How to pronounce Svele

In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /ˈsʋeːlə/. In plain English letters that is SVAY-leh, 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 Svele?

Svele is a dessert of Norway. Where it comes from: Møre og Romsdal. People usually eat it at teatime and as a snack. Its main ingredients are wheat & flour, egg and dairy & cheese. It tastes sweet.

Where Svele comes from

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

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• Fårikål · Main dish · Eastern Norway

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• 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.

• Raspeball · Main dish · Western Norway

  Raspeball is a traditional Norwegian potato dumpling made from peeled potatoes, grated or ground and mixed with flour, usually barley or wheat, to hold the ball together; sometimes pieces of pork are hidden inside.

• Pinnekjøtt · Main dish · Western Norway

  Pinnekjøtt, 'stick meat', is salted and dried lamb or mutton ribs, the festive Christmas dinner of Western and Northern Norway that has spread to other regions.

Food of Norway

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