Darina Allen: Food inspired by a recent trip to Sweden

Here are a few of Darina Allen’s favourite Swedish recipes

For me there are two kinds of holidays, a totally chilled, lying-by-the-pool, soaking-up-the sun holiday and an ‘away from home’ break, where I visit lots of farms and food producers, craft brewers or distillers and check out new cafes, restaurants, farmers’ markets … you get the picture. It’s a holiday but one where I get to keep in touch and learn lots more about the food scene in whatever country I’m visiting. Believe it or not I find the latter type of holiday much more relaxing.

I spent a few days in Denmark and Sweden recently. This is particularly easy, just fly into Copenhagen and whizz across the 16km Oresund Bridge and you’re in Sweden.