Norway / Main
Kjøttkaker
Large meat patties in a brown sauce, with lingonberry and stewed peas.
Ingredients
- Minced beef800 g
- Potato starch3 tbsp
- Iced water200 ml
- Onion, grated1
- Ground ginger1/2 tsp
- Nutmeg1/2 tsp
- Butter60 g
- Flour40 g
- Beef stock600 ml
- Peas300 g
- Potatoes800 g
- Lingonberries, to serve150 g
- Salt and pepperto taste
Quantities are auto-calculated from the original recipe as a guide. Items without numbers (e.g. “to taste”) are not changed.
Method 7 steps
Work the mince with the starch, salt, pepper, ginger and nutmeg for five minutes.
Add the iced water a spoon at a time, still working the mixture, until it turns tacky and even.
Fold in the grated onion and chill the mixture twenty minutes.
Shape flat oval patties with wet hands, about a hundred grams each.
Fry the patties in butter four minutes a side and move them to a pot.
Stir the flour into the pan with the remaining fat, cook it to a nutty brown and add the stock.
Pour the sauce over the patties and stew twenty minutes. Serve with potatoes, peas and lingonberry.
