Pytt i panna ( Swedish), pytt i panne ( Norwegian), pyttipannu ( Finnish) or biksemad ( Danish), is a culinary dish consisting of chopped meat,

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es and

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s fried in a pan, similar to a

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, and popular in

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. The term is Swedish for "small pieces in a pan". Traditionally consisting of potatoes, onions, and any kind of chopped or minced meat such as

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, or

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, diced and then pan-fried, it is often served with a

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, pickled

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slices, sour pickled

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slices, capers and sometimes

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. An alternative version of the dish includes

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stirred in after frying, creating something like a

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, turning it into "cream-stewed pyttipanna" (). The dish was originally made from leftovers of past meals but now it is also common to prepare pytt i panna from prime ingredients. Frozen pyttipanna of many varieties can be bought in almost every Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and Finnish supermarket. Many variants of the dish exist, including

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and

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dishes. Pytt i panna is often abbreviated to ''pytt'', especially when referring to variants such as ''oxpytt'' (pytt i panna made with beef) or ''krögarpytt'' ("innkeeper's pytt", made with more finely diced potatoes and beef).

Similar dishes

* Potatoes O'Brien (see

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References

External links

Pytt i panna recipe
at Cookipedia
English-language recipe on Radio Sweden website
{{portal bar, Food Danish cuisine Finnish cuisine Ground meat Meat and potatoes dishes Norwegian cuisine Swedish cuisine