Akutaq
Akutaq is a food in western Alaska and northern Canada. It is a Yup'ik word, meaning something mixed.[1] Other names include agutak (Inuktitut: ᐊᑯᑕᖅ), Eskimo ice cream, Indian ice cream, Native ice cream or Alaskan ice cream. Traditionally it was made with whipped fat mixed with berries like cranberries, salmonberries, crowberries, cloudberries (also known as salmonberry in Alaska), and blueberries, fish, tundra greens, or roots with animal oil or fat. It may also include whitefish, caribou tallow, moose tallow, walrus tallow, or seal oil. There is also a kind of akutaq which is called snow akutaq.
 Iced akutaq made from raspberries and blueberries | |
| Alternative names | Eskimo ice cream, Native ice cream, Alaskan ice cream |
|---|---|
| Type | Dessert |
| Place of origin | United States, Canada and Russia |
| Region or state | Alaska, Canadian Arctic, Sakha and Siberia |
| Created by | Eskimo of Alaskan Natives, Yakuts and Native Siberians |
| Serving temperature | Cold |
| Main ingredients | Meat or fish, fat, sweetener, berries |
Recent additions include sugar, milk, and vegetable shortening.
Akutaq made from raspberries, blueberries and vegetable shortening
Tumnaq, a wooden bowl used to make akutaq
References
- "Lesson One: Words". Alaskool. Archived from the original on 6 April 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-10.
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