Hei hei, I hope you enjoy this recipe. If you are interested in taking it a step further you can add chopped ginger to the meat cakes, and put some brown cheese in the gravy. Lykke til! Good luck!
My grandfather immigrated to the United States just before the turn of the 20th century. He came from Senja island, Norway. All cultural knowledge was lost because he wanted to become 100% American. He taught himself to speak English flawlessly and without an accent. I wish I knew more about what town he was from and so on and so on but he died in 1945 and is buried in Portland Oregon. His name was Hans Simon Wold. I’ll have to make this recipe in his honor.
Hei Mary, I think the story of your grandfather is similar to many others who immigrated. They wanted to adapt to a new culture, and leave their old one behind. If you know his birth date and also where in Norway he was born there is a good chance you can track him down. All church books, and records are available online at the Norwegian digital archive: www.digitalarkivet.no/en/
@@norwaywithpal I know his birthdate and I know that he was born on Senja. I don’t know what the name of the town was or what church “parish” he was affiliated with or anything. I know they were fisherman. I know my great grandfather‘s name and my great grandmother‘s name but I just don’t know where to begin because I don’t know what the name of the town was where he came from. Grandpa immigrated first and eventually his parents and siblings also immigrated. I don’t know what the situation was like for them in Norway but something motivated them to pull up stakes and make for the New World. Incredible. I knew his little sister, my aunt Lizzie, whose full name was Elise Magdalene Wold. It wasn’t until long after I was an adult that I realized that she was my great aunt and that she was actually from Norway. My grandfather was apparently a very interesting man. Not only did he teach himself to read, write and speak English fluently, he also taught himself to read and write Greek so that he could study to become a minister. Of course he was Lutheran when he came to the US, but while working as a wheat thrasher in Nebraska, He had a profound spiritual spiritual experience with some Baptists and changed his denomination to Baptist. Hans Wold was the first ordained Baptist minister in Tripp County South Dakota when South Dakota was still just a territory. My dad, Roland Wold, told me that grandpa had a black Hambletonian horse named Midnight that he hooked up to a buggy and rode a preaching circuit across the territory to preach the Gospel of Christ to people in those remote wilderness areas. Sometime after the turn of the century, and I’m not sure what motivated them, the family moved to the West Coast, to Oregon. At one point I discovered that his father and his mother and his little sister Elise were registered in a census taken in 1908 in Albany Oregon. They eventually, sometime or another ended up in Portland which is a ways north of Albany near the Washington border.
@@maryvalentine9090Thanks for sharing these stories about your family ancestry! I have done a lot of genealogy, and it is very time consuming, but can be very rewarding. Senja is not a big place, and compared to for instance Oslo there are probably not many parishes, so one just have to go systematically through it, parish by parish. That is what I have done with some of my ancestors. Sometimes I've had luck, and other times not. Btw.. the Wold name might have been changed from Vold. try this: www.digitalarkivet.no/en/search/persons/advanced churchbooks: media.digitalarkivet.no/en/kb/browse what was your grandfathers name and birth date?
Wow - small world... My mom was from Tripp County SD!! Been there a lot! My dad was born in Rapid City, SD. His grandfather was born in Norway, across the Trondheimsfjorden 💖 I went there, to the farm where relatives live 🇳🇴
OMG!! My dads side of the family was from the tiny town of Quinn, SD!! It’s about an hour east of Rapid. My grandpa, Emil Kjerstad, came from Norway when he was a little boy!
Thank you for this recipe, as well as your Fårikål video. My Great Grandmother was Norwegian, her father immigrated from Gausdal, Oppland to South Dakota, America in the 1870s. I’ve been trying to connect more with Norwegian culture through cooking, your videos are very concise and informative. Tusen takk!
Hi from the Philippines🎉 Tusen takk for the recipe Pål 😊. My Norwegian husband is always happy every time I cooked your meatballs recipe he said its tastes like his grandmother's meatballs ❤.
Oh, my gosh, Pål… I made this entire meal yesterday, and it was wonderful! I had it when we were in Norway for 4 weeks in 2019, but I think I liked your recipe better. Thank you so much for the recipe!
