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Kjøttkaker
Also known as: Norwegian meat cakes
Norwegian pan-browned beef cakes scented with nutmeg and served in a smooth, deeply browned butter-and-flour gravy.
About Kjøttkaker
Kjøttkaker are Norway's homestyle meat cakes: larger and flatter than small round meatballs and commonly served with brown gravy. This profile follows Norway with Pål's water-bound beef version in brun saus.
Beef supplies the central savoury flavour, while nutmeg gives the cakes a restrained warm aroma. The browned butter-and-flour gravy is mellow and roasted, carrying the meat juices without overwhelming the simply seasoned cakes.
The cakes are broad, oval and darkly browned at the edges, with a firm but juicy interior held by potato flour. A glossy chestnut-brown gravy coats their rough surface and pools around them.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Milk, Wheat.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Kjøttkaker
Norway with Pål's Kjøttkaker i Brun Saus with Water-Bound Beef.
- Minced beefMeat-cake base
- SaltMeat and gravy seasoning
- Black pepperPeppery seasoning
- Ground nutmegWarm meat seasoning
- Potato flourMeat-cake binder
- WaterMeat mixture hydration
- ButterBrown-gravy roux fat
- Wheat flourBrown-gravy thickener
- Meat brothSavoury gravy liquid
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Minced beef:
- Salt:
- Black pepper:
- Ground nutmeg:
- Potato flour:
- Water:
- Butter:
- Wheat flour:
- Meat broth: . The source permits meat broth made from a cube or real broth; the generic meat-stock route preserves that identity, but its exact composition is not supplied
Origins & food traditions
Norway with Pål, written by a Norwegian native, supplies the complete selected water-bound beef-cake and brown-gravy formula. The Country Basket independently documents kjøttkaker as an old-fashioned Norwegian home dinner and corroborates the ground-beef, potato-starch, nutmeg and brown-roux-gravy structure.
Countries
- Norway
- NorwayCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Norwegian Cuisine
- Norwegian Traditional CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.