What to eat in Iceland? 7 typical dishes

Those of us who like to travel, we love to know the Typical dishes from each country region we visited.

Besides because we like to try new styles of cooking, because it is the best way to understand the culture of each country.

As in all parts of the world, the food in iceland It is clearly marked by the conditions of its climate.

A very cold climate with few hours of daylight for much of the year means that crops are limited, but the need for calories to survive is very high.

From the experience of our recent trip to Iceland with Tierra Polares, below we are going to tell you what the most typical dishes in said Nordic country.

What to eat in Iceland?

At the outset we will tell you that the vegetables and fresh products They are not easy to find outside the capital Reykjavik since most of the foods of this style are brought from outside the country.

Only crops of potatoes, cucumbers, tomatoes and turnips survive in Iceland.

But there are certain foods that are successful among Icelanders, some of them with really curious preparations.

Cod in Icelandic cuisine

75 percent of Iceland's exports are related to fishing.

El cod It is the most used fish in all types of cooked dishes, such as the classic ones. Fish & Chips, but one of the most traditional is the dehydrated cod.

It is left to dry in the air and sold in supermarkets, in packages that can be eaten dry as if they were chips or in soups to hydrate it.

Others fish that can be eaten in Iceland are salmon y Arctic char.

Soups in Icelandic cuisine

The soups are very typical in Iceland, since it is a way to temper the body when the outside temperature is several degrees below 0.

Soups are usually accompanied by butter, such as lobster soup (lobster bisque) nor lamb soup in bread bowl.

Lobster in Icelandic cuisine

As in many of the world's cold seas, Lobster He is a regular in gastronomy.

Whether in soups, grilled or cooked with butter, it is one of the Icelandic star dishes.

Of course, it is not a cheap dish, in that Nordic country eating a whole lobster in a restaurant usually costs more than 6.000 crowns, about 40 euros.

Lamb in Icelandic cuisine

The most popular meat in Icelandic cuisine Its the lamb, whether in stews, stews, soups, or even hamburgers.

Icelanders love burgers and it is very traditional to eat one with lamb meat.

Shark in Icelandic cuisine

In every country there is always traditional gastronomic specialty which is complicated to assimilate, and in Iceland that place is occupied by dish made with shark.

The preparation process already gives you clues about its final flavor.

The shark is left to rot in a special way and eaten in dice; I will tell you that the flavor is putrid, but they love it.

Whale in Icelandic gastronomy

La whale It has always been an animal hunted for food and to extract oil.

We do not recommend trying it to avoid more deaths and we can continue seeing them in the sea, but if your curiosity kills you, you should know that in Iceland it is eaten in small steaks and has a flavor similar to beef or pork liver.

Raekju kaka, typical Icelandic dessert

And of dessert, on your trip to Iceland we recommend you try a good Kaka, which means cake.

Raekju kaka is a traditional cake which consists of a cake-type cake made with hard-boiled egg, onion, celery, prawns and bread.