Hahaha, I have to sit back and smile some of this video... the amount of details in the story telling here is just amazing 🤣 You have really gone all in with this! But most important, that is what's make the whole difference. So much to learn here. Great video again Pål. Nice to see you get some traction on your channel. Keep on making this, I really enjoy them. Cheers from Bergen
Thanks a lot, now you know what to cook up for dinner tonight! Btw. I plan a trip to Bergen perhaps in June. Maybe an occasion for us to grab a beer and talk RUclips etc :)
@@norwaywithpal Haha, I'm tempted to try it on my Trangia, as a adventure meal you can make in camp. will have to see how I could do that. Could skip the peas, but I have to look into this more. If I'm home I would gladly join you for a beer and talk video mate. Would be my honour. Make sure to send me a message and I will sort something out.
@@tshansen That is a good idea! You could always pre-make the "dough" for the meatballs at home. The peas you can easily smash together with a fork after you've boiled them. And pick some tyttebær out in the forest and whip up some jam right on the spot.. again use the fork and add some sugar. Let's stay in touch about Bergen. I'll let you know.
Yummy looking and tasting dish Pål! Will have to make this up while watching you on Rick Steves Monday Night Travel tomorrow. We were in Tromso Norway in 2018 during Constitution Day. It was an unforgettable experience we will always remember.
Thank you Doug! I always say that the 17th of May is the best day of the year to visit Norway, so you were lucky. Nice to know you are going to watch the MNT tomorrow.
I think that looks absolutely great! Total ‘comfort food’ I am not sure what potato flour is, but maybe I can use ground up instant potato flakes. Tip: To make gravy easy to make, I take the flour and make a batter out of it first; maybe 40ml flour mixed very well into 100-110ml water, milk or cream in its own cup. When it is time to add it to the pan drippings, I will make sure the pan drippings are hot, and begin stirring. Then I pour the flour mixture through a screen directly into the pan drippings and keep stirring. It thickens quickly, and you can stop adding the flour mixture when you think the gravy is thick enough. That method really takes away the chances of lumps, and also reduces the wear on the Teflon coating from the wire whisk.
@@norwaywithpal No, I can’t think of anything like that. I had a Norwegian friend from Bardu who also mentioned potato flour and vanilla sugar. Neither of those products are readily available here in California to my knowledge. But we do have instant potato flakes, which are about the size of quick oatmeal / instant oatmeal. You add hot water and a little bit of butter and milk to get fairly / pathetic lame mashed potatoes. But we have a lot of products like rice flour, bread flour, whole wheat flour, and more.
I made this the other day and it was delicious! I'm repeating today, and rather than watch the video five times again this time, I loosely transcribed the recipe (in case anyone else wants to make the recipe and wants it written down): Norwegian meatballs Serve with hard boiled potatoes and mushy peas, brown gravy, and lingonberry jam (recipe for potatoes not included) Meatballs Place ground beef in bowl with salt, potato flour, and fresh ground pepper, plus ground nutmeg. Add water gradually and work together into a smooth dough. Can use a food processor or hands. Dip spoon in water so meat won’t stick to it; start shaping meatballs with spoon. Not aiming for perfect golfballs; imperfectly round shapes are ok. 400 g meat = 7 meatballs (typical). Heat up butter on medium heat in frying pan . Move meatballs gently to the pan . Fry them for a few minutes and flip over now and then. When ready, will look lightly browned. Make brown gravy: Use same pan as meatballs Add butter; let it melt Add wheat flour and stir well so no chunks Keep stirring so it does not burn It’s important that butter and wheat flour gets a nice nutty brown flour, or you will have a white gravy instead of a brown gravy. Add broth to pan while stirring around. Let it heat up, then pour it into a pot. Add salt and pepper. Add meatballs to gravy: Then take meatballs and put them into the gravy. Simmer for 10 minutes while stirring now and then. Mushy peas: Small amount of broth in a pot; add the peas and some butter. Let it boil for a few minutes. Use a mixer to make pea stew. Serve together with lingonberry jam on the side.
