Typically Norwegian deserts are those that are made with the ingredients that have been available in Norway for centuries – berries, apples, and in some parts of the country, cherries. Due to the cold climate in the north of Europe, the fruits and berries in Norway mature more slowly, and this makes their taste all the more pronounced. The taste also goes well with different kinds of pastry or cakes, as well as different kinds of creams.

• Tilsorte bondepiker

Tilsørte bonderpiker, which is Norwegian for veiled peasant girls, is as traditional as a Norwegian desert can possibly be. It is usually made in a transparent container, like a drinking glass or a glass bowl. The ingredients used for this delicious desert are apples, which are mashed and form the bottom layer of the desert. They are followed by a layer of whipped cream, then a layer of breadcrumbs, than another layer of cream and possibly some breadcrumbs on the top. Modern variants of the desert, like Ørjans bondepiker, usually add some other ingredients, like a vanilla and caramel dressing.

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• Plommegrateng

Plommegrateng is a fruit cake, in this case with plums, but it can be made with pretty much any type of fruit. It is made with a very light dough, which gives it a spongy, airy texture when it’s baked. Very easy to make, and even easier to eat, plommegrateng is a perfect ramekin.

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• Lun epleterte

There’s more than one way to make a good apple tart, or epleterte as they call in Norway. What is basically a pastry is made greater by adding some whipped cream on top of it, and adding some apricot jam in the ingredients doesn’t hurt, either. Epleterte can be eater either as a desert after a good lunch, or on the go, although in that case, it would be wise to take it easy with the whipped cream, as things can easily get messy.

• Granola med kirsebærkompott

This desert uses the same layering idea that’s behind the peasant girls from the first entry on this list, but the ingredients are not the same, and neither is the taste. In granola med kirsebærkompott, the two main ingredients, beside of course the whipped cream, are granola and cherry compote. People who go to Norway cannot possibly avoid eating granola because this is a very popular ingredient of many things sweet, so it’s better to just embrace it, especially if it comes in this particular desert.

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• Bringebærsaus

Can a sauce be a desert on its own? Bringebærsaus, or raspberry sauce, can probably be eaten on its own. But the whole point of it is that it’s much better in lending its great taste to the deserts that don’t have it, like for instance vanilla ice-cream. Of course, it can be used in many other deserts, and it often is because they like their berries in Norway. And so would anyone who goes there, so a chance to add some raspberry sauce to a desert should never be skipped.