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Poronkäristys
Shaved reindeer fried in butter and braised in beer, with mash and lingonberry.
Ingredients
ServingsOriginal: Serves 4
- Reindeer meat, frozen, shaved700 g
- Butter80 g
- Dark beer250 ml
- Water200 ml
- Onion1
- Potatoes1 kg
- Milk200 ml
- Lingonberries, crushed with sugar200 g
- Pickled cucumbers, to serve150 g
- Salt and pepperto taste
Quantities are auto-calculated from the original recipe as a guide. Items without numbers (e.g. “to taste”) are not changed.
Method 7 steps
Take the reindeer from the freezer and shave it into thin curls with a sharp knife.
Melt the butter in a cast-iron pan and heat it until it just smokes.
Add the frozen shavings and fry them hard until all the water has gone.
Add the chopped onion and fry five minutes more, to a good colour.
Add the beer and water, season, and stew covered for half an hour.
Boil the potatoes and mash them with hot milk to a smooth purée.
Serve the meat on the mash with a spoon of lingonberry and pickled cucumbers.
