We have a lot of day-after holidays in Sweden, but the second day of New Year is not one. That didn’t stop us from having a festive dinner yesterday evening. We don’t eat much meat at all, so sautéed reindeer is a real treat. Renskav, as it is called here, is a traditional dish from the north and is highly recommended by Börje Salming.
What you need:
– shaved reindeer meat
– onions
– fresh or rehydrated chanterelles
– lingonberries
– oil
– soy sauce
– cream
– salt and pepper
– iron pot
Do this:
– sauté sliced onions in oil
– add and sauté reindeer meat till brown
– add water and let simmer ca 20 min.
– add chanterelles
– let simmer 10 min. more
– add lingonberries
– add salt, pepper, soy sauce and cream
– simmer about 5 min. until done
Serve with mashed potatos, salad, pickles and lingonberry sauce (rårörda lingon). Beer, hardtack and butter are also necessary accessories. Traditionally we have cucumber pickles, but yesterday it was lactic pickled carrots on the plate.
You can also substitute another natural meat such as venison or moose for the reindeer meat. It must be thinly sliced for the full effect.
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This could be a very interesting meal to prepare during holiday times when people crave all things northern. What do you think about substituting Florida deer (venison) meat in this recipe?
Florida deer would be great I’m sure. And you could use cranberries instead of lingon if you don’t live near an IKEA.
Hey another great substitution, thanks!
My daughter goes to college up in Orlando (land of a thousand theme parks and international tourists ;)) so there IS an IKEAnear there she pops into fairly regularly.. If she can’t find the lingon, I’ll def put cranberries to use.
IKEA is good sometimes. You can find lingonberries all over the world now. They should start carrying reindeer meat too.
I forgot to mention earlier that for those living in Alaska or Canada, caribou is the same as reindeer.