Grill Stall · Smoked Sausage
Isterband
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The name joins ister, an old word for lard, with band, from 'binda', to bind, and it is often called the only truly Swedish sausage type with no foreign counterpart.
A coarse, slightly sour sausage of pork, beef, and barley groats or potato is lightly fermented and smoked, then grilled or pan-fried and served with creamed dill potatoes or mashed potatoes and pickled beets.
Why it's made this way: Isterband is traditionally a Småland sausage; the barley filler and smoking were ways to stretch scarce meat and preserve it through the year on rural farms.
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