Flæskesteg (Danish Roast Pork)
If you ask anyone in our house, Danish Christmas dinner is the best meal of the year. We have grown up eating it for every single Christmas, yet somehow we never get tired of it.
If you ask anyone in our house, Danish Christmas dinner is the best meal of the year. We have grown up eating it for every single Christmas, yet somehow we never get tired of it.
Cabbage is a great vegetable and if you don’t like it, then it’s time to grow up! I’m joking, of course. You can choose not to eat or to eat whatever you want, but we are here to say that we love cabbage.
As we get further and further into December, I can feel the anticipation in the air. I am impatient for Christmas to come, as it is my favorite holiday, but it’s important to savor it.
Today is the day – December 1st. And you know what that means…Christmas! It is now officially the season of Christmas, and in Scandinavia, we take this very seriously.
It is getting chillier and darker by the day and you know what that means – time for soup! I feel like so many people don’t like soup, but how? It’s so delicious.
It’s about time we wrote out a recipe for Denmark’s national dish – smørrebrød, aka open-faced sandwiches! We grew up eating simplified versions of the sandwiches in this recipe for lunch, and fancier versions for family events around Christmas or Easter.
Somehow we have already reached the month of autumn turning into winter, even though I swear it was August yesterday! Halloween is over, which means it’s time to start thinking about…Christmas!
As the weather gets colder, we start to crave comfort food. And comfort food for us means something hearty and filling, with a nice balance of protein, vegetables, and carbs.
In Denmark, much like in the rest of Northern Europe, we love pickling things. Pickling is not only a great method of preserving vegetables, but pickled veggies turn out so delicious and add a very unique flavor to whatever dishes you choose to add them to!