Also, I modified the ingredients list so it will play nicely with a US-based cooking app such as Paprika for increasing the number of servings, etc (as they won't recognize the commas instead of periods, and a few other measurements that are difficult to measure with the measuring instruments mostly found in US kitchens): Meatballs/Kjøttkaker 400 grams or 14.1 ounces beef minced meat 1 teaspoon salt 0.25 teaspoon pepper 0.25 teaspoon ground nutmeg 2 tablespoons potato flour/starch 0.6 cups water or milk (I used water) Brown sauce/Brun saus 4 tablespoons butter 4 tablespoons wheat flour 4.25 cups broth (meat broth cube, or real broth) 0.5 teaspoon salt 0.25 teaspoon pepper Mushy peas/Ertestuing 1 package of frozen peas 400 grams or 14.1 ounces 0.4 cup meat broth ( made with meat broth cube) 1 tablespoon butter 0.25 teaspoon pepper Use lingonberry jam, but cranberries also work nicely. Hard boiled potatoes (plenty)
My partner, Gunnar, is from Kristiansand, he says the spice in the kjøttkaker should be allspice, and he does the allspice berries in a mortar and pestle, but quite honestly, I don't taste the allspice at all. When I ,make fiskekaker (or pudding, or balls) I definitely use fresh grated nutmeg! I'm going to enjoy your page.
Hei Arthur, allspice might be some local way of doing it in Kristiansand... Here in the Oslo area and eastern part of Norway, it's usually fresh grated nutmeg :) Thanks for watching the episode!
Hello! I have an old family recipe for these! Thank you for sharing this as well. They are very different from Swedish meatballs! I am always correcting friends! lol God Jul.
Well I guess I know what I'll be making! I've actually have never heard of hard boiled potatoes, only boiled potatoes. :) We have been having Swedish meatballs each Christmas but maybe this year we should try the better meat cakes!
Hard boiled potatoes is a term we use here about potatoes that are good for boiling without falling apart. But I realize I might invented a whole new cooking term for the English language :P Swedish meatballs are so 2020, 2021 should clearly be the better meat cakes ;)
I always use minced beef (that’s what it’s traditionally made from), but would work well with a pork mix or just pork also, just would taste a bit different
Huh. I was told it was ginger and nary a word about nutmeg. I'll try this. Also I am totally perfect in every way. I'm like Mary Poppins, but with a foul mouth. :D Don't have lingonberry anything in my area.
I'm half Norwegian (father) and want to make this, but I am allergic to wheat...any other substitutes for the flour for gravy without ruining the taste? Tusen takk
Hei Raulito, thanks for checking out the video. My girlfriend is gluten intolerant, so I've made it gluten free a couple of times. I've used the "gluten free flour" that one can by in the supermarket here, and it has turned out nicely. Good luck!
Thanks Pål for the recipe. This was a wonderful meal, somehow the meatballs become very soft. Do have you tips to prevent that? Is it perhaps to much water in the meatballs? (1.5dl)
Hei Chris! Great to hear you tried out the recipe. With 400 grams of meat, 1,5 dl should be about right. But some meat producers inject water into the meat, so maybe the meat you used already was a bit watery. Just me speculating though. Try reduce the amount of water and/or add a bit more potato flour. The meat cakes are supposed to be a bit soft though, softer than Swedish meatballs for instance, but they should of course not fall apart, and not feel watery. I hope that helps :)
Yes it can be! I made this brun saus basic so it's easy for everyone to make. But you can add brunost to get a richer flavor, I do it every now and then
@@norwaywithpal I know what you mean! Then there's also another type called Rissoles but I believe to qualify for that they have to be rolled in bread crumbs. Maybe Norwegian meatballs are a hybrid ☺
@@lamuska24 Rissoles look really yummy, but def with some more ingredients in it. Yes maybe Norwegian "meat cakes" are a hybrid between meatballs and rissoles :D
hehe, I'm sure you'll impress! But try: shut-Koch-ee. All though the Kj sound is pronounced a bit different than "shut".. all though some kids say "shut", it's slang. Anyways, I can't find a good way to explain the Kj sound..
Thank you Pal. I am American born and of Norwegian descent and I've been making this recipe for the past two years as a part of my family's Samhain celebration, in honor of my ancestors. It has become a family favorite. I'll be making it again next week. I hope to come to Norway some day, step foot on the land my family came from and explore Norwegian dishes like this in their place of origin.
