About this dish
Dried, salted, and often smoked lamb or mutton ribs, steamed slowly over birch branches.
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Ingredients
🐑1.5kg salted, dried lamb ribs
🥔6 potatoes
🥬1 head kale or swede, mashed
🪵Birch sticks, for the steaming rack
Method
Serves 21
Soak the salted ribs in water for at least a day, changing the water.2
Arrange birch sticks in the bottom of a large pot with water.3
Place the ribs on the sticks so they steam rather than boil.4
Steam for several hours until the meat is tender.5
Serve with mashed swede and boiled potatoes.✓ What Makes it Authentic
Pinnekjøtt is a traditional Norwegian Christmas dish, especially associated with the western coast, traditionally steamed over birch sticks.
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