Hangikjöt

"hung meat") is a traditional festive food [1] in Iceland, served at Christmas.

This Icelandic smoked lamb, mutton, or horse meat is usually boiled and served either hot or cold in slices, traditionally with potatoes in béchamel sauce and green peas, or in thin slices on bread such as flatkaka or rúgbrauð or laufabrauð.

In recent years other types have become available, such as tvíreykt ("twice smoked") hangikjöt, i.e. lamb or mutton that has been smoked for a longer period of time and is more like the old country hangikjöt which often hung high above the kitchen fire for many months.

[6] This is usually served raw in thin slices, sometimes in a manner similar to the Italian prosciutto, with melon.

[7] The two main types are either smoked with Icelandic birch or with dried sheep dung.