Cooking Times

4350 min
Prep Time
30 min
Cook Time
4380 min
Total Time

Ingredients (6 items)

5.00 lbs Lamb leg
bone-in
0.50 cup Coarse salt
2.00 tbsp Sugar
4.00 lbs Potatoes
for serving
2.00 lbs Turnips
mashed
0.50 cup Butter

Instructions (8 steps)

1
Rub lamb with salt and sugar mixture. Refrigerate 3 days.
4320 minutes
2
Hang in cool, airy place 3-6 months to ferment and dry.
129600 minutes
3
For quick version: use pre-fermented lamb or smoked lamb.
4
Slice fermented lamb thinly.
5
Boil potatoes and turnips until very tender.
30 minutes
6
Mash turnips with butter. Season potatoes with salt and butter.
7
Serve sliced ræst kjøt with potatoes and turnips.
8
Faroese Christmas tradition. Acquired taste but essential.