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Medisterkaker | Traditional Meatballs From Norway, Northern Europe | TasteAtlas

Medisterkaker

Medisterkaker is a traditional dish consisting of pork meatballs. Although there are many recipes for these meatballs, they're usually made with a combination of ground pork, flour, eggs, salt, nutmeg, ginger, milk, black pepper, and oil. The meat, salt, and eggs are stirred until sticky, then mixed with the flour and spices.


The milk is added a bit at a time, and the resulting mix shouldn't be too firm. The mixture is shaped into balls that are fried in oil until slightly browned on both sides. In order to finish the dish, the medisterkaker are typically cooked in the oven for about 15 minutes.


On Christmas, these pork meatballs are traditionally served with pork ribs, boiled potatoes, sauerkraut, mustard, and lefse.