sautéed reindeer

Dishes such as sautéed reindeer with lingonberries and pickled cucumber from £13-£27.

Sautéed reindeer is the best-known dish in Lapland.

Sautéed reindeer (poronkäristys)

A traditional Finnish dish is sautéed reindeer (poronkäristys) with mashed potatoes and lingonberries, either cooked or raw with sugar.

Sautéed reindeer (poronkäristys in Finnish, renskav in Swedish, finnbiff in Norwegian) is perhaps the best known traditional meal from Lapland, especially in Finland, Sweden and Norway.

Out there, away from the Inspirals' tour bubble, is a land of a thousand lakes and a million fir trees, where the people drive with the headlights on in full daylight, past 'Moose Crossing' warning signs, to restaurants where you can tuck into sautéed reindeer.