Norway

Kjøttkaker med brun saus

Name: Kjøttkaker med brun saus
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 5 servings
Cuisine: Norwegian
Ingredients: 600 g minced beef (beef mince, beef or buff keema); 1 1/2 tsp salt; 2 tbsp potato starch or cornflour cornflour (cornstarch); a pinch nutmeg; a pinch dry ginger powder (ground ginger); 1/4 tsp black pepper; 2/3 cup cold milk; 3 tbsp butter; 1/4 cup maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); 2 cups beef stock (beef broth); Potato, boiled, to serve; Green peas, mashed with butter (ertestuing); 3 tbsp lingonberry jam

Norwegian meat cakes simmered in dark brown gravy. A Tuesday dinner that tastes like Sunday.

60 minTime

31 gProtein each

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Brown sauce, Norwegian style2 chapters · 1 min read

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Grandma's wayMeat cakes in brown sauce with ertestuing and lingon.

The original

638kcalsame

31 gproteinsame

8 gfibresame

60minutessame

Classic kjøttkaker.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Minced beef (beef mince, beef or buff keema)600 g

Salt1½ tsp

Cornflour (cornstarch)2 tbsp potato starch or cornflour

Nutmega pinch

Dry ginger powder (ground ginger)a pinch

Black pepper¼ tsp

Milk⅔ cup, cold

Butter3 tbsp

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)¼ cup

Beef stock (beef broth)2 cups

Potatoboiled, to serve

Green peasmashed with butter (ertestuing)

Lingonberry jam3 tbsp

Method

5 steps

1Mix the mince and salt until sticky, then add starch, spices and the cold milk a little at a time.
2Shape 10 flat oval cakes and brown in a little butter. Set aside.
3Brown sauce: melt the rest of the butter, stir in flour and cook until it smells of toast and turns chestnut. Whisk in stock.
4Return the cakes to the sauce and simmer.
5Serve with potatoes, mashed peas and lingonberries.

Serve it like this

Serve two or three cakes per plate with plenty of brown sauce, boiled potatoes, mashed peas and lingonberry jam.

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Kjøttkaker med brun saus

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