Fläskpannkaka is a Swedish oven-made
pancake
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baked from
eggs,
milk
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,
flour
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,
salt
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(similar to a
Yorkshire pudding
Yorkshire pudding is a baked pudding made from a batter of eggs, flour, and milk or water. A common English side dish, it is a versatile food that can be served in numerous ways depending on its ingredients, size, and the accompanying compone ...
) containing pieces of sliced
pork
Pork is the culinary name for the meat of the pig (''Sus domesticus''). It is the most commonly consumed meat worldwide, with evidence of pig animal husbandry, husbandry dating back to 8000–9000 BCE.
Pork is eaten both freshly cooke ...
or bacon. The ingredients are placed in a pan and baked in the oven.
It is commonly served with
lingonberry
''Vaccinium vitis-idaea'' is a small evergreen shrub in the heath family, Ericaceae. It is known colloquially as the lingonberry, partridgeberry, foxberry, mountain cranberry, or cowberry. It is native to boreal forest and Arctic tundra through ...
jam. Varieties of the dish contain
onion
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,
apples
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,
blueberries
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or
garlic
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.
See also
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List of pancakes
This is a list of notable pancakes. A pancake is a flat cake, often thin and round, prepared from a starch-based batter (cooking), batter and cooked on a hot surface such as a griddle or frying pan. In Britain, pancakes are often leavening agent, ...
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Swedish cuisine
Swedish cuisine () is the traditional food of Sweden. Due to Sweden's large north-to-south expanse, there are regional differences between the cuisine of Norrland, North and South Sweden.
Historically, in the far north, meats such as reindeer, ...
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References
External links
Recipe for Fläskpannkaka
Pancakes
Swedish pastries
Pork dishes
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