Learn Swedish: Fyllningen är smakrik och ganska stark. - The filling is flavorful and quite spicy.

In Swedish, when talking about food, stark is the standard word used to mean "spicy" or "hot" from chilies. While kryddig also translates to "spicy", it specifically refers to something having a lot of spices (like cinnamon, cumin, or cloves) and doesn't necessarily mean it is hot.

How would I add "a kind of" to this sentence using the current lesson's grammar?

To say "The filling is a kind of spicy filling", you would say Fyllningen är en sorts stark fyllning. You could also use ett slags stark fyllning. Remember that even when you use the ett-word slags, the adjective stark still takes its en-word form because it agrees with the actual noun being described, which is fyllning.

How does the adjective smakrik break down?

It is a very common type of compound adjective made from the noun smak (taste or flavor) and the adjective rik (rich). You will encounter this pattern frequently at the B2 level to express that something is full of a certain quality, such as in färgrik (colorful) or fantasirik (imaginative).

Does ganska mean exactly the same thing as the English word "quite"?