Everyone knows that Swedes are crazy about their lingonberries and serve it to all kinds of food. This cheesecake recipe with lingonberries proves that you can have a dinner with lingonberries as a theme ! The autumn is the season for these berries. If you don't want to go out in the forest to pick them yourself you will find fresh ones in the shops during this period of the year, or frozen ones all year around.

Swedish meatballs or "köttbullar" as they are called in Swedish are small balls made with minced pork or beef. It is common to serve them together with boiled potatoes or mashed potatoes, a creamy sauce, and lingon berry jam. When you know how to do these delicious small balls you don't need to go to IKEA to buy them anymore.

This is a homemade European spongecake topped with whipped cream and sweet strawberries. To make the bottom high and fluffy it's important to mix the eggs and sugar a few minutes with an electrical mixer, instead of adding more baking soda as for the American sponge cakes. You can add chocolate on the sides of the cake to give a more luxury touch.