Danish Braised Cabbage (Rødkål)
Rødkål is a dish of Danish braised red cabbage. Ingredients ¼ cup butter 5 lbs (about 2.25 kg) red cabbage, finely cut ½ cup vinegar ½ cup sugar 1 tbsp salt Procedure Brown butter lightly. Add cabbage and stir well.…
Cuisines Danish
Rye Bread
Rye bread (Danish: rugbrød) is a type of bread common to Northern Europe in many varieties, but almost unknown in the south. This version is a typical Danish example. In Denmark, most people eat this type of bread on a…
Carrot Jam
As carrots are fairly sweet, they can often be used in sweet dishes with good results. One such recipe is carrot jam; this is a simple version from Denmark. Ingredients 1 kg carrots, peeled and finely grated ¼ liter water…
Rye Bread Layer Cake
Rugbrødslagkage (Danish for “rye bread layered cake”) is a cake with whipped cream and layers of grated rye bread. Layered cakes of this type are eaten at birthday parties in Denmark, but this recipe with rye bread is quite rare.…
Frikadeller (Danish Meatballs)
Frikadeller are as Danish as the Dannebrog. This is standard Danish fare, made of ground pork and veal and traditionally served with boiled potatoes, gravy and rødkål (braised red cabbage). Originally, this dish was made so that the meat would…
Æbleskiver (Danish Spherical Pancakes)
Æbleskiver or ebleskiver (literally “apple slices”) are traditional Danish cakes, somewhat similar in texture to American pancakes. Æbleskiver are cooked in a special æbleskive pan, a cast-iron pan with several hemispherical indentations in the bottom of the pan. Ingredients 2…
Beer and Rye Bread Porridge (Øllebrød)
Øllebrød (Danish for Beer Bread) is a Danish bread porridge, easily made from (dry) rye bread using this very simple recipe. Together with salmon (and other fish), pork, rye bread, beer and potatoes, øllebrød was an important nutritional element of…