RECIPE:
Multekrem
Cloudberry cream
The golden berries grow high up in the mountains, among the bogs and the heather.
Sometimes they can be hard to find.
But sometimes you can get lucky and find a big patch full of berries.
If you do, there's good reason to celebrate. These golden berries taste as good as they look!
Expect a strong and "wild" flavour, that's both sweet and tart. They make the perfect ...
... dessert!
Many Norwegians enjoy this golden delicacy at Christmas and other special occasions.
You can eat them on their own, heat them up, use them as topping on vanilla ice cream or Norwegian waffles, or try Norway's traditional and delicious cloudberry cream.
Cloudberries ripen around August.
They grow in marshy terrain and humid mountain areas all over Norway.
Remember to bring along a container and some sugar in case you come across a patch when you go hiking.
Sweetened berries are a classic Norwegian hiking snack. Just mix in some sugar and enjoy!
The only place in Norway where you are not permitted to pick wild cloudberries is on clearly marked private land in Northern Norway, a region where the berries are particularly abundant.
Hurry before someone else picks them!
But don't worry, you can also find them in a far more accessible place, all year round: Just head for the freezer at any Norwegian grocery store.
If you want to experiment more with cloudberries in the kitchen, you should try former Bocuse d'Or silver winner, Tom Victor Gausdal's cloudberry sorbet recipe!
Or how about making this decadent dessert from Sorrisniva Wilderness Lodge in Alta?