Wash the meat, dab dry and cut into small pieces. Clean and wash the leek and cut into fine rings. Peel, wash and chop carrots and celery. Peel, wash and chop potatoes.
Peel and finely chop the onion.
Heat the oil in a large pot. Sauté the onion in it. Steam the prepared vegetables and potatoes briefly. Pour in just under 1 l water, stir in the stock. Add meat, season with pepper and bring to the boil.
Cover and simmer at low to medium heat for about 1 1⁄4 hours. (It should cook a little mushy and soft).
Wash parsley, shake dry, pluck leaves and chop coarsely. Season the lapskaus with salt and pepper to taste and serve. Sprinkle with parsley. Serve with cranberries.
Crispbread or flatbrød is delicious with it. The thin, unleavened flatbread was once the staple food of farmers and Vikings. The recipe has been passed down from generation to generation. Flatbrød is still an important part of Norwegian cuisine today.
It is eaten with fish, meat and soups. Under the name Tunnbröd you can buy the bread deep-frozen at Ikea for example.