Saltkjöt

Salt meat

In Iceland you can get salted meat in practically every small supermarket. In other countries (like in Germany) that's not the case. Hence you have to pickle your saltkjöt yourself!

Ingredients

2 kg of lamb in one piece
150 g salt
some water


Preparation

Rub the lamb with the salt...

Place in a large cooking pot, add a little water so that the bottom of the pot is covered with the meat by approx. 2 - 3 cm, and then place the pot with the lid in the refrigerator for 3 to 5 days.

Turn the meat once or twice a day so that it can penetrate well on all sides.

There are many traditional recipes with salted meat in Icelandic cuisine, for example "saltkjöt og baunir", pea soup with salted meat, or "soðið saltkjöt", boiled salted meat with mashed turnips.

The recipes for these dishes will follow here in the blog in the coming days!



[Translated from here.]