Falukorv is a large traditional Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 sausage

Sausage

A sausage is a food usually made from ground meat , mixed with salt, herbs, and other spices, although vegetarian sausages are available. The word sausage is derived from Old French saussiche, from the Latin word salsus, meaning salted.Typically, a sausage is formed in a casing traditionally made...

 made of a grated mixture of pork and beef or veal with potato starch flour and mild spices.

History

Its history reaches back to the Falun

Falun

Falun is a city and the seat of Falun Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 36,447 inhabitants in 2005. It is also the capital of Dalarna County...

 copper mine during the 16th and 17th centuries

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, where ox

Ox

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 hide was used for ropes and some of the meat remaining after slaughter

Animal slaughter

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ing was used for sausages. The sausage was based on the Lyoner

Bologna sausage

Bologna sausage is an American sausage derived from and definitely not similar to the Italian mortadella . It is commonly called boloney, baloney or, more formally, bologna...

 sausage; the recipe, in which the meat is smoked and salted, was probably brought to the region by Germans working in the mine.

The tradition of preparing the meat in this way was revitalised in the late 19th century by the butcher Anders Olsson, whose initiative led to the development of the modern Falukorv, which uses a mixture of pork and beef or veal. Falukorv has enjoyed high popularity since then.

The designation Falukorv received protection in Sweden in 1973.

In the EU

In the EU, restrictions apply to what may be labeled "Falukorv" since 2001. Only potato flour may be used as a binding agent

Binder (material)

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, and the amount of meat may not fall short of 40%.

Falukorv has TSG

Protected designation of origin

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 Status.

Typical falukorv meals

• Sliced and fried with boiled, fried
  Potato
  The potato is a starchy, tuberous crop from the perennial Solanum tuberosum of the Solanaceae family . The word potato may refer to the plant itself as well as the edible tuber. In the region of the Andes, there are some other closely related cultivated potato species...
  
   or mashed potato
  Mashed potato
  Mashed potato is made by mashing freshly boiled potatoes with a ricer, fork, potato masher, food mill, or whipping them with a hand beater. Dehydrated and frozen mashed potatoes are available in many places...
  
  
• Sliced and fried with elbow macaroni
• Sliced and fried, served with baked Swedish brown beans and fried egg
  Egg (food)
  Eggs are laid by females of many different species, including birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish, and have probably been eaten by mankind for millennia. Bird and reptile eggs consist of a protective eggshell, albumen , and vitellus , contained within various thin membranes...
  
  
• Gratinated whole in the oven with cheese
  Cheese
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   and mustard
  Mustard (condiment)
  Mustard is a condiment made from the seeds of a mustard plant...
  
   with mashed potatoes
• Substitute for beef in Beef Stroganoff
  Beef Stroganoff
  Beef Stroganoff or Beef Stroganov is a Russian dish of sautéed pieces of beef served in a sauce with smetana or sour cream...
  
  (is then called korv stroganoff)