Swedish Pork Roast Food

SWEDISH POT ROAST

Steps:

• Combine cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, salt and pepper. Rub into all sides of roast. Heat Dutch oven or pressure cooker/InstantPot pot (if using one of these), pour in the cooking oil and brown the roast on all sides.
• To the pot, add sliced onions, garlic and brown sugar dissolved in the vinegar or wine, water and bay leaves.
• If using Dutch Oven: place lid over Dutch Oven, and roast in 250F oven for 6-6 1/2 hours until meat literally falls apart when you lift it from the Dutch Oven.
• If using Pressure Cooker or Instant Pot: Close and lock Pressure Cooker. Heat until Pressure Regulator begins rocking slowly. After 40 minutes of rocking, turn off heat and let pressure drop of its own accord. For Instant Pot, set at High Pressure for 45 minutes. After cooking, let pressure drop naturally before opening and serving.
• If using Crock Pot, Cook roast and all ingredients on High for 3-4 hours or Low for 8-9 hours.
• Serve roast with roasted potatoes and carrots, along with sauce from the meat.

SWEDISH POT ROAST

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a skillet over medium heat.
• While the butter is melting, mix together the parsley, pepper, nutmeg, onion powder and salt in a small bowl.
• Rub the spice mix on all sides of the roast.
• Once the skillet is hot, sear the roast, browning it lightly on all sides. (Set aside the skillet to prepare the gravy later.)
• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees.
• Place the roast in a 2 1/2 quart dutch oven and cover it. Bake the roast for 3 hours.
• Heat the skillet to medium heat that you browned the roast in. Add two tablespoons of the juices from the roast.
• Add in the flour, beef bouillon, and pepper, then mix well.
• Add 1/2 cup of milk and whisk until smooth.
• Add another 1/2 cup of milk and whisk until smooth. Then add the remaining milk and whisk until smooth.
• Heat until the milk gravy is at a low boil, whisking constantly.
• Cook for 5-7 minutes or until the gravy has thickened. It's important to note that it will thicken a little more as the gravy cools.
• Serve the pot roast and gravy over mashed potatoes or noodles.

SWEDISH CORNED PORK ROAST

Steps:

• In a large stainless steel pot or pickling crock, mix the water, pickling salt, and saltpeter together until dissolved. Untie the pork roast and place in the pickling solution. Place a heavy plate on top of the pork so that it will remain submerged.
• Cover and refrigerate for 10 days. Check occasionally to be sure the pork is covered by the liquid.
• After 10 days, remove the pork and retie it into a roast. Rinse well with fresh water. Place the roast in a large cooking pot, cover with cold water, and add the remaining ingredients: bay leaves, peppercorns and whole allspice.
• Bring to a boil, cover, and simmer 2 hours 15 minutes.
• Slice the pork and place on large platter.
• Serve with Sweet and Hot Mustard.

PORK ROAST, SCANDINAVIAN STYLE (SALLYE)

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350º F
• 2. Place pork loin on cutting board. Using strong, sharp knife, cut pocket in pork about 1" deep lengthwise, going to within 1/2" of the two ends. Rub all sides with salt and pepper.
• 3. In a heavy saucepan over medium heat, combine prunes, beer and ginger and heat to boiling. When mixtures comes to a rolling boil, remove from heat and set aside.
• 4. Core, peel and chop apple. Mix with lemon juice to prevent darkening
• 5. Drain prunes, reserving the liquid for basting purposes. Mix prunes with apples.
• 6. Place fruit mixture in pocket, using handle of wooden spoon to pack tightly. Secure with skewers or sew with kitchen twine to close.
• 7. Place meat on rack in a roasting dish or pan. Roast at 350º F for 2 to 2-1/2 hours (40 to 45 minutes per pound).
• 8. During last 45 minutes of cooking, spoon the fat from pan; baste roast occasionally with liquid drained from prunes.
• 9. Transfer meat to serving platter and tent with foil to keep warm.
• 10. Skim fat from cooking liquid. Add a little water to roasting pan to deglaze (loosen brown bits). Pour water into a 2+ mixing cup. Add more water if needed to make 2 cups of liquid. Pour back into pan.
• 11. Make a paste using flour and more water. Pour into roasting pan with existing liquid, stirring constantly with wooden spoon until it thickens into a gravy. Add more water a tablespoon at a time if gravy gets too thick.
• 12. Serve gravy in a gravy boat with sliced meat.

SWEDISH POT ROAST

Steps:

• Combine nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger, salt, and pepper; rub into meat.
• Heat pressure cooker, add olive oil and brown meat well on all sides.
• Add onion, garlic, brown sugar dissolved in wine, water, and bay leaves.
• Close.
• cover securely.
• Place pressure regulator on vent pipe and cook 35 minutes with pressure regulator rocking slowly.
• Let pressure drop of its own accord.
• Or cook at 300 degrees for about 4 hours in a Dutch oven, or cook 8 hrs on low in a crock pot.
• (This is my preferred method.).

DANISH HASH (BIKSEMAD)

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, boil the potatoes in plenty of well-salted water. When the potatoes are tender (approx. 20 min), pour off the water and set the potatoes aside so they can evaporate and cool down a bit.
• Once the potatoes are boiling, peel the onions and cut them into small cubes. Put ⅓ of the butter in a large frying pan and melt it over medium heat. Now put the prepared onions in the pan and then sauté until they are golden and soft.
• While the onions are sautéing, the pork roast is prepared. Remove fat and crackling. Then cut the pork into slices and then into suitable cubes.
• When the onions are done, take them off the pan and place in a bowl and set aside. In the same pan, melt half of the remaining butter.
• Put the pork roast cubes together with rosemary, thyme and bay leaves in, and sauté the pork cubes until they turn golden.
• While the pork roasts are browning, cut the potatoes into suitable cubes.
• When the pork cubes are browned, the onions are returned to the pan along with the potato cubes. Now the potato hash must be seared over medium heat until the potato pieces turn golden. Add salt and pepper and taste.
• When the potato hash is in the pan, the fried eggs are prepared. In another frying pan, melt the rest of the butter and crack the eggs out on the pan. Now cook the fried eggs until the yolk has the desired consistency, they can possibly be turned at the end if you like that the best.
• Serve the biksemad with the fried eggs, pickled beets, and possibly a piece of rye bread.