Rød Grød Med Fløde
The word Grød describes the consistency of a dish, once cooked, and can be made of rice, oat, corn, potatoes, wheat, rye, fruit etc. Grød (aka Porridge) has been a popular food in Northern Europe and Russia since the 1900 and was commonly used as a prison food in the UK. It is known to be inexpensive, easily digestible and to provide a long sensation of fullness.
In Denmark “Rød Grød med Fløde” describes a classic summer dish made of cooked red berries served with ice-cold cream or milk. It can be made with several different types of berries or simply just with a single berry. Some of the more popular berries used include raspberries, strawberries, red currant, black berries and rhubarb (although not a berry). Rød Grød is a delicious and refreshing summer dessert which can be served either warm or cold and it is really quick and easy to make. I hope you enjoy this classic Danish dish.
Ingredients:
2 rhubarb
1 lb strawberries
6 oz raspberries
1 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
3 tbsp cornstarch
cold water
Cold cream or milk for serving
Directions:
Clean rhubarb under cold running water, cut into 2 inch pieces. Rinse off strawberries, cut off top and slice in half. Look over raspberries for dirt. Place rhubarb, strawberries and raspberries in a cooking pot, add water and sugar. Simmer covered over medium-low heat for 15 minutes. Pour cooked fruit into a sieve and press fruit through the sieve using the backside of a large spoon until only seeds remain. Make sure to scrape the thick fruit pulp from the underside of the sieve, that’s the good stuff.
Stir together cornstarch and a small amount of cold water to make a slurry. Return the fruit pulp/juice to the cooking pot and bring back to a simmer. Add cornstarch slurry in small increments to the fruit while stirring, simmer. The consistency of the fruit mixture should be thick enough to cover a spoon.
Pour fruit into small serving glasses or into a serving bowl. Place in refrigerator to cool completely. When ready to serve, pour a small amount of cold cream or milk over fruit and enjoy.
Rød Grød Med Fløde
Source: My Danish Kitchen
Thank you for posting this – I did a study abroad in Denmark in 2007, and my host mother made this one late spring night (among other amazing Danish dishes!) I grew up in New England and my Dad always grew rhubarb, and now anytime I have it I think of this dish. Can’t wait to make it 🙂
Gen, Rød Grød med Fløde is perfect for a summer evening. I hope you like it.
Oh, I remember trying to pronounce rødgrød med fløde when I first moved to Denmark back in 1992 🙂
Love love love your blog… looks amazing and my farmer just handed be a bunch of rhubarbs!!! Giving this a try ASAP (tomorrow).
Aww, I want to have a local farmer live close to me as well. I am so glad you’re enjoying the blog 🙂
delicious colourful combination looks wonderful
Wow that looks really good! I recall my grandmother used to make something similar, but not quire the same. And that red color — I really like how daring it makes the dessert looks.
wow! i really love how pretty this dessert looks!! fantastic flavors my friend. thank you for sharing this.
I am sooo excited to see this. I have wanted to make this forever but never quite knew how. It looks amazing…and now I have a use for the rhubarb sitting in my fridge.
I’m so glad you’ve found a use for that rhubarb 🙂
This is making my mouth water. We always had this in the spring when rhubarb was ready, or whenever Mom made it. And it’s fun just watching people’s faces when you say rød grød med fløde” I always get a head shake and a ‘Say that again?’.
What a refreshing dessert! It looks so beautiful 🙂 I wish we had rhubarb here 🙂
You don’t need rhubarb. The dessert can be made with any single berry or a combination of whatever you like. See what works for you.
How funny – the Danes that were on my university exchange year in Germany DID try to get us to say it. But this is the first time I’ve seen a recipe, so maybe I should try it out for old times sake. We’re apparently going to have a bumper year for strawberries in Britain this year due to the hot weather early in the season, so maybe your timing is just perfect.
love love love it!
I’ve never had it with rhubarb ,, but rhubarb and strawberries seem to go hand in hand.
And it’s a fun dessert to get non-danes to try and say … hehehehe
Yep, it always fun to have foreigners try and say “rød grød med fløde” 🙂
My Danish classmates tried to get me say it all the time – I wasn’t too bad at it by the time I left, but I still couldn’t get it quite right! haha