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Ham with Madeira sauce

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Serves two:

 

Side dish:

Skinke med madeira from Denmark. There you can find several traditional dishes with Madeira, dated from the time that the country ruled the Danish West Indies. Sold in 1816 and now known as the American Virgin Islands. In those days there was always a Danish war frigate posted in the Caribbean Sea, which was relieved every six months. On its voyage home it stopped off at the harbour of Madeira, where a considerable cargo of this sea proof wine was loaded.

The predilection for pork is older. According to myth, warriors cut down in battle were every evening treated in the Walhalla by the god Odin to a roast of Saerimmer, a magic swine. It grew always fresh meat for the next evening.

Now that the Danes have become the most important exporters of pork in the world, everybody fortunate enough to buy their product can image himself gorging Saerimmer in the Walhalla.

 

Wine: red Côtes du Rhône.

 

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