Danish Cold Buttermilk Soup (Koldskål)

Old-fashioned and traditional recipe for Danish Koldskaal (Cold Bowl). This recipe is based on a few and simple ingredients just like it was made in the old days. Perfect for a hot sommer

Recipe by NordicFoodLiving.com on June 1, 2019

Prep time: PT15M

Total time: PT15M

Rating

4.48 stars (19 reviews)

Keywords

Nordic food

Ingredients

4 egg yolks
1 liter plain yogurt (~3.5% fat)
1 liter buttermilk
2 tbsp cane sugar
1 vanilla bean
1 tbsp sugar ((mixed with the vanilla bean))
1 tbsp lemon juice

Cuisine

Danish

Steps

Use a hand mixer to whisk the egg yolks and sugar into a light and fluffy mixture.
Scrape out the vanilla seeds from the vanilla bean. We have made a simple step-by-step guide how to do this. Mix the vanilla seeds with one tablespoon of sugar.
Whisk the vanilla seed together with the egg yolks.
Whisk the yogurt with the egg yolks. Add the yogurt in 3-4 steps and whisk well in between each step.
Finally add the buttermilk and mix it well together. Flavor with lemon juice.
Keep the buttermilk soup/Koldskål in the fridge. You can leave the empty vanilla beans in the bowl - it still has much great flavor.

Reviews

Dawnzie on 2021-06-01 (5 stars):
This is the best recipe! My husband was fondly describing this dish to me and saying how much he missed it, so I decided to surprise him. He loved it!
Amber on 2020-12-04 (5 stars):
I just made this, 1/4 the size and loved it. I only had strawberry greek yogurt but followed otherwise. It reminds me of kefir. I am half Assyrian and grew up on duvie - yogurt, cucumber, mint or dill, salt and blended with water over ice. Totally refreshing in the summer and easy on the tummy.
Pam on 2019-08-08 (5 stars):
This is delicious! We just went to Denmark and I had something like this at a restaurant-I think it had egg whites added? This is amazing!