🇫🇮 Today's Finland Magazine & Finland App News: A Taste of Arctic Nature – Smoked Reindeer Soup 🍲❄️
Wild Food from Finland – Discover the Flavours of the North

Straight from the heart of Lapland, this version of Smoked Reindeer Soup brings together the purity of Arctic ingredients and traditional Finnish cooking. Wild food is a central part of Finnish culinary identity – berries, mushrooms, wild herbs, fish, game, and reindeer are all harvested sustainably from pristine northern nature.

🌲 What makes it special?
This rustic soup features seasonal root vegetables – carrot, parsnip, and celeriac – simmered gently with a hint of bay leaf and black pepper. Creamy melting cheese adds richness, while finely minced smoked reindeer gives the dish its distinct Lapland flavour. It’s finished with a touch of fresh thyme and a few spoonfuls of extra smoked reindeer on top for an unforgettable Arctic finish.

🥄 Key Ingredients Include: This is one recipe

• Smoked reindeer mince

• Carrots, parsnip & celeriac

• Melting cheese & onion

• Rapeseed oil, black pepper, bay leaf

• Fresh thyme for garnish

📍 Wild food is more than just a meal in Finland – it's a way to connect with the land, the seasons, and centuries of Nordic tradition.

✨ Whether you're cooking at home or exploring Lapland’s restaurants, this dish captures the essence of Finnish wilderness on a plate.

👉 Try it, share it, and taste the spirit of the North.

Smoked Reindeer Soup (this is one version of Smoked Reindeer Soup) / Wild Food from
Finland

Wild Food from Finland
Wild food – berries, mushrooms, wild herbs and vegetables as well as
fish, game and reindeer – is derived straight from Arctic Finnish
nature.

Smoked Reindeer Soup
Ingredients:
1 onion
400 g carrots
200 g parsnips
100 g celeriac
2 tbsp rapeseed oil
1 l water
1 meat bouillon cube
1 bay leaf
250 g melting cheese
100 g smoked reindeer mince
¼ tsp black pepper
For serving:
50 g smoked reindeer mince
4 sprigs fresh thyme
Instructions:
Peel and finely chop the onion. Peel and chop 400 grams of carrots, 200 grams of parsnips, and 100 grams of celeriac.
Sauté the onion in oil in a pot. Add the carrots, parsnips, and celeriac. Sauté for another couple of minutes. Add a liter of water, the meat bouillon cube, and the bay leaf. Bring to a boil and simmer for 15 minutes, until the vegetables are tender. Remove the bay leaf.
Add 250 grams of chopped melting cheese and blend the soup. Season with 1/4 teaspoon of black pepper. Heat through. Finally, add 100 grams of smoked reindeer mince.
Divide the soup into bowls and garnish with smoked reindeer mince and fresh thyme.

Tip!

Serve the smoked reindeer soup with fresh bread.