Now we are approaching the brightest time of the year and warm summer evenings, the scent of lilacs and the year's first dip in the sea is just around the corner. This also means it's time to start planning for the summer's most delightful holiday, namely Midsummer! Perhaps you are the one organizing this year's event? It can feel quite overwhelming to tackle all the planning for the Midsummer celebration, but don't worry! Whether you celebrate with family, friends, or the whole extended family, we have the tips to ensure that your Midsummer party becomes an unforgettable event that lasts well into the bright summer night.
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Set the table for Midsummer
Midsummer is a holiday that largely revolves around enjoying good food and spending quality time with loved ones. Therefore, it can be a good idea to prepare a beautiful table setting that makes it a pleasure to spend a long time at the table! It doesn't have to be difficult to create a really nice midsummer table setting - with just a few small details, you can enhance the entire table! Flowers, napkin rings, and beautiful cutlery make the table setting both beautiful and inspiring. At Dorre you will find elegant cutlery set, stylish flower vases, fina napkin rings and flexible drink coolers like everyone looks very nice on the midsummer table. Are you perhaps in the mood for something completely new this year? Why not ditch the regular tables and chairs to try a picnic-like setting that looks great in pictures?
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Recipe for delicious Midsummer food
When it comes to flavorful meals, Midsummer is an excellent opportunity to serve both classic and new recipes. Whether you are considering offering a truly decadent strawberry cake or if you want to serve a classic Västerbotten pie, we have gathered our very best and summery recipes for you below!
Tips for a summery potato salad for the Midsummer celebration
A delicious potato salad with radishes is a true staple at Midsummer celebrations, National Day celebrations, and other summer parties. Making a tasty potato salad is as easy as it is delicious. Here you will find our very best recipe!
Psst. Summer salads like the one below are best served in our fine s salad bowl "Glitter"!
You need:
800 g new potatoes
1 bunch of dill
1 bunch of radishes
2 teaspoons dried tarragon
1 red onion
Dressing
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
Salt
Pepper
2 teaspoons of honey
Drizzle over half a dl of rapeseed oil/olive oil
Så gör du:
- Chop the potato, red onion, and radishes.
- Add dill and dried tarragon
- Start mixing the dressing; add Dijon mustard, salt, pepper, honey, and olive oil/canola oil in a bowl
- Pour on the dressing and mix well.
Are you looking for more delicious dishes with potatoes? Don't miss our article with 3 quick and easy potato recipes!
Recipe for classic Västerbotten pie
This is what you need (8 servings):
Pie dough
2 dl wheat flour
1 dl Graham flour
125 g butter
1 egg
Filling
3 eggs
2 ½ dl medium cream (27%)
1 dl milk
300 g Västerbotten cheese
1 tsp salt
1 tsp black pepper
Gathering
A click of sour cream
Vendace roe
Chopped chives / dill
Så gör du:
- Preheat the oven to 200°C
- Start preparing the pie crust by mixing flour and butter in a bowl. Add the egg and continue to mix into a dough.
- When the dough is fully mixed, it should be pressed into a pie dish, preferably one with a diameter of about 25 cm to yield 8 portions.
- Place the pie in the fridge and let it rest for 8 minutes.
- Time to pre-bake the pie in the oven! Make sure to prick the bottom of the pie with a fork before placing it in the oven.
- Pre-bake in the middle of the oven for 10-15 minutes.
- Start mixing the filling. Whisk together eggs, cream, and milk, grate the cheese and add it along with black pepper and salt.
- Pour the filling into the pie crust and bake the pie in the middle of the oven for 30 minutes until the pie has a nice color.
How to bake the tastiest midsummer cake!
Is there any better dessert in the summer than a really good cream cake garnished with strawberries and fresh berries? Below you will find a recipe for a really delicious midsummer cake that delights both adults and children.
This is what you need (Swedish cake with strawberries):
3 eggs
3 dl sugar
3 dl wheat flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 dl boiling water
For the filling:
100 g butter
1 dl milk
1 tbsp vanilla sugar
Topping:
Cream
Strawberries
Lemon balm/mint
(For classic recipe, replace the topping with powdered sugar)
Gör såhär:
- Set the oven to 180 degrees.
- Whisk eggs and sugar until fluffy in a bowl. Mix flour and baking powder and stir into the batter along with boiling water. Mix until smooth.
- Pour the batter into a greased and floured mold.
- Bake the cake at the bottom of the oven for about 33 minutes. Remove and let cool.
- Melt the butter in a saucepan. Remove from the heat and mix in the milk and vanilla sugar. Cut the cake in half.