This is an excellent recipe! I made this and the kjøttkaker recipe from the North Wild Kitchen side by side as a taste test for my family, and even the ones who have sensory sensitivity to certain tastes or textures liked it! Overall I think this recipe was the favorite! A lot of fun to make, delicious, and fairly easy :)
That's really cool to hear, especially since North Wild Kitchen got some great recipes. I think the simplicity is important... just good ingredients and made with love ;) Thanks for testing it out
This is an excellent recipe! I made this and the kjøttkaker recipe from the North Wild Kitchen side by side as a taste test for my family, and even the ones who have sensory sensitivity to certain tastes or textures liked it! Overall I think this recipe was the favorite! A lot of fun to make, delicious, and fairly easy :)
I had to order lingonberry jam as no stores here have them. They did in Minnesota. I am looking forward to making this dish. My wife will probably make the brown gravy from scratch if I know her
Hei Pål! Your Norwegian meatballs look delicious. I find Kjøttkaker different because they are much lighter, square shape instead of round, and not heavy like Swedish meatballs. I was expecting Bestamor & Bestafar to arrive in time to sit down for dinner 😊. Gratulerer on another great video. Tusen takk!
Thank you! And I agree with your description, much lighter than the meatballs. I actually made another portion yesterday when my dad came to visit. I hope to be able to cook it for Bestemor and Bestefar soon :D
Looks like a nice dish (I have eaten it in Northern Norway). Actually it's served just the way we eat meatballs here in Sweden, with exception of the mushed peas. The gravy and lingonberry jam are essential. With that said - and I might be just a wee bit biased - nothing can compare to Swedish meatballs! There's of course a reason why our meatballs are famous in most parts of the world. Unnskyld, söte bror! 😉
Hehe your meatballs are famous because of IKEA I guess ;) and I have to say that well made Swedish meatballs are very tasty, but so are well made Norwegian kjøttkaker
Hei hei Pål. I made Kjøttkaker i brun saus tonight using your recipe. They were very delicious. My first time having them. definitely adding this to my repertoire. Tusen takk for at du introduserte meg for dette!
I made this yesterday, this recipe is perfect. Pål has a blog linked here, go to it and he has the ingredients, and other more authentic Norwegian recipes. Pål please make more videos for those recipes. Takk for this! And all the others.
Hei Pål! Your Norwegian meatballs look wonderful. I find Kjøttkaker are different because they are much lighter and not heavy like Swedish meatballs. I was expecting Bestamor & Bestafar to arrive in time to sit down for dinner 😊. Gratulerer on another great video. Tusen takk!
I only can imagine how delicious this tastes! It looks good to. I will try this with some of the worms I use to prepare my recipes and see how it will be. Great video. Thank you...❤❤❤
I miss my grandmothers køttkaker. But she never served brown gravy to the. She served with fried onions in “sky” I don’t know the English nor the Norwegian word for “sky” maybe it’s the same in Norwegian as in Swedish. She fried onions and køttkaker, always in real butter, in a skillet and than “boiled” it for a long time in the oven. When it comes to which meatballs that’s best between the Norwegian or the Swedish. I must say sorry.... to all Swedes but the Norwegian is best, at least the one my grandma made. 🇳🇴
Hi there, sky = sjysaus, and the way your grandmother did it is quite traditional (and very tasty with the onion). Always real butter for sure! And you are completely right about Norwegian kjøttkaker being the best ;) Thanks for watching the video!
My goodness this looks delicious! I am familiar with Swedish meatballs, but I have never seen a recipe for Norwegian meatballs. I also have never tasted lingonberry jelly. I definitely want to try this! Thank you for sharing.
I'm gonna try your take on this as well... Never would have thought to add nutmeg... and have never made mushy peas in that way... Luckily we do have lingonberry jam over here at the local Ikea. I'm excited to try. Thank you.
I want to try this after seeing the Norwegian group M2M in a Disney videos on RUclips. Marit who is one of the members said she loved having this as a child when they were shown eating food
Hei hei, I hope you enjoy this recipe. If you are interested in taking it a step further you can add chopped ginger to the meat cakes, and put some brown cheese in the gravy. Lykke til! Good luck!
My grandfather immigrated to the United States just before the turn of the 20th century. He came from Senja island, Norway. All cultural knowledge was lost because he wanted to become 100% American. He taught himself to speak English flawlessly and without an accent. I wish I knew more about what town he was from and so on and so on but he died in 1945 and is buried in Portland Oregon. His name was Hans Simon Wold. I’ll have to make this recipe in his honor.
