Best Scandinavian Vegetable Types
In Denmark, the island of Samsø is best known for its early May harvest of new potatoes which are considered a great delicacy and usually fetch prices of 1.000 Danish kroner per kilo (about $150). The first ones are harvested just two months after planting and mainly sold to restaurants in Copenhagen.
Samsø potatoes are perfect either just served boiled with a dollop of butter or made into a delicious potato salad.
Lammefjordskartofler are mature potatoes grown in the Lammefjord region in Odsherred in Zealand, Denmark. The potatoes are characterized by their delicate, thin, extremely smooth and shiny skin, unique due to the specific soil that prevents them from being damaged.
They can be eaten with their skin on, and mature in the ground until the beginning of September when they are hand-harvested. It is a common and highly sought ingredient on a variety of Danish restaurant's menus due to its high quality and long shelf life.
Lammefjordsgulerod is a variety of carrot unique for its very high carotene and sugar content. It is extremely smooth and crisp and has low chances of discoloration when washed. The carrots are produced in the Lammefjord area in Odsherred on Zealand in Denmark, on a seabed that has a layer of silt, giving the vegetables their unique characteristics and a taste that comes from millenniums of deposits of dead plants, shells and animals in the seabed.
After the harvest, which is done by hand, the carrots are washed and packed under strict quality controls and sold depending on their length, short, medium or large, and their age - young, medium or late carrots. They can be eaten either raw or cooked and make an excellent addition to salads, various cooked dishes or cakes.
Best Scandinavian Vegetables
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