Stegt Flaesk Aarhus appears as a signature dish in 1 Denmark cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Stegt Flæsk med Persillesovs · Aarhus
Fried salt pork belly with parsley sauce and boiled potatoes is the most voted favourite Danish dish in the annual poll. Strips of belly pork are fried crisp and served with thick white parsley sauce and floury potatoes.
Stegt flæsk was voted Denmark's national dish in 2014 in a public poll run by the Ministry of Food. The dish has roots in the farm kitchens of Jutland where salt-cured pork belly was the most reliable winter protein; the parsley sauce drew on the abundant fresh herb growing in every kitchen garden. The Aarhus version is typically served at Teater Bodega and at Restaurant Kohalen as a Wednesday lunch special.
Where to eat in Aarhus:
- Teater Bodega
- Restaurant Kohalen
- Vesterlauget