Pinnekjøtt (literally “stick meat”) or Dried mutton ribs is a traditional Christmas dish in the western parts of Norway. Pinnekjøtt is salted, dried and sometimes smoked lamb’s ribs which are re hydrated, usually 12-24 hours in pure water and then steamed, usually, but not necessarily, over birch branches, and served with potato and mashed rutabaga. Traditionally, beer and aquavit are served with pinnekjøtt, but it has become increasingly popular to drink red wine instead, perhaps since wine is becoming more popular in general.
source: Wiki
Red Wine to the dish:
Château Ferran 2006 NKr.: 197.-.
Zenato Valpolicella Cl. Superiore Ripassa 2006 NKr.: 183.-.
Niepoort Vinhos Batuta Tinto 2005 NKr.: 499.-.
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Tags: Christmas, Mutton, Pinnekjøtt
justapple
December 9th, 2008 at 05:45
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Armen Shirvanian
December 10th, 2008 at 01:20
This reminds me of a large piece of mutton that was purchased by a friend at a seafood/meat market that we were at. He was quite glad to get mutton at that time. The pieces shown here look somewhat similar to Korean barbecue ribs, but these are thicker.
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DCRose
December 10th, 2008 at 03:27
I love lamb in any form, but I have to say I have never had dried mutton. I would love to try it.
Thaks, DCRose
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Julia
December 13th, 2008 at 03:44
Gosh! I miss all these wondrous Norwegian food. I lived in Oslo for sometime so many years ago. Except for my complete set of aquavit glasses and other Norwegian mementos which I still hold on very dearly, maybe I would never have the chance of losing myself into the Norwegian way of living ever again.
I am glad to have stumbled by your blog. Skol!
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Acai Blog
December 18th, 2008 at 13:56
OMG dried mutton, potato and mashed rutabaga and red wine… sounds like licking my finger!!! mutton is my fav… and red wine with that… will be a best dinner with my family
Norman Rockwell Art
July 15th, 2009 at 13:18
I love lamb any way it is served. Pinnekjøtt is just as wonderful as it sounds. I had the pleaseure of being served this dish while visiting Danish friends of the ex way back in 1987. I knew nothing about wine then. I can just imagine how much better it would have been with a nice bottle of Bordeaux. I guess I’ll just have to Google up a recipe.
Thanks for bringing back these mouth-watering memories.
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