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Biff à la Lindström

Name: Biff à la Lindström
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Sweden
Ingredients: 500g Ground Beef; 100g Beets; 2 tbsp Capers; 1/2 Onion; 1 Egg; 100ml Heavy Cream; 20g Butter; 4 Potato; 1 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper

Main Dish

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

A Swedish beef patty mixed with pickled beets and capers, known for its pink center.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Biff à la Lindström is said to have been created in the 19th century when Henrik Lindström, a Swede raised in Russia, had it made at a hotel in Värmland. Chopped pickled beets, capers, and onion are mixed into ground beef, so the inside turns bright pink. It's served with boiled potatoes and a cream sauce.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At an old-fashioned Stockholm lunch place, trays of pink patties and boiled potatoes go out as the daily special while office workers eat by the window.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Ground Beef 500g
Beets 100g
Capers 2 tbsp
Onion 1/2
Egg 1
Heavy Cream 100ml
Butter 20g
Potato 4
Salt 1 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Finely chop the pickled beets, capers, and onion.
Knead the ground beef, egg, salt, and pepper, then mix in the beets, capers, and onion.
Divide into 8 and shape into flat rounds.
Melt the butter in a frying pan and cook over medium heat for 3–4 minutes per side.
Remove the patties, add the cream to the pan, and bring to a boil to make a sauce.
Serve with boiled potatoes and the sauce.

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