Gehaktballen Met Hete Bliksem Food

GEHAKTBALLEN: DUTCH MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Mix the meat with the egg, bread, onion, salt and spices and form 4-5 meatballs.
• Chill for about 30 minutes.
• Make into 4-6 meatballs.
• Heat the butter and brown the meatballs for about 15 minutes, turning them a couple of times.
• Reduce the heat to simmer and cook the meatballs for another 15 minutes, turning a few times.
• Remove the meatballs, add the water or beef stock and bring to a high heat. Add a little ketjap manis or Maggi seasoning to the mixture and you will have a lovely gravy to serve with the meatballs.
• NOTES : Some people coat the meatballs with breadcrumbs before frying.
• We soak the bread in a bit of milk, and then press out the milk from the bread before adding to the ground beef.
• We almost always use just the ground beef, and it is very good.
• This is good served with homefries and lots of mayonnaise.

GEHAKT BALLEN (DUTCH MEATBALLS)

Steps:

• Place meatloaf mix in a large mixing bowl; crumble bread over meat and knead with hands to combine. Add milk and egg to meat mixture. Knead onion, nutmeg, cloves, salt, and pepper into meat mixture until well-combined. Form mixture into six equal-sized balls.
• Melt butter in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Cook and stir meatballs in hot butter until browned on all sides, 5 to 10 minutes. Stir water, tomatoes, beef broth, and onion soup mix into Dutch oven; bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer until meatballs are tender and cooked through, about 1 hour.

HETE BLIKSEM

Steps:

• For the syrup: In a small saucepan, heat the sugar without stirring until it begins to melt. Stir occasionally until completely melted and a medium caramel color. Carefully stir in butter, cream and molasses. Add salt, juniper berries, nutmeg, mace and cinnamon. Stir until smooth. Remove from heat and steep for 30 minutes, then strain through a fine-meshed strainer. While the syrup is steeping, prepare the poached potatoes.
• For the potatoes: Place the potatoes in a medium saucepan and cover with two inches of water and season heavily with salt. Add garlic, thyme, bay leaves and cayenne pepper. On low heat, poach the potatoes until tender but not bursting, about 25 minutes. Gently strain potatoes and discard garlic, thyme and bay leaves. Set potatoes aside until no longer steaming, then transfer to the refrigerator to cool.
• For the rest: In a large skillet over medium heat, spread out the bacon and cook, stirring occasionally, until crisp and golden brown. Transfer to paper towels to drain and cool.
• In a wok or deep skillet, pour in vegetable oil to fry the potatoes, heat to 350 degrees. Cut the potatoes into 1-inch slices, and dust thoroughly with rice flour. Shake off excess flour, and place potatoes in the oil. Fry until golden brown and crispy, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer to paper towels to drain.
• In a serving bowl, combine the syrup, bacon and apples. Add the potatoes and toss gently to mix. Season to taste with salt and cayenne. Serve.