Cookin'

It's been a while since I cooked much of anything... between my parents being here, then being wiped out over the weekend, and now I have a sick child at home, there just hasn't been much opportunity or gumption.

Today I did finally cook so my husband would have something decent to eat after a long day at work ... especially since I've been able to be home today.

On the menu:
Frikadellen (German style meat patties) or Frikadeller (the Danish version).
They are easy to put together - kind of like a meatloaf, you can add what you want to the meat.

I used:
1 lb ground beef
1 hot dog bun (slice of day old bread is great too), made wet w/ water & then squeeze water out
minced onions from jar (or real diced onions), to taste
a little ground mustard
ketchup, just a squirt
salt & pepper
1 egg yolk (put aside egg white in a bowl)

You'll also need a plate of bread crumbs and a frying pan with margarine melted in it.

You gotta get your hands messy - so I put all the above in a mixing bowl, remove my rings, and mush all the ingredients together with my hands!

Form meat into 4-5 patties. Dip in egg white & then in bread crumbs. Put in pan w/ the melted margarine - and brown on one side on a medium-high setting. Once the side is brown, flip patties & brown other side.

When both sides are brown, turn down heat to low, cover pan, and let cook through for about 20 minutes.

When done, I like to put the patties on a paper towel to blot off the excess margarine - and then flip them & do the same. And that's it! We like to eat Frikadellen with ketchup :) The German way would be to have some kind of fried potatoes or dumplings and cover the potatoes or noodles & meat with a creamy, brown gravy/sauce.