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Danish Meatballs

Frikadeller is the Danish national dish and it is very easy to prepare. Frikadeller are flat, pan-fried meatballs made of beef and pork. A typical Danish Frikadeller dinner includes Danish red cabbage, Danish cucumber salad, sugar brown potatoes and brown gravy.

Ingredients

Mix the beef and pork together in a bowl. Stir in milk, onion, and eggs. Add oatmeal or bread crumbs into the meat mixture. Sprinkle in flour, and knead well to mix. Season the taste with salt and pepper, and mix well. Some people enjoy the taste of allspice, but it is optional to add it. A tip is the frikadelle mixture which gets better the more you mix the ingredients together. Moreover, the mixture should be very moist, but not dripping. If it is too moist, add more flour and use less milk. Let the frikadelle mixture rest for a 1/2 hour to an hour in the refrigerator and then fry it in a pan.

 

Source: VisitDenmark

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Bean Soup with Smoked Pork Knee

The cuisine of northern Slovakia is influenced by the harsh climatic conditions of the area, where it is usually intensively cold at least three months per year. This is one of the reasons why smoked meat, potatoes, sauerkraut, dairy products and pulses are typical for this cuisine. In Slovakia, the pulses belong to the oldest cultivated crops. The most famous dish, still popular of the Slovak kitchen, is the bean soup, which used to be part of the Christmas Eve dinner for many families.

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Ghent Waterzooi

Waterzooi is a classic stew of Flanders. Its name is Dutch, ‘zooien’ meaning ‘to boil’. It is sometimes called Gentse Waterzooi (in Dutch) which refers to the city of Ghent. The original recipe is made of fish, either freshwater or sea, though today chicken waterzooi is more common. The most accepted theory is that rivers of Ghent became too polluted and the fish disappeared. The stew is made of the fish or chicken, vegetables including carrots, leeks and potatoes, herbs, eggs, cream and butter and usually serbed as a soup with a baquette to sop up the liquid.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 pound of minced beef
  • 1/2 pound of minced pork
  • 1 cup of flour
  • 1/2 cup of oatmeal (breadcrumbs is another option)
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 minced onion
  • 1/4 teaspoon of pepper
  • 1 teaspoon of salt
  • 1 to 1 1/2 cup of milk

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