Christmas Market · Fried Sausage
Medisterpølse
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Unlike the boiled hot dog Danes eat from street carts, this coarse-ground sausage is meant to be pan-fried whole and sliced at the table.
Coarsely ground pork is seasoned with allspice, cloves and onion, stuffed into a long natural casing, and pan-fried until browned and juicy. It's a staple of Danish butcher counters and Christmas tables, served sliced with red cabbage, potatoes or mustard.
Why it's made this way: The coarse, home-style sausage comes from Denmark's rural butchery tradition, where medister was made fresh and eaten soon after slaughter rather than smoked or cured.
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