- Pour the butter filling between the cake layers on both sides and put them back together.
Spread cream, add strawberries and top with lemon balm or mint.
Simple snacks for the Midsummer party
Something that is a success for both lunch, dinner, and snacks is some nice small dishes. Canapés and bites with summery elements are almost a must at the midsummer celebration. Below we have gathered a lovely recipe for bites in a glass that is both simple and delicious. Mix and match the accessories just how you want! Set out the bowls and let the guests enjoy some tasty snacks during the mingling, dinner, or party. No matter which bites you choose to incorporate into your event, they are best served in our Glenda dessert bowls.
Glass picking - what you need:
Optional crispbread/cracker
Optional cheese (we chose brie)
Oliver
Prosciutto
Strawberries
Pistachios
Do you want tips on more simple and summery snacks? Here you will find our article with tips on two simple desserts with strawberries!
Tips for games for the Midsummer celebration:
In addition to offering delightful dance and song, Midsummer is also a holiday filled with fun games. Whether you are going to challenge the guests to a big pentathlon or if you want to entertain the younger guests of the party with a fun activity, we have the tips for you. Don't forget to motivate the participants a little extra with a festive prize!
Organize a breathtaking pentathlon:
The pentathlon is the perfect activity for the midsummer celebration with family and friends. By choosing five exciting competition events, you give the participants a chance to showcase their unique abilities and strengths.
Tips on fun games to include in the five-a-side competition:
- Dart throwing: A very simple game that can be done with what you have available at home. Take out an old tennis ball and some buckets from the storage and play some target throwing! Another good tip is to set up old metal cans and try to hit them with either a sandbag or a small ball. If you have a dartboard, this can also be an excellent option.
- Tug of war: Get a sturdy rope and tie a flag in the middle. Gather the team members and let two teams challenge each other by trying to pull the rope to their side.
- Sack jumping: A really classic game that many have tried! Sack racing is both challenging and fun. All you need is a bunch of garbage bags that the participant then steps into and jumps a certain distance with.
- Balance eggs on a spoon: Another traditional and challenging event involves balancing an egg on a spoon. Here, the participant needs to hold the spoon with the egg in their mouth and quickly make their way around a distance. Let two participants from each team compete against each other. The team that returns the fastest without dropping the egg is crowned the winner.
- "Flip the cup": A really festive game that can be played with or without alcohol. Fill a plastic cup with any drink and let a participant from the team drink the contents of the cup and then try to flip the cup from the edge of the table so that it lands upside down on the table. Once this is done, the turn goes to the next team member who will do exactly the same thing.
- Irish Christmas Eve: This dizzy favorite offers both you and your guests a really good laugh. Just make sure to be careful so that there is nothing nearby that the participants can bump into. The game involves one participant from each team running up to a stick and, with their head bent down, spinning 10 times around it before running back to their team.
- Music quiz: A really popular competition event that never goes out of style is a classic music quiz. Mix old favorites with new songs and let the guests guess the title, year, and artist. If you don't feel like compiling your own quiz, it's just as good to search for ready-made playlists.
Exciting activities for children and youth at Midsummer:
- Close your eyes and taste: A fun branch that the younger participants of the party can appreciate is to close their eyes and taste different things. All that is needed is a blindfold and bowls/plates for the participants to taste from. If you want to make a different version of the game, it works just as well to let the participants feel different things and guess what they are.
- Kubb relay: A really fun game that engages both older and younger participants is a classic kubb relay race. The game involves dividing the participants into two teams that line up behind a starting line. In front of each team, a short distance from the starting line, a row of five kubbs is set up. The kubbs should be placed a few meters apart from each other, facing the teams. At the far end from the teams, the king is placed. Each team then receives a throwing stick that the first participant in line will throw in an attempt to hit the nearest kubb. The one who threw must then retrieve the stick and hand it to the person who is second in line and then stand at the back of the line. If they manage to hit the kubb so that it falls over, the team can move forward to the spot where the kubb stood and attempt to knock over the next one, and so on until all the kubbs are down. The team that knocks over the king has won.
- The pen in the bottle: A really fun game that can be played both individually and in teams. The game is performed by having each participant tie a pen to one end of a string so that the pen points downwards. Then, the string is tied around their waist so that the pen hangs a bit below the buttocks. All participants then line up behind a starting line. A bottle is placed a bit in front of the starting line for each participant. At the given starting signal, the goal is to run up to the bottle and try to dip the pen into the bottle. The hands must be kept behind the back throughout the competition. The first one to successfully dip their pen into the bottle wins the game.
We at Dorre wish you a wonderful midsummer filled with laughter, good food, and lovely games in good company!