Swedish Pyttipanna
We are both very found of traditional Swedish food. OK, being the hungry monster I am, I like to eat generally, but especially traditional food. I’m like a traditional gourmet. Or Gourmand. Or both ;-)
The strange thing is: we don’t plan too far in advance what to eat, but somehow, we just happen to prepare really plain dishes at the weekends. Normally, people prepare more festive food then - no, no, we’re not normal - we often end up eating really festive meals on Mondays or other weekdays.
For Sunday dinner we had Pyttipanna, translated it means like something small in a pan. It’s made of potatoes, onions, sausage/meat leftovers of past meals. You chop all ingrediants fine and fry it in a pan, served with fried eggs and pickled beetroot.
…..and of course, a Carlsberg beer to drink to it :-)
I haven’t found any information of when it’s dated from. I guess the dish started a very long time ago when there were leftovers from the Sunday meat veal. Swedish people or farmers were better to take care of all the food in the past, maybe because they were more poor.
When it comes to Pyttipanna it’s kind of created under the principle: you take what you have at home.
A very practical way to get rid off your leftovers!
