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Christmas Ham and Sausage

Succulent Christmas ham and a savory pork sausage is a highlight of Christmas cuisine all throughout Norway.

Best time: November–early January

Christmas Ham and Sausage
Christmas Ham and Sausage
Christmas Ham and Sausage

There are a plenty of ways to cook a Christmas ham. In Norway this usually involves various traditional spices and marinades. The most popular variant is cooked with cinnamon, cloves, and brown sugar which gives the ham unforgettable flavor. The same spices are usually used to cook Christmas pork sausage that accompanies Ribbe. During the Christmas season between November and late December ham and sausages are on every dinner table in Norway!

Last updated: by Eleonora Provozin