Hei Mary, I think the story of your grandfather is similar to many others who immigrated. They wanted to adapt to a new culture, and leave their old one behind. If you know his birth date and also where in Norway he was born there is a good chance you can track him down. All church books, and records are available online at the Norwegian digital archive: www.digitalarkivet.no/en/
@@norwaywithpal I know his birthdate and I know that he was born on Senja. I don’t know what the name of the town was or what church “parish” he was affiliated with or anything. I know they were fisherman. I know my great grandfather‘s name and my great grandmother‘s name but I just don’t know where to begin because I don’t know what the name of the town was where he came from. Grandpa immigrated first and eventually his parents and siblings also immigrated. I don’t know what the situation was like for them in Norway but something motivated them to pull up stakes and make for the New World. Incredible.
I knew his little sister, my aunt Lizzie, whose full name was Elise Magdalene Wold. It wasn’t until long after I was an adult that I realized that she was my great aunt and that she was actually from Norway.
My grandfather was apparently a very interesting man. Not only did he teach himself to read, write and speak English fluently, he also taught himself to read and write Greek so that he could study to become a minister. Of course he was Lutheran when he came to the US, but while working as a wheat thrasher in Nebraska, He had a profound spiritual spiritual experience with some Baptists and changed his denomination to Baptist. Hans Wold was the first ordained Baptist minister in Tripp County South Dakota when South Dakota was still just a territory. My dad, Roland Wold, told me that grandpa had a black Hambletonian horse named Midnight that he hooked up to a buggy and rode a preaching circuit across the territory to preach the Gospel of Christ to people in those remote wilderness areas.
Sometime after the turn of the century, and I’m not sure what motivated them, the family moved to the West Coast, to Oregon. At one point I discovered that his father and his mother and his little sister Elise were registered in a census taken in 1908 in Albany Oregon. They eventually, sometime or another ended up in Portland which is a ways north of Albany near the Washington border.
@@maryvalentine9090Thanks for sharing these stories about your family ancestry!
I have done a lot of genealogy, and it is very time consuming, but can be very rewarding.
Senja is not a big place, and compared to for instance Oslo there are probably not many parishes, so one just have to go systematically through it, parish by parish. That is what I have done with some of my ancestors. Sometimes I've had luck, and other times not.
Btw.. the Wold name might have been changed from Vold.
try this:
www.digitalarkivet.no/en/search/persons/advanced
churchbooks:
media.digitalarkivet.no/en/kb/browse
what was your grandfathers name and birth date?
Wow - small world... My mom was from Tripp County SD!! Been there a lot! My dad was born in Rapid City, SD. His grandfather was born in Norway, across the Trondheimsfjorden 💖 I went there, to the farm where relatives live 🇳🇴
OMG!! My dads side of the family was from the tiny town of Quinn, SD!! It’s about an hour east of Rapid. My grandpa, Emil Kjerstad, came from Norway when he was a little boy!
Thank you for this recipe, as well as your Fårikål video. My Great Grandmother was Norwegian, her father immigrated from Gausdal, Oppland to South Dakota, America in the 1870s. I’ve been trying to connect more with Norwegian culture through cooking, your videos are very concise and informative. Tusen takk!
Thanks Adam! I’ll try make some more cooking videos :)
Thanks so much! I made it for Thanksgiving today. It tastes amazing! Have a blessed day.
You are welcome! And happy belated Thanksgiving :)
Hi from the Philippines🎉
Tusen takk for the recipe Pål 😊. My Norwegian husband is always happy every time I cooked your meatballs recipe he said its tastes like his grandmother's meatballs ❤.
That's very nice to hear! Thank you :)
Oh, my gosh, Pål… I made this entire meal yesterday, and it was wonderful! I had it when we were in Norway for 4 weeks in 2019, but I think I liked your recipe better. Thank you so much for the recipe!
Hei Lisa, that is great. I saw your photo on Instagram :) And glad you got to try it out when you were in Norway, it's such a classic Norwegian dish!
My mother in law had passed away now and I want to make Norwegian meat balls for him to comfort him. We live in Finland.
We loved this! Made a wonderful Norwegian meal!
Great! Glad you enjoyed it :)
Hahaha, I have to sit back and smile some of this video... the amount of details in the story telling here is just amazing 🤣 You have really gone all in with this! But most important, that is what's make the whole difference. So much to learn here. Great video again Pål. Nice to see you get some traction on your channel. Keep on making this, I really enjoy them. Cheers from Bergen
Thanks a lot, now you know what to cook up for dinner tonight!
