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Ahjusupp (oven soup)

Ahjusupp, or "oven soup", is a dish slowly simmered in a clay pot or casserole placed in the oven. Pork, potatoes, cabbage and onion meld into a rich, fragrant soup, typical of country Sunday meals.

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Ingredients

Ingredients

Spices & seasoning

Optional extras

On the side

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 160 °C.
  2. Brown the pieces of pork in the oil in a casserole dish for about 6 minutes, then remove them.
  3. In the same casserole, sauté the onions and carrot rounds for 4 minutes.
  4. Return the meat, add the hot water, bay leaf, peppercorns and marjoram, then cover.
  5. Put in the oven for 1 hour 30 minutes, adding the quartered potatoes and shredded cabbage after 1 hour of cooking.
  6. Continue for 30 minutes, adjust the salt and serve piping hot with rye bread.

Variations and tips

Light version. Replace the pork with boneless chicken thighs, and reduce the oven time to 1 hour.

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