
Meat
Kjøttkaker (Norwegian meatballs)
Light ground beef patties bound with milk and flour, served in a smooth brown gravy with potatoes or mash. This is a classic family dish of the Norwegian weekday table.
Ingredients
Ingredients
Sauce
Spices & seasoning
Optional extras
On the side
Nutrition facts
544 kcal per serving
- Protein
- 30.8 g
- Carbohydrates
- 10.3 g
- of which sugars
- 4 g
- Fat
- 41.8 g
- of which saturated fat
- 22.8 g
Ecomely’s estimate, calculated from the ingredients with the ANSES Ciqual food composition table, excluding sides and seasoning added to taste.
Instructions
- Finely grate the onion and sauté it for 3 minutes in butter until translucent, then let it cool.
- In a bowl, combine the meat, egg, flour, milk, cooled onion, salt, pepper and nutmeg.
- Work the mixture by hand for 2 minutes until smooth, then shape 12 patties about 5 cm in diameter.
- Fry the patties in a pan with a little butter, 3 to 4 minutes per side, until well browned. Set them aside.
- In the same pan, add the butter and flour for the gravy, stir for 1 minute, then gradually pour in the stock while whisking.
- Let it thicken for 3 minutes, stir in the crème fraîche and return the patties to the sauce.
- Cover and simmer over low heat for 10 minutes, then serve with potatoes and lingonberry jam.
Variations and tips
Kids' version. Reduce the pepper to a pinch and replace the mustard with strawberry jam for a milder taste.
Using what's available here. Lingonberries can be replaced with cranberry sauce or blueberry jam.
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Original Ecomely recipe.

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