Filled Ground Beef Patties with Mashed Potato Gratin - Fyllda biffar med gratinerat potatismos

FILLED GROUND BEEF PATTIES

WITH MASHED POTATO GRATIN

Fyllda biffar med gratinerat potatismos

These cheese-filled beef patties are served with a lovely tomato sauce and mashed potatoes au gratin. You can use any kind of ripe cheese for the filling.

Serves 4

1 lb 5 oz ground beef

1.7 oz cream cheese

1.7 oz grated, ripe cheese

2 tablespoons chopped parsley

salt, pepper

butter or rapeseed oil

Mashed potatoes:

1 lb 5 oz "floury" potatoes, King Edward type

2 egg yolks

0.2 cup rapeseed oil

grated, strong cheese

Tomato sauce:

3 garlic cloves

1 small onion

1 can crushed tomatoes, approx 14 oz

1 tablespoon tomato paste

1 tablespoon dried oregano

For serving:

salad

Potatoes:

Peel the potatoes and boil until tender in lightly salted water. Pour off the water and mash the potatoes. Mix with egg yolks, oil and cheese. Distribute it in small oven-proof serving bowls or one a little larger, and bake in the oven at 437F for about 20 minutes.

Tomato sauce:

Roughly chop the garlic and finely chop the onion. Boil the crushed tomatoes with onion, tomato paste and oregano over low heat for about 15 minutes.

Shape the ground beef into patties and make a thumbprint in each. Mix cream cheese, grated cheese and parsley and place a small dab into each hollow. Pinch together. Flavor with salt and fry until golden in butter or oil over medium heat for 2 to 3 minutes on each side.

Serve with the sauce, the mashed potatoes and a salad.

Enjoy!

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Mild Liver Patties with Sauce - Mild leverbiff med sås

MILD LIVER PATTIES WITH SAUCE

Mild leverbiff med sås

Serves 2

10.6 oz liver from young beef

1 onion

8.8 oz ground pork

1 egg

1½ teaspoon salt

some black pepper

1 teaspoon marjoram

2 tablespoons butter or margarine

Sauce:

0.4 cup pan juices

0.8 cup water

1 tablespoon concentrated

veal fond

0.4 cup cream

3 tablespoons Maizena

For serving:

boiled potatoes

boiled green beans

Rinse the liver, cut off sinews and stuff and cut in pieces. Peel and cut the onion in wedges. Place liver and onions in a food processor, then add ground pork, egg, salt, pepper and marjoram. Process to a smooth batter. 

Heat up some fat in a frying pan and place dabs of the batter in there. Fry for about 3 minutes on each side. Rinse out the pan with 0.2 cup water after each round of frying. Strain the pan juices into a saucepan.

Measure water, fond, cream and Maizena in the saucepan. Beat together and boil the sauce while stirring for about 5 minutes. Flavor to taste with salt and pepper.

Serve with boiled potatoes and green beans.

Enjoy!

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Chili Con Carne with Dark Chocolate - Chili con carne med mörk choklad

CHILI CON CARNE WITH DARK CHOCOLATE

Chili con carne med mörk choklad

Serves 4

2 onions

2 garlic cloves

neutral oil for frying

2.2 lbs ground beef

1 fresh, red chili fruit

(use only ½ if you want

a milder taste)

3 tablespoons tomato paste

1 teaspoon paprika

some cumin

0.8 cup red wine

1 can crushed tomatoes,

approx 14 oz

1 can beans in tomato sauce,

approx 14 oz

salt, black pepper

1.7 oz dark chocolate, 70%

For serving:

boiled rice and/or baguette

Peel and finely chop onions and garlic. Fry the ground meat together with onions and garlic in some oil in a pot until crumbly. Split the chili fruit and finely chop it. Remove the pits if you don't want it strong. Add chili, tomato paste, paprika, cumin, wine, crushed tomatoes, beans in tomato sauce, salt and pepper. Simmer over medium heat for about 30 minutes.

Remove the pot from heat. Roughly grate the chocolate and stir it into the chili. Flavor to taste and add more salt and pepper if necessary. Serve with rice and/or bread.

Enjoy!

