Ground Meat Cake with Apples - Färskaka med äpple (retro)

GROUND MEAT CAKE WITH APPLES
Färskaka med äpple

A lovely retro dish.

Serves 6

7 oz lightly smoked ham
3 tablespoons butter or margarine
1 lb ground meat (50% beef, 50% pork is the best mix)
2 onions
2 apples
0.4 cup dried breadcrumbs
0.8 cup water
salt, white pepper
1 egg
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
2 tomatoes


Finely chop the ham and sauté lightly in half of the fat. Take it up. Chop onions and apples and sauté in the pan together with remaining fat. Allow to cool. Mix breadcrumbs and water and leave to swell.

Work the ground meat with the cold ham, onions and apples, breadcrumbs, egg and spices. Add more water if the mixture is too firm to the touch. (I ALWAYS work ground meat with my hands, with surgical gloves on of course). Slice the tomatoes and put most of them in the bottom of an oven-proof pan. Cover with the ground meat and put in the middle of the oven at 390 to 440F for about 50 minutes.

Decorate with sliced tomatoes and serve with boiled potatoes and green beans.

You can substitute the sliced tomatoes with sliced apples that you have sautéed for a short while in some fat.

Enjoy!

Bella