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Mulgipuder
A mash of potato and pearl barley with pork crackling. An Estonian dish recognised as a national symbol.
4 servings · 95 minutes (estimated)

Ingredients
Quantities for 4 servings.
- 250 g Pearl barley, rinsed
- 1 kg Potatoes
- 250 g Smoked pork belly, diced
- 2 piece Onion
- 50 g Butter
- 150 ml Milk
- to taste Salt and pepper
Method
- Rinse the barley and boil it in salted water for an hour, until soft.
- Add the roughly cut potato to the same pot and cook twenty minutes more.
- Render the pork belly to crackling, add the onion and fry until golden.
- Drain most of the water from the barley and potato, keeping half a cup.
- Mash with the butter and milk, leaving the barley grains still visible. Season with salt and pepper.
- Serve into bowls and spoon the crackling, onion and rendered fat over the top.
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