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Ground Meat Patties with Red Onion Marmalade - Köttfärsbiffar med rödlöksmarmelad

GROUND MEAT PATTIES WITH RED

ONION MARMALADE

Köttfärsbiffar med rödlöksmarmelad

0.3 cup dried breadcrumbs

0.6 cup water

1.1 lb ground meat, beef + pork

or what you prefer

1 egg

salt, pepper

1 lb 12 oz potatoes

1 tablespoon olive oil

8.8 oz cherry tomatoes

1 teaspoon dried thyme

Red onion marmalade:

3 red onions

2 tablespoons butter or margarine

1 tablespoon cane sugar

1 tablespoon white wine vinegar

2 tablespoons water

Preheat oven to 437F.

Mix breadcrumbs and water in a bowl and let swell for 5 minutes. Add ground meat, egg, salt and pepper and mix to a smooth batter. Shape into 8 patties and fry in butter for about 4 minutes on each side.

Red onion marmalade:

Peel, split and thinly slice the onions and sauté until tender, but without coloring, in a saucepan with butter. Add sugar, vinegar and water and reduce until the liquid is gone. Flavor to taste with salt and pepper.

Scrub the potatoes and cut them in pieces. Mix potatoes, oil, salt and pepper and roast in the oven for about 20 minutes. Add tomatoes and flavor with thyme. Continue roasting for another 10 minutes. Serve with the patties, topped with red onion marmalade.

Enjoy!

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Ground Beef Patties with Fried Onions - Köttfärsburgare med stekt lök

GROUND BEEF PATTIES WITH FRIED ONIONS

Köttfärsburgare med stekt lök

Serves 6

1 lb 8 oz ground beef

1 egg

1 tablespoon flour + 0.2 cup water

1½ teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon black pepper

2 onions

butter or margarine

Mix the ground beef well with egg, flour, water and spices. Shape into rather large patties and fry them in turns for about 5 minutes on each side, until they're cooked through. 

Peel and slice the onions and fry until golden in some fat. Add about 0.8 cup water, put a lid on and slowly simmer the onions until tender.

Serve the beef patties with fried onions, boiled potatoes and a green salad.

Enjoy!

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Apple Meatballs with Fried Vegetables - Äppelköttbullar med frästa grönsaker

APPLE MEATBALLS WITH FRIED VEGETABLES

Äppelköttbullar med frästa grönsaker

Serves 2

10.6 oz ground meat, beef + pork

½ ägg

salt, pepper

1 tablespoon French mustard

1 garlic clove

1 apple

2 tablespoons butter or margarine

14 oz vegetables, e.g. broccoli,

cauliflower, red onion, and mushrooms

2 tablespoons cashews

parsley

For serving:

ready-made tomato sauce

Mix ground meat, egg, salt, pepper, mustard, crushed garlic and grated apple to a smooth batter. Shape into 8 large meatballs and fry all around in a frying pan in 1 tablespoon of the butter over medium heat, for about 10 minutes or until done.

Trim the vegetables and mushrooms (champignons) and cut in pieces. Sauté in a frying pan with 1 tablespoon butter until they start to get tender. Sprinkle with cashews and parsley and flavor with salt and pepper.

Serve with the meatballs together with tomato sauce.

Enjoy!

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Ground Meat Patties Au Gratin with Bacon and Tomatoes - Gratinerade färsbiffar med bacon och tomat

GROUND MEAT PATTIES AU GRATIN

WITH BACON AND TOMATOES

Gratinerade färsbiffar med bacon och tomat

Serves 4

1.1 lb ground meat, beef + pork

or what you prefer

0.2 cup dried breadcrumbs

0.3 cup water

1 egg

1 teaspoon salt

some black pepper

2 tablespoons finely chopped parsley

5 oz streaky bacon, sliced

2 tomatoes

0.4 cup strong, grated cheese

fresh herbs for decoration

Mix water and breadcrumbs and leave to swell for about 5 minutes. Blend in the ground meat, egg, spices and parsley. Shape the mixture to 8 plump patties. Wrap a bacon slice around each. Slice the tomatoes. Place the patties in a greased, oven-proof pan, put a tomato slice on each and sprinkle with grated cheese. Bake at 437F just below the middle of the oven for 25 to 28 minutes. 

Decorate with green herbs and serve the patties with rice or potatoes and perhaps a cream sauce.

Enjoy!

