Risengrød is a Danish traditional Christmas dish, that despite the sweet cinnamon-sugar topping, is usually eaten for dinner. It is made out of rice, water, salt, and whole milk and is topped with butter and sprinkled with the cinnamon-sugar mixture.
The history of the snowballs, goes back to the 2nd World War where the housewives didn’t have a great food supply and therefore developed a treat, that was made with few ingredients and contained a lot of energy. Basic commodities like butter and oatmeal were still available in the stores, so the snowballs were invented.
This Christmas salad is a great contrast to the traditional fat dinner that most of us eat on Christmas Eve. It not only looks amazing, it tastes amazing as well and is full of vitamins. You can add different kinds of nuts, citrus fruits, and cabbages as you like.
Æbleskiver is served with powdered sugar and berry jam and we often drink Glogg (Gløgg) on the same occasion. The name “Æbleskiver” means “Apple Slices” but nowadays it is made without apples, although I prefer to fill the Æbleskiver with an apple filling so that the recipe lives more up to its name.
Danish Glogg (Gløgg) Recipe. Gløgg is a Scandinavian hot Christmas drink. Learn more about the origin and try the delicious recipe here.