page_title: List of Christmas dishes
section_title: Denmark
hierarchical_section_title: List of Christmas dishes / Denmark
context_page_description: These food items are traditionally eaten at or associated with the Christmas season.
context_section_description: Æbleskiver - traditional Danish spherical pancakes (a type of doughnut with no hole), sprinkled with powdered sugar and served with raspberry or strawberry jam
  Sylte - a form of head cheese, a terrine or meat jelly made from pork, traditionally pig's head was used
  Julesild - spiced pickled herring often flavoured with Christmas spices such as cloves and allspice
  Boiled whole potatoes
  Brun sovs (brown sauce) - a traditional dark gravy, used to cover meat dishes like roasted pork and duck  (flæskesteg, andesteg) and the boiled potato
  Brunede kartofler - caramelised potatoes
  Julebryg - Christmas beer
  Gløgg - mulled red wine combined with spices, sugar, raisins and chopped almonds typically served warm
  Risalamande - rice pudding. A dish made from rice, whipped cream and almonds, served cold with cherry sauce (kirsebærsauce)
  Flæskesteg - roast pork with cracklings
  Andesteg - roast duck with apple and prune stuffing
  Rødkål - red cabbage pickled, sweet-sour red cabbage served hot as a side dish
  Christmas cookies - Vaniljekranse, klejner, jødekager, pebernødder, honningkager, brunkager and finskbrød
  Konfekt, marzipan, caramelised fruits, nougat and chocolate-covered nuts
  Ground nuts
caption: Danish Christmas meal
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