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Juicy Meat Loaf with Bacon and Lingonberries - Saftig köttfärslimpa med bacon och lingon

JUICY MEAT LOAF WITH BACON 

AND LINGONBERRIES

Saftig köttfärslimpa med bacon och lingon

Serves 4

1.1 lb ground beef or beef + pork

0.4 cup dried breadcrumbs

0.6 cup regular milk

1 onion

1 carrot

1 tablespoon dried thyme

salt, pepper

1 egg

Decoration:

5 oz streaky bacon, sliced

4 inches leek

0.4 cup fresh lingonberries

(or cranberries)

For serving:

potato wedges or boiled potatoes

salad

Preheat oven to 392F.

Mix breadcrumbs and milk and leave to swell for 5 minutes.

Peel and grate onion and carrot and add that together with the ground meat, dried thyme, salt and pepper. Blend well and stir in the egg. Shape to a loaf and place in a paper-lined roasting pan. Bake in the middle of the oven for 40 minutes or until the inner temperature is 154F.

Topping:

Fry the bacon until crisp. Drain on paper towels. Thinly slice the leek. Decorate the meat loaf with crisp bacon, lingonberries and leek and serve with potatoes and a salad.

Enjoy!

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Large Meatballs with Red Wine Sauce, Bacon and Mushrooms - Stora köttbullar i rödvinssås med bacon och svamp

LARGE MEATBALLS WITH RED WINE SAUCE,

BACON AND MUSHROOMS

Stora köttbullar i rödvinssås med bacon och svamp

Serves 4

0.4 cup regular milk

0.2 cup dried breadcrumbs

1.1 lb ground beef

1 egg

1 onion

1 teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon black pepper

2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme

butter

Red wine sauce:

5 oz streaky bacon, sliced

2 shallots

8.8 oz champignons, the brown kind

(in Sweden we call them "champignons

from the forest")

butter

1.2 cups red wine

0.4 cup water

2 tablespoons beef fond

your own recipe for mashed potatoes

Mix milk and breadcrumbs and let it swell for 3 minutes. Mix with ground beef, egg, onion, salt, pepper and thyme. Shape into 12 large meatballs and fry them in butter until nicely colored.

Red wine sauce:

Fry bacon, shallots and mushrooms in butter in a pot until everything is slightly colored. Add wine, water and fond, put in the meatballs and simmer in the sauce for about 10 minutes.

Serve with your own mashed potatoes and vegetables of your choice.

Enjoy!

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Ground Meat Ring with Bacon - Färskrans med bacon

GROUND MEAT RING WITH BACON

Färskrans med bacon

Serves 4 to 5

1.1 lb ground meat (beef + pork)

0.3 cup oats

1½ tablespoons potato starch

0.8 cup regular milk

1 egg

some pepper

1 teaspoon salt

1 bell pepper

8.8 oz streaky bacon, sliced

approx 1 to 2 tablespoons 

coarsely ground, sweet mustard

(if you can get hold of Swedish

mustard, that's the right kind)

some fresh thyme sprigs

For serving:

a frozen mix of green peas,

corn and red bell pepper

Preheat oven to 347F.

Put oats and flour in a saucepan. Pour on the milk and leave to swell for about 10 minutes. Trim and finely dice the bell pepper. Stir it in together with ground meat, egg, salt and pepper. Line a baking pan with a hole in the middle with the sliced bacon. Spread the mustard onto the bacon in the bottom of the pan. Fill up with the ground meat mixture and even out the surface. Flip the ends of the bacon slices over the meat. Place the pan in a waterbath in the oven (fill a deep roasting pan with water so that it comes up to half the pan. Bake for about 50 minutes.

Increase the heat to 482F and unmould the meat ring on an oven-proof plate. Put back in the oven to color the bacon and make it crisp. Fill the hole in the meat ring with the thawed, warm vegetable mix and serve with e.g. potato wedges or mashed potatoes.

Enjoy!

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Fine Bacon Patties - Fina baconbiffar

FINE BACON PATTIES

Fina baconbiffar

Serves approx 4

1.1 lb ground beef

2 egg yolks or 1 egg

1 teaspoon salt

some black pepper

4 cold, boiled potatoes

8 slices streaky bacon

8 tablespoons grated cheese

or sliced cheese

2 large tomatoes

Preheat oven to 437F.

Mix the ground beef with egg yolks or egg, salt and pepper. Grate the cold potatoes and blend them in. Divide the meat in 8 pieces and shape to patties. Place them on a greased, oven-proof plate and wrap a slice of bacon around each. Cook for about 25 minutes in the middle of the oven.

