Pinnekjøtt

[rlibkind]

Anyone know where in the U.S. (I'm in Philadelphia, but willing to mail order, etc.) I can find pinnekjøtt, Norwegian salted-cured lamb ribs, a traditional West Norway Christmas food?

[Daniel]

And a recipe.. Sounds great..

Edited December 7, 2005 by Daniel (log)

[rlibkind]

And a recipe.. Sounds great..

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Pretty simple, really. Steam the separated ribs (over birch twigs, preferably) for a couple of hours until the meat loosens from the bones, then quickly grill/broil to brown. Serve with potatoes and/or rutabagas or turnips and, of course, Aquavit to cut through the meat's richness (it's a fatty cut).

[Grub]

Pinnekjøtt is awesome, but what about RIBBE? Pork ribs with loads of fatty meats, and the skin attached, which forms a crispy, crunchy snack-like thing? I would love to know how to order that in a butcher's shop... I've cooked loads of traditional American BBQ/Smoked ribs, and some utterly awesome Chinese braised ribs, but I've never dared to approach the Norwegian Christmas meal of RIBBE. Not to hijack the thread (if a moderator sees this, please feel free to separate this post into a new thread -- but I figured that possibly, there wouldn't be that many posts in a Norwegian Christmas food thread, heheh).

So, could anyone tell me how to order this from a butcher? I'm pretty sure I couldn't get such an order from a regular supermarket.

[ulterior epicure]

You all are making me hungry! Pinnekjøtt are fabulous! But finding a purveyor state-side is difficult...

U.E.

[rooftop1000]

I dont know how much help you can get here but....

http://scanfest.org/CF-food.cfm?vt=foo

tracey

[rlibkind]

I dont know how much help you can get here but....

http://scanfest.org/CF-food.cfm?vt=foo

tracey

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Thanks!

[ned]

There's a place in Brooklyn that sells Pinnekjøtt. Don't know the name of the store. I think they salt it themselves. It's lamb belly and breast. The Norwegian Seaman's church in NYC probably could point you in the right direction. Think they have to be ordered. As far as the ribbe, it's pork belly. A Chinese butcher is the best place to look for that.

There's one other meat item that Norwegians favor at Christmas time: Fenelar. It's dry-cured leg of lamb. Similar process to prosciutto. Salty and delicious. I smuggled one back from Norway a couple of years ago. Haven't had the pleasure of fenelar since.

None of this can be truly enjoyed without good Norwegian Christmas beer and some freezing cold aquavit.

[ned]

There's a place in Brooklyn that sells Pinnekjøtt.  Don't know the name of the store.

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It's called Nordic Deli and it's in Bay Ridge. I know this because a Norwegian friend made some Pinnekjøtt for me last night--yowza!--along with mashed kolrabi and small boiled red potatoes. Had to drink swedish aquavit as that was all I had and subbed Kronenborg for what would have been much more delicious Christianson Christmas ale.

[Christopher Haatuft]

Ya`ll wormin my southern-norwegian heart!

But after a strenous couple of weeks of Julebord (groups of people going out to celebrate Christmas together while eating all the above-mentioned) Ill rather have a slice of pizza ;P