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Poronkäristys

Name: Poronkäristys
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Finland
Ingredients: 400g Thinly Sliced Beef; 1 Onion; 40g Butter; 100ml Dark Beer; 1 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper; 4 Potato; 100ml Milk; To taste Lingonberry Jam; To taste Cucumber pickles

Main Dish

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Thin-sliced reindeer sautéed and braised in butter, served with mashed potato and lingonberries — a dish of Lapland.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Poronkäristys is a traditional Lapland dish: frozen reindeer meat is shaved thin, sautéed in butter, and braised in a little water or beer. It spread from the food culture of the Sámi people. It's classically served with mashed potato, lingonberries, and pickles, and it's on the menu at almost every restaurant in northern Finland.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a log-cabin restaurant in snow-covered Lapland, travelers waiting for the northern lights enjoy steaming reindeer and mashed potato.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Thinly Sliced Beef 400g
Onion 1
Butter 40g
Dark Beer 100ml
Salt 1 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch
Potato 4
Milk 100ml
Lingonberry Jam To taste
Cucumber pickles To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cut the beef into thin strips.
Melt butter in a pot and add the meat a little at a time, sautéing until it releases its juices.
Add the chopped onion, then the dark beer and 100ml water.
Cover and simmer on low for 25 minutes, then season with salt and pepper.
Boil and mash the potatoes with milk and a little butter.
Plate the meat and mashed potato and serve with lingonberry jam and pickles.

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