Split the tomatoes and sprinkle with garlic salt. Place them next to the patties and sprinkle with the cheese after about 8 minutes.

Serve with rice or potatoes.

Enjoy!

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Meatballs in hot curry sauce - Köttbullar i het currysås

MEATBALLS IN HOT CURRY SAUCE

Köttbullar i het currysås

Serves 4

1.1 lb ground meat (beef + pork

or what you prefer)

1 teaspoon salt

some pepper

1 teaspoon ground cumin

1 crushed garlic clove

0.4 cup creme fraiche

Sauce:

2 tablespoons butter or margarine

1 teaspoon curry

2 tablespoons flour

1.2 cups regular milk

2 tablespoons concentrated veal fond

0.4 cup creme fraiche

2 tablespoons mango chutney

some sambal oelek

Decoration:

1½ bananas

curry

0.2 to 0.4 cup peanuts

Work the ground meat together with all the ingredients to a smooth mixture. Shape to round balls. Fry until golden all around in some fat. Lower the heat  and continue frying for 3 to 5 minutes.

Melt the fat for the sauce together with curry. Stir in the flour and dilute with milk and veal fond. Let the sauce slowly simmer while stirring for about 3 minutes. Add creme fraiche, mango chutney and sambal oelek. Bring to a boil again and flavor to taste. Pour the sauce over the meatballs and heat it all through.

Peel and slice the bananas. Fry them in some fat and sprinkle with curry. Decorate with bananas, peanuts and maybe some fresh coriander.

Serve with anything you fancy.

Enjoy!

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Mustard Patties with Fried Vegetables - Senapsbiff med stekta grönsaker

MUSTARD PATTIES WITH FRIED VEGETABLES

Senapsbiff med stekta grönsaker

Serves 2

7 oz ground meat

1 tablespoon chopped red onion

1 tablespoon mustard

1 egg yolk

salt, pepper

1 tablespoon butter or margarine

1 carrot

remaining red onion, sliced

1 bell pepper

1 tablespoon oil

3½ oz boiled chick peas

Mix the ground meat with chopped onion (save remaining onion for the veggie mix), mustard and egg yolk. Flavor with salt and pepper. Shape to 4 patties and fry in butter for 3 to 4 minutes on each side.

Peel and shred the carrot. Slice the onion and cut the bell pepper in pieces. Sauté until tender in oil. Mix the vegetables with chick peas and top with some green herbs.

Enjoy!

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Swiss Ham Rolls - Schweizerrullar med skinka

SWISS HAM ROLLS

Schweizerrullar med skinka

Serves approx 4

1.1 lb ground beef

1 teaspoon salt

some pepper

0.6 cup grated cheese

2 eggs

3 tablespoons chopped chives

8 slices smoked ham

1.2 cups heavy cream

0.2 cup chili sauce

3 tablespoons dry sherry

salt, black pepper

Preheat oven to 392F.

Work the ground meat together with salt, pepper, grated cheese, eggs and chives. Spread out the sliced ham and divide the ground meat onto them. Roll up and place in a greased, oven-proof pan, seamside down. 

Stir the cream with chili sauce and sherry and flavor to taste with salt and pepper. Pour the sauce over the rolls and sprinkle with some rosé pepper. Cook in the middle of the oven for 30 minutes. Baste a few times during cooking.

Serve with any potatoes and a salad.

Enjoy!

Bella

Ground Meat, Bell Pepper and Spaghetti - Spaghetti med paprikafärs

GROUND MEAT, BELL PEPPER AND SPAGHETTI

Spaghetti med paprikafärs

Serves 2

1 onion

10.6 oz ground meat

1 tablespoon butter or margarine

7 oz crushed, canned tomatoes,

preferably chili flavored

2 teaspoons tomato paste

1 teaspoon basil

salt, pepper

1 tablespoon concentrated

veal fond

1 bell pepper, whichever color

Peel and chop the onion and sauté in butter until tender. Add the ground meat and cook until crumbly. Add tomatoes, tomato paste, basil, salt, pepper and veal fond. Boil for about 10 minutes. Add trimmed, shredded bell pepper and simmer slowly for about 5 minutes.

Serve with spaghetti and a salad.

Enjoy!

