Wednesday 20 January 2010

Recipe - Frikadelle


I'm definitely no expert on German food but to me the frikadellen is the German equivalent of hamburgers. Kind of like what us Swedes have in pannbiff and the Danes in their hakkebøfs.

The thing that, to me, differs frikadellen from other hamburger versions are the crispy coating of breadcrumbs. That really sets them off compared to the others.

After some reading I think I can quite safely state that one of the 'secrets' behind good frikadellen is the mix of minced meat. Try to aim for 2/3 beef mince and 1/3 pork mince. 1/2 and 1/2 works too, but is less optimal. ;-)

I'm not sure if it is the right way but I use frikadellen both warm and cold. Cold frikadellen makes the start of awesome sandwiches. Add some pickled gherkin slices and strong mustard and you are well on your way to sandwich heaven.

Enough singing the praise of frikadellen, lets head over to the recipe...

Ingredients (makes enough for about 4)
500g minced meat (see proportions above)
3 slices of thick toasted bread
Milk
1 egg, beaten
1 onion, finely diced
A handfuls of curly leaf parsley, finely chopped
1 tbsp Dijon mustard
1 tsp dried marjoram
Salt
Pepper
Bread crumbs
Vegetable oil

Method
Soak the bread in some milk for a couple of minutes. Squeeze out the excess milk.

Put the meat in a bowl and mix in the bread, egg, onion, parsley, mustard and marjoram. Season well. Mix all of this together with your hands.

With wet hands, mould the mix into palm sized frikadellen that is about 2.5cm thick. Coat all sides of the frikadellen in breadcrumbs.

Heat the oil in a pan on medium heat. Fry the frikadellen until cooked through and golden brown, normally about 6 - 8 minutes on each side.

As you go along keep the fried frikadellen warm while you finish them all off in the pan.

Enjoy!

7 comments:

  1. Det där såg gott ut! Fast det brukar se och låta gott med dina recept här!
    Du har inte ett bra recept på klassisk engelsk brödpudding? Skulle vilja prova :)

    Ha det bra!
    / Lena

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  2. Lena,

    Tack for de snalla orden, jag ar glad att du gillar vad jag postar har.

    Ar det 'Bread and butter pudding' du are ute efter?

    // Mike

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  3. Ja, just "Bread and butter". Tänkte laga det och har hittat massor med recept men skulle vilja ha ett som är garanterat gott. Som t.ex. du gillar? Har du något på lager? Alla recept jag sett ska det vara citruslikör i. Måste det vara det?

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  4. Dear Freestyle Cookery, I love frikadelle and this recipe is divine! I went crazy over ALL of your food posts and couldnt decide which one I wanted to make this weekend. But when I saw the photo of the frikadelle I was like"Wild Thing", you make my heart sing! Loved and saved this recipe. I shall revisit you soon. Thank you for sharing.
    Cheers, Gaby
    You can always visit me at http://ptsaldari.posterous.com.

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  5. Gaby,

    Wow. I don't really know what to say but thank you!

    I'm glad that you found your way here and that you liked what you saw. I hope you'll find more stuff that you like here in the future too.

    I'll make sure to head over and have a look at your blog too!

    // Mike

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  6. I love burgers and they look just delicious!!

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  7. i like it this food.. nice post..!!!

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