Btw. I plan a trip to Bergen perhaps in June. Maybe an occasion for us to grab a beer and talk RUclips etc :)
@@norwaywithpal Haha, I'm tempted to try it on my Trangia, as a adventure meal you can make in camp. will have to see how I could do that. Could skip the peas, but I have to look into this more.
If I'm home I would gladly join you for a beer and talk video mate. Would be my honour. Make sure to send me a message and I will sort something out.
@@tshansen That is a good idea! You could always pre-make the "dough" for the meatballs at home. The peas you can easily smash together with a fork after you've boiled them. And pick some tyttebær out in the forest and whip up some jam right on the spot.. again use the fork and add some sugar.
Let's stay in touch about Bergen. I'll let you know.
These look delicious and you described how to make them so easily. My kids and I are studying Norway next week. We will have to make these!
Glad you enjoyed the video! They are actually really easy to make, and taste so good. My favorite comfort food :) Good luck on the cooking
@Gus Erland we live and learn Gus, thanks for your input
@Gus Erland That's what I figured. Also, only two mistakes and I assume the rest was correctly done. I'd say that is pretty good :)
Yummy looking and tasting dish Pål! Will have to make this up while watching you on Rick Steves Monday Night Travel tomorrow. We were in Tromso Norway in 2018 during Constitution Day. It was an unforgettable experience we will always remember.
Thank you Doug! I always say that the 17th of May is the best day of the year to visit Norway, so you were lucky. Nice to know you are going to watch the MNT tomorrow.
Hello! New subscriber here! Great looking recipe!! Thank you!! Michael from New York
Hei Hei Michael! Thanks for subscribing:)
I think that looks absolutely great! Total ‘comfort food’
I am not sure what potato flour is, but maybe I can use ground up instant potato flakes.
Tip: To make gravy easy to make, I take the flour and make a batter out of it first; maybe 40ml flour mixed very well into 100-110ml water, milk or cream in its own cup.
When it is time to add it to the pan drippings, I will make sure the pan drippings are hot, and begin stirring. Then I pour the flour mixture through a screen directly into the pan drippings and keep stirring. It thickens quickly, and you can stop adding the flour mixture when you think the gravy is thick enough. That method really takes away the chances of lumps, and also reduces the wear on the Teflon coating from the wire whisk.
Thanks for the tip about the gravy! That's a really smart way to do it. Potato flour is basically potato starch
@@norwaywithpal Potato starch or flour is not something I am familiar with; or vanilla sugar. That’s interesting :)
@@stevenjohnson7086 hmm yes very interesting, do you not have a "flour looking" product made of potatoes in stores where you live?
@@norwaywithpal No, I can’t think of anything like that. I had a Norwegian friend from Bardu who also mentioned potato flour and vanilla sugar. Neither of those products are readily available here in California to my knowledge.
But we do have instant potato flakes, which are about the size of quick oatmeal / instant oatmeal. You add hot water and a little bit of butter and milk to get fairly / pathetic lame mashed potatoes.
But we have a lot of products like rice flour, bread flour, whole wheat flour, and more.
@@stevenjohnson7086 We got those potato flakes as well..hehe...
I made this entire meal tonight and it was delicious! Thank you for the video, Pål! 🙂
Cool! Bare hyggelig, you welcome. I'm so glad you liked it :)
Looks fantastic! I will try these!
Thanks! I hope you will like them :)
Looks absolutely delicious. Also love the color combo on the plate- green, brown, dark purple, yellow. will make them soon!
Thanks Ben, agree on the colors! And it all fits so well together flavor wise as well
We grew up eating Norwegian meatballs and still make them often. I like to add nutmeg into the gravy as well as the meat mixture.
Nutmeg in the gravy 👍👍👍
Looks great
I made this the other day and it was delicious! I'm repeating today, and rather than watch the video five times again this time, I loosely transcribed the recipe (in case anyone else wants to make the recipe and wants it written down):
Norwegian meatballs
Serve with hard boiled potatoes and mushy peas, brown gravy, and lingonberry jam (recipe for potatoes not included)
Meatballs
Place ground beef in bowl with salt, potato flour, and fresh ground pepper, plus ground nutmeg.
Add water gradually and work together into a smooth dough. Can use a food processor or hands.
Dip spoon in water so meat won’t stick to it; start shaping meatballs with spoon.
Not aiming for perfect golfballs; imperfectly round shapes are ok.
