I was asked lately if I could include a recipe for the Norwegian Meat Cakes I mentioned previous. I usually don’t use recipes as anything more than a general guideline, so all the ingredients are there, but the amounts are not absoulte. So here goes:
800 g ground beef
2 eggs
3 table spoons Potato flour
Salt
Pepper
Nutmeg
Ground ginger.
Mix the ingredients together and use a spoon and your hands to shape out some large meat balls. put them in a frying pan and dry them on both sides before putting them in the gravy and letting them simmer for a while.
This is tradtionally served with potatos, gravy, mushy peas, and lingonberry jam.
Personally I prefer to serve it with sweet potato mash, carrots and mushroom.
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Sounds interesting. Can’t wait to give it a try!
I think it’s very tasty and it’s a very popular tradtional dish here in Norway!
Looks delicious. What is lingonberry? What about putting those meat balls in a a pasta?
They are a bit to big for eating in a pasta. I think I would go for regular meat balls in pasta. Lingonberry are small red berries. Other english names seem to be cowberry and Lowbush Cranberry.
Ah, Cranberry!
No not the same as ordenary Cranberry.
The ginger and nutmeg are an interesting addition. I’ll have to try this. Thanks for the recipe 🙂
Let me know how you get on!
I like the ginger and nutmeg addition too as well as potato flour. Have never heard of or used potato flour. Great idea and I’m with you on the sweet potato substitution. Those sound like great meatballs!
Both me and my parents agreed they were.
Interesting. It sounds like a fried meatloaf as these are kind of the ingredients I would include in a meatloaf. Is there a special significance to the jam?
It is quite simular to meat loaf. The jam is just something Norwegians often use for this kind of food. No special significant.
Well, then, I think that makes it special! Since I’m all into making jam, I’m always curious about different types of berries.♡
Have you got lingonberry where you live? I would imagine it may be a little warm for them.
No we don’t. You are correct. It is too hot here. I was doing some research on them (after your post) and they have become popular in the northern most states here. I guess they also sell lingonberry jam at Ikea which had introduced them to new areas. Next time I am there I will get a jar. ♡ Thanks for the info.
Hehe that would be something they sell there.
Look lovely! Might have to try them! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Thank you!
This was always a staple at our house growing up! Meatballs and gravy is what we called it. Served over rice. Yummy and one among my list of “comfort foods”. Oh, and in true Southern fashion, we always had hot biscuits to go with it. My Mae Mae could whip yp a batch of biscuits before tou could blink-no recipe.
That sounds lovely!
I might give this a try. I would probably substitute chicken or turkey for the beef. I have found that I really like the ligonberry.
Sounds interesting.