Pinnekjøtt is a signature dish of Norway; we have verified places to eat it in Oslo. Salt-cured, dried lamb ribs soaked overnight then steamed slowly over birch sticks until the meat falls off the bone. Start with where to eat Pinnekjøtt in Oslo.
Pinnekjøtt · Oslo
Salt-cured, dried lamb ribs soaked overnight then steamed slowly over birch sticks until the meat falls off the bone. Served with mashed rutabaga, almond potatoes and aquavit.
Pinnekjøtt (stick meat) is the Christmas Eve centrepiece across most of Western Norway, the steaming method named for the birch sticks that hold the salt-cured lamb ribs above the pot's water. The dish became a national Christmas table standard through the 20th century; surveys put it on roughly three in four Norwegian Christmas Eve tables today. Oslo's traditional kitchens at Engebret Café, Stortorvets Gjæstgiveri and Asylet all run a defensible version through Advent.
Where to eat in Oslo:
- Engebret Café
- Stortorvets Gjæstgiveri
- Asylet
Where to eat Pinnekjøtt in Oslo: the editor picks