Multekrem Recipe (A Whipped Cream and Cloudberries Norwegian Dessert) (2024)

FAQs

What pairs with cloudberries? ›

Cheese. In Finland, cloudberries are eaten with a local cheese called leipäjuusto, sugar and cream.

Traditionally, cloudberry jam is eaten warm with vanilla ice cream in Sweden. Yes, we know you all like to put cloudberry on your toast, but don't usually eat it like that – it's more of a dessert jam, owing to the fact that it's not a cheap berry as it is quite difficult to harvest and source at times.

Mature cloudberries are very juicy and can be eaten raw or made into jams, jellies and syrups. Recipes from Scandinavia use the berries to make a “cloudberry cream” by mixing berries or prepared jam with sweetened whipped cream.

Using a 16 oz. pint jar, fill it half way with heavy whipping cream. Seal tight with a metal lid and ring. Shake by hand for about 5-7 minutes, trying to not wrap your hands around it too much because you don't want to heat it up.

cloudberry, (Rubus chamaemorus), creeping herbaceous plant, native to the Arctic and subarctic regions of the north temperate zone, and its edible raspberry-like fruit. Inuit and Sami peoples collect the sweet juicy fruits in autumn to freeze for winter food.

They're even pickier about the soil: both humidity and moisture are needed, but not too much moisture...they apparently hate too much moisture as well. All this is funnily enough so very 'lagom” (inside joke for the Swedes). This scarcity makes cloudberries quite expensive and more of a delicacy than a common dish.

There are also chemicals in cloudberries that kill bacteria and viruses. This makes them a very essential fruit. Cloudberries have a lot of magnesium, which is very important for bone health because it helps the body take in more calcium. This can help keep the bones strong and healthy and stop osteoporosis.

How will it help my skin? Arctic Cloudberries contain Omega 3 and 6 essential fatty acids, which are crucial for healthy, soft skin. They're packed with vitamins C, E and A, which act as antioxidants to neutralise toxins and protect skin cells from breaking down, reducing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.

English common names include cloudberry, Nordic berry, bakeapple (in Newfoundland and Labrador), knotberry and knoutberry (in England), aqpik or low-bush salmonberry (in Alaska – not to be confused with salmonberry, Rubus spectabilis), and averin or evron (in Scotland).

Rubus chamaemorus (cloudberry) is an arctic and boreal species that is typical of circumpolar bog habitats in North America, Europe, and Asia. The southern limit of its range in North America is ill defined and is represented by local and discontinuous populations in northern New England and northeastern Minnesota.

Are cloudberries expensive? ›

Prices are high because they are hard to get. They are only found in the wild and you will have to walk deep into the homeland of the mosquitoes to find them.

Frosted Lemonade blended with flavors of cloudberry and cherry blossom. Also available with combinations of Chick-fil-A® Diet Lemonade or Unsweetened Iced Tea. Available in select restaurants for a limited time.

Extra thick single cream:

This has the same fat content as single cream (18%) but it has been hom*ogenised to produce a thick spoonable consistency similar to double: it cannot be whipped.

You're not chilling your cream. Using room temperature cream is the cardinal sin of whipped creamery and the number one reason for whipped cream not thickening. If it reaches above 10°C, the fat inside the cream will not emulsify, meaning it can't hold the air particles which allow it to maintain fluffy peaks.

Keep in the coldest part of your refrigerator for 5 to 7 days. If it becomes too soft, simply whip it again with a little extra powdered sugar or cold cream. You can also freeze homemade whipped topping for up to 2 months! Thaw slowly in the refrigerator and re-whip as needed.

Rare May Always be Rare

Cloudberries will never flood the market, no matter how much they are loved. A single female plant may take seven years to mature enough to produce flowers. They also need male plants to pollinate. One reason why the cloudberries of the UK are so rare is that most of the vines are male.

There are also chemicals in cloudberries that kill bacteria and viruses. This makes them a very essential fruit. Cloudberries have a lot of magnesium, which is very important for bone health because it helps the body take in more calcium. This can help keep the bones strong and healthy and stop osteoporosis.

The cloudberry is similar in taste to the blackberry and is orange-yellow in color. This unusual berry gives off a musky odor. Eaten raw, the seeds tend to make the cloudberry rather chewy. The complex bitter-sweet taste of this berry variety is a sharp contrast to the cloying sweetness of some tropical fruits.