The European Economic and Trade Office has released its fourth episode of “Taste of Europe.” This series features 15 European representatives in Taiwan demonstrating how to make dishes from their home countries. In this latest episode, Bo Monsted, director of the Trade Council of Denmark, Taipei, taught viewers how to make a Danish hot dog. Let’s take a look!

Bo Monsted, director of the Trade Council of Denmark in Taipei, introduces the ingredients needed to make Danish hot dog. The ingredients include sausage, hot dog bread, remoulade, mustard, ketchup, fried onions, raw onions, and pickled cucumbers.

The first step is to preheat the oven and heat up the bread for a couple of minutes, at around 200 degrees.

Bo Monsted
Trade Council of Denmark director
So we''ll take the bread and put it in the oven. Just going to have a few minutes in here. That''s all it takes. It should not be hard or crunchy. That''s not the idea. Just warm.Just put the sausage on the pan. We would try to avoid that the skin is breaking when it''s getting heated.

Then heat the sausage for a few minutes and add it into the bread. After that, add in remoulade.

Bo Monsted
Trade Council of Denmark director
This is one is probably the most unusual one. We call it remoulade. I have never seen it outside of Denmark. This is imported from Denmark. It''s a kind of mayonnaise. Because it is a very distinct Danish thing I think. But you can buy it here in Taipei.The sausage vogn is the place where we would often go to buy the hot dogs.

Monsted said that hot dogs are Danish people’s favorite street food. The Danes buy Danish style hot dogs from hot dog stands known as “sasauge vogns,” or sausage wagons. Hot dogs are loved by the Danish people. Hot dogs were served at the Danish Crown Prince’s 50th birthday celebration.

Bo Monsted
Trade Council of Denmark director
When our Crown Prince celebrated his 50th birthday party a few years back, part of the food at the palace for the 350 guests were hot dogs. In January 2021, the sausage wagon, the sausage stands, in Denmark had its 100th year anniversary. It''s been a part of the institution in Denmark. Something that you see as part of the street life.

Last but not least, add ketchup and mustard, fried onions, raw onions, and pickles, and the dish is ready to be a served. A new episode of “Taste of Europe” will be released every Friday. In each episode, representatives from 15 EU member states will teach viewers how to make authentic European dishes from their home countries.