September minced meat patties - Septemberbiffar

SEPTEMBER PATTIES
Septemberbiffar

Mushrooms are excellent to mix into ground meat and make delicious patties. You can use either canned or fresh mushrooms. The name is because September is a mushroom month in Sweden.

4 servings

12 to 14 oz minced meat

(50% beef, 50% pork)
1 onion
3½ oz fresh mushrooms
or 7 oz canned
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
3 tablespoons chopped parsley
1½ teaspoons salt
white pepper
1 egg
4 oz Kesella, if you can find it, or thick Greek or
Turkish yogurt
¼ cup water

Sauce:

1 tablespoon butter or margarine
1 can mushrooms + liquid, 7 oz
2 tablespoonsflour
1 ¼ cup liquid from the mushrooms
+ water
1/3 cup cream, 15% fat
½ meat bouillon cube
salt, pepper

Chop onion and mushrooms. Melt 1 tablespoon fat in a saucepan and sizzle onion and mushrooms for about 5 minutes. Add parsley and sizzle for another minute or so.

Mix the meat with salt, pepper and egg. Blend in Kesella or yogurt, mushrooms and water. Shape into patties. Melt remaining fat in a frying pan and fry until done and nicely coloured.

Melt the fat for the sauce in a saucepan and sizzle the mushrooms for about 3 minutes. Sprinkle with flour and beat in mushroom liquid, water, cream and bouillon cube. Boil for a couple of minutes and flavour to taste with salt and pepper. Pour the sauce over the patties and serve.

Enjoy!

Bella