
Main Dishes
Web Recipe
Norwegian Taco
Prep Time
20 min
Cook Time
2 hours
Servings
4-6
Ingredients
- 2 lb (900g) pork neck, diced
- 1 lb (450g) pork belly, diced
- 1 tbs butter
- 2 onions, coarsely chopped
- 1 tsp cumin, crushed in a mortar
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed in a mortar
- 2 whole allspice, crushed in a mortar
- 2 tbs malt vinegar
- 1 tbs dried mushrooms
- 1 tbs honey
- Salt
- Pepper
- ½ head of fresh cabbage, sliced into thin strips
- 4 tbs finely chopped leek
- Flat-leaf parsley, chopped or grated
- Potato lefse or other soft thin flatbread
- 4 medium-sized leaves of green kale, sliced
- Sour cream to serve
Instructions
- Sear the meat in butter in a frying pan over medium to high heat, preferably in batches to avoid overcooking it.
- Add onions and spices to the meat in the frying pan.
- Reduce the heat to medium and cook all the meat and onion for about two hours. Stir regularly.
- Season with malt vinegar, mushrooms, honey, salt, and pepper.
- Mix cabbage, leek, and parsley in a bowl.
- Arrange the meat on the tortilla or flatbread with salad and sour cream.
- Roll up and serve.
Notes
Mjukbrød and morr are traditional foods from the Lesja and Dovre regions of Norway. It consists of a tortilla-like soft flatbread made with barley, meat, and veggies — essentially a Norwegian taco!