A chilled, tangy Danish summer soup of buttermilk, eggs, vanilla, and lemon, served with crunchy cookie crumbles called kammerjunker.
Ingredients
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1L buttermilk
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2 egg yolks
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3 tbsp sugar
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1 tsp vanilla extract
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Zest and juice of 1 lemon
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200g kammerjunker cookies (or vanilla cookies, crumbled)
Instructions
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1
Whisk egg yolks with sugar until pale and thick.
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2
Add vanilla, lemon zest, and lemon juice. Mix well.
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3
Gradually whisk in buttermilk until smooth and frothy.
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4
Chill in refrigerator for at least 1 hour.
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5
Serve cold in bowls topped with generous handfuls of crumbled kammerjunker cookies.
Did You Know?
Koldskål appears in Danish supermarkets on May 1st each year — its arrival is an unofficial marker that summer has begun.