# The best traditional Finnish dishes

The classics of Finnish food tradition according to Wikipedia's list of traditional dishes, its list of regional dishes and Reseptivihko's selection: from Karelian pasties to mämmi.

- 9 votes · 16 items
- Jan 19, 2025 · fitfam93
- https://even.best/en/l/1160/the-best-traditional-finnish-dishes

## Top 15

1. **Karelian pasty** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Rye-crust pastry filled with rice porridge, served with egg butter.
2. **Fried Baltic herring** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Fried herring with mashed potatoes.
3. **Sautéed reindeer** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Thinly sliced reindeer with mashed potatoes and lingonberries.
4. **Rye bread** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Sourdough rye bread, the national food.
5. **Karelian hot pot** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Several meats slow-cooked in the oven.
6. **Pea soup** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Thursday's pea soup with mustard and oven pancake.
7. **Leipäjuusto** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Oven-toasted 'bread cheese' with cloudberry jam.
8. **Kalakukko** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Savonian fish and pork pie baked inside rye bread.
9. **Salmon soup** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Creamy salmon and potato soup with dill.
10. **Cabbage rolls** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Cabbage rolls with minced meat and lingonberry jam.
11. **Meatballs** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Meatballs in cream sauce with mashed potatoes.
12. **Mämmi** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Easter rye-malt pudding with cream and sugar.
13. **Korvapuusti** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Cinnamon bun, the coffee-table classic.
14. **Blueberry pie** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Summer blueberry pie with vanilla sauce.
15. **Rosolli** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Beetroot and herring salad for Christmas.
16. **Kesäkeitto** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Milky summer vegetable soup.

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