Reindeer Souvas

Reindeer suovas is a traditional meat product. It is prepared by dry-salting reindeer meat, then smoking it over an open fire in a peaked hut for 8 hours. The meat can be consumed raw or cut into pieces, then grilled. These semi-wild reindeers are slaughtered every autumn and winter, but the salting, smoking, and curing are done throughout the year.

Flavorful, yet delicate, suovas is often accompanied by pickled mushrooms and lingonberries or lingonberry jam. It is prepared by the Sámi indigenous people living in an area called Sápmi. When Sámi venture on long trips, they traditionally pack suovas and unleavened bread to eat on the trail.