400 g meat = 7 meatballs (typical).
Heat up butter on medium heat in frying pan
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Move meatballs gently to the pan
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Fry them for a few minutes and flip over now and then.
When ready, will look lightly browned.
Make brown gravy:
Use same pan as meatballs
Add butter; let it melt
Add wheat flour and stir well so no chunks
Keep stirring so it does not burn
It’s important that butter and wheat flour gets a nice nutty brown flour, or you will have a white gravy instead of a brown gravy.
Add broth to pan while stirring around.
Let it heat up, then pour it into a pot. Add salt and pepper.
Add meatballs to gravy:
Then take meatballs and put them into the gravy. Simmer for 10 minutes while stirring now and then.
Mushy peas:
Small amount of broth in a pot; add the peas and some butter. Let it boil for a few minutes. Use a mixer to make pea stew.
Serve together with lingonberry jam on the side.
Also, I modified the ingredients list so it will play nicely with a US-based cooking app such as Paprika for increasing the number of servings, etc (as they won't recognize the commas instead of periods, and a few other measurements that are difficult to measure with the measuring instruments mostly found in US kitchens):
Meatballs/Kjøttkaker
400 grams or 14.1 ounces beef minced meat
1 teaspoon salt
0.25 teaspoon pepper
0.25 teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 tablespoons potato flour/starch
0.6 cups water or milk (I used water)
Brown sauce/Brun saus
4 tablespoons butter
4 tablespoons wheat flour
4.25 cups broth (meat broth cube, or real broth)
0.5 teaspoon salt
0.25 teaspoon pepper
Mushy peas/Ertestuing
1 package of frozen peas 400 grams or 14.1 ounces
0.4 cup meat broth ( made with meat broth cube)
1 tablespoon butter
0.25 teaspoon pepper
Use lingonberry jam, but cranberries also work nicely.
Hard boiled potatoes (plenty)
Thank you so much! I've pasted your text into the episode. Very helpful :)
Glad to hear you enjoyed the recipe, and thanks for the transcribe :D
My partner, Gunnar, is from Kristiansand, he says the spice in the kjøttkaker should be allspice, and he does the allspice berries in a mortar and pestle, but quite honestly, I don't taste the allspice at all. When I ,make fiskekaker (or pudding, or balls) I definitely use fresh grated nutmeg! I'm going to enjoy your page.
Hei Arthur, allspice might be some local way of doing it in Kristiansand... Here in the Oslo area and eastern part of Norway, it's usually fresh grated nutmeg :) Thanks for watching the episode!
Hmmm this is evidence that it actually is a swedish recipe that has been adopted...
Probably a Farsund/Lista variation, Hah!@@norwaywithpal
Hello! I have an old family recipe for these! Thank you for sharing this as well. They are very different from Swedish meatballs! I am always correcting friends! lol God Jul.
Hei Hei, thanks for watching the episode! Yep, very different than the Swedish ones. Some would also say they are better ;) God Jul 🎄
Me and my dad made these for dinner for my family and they were amazing
Great!!! Nice to hear :)
Thanks
Dude, I will make those!
Yea man, try them out!
Hey! well done! I can't believe I got to this you tube video before my wife did. Haha...
haha, thanks & well done to you Guy, she is usually quite quick to comment :)
Well I guess I know what I'll be making! I've actually have never heard of hard boiled potatoes, only boiled potatoes. :) We have been having Swedish meatballs each Christmas but maybe this year we should try the better meat cakes!
Hard boiled potatoes is a term we use here about potatoes that are good for boiling without falling apart. But I realize I might invented a whole new cooking term for the English language :P
Swedish meatballs are so 2020, 2021 should clearly be the better meat cakes ;)
Looks awesome! Do you use always minced beef or is minced pork or 50/50 also okay for you?
I always use minced beef (that’s what it’s traditionally made from), but would work well with a pork mix or just pork also, just would taste a bit different
Thanks for the recipe!
You welcome!
Huh. I was told it was ginger and nary a word about nutmeg. I'll try this.
Also I am totally perfect in every way. I'm like Mary Poppins, but with a foul mouth. :D
Don't have lingonberry anything in my area.
