Celtnet Icelandic Recipes and Cookery, Home Page





Welcome to the Celtnet Recipes section for recipes from the Northern European country of Iceland. Here you will find all the recipes from Iceland on this site all gathered into one place. I have attempted to gather together here as many Icelandic recipes as possible. The current collection represents one of the largest gathering of Icelandic recipes into one place on the web today. (Just scroll down for the recipes, they follow the brief introduction to Iceland given below.)

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Iceland and its Cuisine

Iceland, officially: Lýðveldið Ísland (The Republic of Iceland) is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, consisting of the island of Iceland and its outlying islets in the North Atlantic Ocean between the rest of Europe and Greenland. Reykjavík is its capital and largest city and the official language is Iceladic. Iceland is officially a Parliamentary democracy. he settlement of Iceland began in 874 when, according to Landnámabók, the Norwegian chieftain Ingólfur Arnarson became the first permanent Norwegian settler on the island. Over the next centuries, people of Nordic and Gaelic origin settled in Iceland. Until the twentieth century, the Icelandic population relied on fisheries and agriculture, and was from 1262 to 1918 a part of the Norwegian and later the Danish monarchies.

Icland is a member of the European Economic Area and Iceland is the most developed society in the world, ranked first on the United Nations’ Human Development Index. Icelanders are the second longest-living nation with a life expectancy at birth of 81.8 years. Iceland is one of the most egalitarian countries in the world, according to the calculation provided by the Gini coefficient.

The traditional cuisine of Iceland is based around fish, lamb and dairy products. However, the modern Icelandic diet is very diverse, and includes cuisines from all over the world and spices (traditionally lacking) are becoming an ever more important component of the diet.


The alphabetical list of recipes from Iceland follows (limited to 100 recipes per page). There are 6 recipes in total:


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Fiskibollur
(Fish Balls)
     Origin: Iceland
Lúðusúpa
(Halibut Soup)
     Origin: Iceland
Súkkulaði-slöngukaka
(Chocolate 'Snake Cake')
     Origin: Iceland
Kjötsúpa
(Lamb Soup)
     Origin: Iceland
Piparkökur
(Icelandic Pepper Biscuits)
     Origin: Iceland
Vínarterta
(Icelandic Layer Cake)
     Origin: Iceland

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Recipe Information: 66

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How to Maximize your use of Mushrooms

By gwydion | Published 2008-05-01 19:43:21 | 2008 Recipes and Cookery Articles |

Recipe Information: 35

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Recipe Information: 114

There are so many people who are trying to shop for the best pressure cooker on sale. A lot of people feel that they need this device in their home because it is practical and easy to use.

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Recipe Information: 114

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By gwydion | Published 2008-09-15 16:11:09 | 2008 Recipes and Cookery Articles |

Recipe Information: 35

Bread relies on wheat and barley for it's property as a bread for it's the gluten in these grains that allows bread to rise and keep its shape and texture. However, it is possible to add up to 20% other ingredients into a bread dough and if you add pea or bean flour then you can prepare a bread recipe that provide for all the essential amino acids you need. This article tells you about how breads works and gives you a basic recipe for a wheat bread containing maize flour.

Don't Ignore Breakfast

By gwydion | Published 2008-09-26 18:06:13 | 2008 Recipes and Cookery Articles |

Recipe Information: 35

Breakfast truly is the most important meal of the day and most of us ignore it. It's when the body re-fuels itself for the day and skipping breakfast actually puts the body in 'starvation mode' and actually reduces brain function and makes weight loss more difficult. Breakfast needn't be complicated, but it should involve a balance of grains and fruit. Here are some ides for simple and nutritious breakfast recipes anyone can make.

How to Make Jams and Jellies

By gwydion | Published 2008-10-02 09:12:12 | 2008 Recipes and Cookery Articles |

Recipe Information: 115

With Autumn approaching, the mind naturally turns to how best to preserve the season's glut of fruit for the coming winter. One of the best preservation methods is to turn the fruit into jams and jellies, which will last you through the winter and well into the following spring. Here you will learn the secrets of making perfect jams and jellies with grape jam being used as an example.

Cooking for the Crockpot

By gwydion | Published 2008-09-25 16:18:52 | 2008 Recipes and Cookery Articles |

Recipe Information: 35

A crockpot (also known as a slow cooker) can be an excellent means of cooking proper meals slowly for a long time. It allows you to make the most of poor cuts of meat and lets you cook your food over night or slowly throughout the day whilst you are at work. There are lots of recipes for crockpot meals on the internet, but you can adjuist pretty much any recipe for a stew or braising dish to the crockpot. This article shows you how to do this using a classic Turkish lamb and onion stew as an example.

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By gwydion | Published 2008-09-30 14:57:04 | 2008 Recipes and Cookery Articles |

Recipe Information: 35

This article gives an introduction to the history of that classic breakfast food, the waffle, starting form the Medieval European origins to the invention of the classic American waffle. Recipes for traditional and chiffon waffles are also given as well as some ideas of how to adapt and very these classic recipes.

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By Aleks Nikev | Published 2011-11-24 13:36:06 | 2011 Recipes and Cookery Articles |

Recipe Information: 114

Today, people lead busy and fast-paced lifestyles. It can be difficult to juggle family, work and other responsibilities, and still have time to cook a healthy meal at the end of the day. Investing in a pressure cooker is a guaranteed way of cooking a quick meal while still maintaining a nutritious and healthy lifestyle.


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