Cookbook:Cloudberry

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Cloudberry
CategoryFruits

Cookbook | Recipes | Ingredients | Fruit

The cloudberry, also known as nordic berry, bakeapple, knotberry, aqpik, and averin/evron, is a fruit native to cool temperate, alpine, and arctic regions. It is amber-colored, soft, juicy, tart, and high in vitamin C.

Uses[edit | edit source]

Cloudberries are often made into jams, juices, tarts, and liqueurs.

Scandinavia[edit | edit source]

In Finland, the berries are eaten with leipäjuusto, cream, and sugar. In Sweden, they are commonly used as a topping. In Norway, they are often mixed with whipped cream and sugar, or used to make ice cream.

America[edit | edit source]

In Canada, cloudberries are used in pies and jams. Yup'ik peoples mix them with fat to make akutaq.