Pyttipanna

{{Short description|Scandinavian meat and potatoes dish}}

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| caption = Pyttipanna, as commonly served with a fried egg and pickled beetroot

| alternate_name = Biksemad, pytt i panne, pyttipanne, pyttipannu

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| main_ingredient = Potatoes, onions, chopped or minced meat

| minor_ingredient = Fried egg, pickled beetroot

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| serving_size = 100 g

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Pyttipanna (Swedish), pyttipanne (Norwegian), pyttipannu (Finnish) or biksemad (Danish), is a culinary dish consisting of chopped meat, potatoes and onions fried in a pan, similar to a hash, and popular in Scandinavia. The term is Swedish for "small pieces in a pan".{{Cite web |title=Pytt i panna recipe |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/pytt_i_panna_28950 |access-date=2022-08-09 |website=BBC Food |language=en |archive-date=2022-08-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809064645/https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/pytt_i_panna_28950 |url-status=live }}{{cite book | last=Diehl | first=K.S. | title=The Everything Nordic Cookbook | publisher=F+W Media | year=2012 | isbn=978-1-4405-3282-5| page=199 }}

Traditionally consisting of potatoes, onions, and any kind of chopped or minced meat such as sausage, ham, or meatballs, diced and then pan fried, it is often served with a fried egg, pickled beetroot slices, sour pickled gherkin slices, capers and sometimes ketchup or brown sauce.{{cite book| last = Harding| first = Paul|author2=Mark Elliott |author3=Steve Kokker |author4=Tom Masters| title = Scandinavian Europe| publisher = Lonely Planet| year = 2007| page = 393| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=wM-EG6R03DsC| isbn = 978-1-74104-553-6}}{{Cite web |title=How to Prepare Pytt i Panna (Swedish Hash) |url=https://www.thespruceeats.com/pytt-i-panna-swedish-hash-2952866 |access-date=2022-08-09 |website=The Spruce Eats |language=en |archive-date=2022-08-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809065207/https://www.thespruceeats.com/pytt-i-panna-swedish-hash-2952866 |url-status=live }} An alternative version of the dish stirs in cream after frying, much like a gravy, turning it into "cream stewed pyttipanna" ({{langx|sv|gräddstuvad pyttipanna}}).{{Cite web|url=https://recept.se/recept/graddstuvad-pytt-i-panna|title=Gräddstuvad pytt i panna|website=RECEPT|accessdate=Feb 18, 2023|archive-date=October 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008121236/https://recept.se/recept/graddstuvad-pytt-i-panna|url-status=live}}

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 vegetarian and vegan dishes.{{Cn|date=December 2024}}

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).{{Cn|date=December 2024}}

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