Bella

Ground Meat Mix with Mustard and Cabbage - Köttfärsröra med senap och vitkål

GROUND MEAT MIX WITH MUSTARD AND CABBAGE

Köttfärsröra med senap och vitkål

Serves 2

7 oz ground meat

1 onion, chopped

2 teaspoons butter or margarine

7 oz shredded cabbage

1 carrot, sliced

1 celery stem, sliced

0.2 cup water

0.4 cup low-fat creme fraiche

2 teaspoons Maizena

1 teaspoon Dijon mustard

1 teaspoon soy sauce

some ground cardamom

salt, black pepper

chopped parsley

For serving:

boiled rice

Brown ground meat and onion in some butter in a frying pan. Add cabbage, carrot, celery, water and creme fraiche and blend well. Cover with a lid and simmer until cabbage and carrot are tender, about 10 minutes.

Stir in Maizena, mustard, soy sauce and cardamom. Flavor with salt and pepper. Boil for 3 minutes while stirring. Sprinkle with parsley.

Serve with boiled rice.

Enjoy!

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Mustard Patties with Onion - Senapsbiff med löksky

MUSTARD PATTIES WITH ONION

Senapsbiff med löksky

Serves 2

10.6 oz ground meat (beef + pork)

1 tablespoon Dijon mustard

2 tablespoons water

salt, pepper

2 tablespoons butter or margarine

1 red onion

1 shallot

0.6 cup water

1 tablespoon concentrated veal fond

1 teaspoon Maizena

Mix the ground meat with mustard, water, salt and pepper and shape to 4 patties. Fry in butter for about 4 minutes on each side. Take them up and keep warm.

Peel the onions and cut in wedges. Sauté in butter until tender. Add water and fond and bring to a boil. Thicken the sauce and boil for 3 minutes. Flavor to taste with salt and pepper.

Serve with boiled potatoes, a dab of mustard and a salad.

Enjoy!

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Ground Meat Patties with Beets - Färsbiffar med rödbetor

GROUND MEAT PATTIES WITH BEETS

Färsbiffar med rödbetor

Serves 2

7 oz ground meat (beef + pork)

2 tablespoons dried breadcrumbs

0.2 cup water

1 egg

salt, pepper

0.3 cup chopped, canned beets

1 tablespoon chopped onion

1 tablespoon butter or margarine

0.4 cup water

1 tablespoon concentrated veal fond

Let the breadcrumbs swell in the water for about 5 minutes. Mix in the ground meat, egg, salt and pepper to a smooth batter. Add beets and onions and shape into 4 patties. Fry them in butter for 3 to 4 minutes on each side.

Pour water and fond in the pan and simmer for a minute or so. Serve with boiled potatoes and boiled vegetables or a salad.

Enjoy!

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Ground Meat Patties with Leek and Pasta - Färsbiffar med purjolök och pasta

GROUND MEAT PATTIES WITH LEEK AND PASTA

Färsbiffar med purjolök och pasta

Serves 4

14 oz ground meat (beef + pork)

4 tablespoons dried breadcrumbs

0.4 cup regular milk

1 small onion

salt, pepper

2 tablespoons liquid margarine

2 leeks

2 tablespoons chopped parsley

Mix breadcrumbs and milk in a bowl and leave to swell for about 5 minutes. Grate the onion and mix this in, together with ground meat and spices. Shape to patties and fry in liquid margarine. 

Roughly slice the leek and boil or sauté quickly. Divide the leek on serving plates, sprinkle with parsley and top with the patties. Serve with boiled pasta.

Enjoy!

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Filled Ground Meat Schnitzel - Fylld färsschnitzel

FILLED GROUND MEAT SCHNITZEL

Fylld färsschnitzel

Serves 4

1.1 lbs ground meat (beef + pork)

0.3 cup oats

1 tablespoon potato starch

0.6 cup water or regular milk

1 egg

1 teaspoon salt

some black pepper

4 slices smoked ham

4 slices cheese

dried breadcrumbs

butter or margarine

Let the oats swell in the water for 10 minutes. Add ground meat, potato starch, egg, salt and pepper. Shape the meat to 8 thin "steaks". Put them two and two together with ham and cheese in between. 

Turn the schnitzels over in dried breadcrumbs and fry them over medium heat for 4 to 5 minutes on each side.

Serve with potato wedges, sugarsnaps and sliced tomatoes.

Enjoy!

Bella