Typical Danish Food for Culinary Adventurers

Typical Danish food is very interesting and also has many similarities with the food of neighboring countries. That’s because this country has the same ancestors as Sweden, Norway and Iceland.

Traditional Danish food revolves around meat and fish dishes with potatoes and sauce, for example stegt flæsk med persillesovs and herring. If in Indonesia there are meatballs, there are also foods that are similar to meatballs. Curious? Come on, take a look at the following review of typical Danish food!

Tarteletter

It seems hard to resist a puff-pastry tart shell with a savory filling like tarteletter which is a typical Danish food. There is a special dish tarteletter called “tarteletter med høns I asparagus”. This puff-pastry tart shell is filled with chicken and asparagus plus a simple white sauce made from butter, flour and milk.

In the past tarteletter was a common food. But now this dish has become something rare. Tarteletter is more often seen on lunch menus on special occasions. There is at least one restaurant in Copenhagen that usually offers this menu, namely the Told Og Snaps restaurant. Here the tart is covered in sheets of fried chicken skin for an added delicious effect.

Frikadeller

It seems like every country has their own version of meatballs. These meat balls can be made from beef or fish. Typical Danish food also has meat balls made from pork. However, sometimes, their meat balls are made from a mixture of beef and pork.

Making a frikadeller is quite easy. The ingredients consist of basic spices in the form of shallots, nutmeg, sage, garlic and a little salt and pepper. Different from meat balls in general, Danish meat balls are fried and have a flat, not round shape.

Usually this traditional Danish dish is eaten with accompaniments such as boiled potatoes, pickles or red cabbage. Depending on the time of day, food portions will vary. For example, lunch portions will be smaller than dinner portions. Frikadeller is usually topped with parsley sauce. This sauce will add additional flavor to the meat.

Flæskesteg

Around 28 million pigs are produced on pig farms every year in Denmark, so as you might expect, pork is an important ingredient in Danish cuisine. Locals use it in various forms and recipes. One of the most beloved foods is flæskesteg (which means roast pork). It is considered one of the most typical national dishes.

The salty crunchy skin and the tang of dried bay leaves are what make this dish special. Every Christmas dinner has a flæskesteg plate while you can also find it at the city’s Christmas market stalls, where it is served in sandwiches filled with vegetables and mayonnaise or remoulade.

Leverpostej

Leverpostej translates to ‘liver pate’ and this is one of the favorite smørrebrød spreads for non-vegetarian Danes. It is a mixture of pork liver, onions, butter, eggs, milk and spices and can be served warm or cold. Since this is a typical Christmas recipe, a bowl of leverpostej is never missing from a festive dinner.

In the 19th century, only rich people could taste this topping on sandwiches because they were very expensive. However, nowadays it is served in every restaurant and supermarket around the city at quite cheap prices, even much cheaper than the food in Gran Canaria and the Beach of La Concha, follow us for more.