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Various products are used in the Estonian national cuisine: meat, fish, vegetables, milk and dairy products. A limited amount of spices, tomato paste, hot seasonings are used for cooking.

Fish dishes are prepared from river and sea fish (pike perch, pike, eel, flounder, herring, etc.).

Pork and beef dishes are widespread. Blood sausages, blood products are a must on the festive table menu.

Of the vegetables, the most popular are potatoes, fresh and sauerkraut, carrots, rutabagas, legumes, from which side dishes, first and second courses are prepared.

Barley, rye, oat flour is used most often for the preparation of various baked products.

The assortment of sweet dishes and pastries is varied, which are prepared with whipped cream, using jams, preserves, marmalades, fresh fruits and berries.

Cold drinks based on bread kvass and fruit juices are widespread. Black coffee is a favorite hot drink in Estonia. They drink it with milk, lemon, cream.


























Tallinn, Estonia
Estonia. Tallinn. Helsinki and Stockholm included.

ESTONIAN CUISINE. A special feature of Estonian cuisine is the limited use of spices, tomato-containing seasonings and other pungent flavors. Vegetable oil is also little used. The range of culinary products is varied. Meat dishes are most often prepared from fresh pork, in rural areas - from salted. Veal, lamb and offal are also widely used. Blood sausage, blood dumplings, and blood bread are popular. They also prepare dishes from fish: fresh, salted or dried, from barley, rye and oat flour, from kama flour, which includes rye, peas, wheat and barley.

Estonians love potatoes and vegetables. The daily diet of the population includes dairy products: milk, curdled milk, cottage cheese, sour cream, whipped cream, homemade cheese. The most popular sweet dishes are jellies, mousses, and creams; from confectionery - pastries, cakes, muffins. From hot drinks in Estonia they prefer black coffee, from soft drinks - fruit drinks and juices.

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