Lamb and Vegetable Soup (Betasuppe)

Lamb and Vegetable Soup (Betasuppe) Some cooks use lightly-salted mutton or ham, others use fresh beef or mutton. A combination of salt and fresh meat is my favorite. Remember to soak salted meat in cold water overnight. Ingredients: ½ cup (1 ¼ dl) pearl barley 1 parsley root, diced 2 qts. (2 liters) water Chunk…

Vegetable Soup with Tiny Lamb Balls (Sodd)

Vegetable Soup with Tiny Lamb Balls (Sodd) Ingredients: 1 ½ qts. (1 ½ liters) water 1 piece of ginger, small 1 lb. (450 g.) lamb, boneless 1 carrot 1 leek, sliced 1 parsnip ½ tsp. salt Tiny lamb balls ½ tsp. pepper Parsley Cover the meat with water and bring to a boil. Remove from…

Tiny Lamb Balls (Soddboller)

Tiny Lamb Balls (Soddboller) Once when we sailed out of Trollfjord in the Lofoten Islands, on the express boat, we were served these tiny (and savory) lamb-balls in broth. They called it Trollbroth and they played Edvard Grieg’s music, “In the Hall of the Mountain King,” but in reality they were soddboller. Fit for guests…