
No, IKEA did not invent the lingonberry. Though, since the furniture giant's cafeteria special of Swedish meatballs with lingonberry jam is the only time many Americans have encountered the lingonberry, it would be easy to think so.
Lingonberry, AKA cowberry, foxberry, whorlberry and partridgeberry, is the fruit of a shrub that grows across northern Europe and the colder regions of
Since lingonberries are quite sour, they're almost always cooked down with sugar. Their deep, tart taste goes well with heavy meats - I've enjoyed lingonberry preserves on wienerschnitzel with dilled potatoes and a squeeze of lemon, and seared elk medallions with lingonberry reduction. A dollop of lingonberry jam mixed into your oatmeal or yogurt makes for the kind of elegantly spare breakfast that would seem at home on a simple blond wood table in a whitewashed Nordic kitchen. My Swedish college roommate used to keep a bottle of lingonberry syrup on her bookshelf, to mix with seltzer or hot tea. Lingonberries also make excellent pie or tart filling; heated lingonberry jam is good over rich, plain sweet cream ice cream.

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10-06-2008 @4:55PM Stephanie said... My favorite recipe for lingonberries is from epicurious. A friend made it for us once, and now it is on our favorites list-- especially in the winter when fresh wild salmon is not available. This is still good with frozen salmon.
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/MUSTARD-ROASTED-SALMON-WITH-LINGONBERRY-SAUCE-109254
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10-06-2008 @8:52PM Anthony said... I have always ordered the Swedish crepes with lingonberry preserves and lingonberry butter from IHOP. I knew about them from there first and I think that IHOP is a little more ubiquitous than IKEA.
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