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Name: Authentic Swedish Lutfisk (Vatkinsil)
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Sweden
Ingredients: *For the Fish:**; 1 kg (2.2 lbs) Dried cod or ling (Lutfisk); 100 g Food-grade lye (Sodium hydroxide, NaOH); 2 liters (8 cups) Cold water; *For the White Sauce (Sås):**; 50 g (3.5 tbsp) Butter; 50 g (6 tbsp) All-purpose flour; 1 liter (4 cups) Milk; 1 tsp Salt; 1 pinch White pepper; *For Serving:**; 1 kg Boiled potatoes; 200 g (7 oz) Bacon or pork belly, fried; 100 g (3.5 oz) Mustard (preferably Swedish hot mustard); 100 g (3.5 oz) Pickled beets

Vatkinsil

🇸🇪 Sweden

Various

Lutfisk, a traditional and polarizing dish made from dried fish and lye, often enjoyed with white sauce.

Seafood

Traditional

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Ingredients

Dried fish

lye

white sauce

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