🇳🇴 NorwayCatalog recipe · Trøndelag
Sour cream cooked down until its butterfat rises and pools golden on top, thinned with milk into a rich porridge dusted with cinnamon sugar.
For 4 servings.
No reviews yet
Cooked this? Be the first to tell everyone how it went.
Sign in to rate and review this recipe.
Sign in to suggest corrections and improvements.
Community posts are opinions, not professional advice. Community guidelines
Videos belong to their creators and play on their platform’s terms — Cibora never re-hosts third-party video.
Buy these ingredients
Links open each store’s own site, where you see their live local prices. Our cost figures in the app are estimates only.
Bring the sour cream to a gentle simmer in a heavy pot, stirring constantly.
Whisk in the flour a spoonful at a time, keeping the mixture simmering and stirring, until the butterfat starts to release and pools on the surface, about 10 minutes.
💡 This separation is the whole trick of rømmegrøt — keep the heat low and don't stop stirring or it will catch.
Spoon off the golden fat that rises and set it aside in a warm cup.
Gradually whisk in the warm milk, a little at a time, until the porridge turns smooth and pourable; simmer 5 minutes more.
Meanwhile, fry the bacon until crisp for serving alongside.
Ladle the porridge into bowls, pool the reserved fat in the center, and dust with cinnamon and sugar.
Serve with the crisp bacon on the side.
Rømmegrøt comes from Norway's dairy farming valleys, where sour cream was abundant and cooking it down to separate its butterfat turned a simple ingredient into a substantial meal. It was traditionally served at celebrations and to new mothers for its richness, paired with cured or smoked meats to balance the porridge's tang.
No suggestions yet. Spotted a wrong quantity, a missing step, or a better technique? Suggest it — accepted changes join the recipe’s version history.
Sign in to join the discussion. Reading is open to everyone.
Nothing here yet — questions about technique, timing, and substitutions all welcome.