Spiced meat roll

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Rullepølse (IPA: [ˈʁuləˌb̥ʰølsə]), meaning "rolled sausage" in Danish, is a typical Danish food. A piece of pork belly (but variants with beef flank or lamb are also well-known) is flattened out and is spread with herbs and seasoning, and then rolled up. It is then boiled and shaped into a rectangle in a special press, cooled and sliced thinly as a cold cut (Danish, pålæg) to be placed onto the Danish open-faced sandwich, smørrebrød; usually garnished with rings of raw onion.

The rullepølse also exist in a Norwegian version, which is made of lamb shoulder boned, flattened, sewn to form a long rectangle, rolled, pressed, and steamed.