Since starting this Norwegian food blog, I’m always asking my Norwegian friends which Norwegian foods I should share recipes for. And there are a few foods that everyone immediately mentions: vafler, fiskesuppe, and of course their beloved karbonader. Karbonader might be a bit less famous than their meatball cousins, but they are certainly a staple in Norway. Karbonader are meat patties made with ground beef with less than 5% fat. They’re often eaten with potatoes, stewed peas, and caramelized onions, or on bread, often with a fried egg on top. Eating karbonader on top of bread feels particularly Norwegian to…
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Continue ReadingLapskaus is secretly one of my favorite Norwegian dishes. I say secretly, because I suspect that lapskaus might be considered old man’s food. At least, when I worked in a supermarket our kitchen would make lapskaus, and it always seemed to be the older, single male farmers who would buy…
