Summer has finally arrived full on here in Northern Finland and the time of foraging has begun! This time in Nordic Foraging we talk about Spruce Tips and all their traditional uses. Also we share a recipe for a cake that tastes like a Nordic forest in springtime, with spruce syrup to moisten the mint sponge cakes, topped with spruce tip sugar and a lemon zest frosting. Mouthwatering, huh? Grab the recipe in this article!
I took the only photo you’ll find in this article in December 2018 when I visited my family who now lives in Portugal. From the moment I took it, I felt very strongly about it and haven’t published it until now.
What you see in the photo are old passport…
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