Gáhkku

01 / ABOUT THE DISH

About the dish

Gáhkku is a traditional flatbread originating from the Sámi peoples. In the past, this chewy flatbread was prepared with readily available ingredients such as flour, salt, and milk or water. Nowadays, it's usually enriched with yeast, oil or butter, and light sugar beet syrup (ljus sirap). The dough was rolled with lefse rolling pins, and the flatbread was then baked over embers in a pan or over hot stones. Nowadays, the flatbread is usually prepared in an oven or on top of a stove. Gáhkku is usually accompanied by suovas (salted and smoked reindeer meat), butter, or cheese, but it can also be used to mop up a plate after eating stews or similar dishes.