What to buy your Danish friend/partner/colleague/sister in law etc this Christmas?
Most of us know what it is like to miss home sometimes. Especially during the festive season, the longing for home and family can be really hard to handle – the choice to stay abroad or far away for Christmas and other high seasons isn’t always an easy one and is often made as a compromise.
There are thousands of Nordic people living in the UK and we at ScandiKitchen have made it our mission to make sure everyone can get that little bit of flavour from home when they need it.
Here are our top suggestions for what to buy a Homesick Dane this Christmas:
- Remoulade. This isn’t a Christmas product, but it’s the number one condiment we miss from home. We use it on everything, from chips to fish, hotdogs and roast beef.
- Pebernødder. Little ginger biscuits, typically Danish kind.
- Tuborg Julebryg – This is our Christmas beer – it’s dark and sweet and even just one can of this will cheer up a homesick Dane (provided they drink beer, that is).
- Marzipan 63% – if your friend is a bit of a baker or has a sweet tooth, get them some marzipan that contains 63% almond. We make little petit four treats for Christmas using this – and most marzipans you can buy in the UK only contain 25% almond. This is the stuff. For extra happiness, add a pack of Odense Nougat.
- Kirsebærsovs. This is a cherry sauce for our Christmas dessert. This tastes just like grandmas, because everyone buys it. Nostalgia indeed. Extra points: a pack of pudding rice is needed to make the dessert.
- Matador Mix 600g – a big share box of Danish wine gums and liquorice and your friend will leave your tin of quality street well alone.
- Gløg – mulled wine. Any of the ready made types we do will be fine, but extra points if you get the one from Blomberg. This is an extract, so you will need a bottle of red wine, too.
- A bag of æbleskiver – these are frozen, ready to heat little pancake balls. These need to be kept frozen if stored for a longer time, although fine in the fridge for a few days defrosted before heating.
- A box of Anthon Berg chocolates – any kind. All Anthon Berg is Danish and whether you go for a small bar or a big box of pralines, it’s sure to be appreciated. If you don’t want to add any more marzipan, choose GuldBarre Chocolates.
- Brunkager – this is the ‘other’ Danish biscuit for Christmas. If you still have space in your basket.
