Norwegian Taco

It consists of a tortilla-like soft flatbread made with barley, meat, and veggies. Doesn’t that sound a lot like a taco?

INGREDIENTS:

Number of servings

Servings: 4-6

List of ingredients

2 lb, 900 gram pork neck, diced

1 lb, 450 gram 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 (tortilla-like) or other soft thin flatbread

4 medium-sized leaves of green kale, sliced

Sour cream to serve

PREPARATION:

Mjukbrød and morr are traditional foods in the regions Lesja and Dovre. It consists of a tortilla-like soft flatbread made with barley, meat, and veggies. Doesn’t that sound a lot like a taco?

• 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.