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Swedish Potatoes with Dill Cream Sauce

April 17, 2018 By Neriz Leave a Comment

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A potato side dish with a go-to dill sauce! Potatoes with Dill Cream Sauce has always been a Swedish favorite – perfect with fish or grilled meat!

An overhead shot of Swedish Potatoes with Dill Cream Sauce. For this particular image, new potatoes were used, and the skin of the potatoes were left on them. The dill cream sauce can be used with grilled salmon or other grilled meat as well.

I did not like this potato side dish the first time I saw it.  Coming from Asia, I had no idea what a dill is – and to be honest, my first impression was it looked like one of those ‘sprouting baby grass’ that we took out from the back of our house in Manila. 🙂

Admittedly, after living in Stockholm for more than 10 years, I have grown to love it and most especially, this creamy dill potatoes dish.

HOW TO MAKE SWEDISH POTATOES WITH DILL CREAM SAUCE

First part of a collage of images showing the step by step process on how to make Swedish Potatoes with Dill Cream Sauce, otherwise referred to as creamy dill potatoes. The dill sauce is made creamy by using béchamel sauce as the base, and just adding cream and dill on it, as shown in the images.

I CAN’T FIND NEW POTATOES; CAN I USE OTHER TYPES FOR THIS SWEDISH DILL POTATOES RECIPE?

Yes, you can use any type of potato.  Personally, I only use new potatoes when they’re in season.

The rest of the year, I just use the regular, waxy types, not the floury (or starchy) ones that you use for making gnocchi or mashed potato. 

The waxy ones tend to stay firmer, even after returning it to the heat to remove extra moisture.

HOW DO I PREPARE DILL CREAM SAUCE THAT’S PERFECT FOR THESE SWEDISH POTATOES?

I have seen various ways of preparing it, specifically, the type of cream varies – some use sour cream, some prefer yogurt and then some prefer crème fraiche.

For this particular dill sauce though, just think béchamel sauce.  The only difference is you add double cream, before pouring the milk.  A lot of whisking and mixing involved – to eliminate lumps and to get a smooth texture, and then you add the chopped dill as the last step on this dish.

If you have not done this before, do not be overwhelmed. It’s actually quite easy.

Second part of a collage of images showing the step by step process on how to make Swedish Potatoes with Dill Cream Sauce. The dill sauce was poured directly to the Swedish potatoes and mixed until each piece of potato was coated; resulting in what is also known as creamy dill potatoes.

HELPFUL TIPS ON MAKING THESE CREAMY DILL POTATOES –

  • Regardless of the type of potatoes you use, make sure that they are not TOO soft when you boil them. You need to consider that you are putting them back in the heat to remove more moisture.
  • Chop the potatoes into (almost) identical sizes. This helps to cook them at the same time – and you don’t end up with mushier ones (the smaller bits).
  • If you are not too keen on the flavor of dill, use less than what’s indicated in this recipe.The sauce per se is already great with the potatoes, the dill just kicks it up a notch.

A closer look at Swedish Potatoes with Dill Cream Sauce. The image highlights the texture of the Swedish potatoes, with the skin on, and the smoothness of the dill sauce. It also shows the uneven way the dill was chopped, complementing the creaminess of the sauce.

WHAT DO I SERVE WITH SWEDISH DILL POTATOES?

Salmon.  (Of course, right?!) That’s normally what they serve Potatoes with Dill Cream Sauce with – and that’s not just in Sweden.  You cannot escape it in Copenhagen or Oslo either. 🙂

Take my word for it though, it’s also great with grilled meat!

FOR OTHER SIDE DISH RECIPES, CHECK OUT MY OTHER POSTS

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VIDEO ON HOW TO MAKE SWEDISH POTATOES WITH DILL CREAM SAUCE

 

An overhead shot of Swedish Potatoes with Dill Cream Sauce. For this particular image, new potatoes were used, and the skin of the potatoes were left on them. The dill cream sauce can be used with grilled salmon or other grilled meat as well.
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Swedish Potatoes with Dill Cream Sauce
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Total Time
45 mins
 

A potato side dish with a go-to dill sauce! Swedish Potatoes with Dill Cream Sauce is perfect for fish or grilled meat — all year round! (VIDEO ABOVE)

Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Swedish
Keyword: dill recipes, potato recipes, vegetable side dish
Servings: 4
Calories: 228 kcal
Author: Neriz
Ingredients
  • 3/4 kg potatoes, (new or regular potatoes)
  • 1 tbsp butter, unsalted
  • 1 tbsp flour, (heaping tbsp)
  • 1/3 cup double cream
  • 1/3 cup milk
  • 1 bunch fresh dill leaves, chopped roughly
  • salt and pepper, for seasoning
  • dash of nutmeg (optional)
Instructions
  1. In a medium to large pot, boil potatoes until tender. After removing the water, place the pot back to the heat for 2 to 3 minutes to remove additional moisture from the cooked potatoes. Set aside.
  2. In a small saucepan, melt butter. Add flour. Mix until flour has turned into a soft paste.
  3. Add cream. Whisk to avoid getting clumps.
  4. Slowly add milk, continue whisking. Simmer for around 5 minutes. 
  5. Season with salt and pepper. Add nutmeg, if desired. 
  6. Cream mixture would be slightly thicker now. Mix with spatula or wooden spoon, scraping the sides of the pan and making sure that there are no lumps in the cream.
  7. Pour cream mixture to cooked potatoes. Mix.
  8. Add chopped dill. Mix to combine properly. (Try to coat each potato with cream and dill.)
  9. Serve.

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