Danish Fars Meatballs Recipes

FRIKADELLER (DANISH MEATBALLS)

Steps:

• Mix the veal and pork together in a bowl, and stir in the milk, onion, and egg. Mix the bread crumbs into the meat. Sprinkle in the flour, and knead well to mix. Stir in the seltzer water, season to taste with salt and pepper, and mix well. The mixture should be very moist, but not dripping.
• Chill the meat mixture for 15 to 30 minutes in the refrigerator, to make the meatballs easier to form.
• Heat the margarine in a large skillet over medium heat.
• To form meatballs, scoop up about 2 1/2 tablespoons of meat mixture with a large spoon, and form the mixture into a slightly flattened, oval meatball about the size of a small egg. Place the meatballs into the heated skillet, and fry for about 15 minutes per side, until the meatballs are well-browned and no longer pink in the center.

FRIKADELLER (DANISH MEATBALLS)

Steps:

• Combine beef, pork and onion. Add breadcrumbs, flour, eggs, salt, pepper, nutmeg, garlic, and sage leaves (it works best if you mix it with your hands).
• Slowly add half & half for consistency (you want them to be slightly sticky, you shouldn't be able to form them into a perfect ball). Coat large skillet well with butter. Drop clumps of mixture (a heaping tablespoon-size) onto the skillet.
• Fry on medium to medium low heat until brown (press the meat down a lightly with a fork so it flattens out a little.. it should look like a fat hamburger.. see picture below), then flip (approx 3-5 minutes per side). Add more butter with each batch.
• Serve with gravy (see below). **Don't wash the skillet-- you will want the brown bits and drippings for the gravy**
• Add the flour to the drippings to form a roux (add butter if needed). Slowly add cream (or milk) until mixture reaches gravy consistency. Add beef bouillon, salt & pepper to taste.

DANISH MEATBALLS WITH PAN GRAVY

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first seven ingredients. Add beef and sausage; mix lightly but thoroughly. Shape 1/4 cupfuls of mixture into 18 meatballs; flatten to 1-in. thickness., In a large skillet, heat oil and 1 tablespoon butter over medium-low heat; cook meatballs in batches 8-9 minutes on each side or until a thermometer reads 160°. Remove from pan, reserving 1/4 cup drippings in pan. (If necessary, add additional butter to the drippings to reach 1/4 cup.), For gravy, stir flour, bouillon granules, pepper and salt into drippings until smooth; gradually whisk in milk. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly; cook and stir 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Serve with meatballs.

DANISH (FARS) MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Mix pork and veal, seasonings.
• Stir in the egg.
• Mix flour with the liquid and add gradually to the meat.
• finally add the grated onion.
• Beat the mixture extremely well.
• Cover and place in the fridge for 1 hour.
• Shape the meat into balls sized to suit what you are using them for.
• For Mock Turtle soup, you will want small balls and you will want to boil them for a few minutes or you can make patties and fry them.
• For appetizers, make small balls and fry them, serve with a dip In any case cook until done It is always a good idea to just cook one meat ball to check the consistency, seasoning etc.
• Adjust if necessary.
• The important thing is to beat the meat mixture and beat it again.

DANISH MEATBALLS WITH DILL SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, mix beef, pork, veal, salt, pepper, eggs, onion and heavy cream. With moistened hands, shape the mixture into 1 inch balls. Roll the balls in the bread crumbs until all balls are well coated. Arrange in a single layer on a large, shallow baking sheet.
• Melt 1/2 cup butter in a large saucepan over low heat. Stir in the flour. Gradually stir in the chicken broth. Continue stirring until thickened and bubbly, then blend in the sour cream and fresh dill.
• Melt remaining butter in a small saucepan, and drizzle over the meatballs. Bake meatballs in the preheated oven 35 minutes, turning occasionally, until evenly browned.
• Place meatballs in a chafing dish and cover with the sauce to serve.

DANISH MEATBALLS WITH CREAMY DILL SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large bowl mix the meat, salt, pepper, eggs, onion and cream.
• (I use my kitchenaid).
• With moistened hands (this will be sticky), shape into 1 inch balls.
• Roll the meatballs in bread crumbs until well coated.
• Arrange in a single layer on shallow baking pans.
• Drizzle melted butter over the meatballs.
• Bake at 375 degrees, turning 3 or 4 times, until evenly browned, about 35 minutes.
• Meanwhile, make the sauce:.
• Melt butter in a large saucepan over low heat.
• Whisk in the flour till smooth.
• Gradually stir in the chicken broth.
• Continue stirring until thickened and bubbly, then blend in sour cream, dill and seasonings.
• Place meatballs in a serving dish and cover with the sauce.
• Serve over egg noodles.

FRIKADELLER (DANISH MEATBALLS)

Steps:

• Place meat in large bowl. Add all ingredients except butter.
• Mix thoroughly then let stand for 15 minutes to let flour absorb the liquid.
• Heat butter in skillet.
• Dip tablespoon in butter in skillet and shape meat.
• Fry over fairly low heat so meat doesn't brown before it is thoroughly cooked.

DANISH MEATBALLS IN CURRY SAUCE (BOLLER I KARRY)

Steps:

• MEATBALLS:.
• Mix the meats with salt, add scallion, pepper, egg and mix again. Add the milk bit by bit along with the flour. Let the meatballs rest for about 30 min in the fridge (I usually skip this step).
• Boil approx 6 cups of water with salt added approx 1 tsp in a large pot.If you have it add a few tops of selleri for added flavour.
• Stir the meatball dough again. Dip a large spoon in the water and take a spoonful of meatball dough and form into a ball. Place the ball in the water. (I usually form all the meatballs first and put on a plate while I wait for the water to boil, no stress and all meatballs can be placed in the water at the same time).
• The meatballs should measure about the same diameter as when you make the OK sign with thumb and pointy finger :) - approx 2 inch.
• Lower heat to a simmer when all meatballs are in the pot. Boil/simmer until the meatballs feels hard when pressed with a finger, approx 8-10 minute.
• Remove from the water.
• Take approx 3 cups of water the meatballs were cooked in, run it through a sieve and reserve for the sauce.
• CURRY SAUCE:.
• Melt the butter at high heat but do not let it brown; add scallion and let them fry for 1 minute
• Reduce heat to medium and add curry and shredded apple. Stir 1 min and add the flour and stir until completely combined. Add tarragon.
• Stir in the water from the meatballs a bit by bit (approx 2 1/2 - 3 cups depending on how thick you want your sauce). You can always use chicken broth if you run out of the water from the meatballs.
• Add salt and pepper to taste if necessary and let the sauce simmer for 5 minute.
• Add the meatballs to the sauce 5 min before serving and let them warm through in the sauce
• Serve with rice,.

DANISH MEATBALLS (FRIKADELLER)

Steps:

• Mix together all ingredients using hands in a big bowl. To get the right consistency it is important that all ingredients get well mixed and gets softened a bit. I would say that you should knead for around 5 minutes.
• Form into meatballs according to the size you prefer. In Denmark meatballs used for dinner is the size of the palm of your hand, and lunch meat balls are about half of that. (Quantity for this recipe is based on dinner meatballs).
• Heat a non-stick pan to medium-hot and place the meatballs in the pan. If you feel they stick too much to the pan, you can add a bit of butter to the pan (not oil). Turn the meatballs with a fork once they have started to brown. Keep turning them every 4 min or so being careful that they do not brown too much. Cook for approx 15-20 min until cooked through.
• Serve with a potato salad, mashed potatoes or cooked potatoes with a white milk based gravy.