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Frikadeller

Name: Frikadeller
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Denmark
Ingredients: 500g Ground Pork; 1 Onion; 1 Egg; 100ml Milk; 40g Breadcrumbs; 2 tbsp All-purpose flour; A pinch Nutmeg; 1 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper; 30g Butter; 4 Potato; 1/4 (red cabbage recommended) Cabbage; 2 tbsp Vinegar; 1 tbsp Sugar

Main Dish

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Ground pork seasoned with nutmeg and fried in flat ovals — Denmark's classic home meatballs.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Frikadeller are among the dishes most often made in Danish homes: ground pork is mixed with onion, egg, milk, and breadcrumbs, scooped into ovals with a spoon, and fried in butter. They're classically served with boiled potatoes, brown sauce, and sweet-sour red cabbage, and leftovers are sliced thin for smørrebrød.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a weekday evening in a Danish kitchen, mother spoons oval meatballs into the pan one after another as the smell of butter spreads.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Ground Pork 500g
Onion 1
Egg 1
Milk 100ml
Breadcrumbs 40g
All-purpose flour 2 tbsp
Nutmeg A pinch
Salt 1 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch
Butter 30g
Potato 4
Cabbage 1/4 (red cabbage recommended)
Vinegar 2 tbsp
Sugar 1 tbsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Grate the onion and knead well with the ground meat, egg, milk, breadcrumbs, flour, nutmeg, salt, and pepper, then chill 30 minutes.
Shred the cabbage and simmer with vinegar, sugar, and a little water for 15 minutes to make sweet-sour cabbage.
Boil the potatoes.
Melt butter in a frying pan and shape the mixture into ovals with two spoons, adding them to the pan.
Fry over medium heat for 5 minutes per side until well browned.
Serve with the potatoes and sweet-sour cabbage.

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