Danish home cooking

Stegt flæsk med persillesovs

Crispy pork belly, new potatoes and a creamy parsley sauce: stegt flæsk med persillesovs is down-to-earth Danish home cooking at its finest – simple, hearty and wonderfully warming.

Fried slices of pork belly with potatoes and parsley sauce on a white plate
Photo: Nillerdk / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
Preparation
15 min
Cooking/baking time
35 min
Servings
4 people
Difficulty
Easy

Ingredients

Meat and potatoes

Parsley sauce

Method

  1. Boil the potatoes in salted water until tender.
  2. Lightly salt the pork slices and fry them slowly without fat in a large pan over medium heat until golden and crisp on both sides – 20–30 minutes depending on thickness. Pour off the fat as you go. Alternatively, bake them on a rack in the oven at 200 °C until crisp.
  3. For the sauce, melt the butter, stir in the flour and cook briefly.
  4. Gradually whisk in the milk and let the sauce simmer gently for a few minutes until creamy.
  5. Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg and stir in the parsley just before serving.
  6. Put the meat, potatoes and sauce on the table separately – everyone helps themselves.

The story behind the dish

Stegt flæsk med persillesovs is a classic of everyday Danish cooking. In 2014 it was chosen as Denmark's national dish in a nationwide vote organised by the Danish Ministry of Food.

Enjoy it at Dansk Cottage

When the wind sweeps across the island, this is our favourite meal: the pork sizzles in the pan, the potatoes steam, and after dinner it's off to the sauna or in front of the fireplace.

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