Ostkaka with Var sa god plate, which means Help yourself in Swedish. When my 4 paternal grandparents sailed independently from Tuna in southern Sweden to Essex, a small farming community in southwestern Iowa, during our Civil War, they brought along a taste for Swedish rye bread and ostkaka. These homemade foods remain favorites of my siblings and myself today, though unfortunately we no longer eat them on a regular basis.
Suzanne Boyd
Aluminum pan of ostkaka, bond ost (Swedish cheese that tastes like rich cheddar), and traditional lingonberry jelly. Ostkaka, translated as cheesecake, is made differently than its U.S. cousin we are used to eating today. For one thing the recipe calls for you to first make your own cheese for it. Then you add cream, sugar and eggs and bake it like a custard. Ostkaka is served with a topping of tart fruit flavored sauce called kram. The result is a subtly sweet, creamy but dense dessert with a chewy texture. The tartness of the tablespoon or