Pitepalt is a palt, a dish related to kroppkakor, and the specialty of the city of Piteå, though it is not eaten only in Piteå. Palt is a traditional Swedish dish existing in many different variants Kroppkaka (plural "kroppkakor" is a traditional Swedish dish namely potato-dumplings with a filling of Onions and Pork or Bacon Piteå (or Pite in the local dialect is a city in Norrbotten in northern Sweden. This Swedish dish has almost as many variants as households in Piteå. Pitepalt are mostly made out of raw potatoes and barley flour, which is not the case with kroppkakor. Kroppkaka (plural "kroppkakor" is a traditional Swedish dish namely potato-dumplings with a filling of Onions and Pork or Bacon For kroppkakor, pre-boiled potatoes and wheat are used. This gives the pitepalt a darker color.
Potatoes, wheat flour/barley flour, salt and minced meat/pork are common ingredients in pitepalt. The potato is a Starchy Tuberous crop Vegetable from the perennial Solanum tuberosum of the Solanaceae Wheat ( Triticum spp is a worldwide cultivated grass from the Levant area of the Middle East. Barley ( Hordeum vulgare) is an annual Cereal Grain, which serves as a major animal Feed crop, with smaller amounts used for Salt is a Dietary mineral composed primarily of Sodium chloride that is essential for Animal life but toxic to most land plants Some recipes also mentions onion but is not that common. Organicsalsajpg||thumb|right|Onions used in salsa.]]Cooked onions in frying pan
It is traditionally eaten with butter and lingonberry jam. Lingonberry jam ( lingonsylt) is a staple food in Scandinavian Cuisine.
External links
- www.paltakademien.se The official Paltacademy
- Pitepalt Recipe
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