of layer cakes and ends with at least seven kinds of biscuits.

• Plinse · Dessert · Lusatia (Brandenburg), Germany

  A Plinse is the pancake of eastern central Germany: a round, pan-sized batter cake of eggs, salt, milk and flour, fried golden brown on both sides.