If there's an IKEA in your area you can find lingoberry jam there
I'm half Norwegian (father) and want to make this, but I am allergic to wheat...any other substitutes for the flour for gravy without ruining the taste? Tusen takk
Hei Raulito, thanks for checking out the video. My girlfriend is gluten intolerant, so I've made it gluten free a couple of times. I've used the "gluten free flour" that one can by in the supermarket here, and it has turned out nicely. Good luck!
@@norwaywithpal 👍just subbed
Can you suggest a vegetable other than mashed peas? I'm allergic to peas.
Carrot and rutabaga stew would be good!
Artery clogging gear that is Pal. I imagine it tastes good though.😆
lol.. it taste heavenly good!
seems yummy. Takk!
Vær så god! :)
Love this recipe jeg likte og abonnerte
Tusen takk!
Thanks Pål for the recipe. This was a wonderful meal, somehow the meatballs become very soft. Do have you tips to prevent that? Is it perhaps to much water in the meatballs? (1.5dl)
Hei Chris! Great to hear you tried out the recipe. With 400 grams of meat, 1,5 dl should be about right. But some meat producers inject water into the meat, so maybe the meat you used already was a bit watery. Just me speculating though. Try reduce the amount of water and/or add a bit more potato flour. The meat cakes are supposed to be a bit soft though, softer than Swedish meatballs for instance, but they should of course not fall apart, and not feel watery. I hope that helps :)
@@norwaywithpal Thanks Pål i will try that. Looking forward to more of your recipes. :)
Ground nutmeg yummy
yep it makes all the difference :P
Can I use cloudberries instead of lingonberries?
Cloudberries are a bit too sweet , then I think I’d rather use cranberries
Imagine whirled peas
Hi Pål! Nice video! I'm fond of your channel. I'm a Canadian in Norway. Can I contact you with a question?
Hei Sarah, glad you liked it! Yes for sure, feel free to drop me an email pal@johansentravel.com
What is that berry jam?
It’s lingonberry jam 😋
Hmmm... seems recipes vary a bit, as brunost is also an ingredient for brun saus from what I learned.
Yes it can be! I made this brun saus basic so it's easy for everyone to make. But you can add brunost to get a richer flavor, I do it every now and then
I love meat balls, this recipe looks nice, more recipes please.
Thanks Nando! I’ll try put out some more recipes :)
Maybe you should be a chief! The results of your effort look tasty.
Years ago in my early twenties I was actually considering it! But glad I ended up where I did :)
takk for maten
Vær så god!
In English you'd call these patties really cause of the more flattened shape
Oh really.. I always thought a patty would have to be a bit flatter
@@norwaywithpal I know what you mean! Then there's also another type called Rissoles but I believe to qualify for that they have to be rolled in bread crumbs.
Maybe Norwegian meatballs are a hybrid ☺
@@lamuska24 Rissoles look really yummy, but def with some more ingredients in it. Yes maybe Norwegian "meat cakes" are a hybrid between meatballs and rissoles :D
YUM!!!!
Agree!
So the English translation would be shit-Koch-ee for the meat cakes? Lol I’m trying to impress my coworkers
hehe, I'm sure you'll impress! But try: shut-Koch-ee. All though the Kj sound is pronounced a bit different than "shut".. all though some kids say "shut", it's slang. Anyways, I can't find a good way to explain the Kj sound..
@@norwaywithpal ty!
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hehe, yes :P
Sorry I want to make this for my husband! His mom passed away now.
Sorry to hear that. I’m sure some kjøttkaker might brighten his day :)
Thank you Pal. I am American born and of Norwegian descent and I've been making this recipe for the past two years as a part of my family's Samhain celebration, in honor of my ancestors. It has become a family favorite. I'll be making it again next week. I hope to come to Norway some day, step foot on the land my family came from and explore Norwegian dishes like this in their place of origin.
Hi there, you are very welcome! I'm glad to hear you enjoy the Norwegian meatballs. I hope you'll make it over here some day
This is my exact wish as well!
This is an excellent recipe! I made this and the kjøttkaker recipe from the North Wild Kitchen side by side as a taste test for my family, and even the ones who have sensory sensitivity to certain tastes or textures liked it! Overall I think this recipe was the favorite! A lot of fun to make, delicious, and fairly easy :)
That's really cool to hear, especially since North Wild Kitchen got some great recipes. I think the simplicity is important... just good ingredients and made with love ;) Thanks for testing it out
Thank you for posting this video--cannot wait to try mushy peas!
I hope you will like it! :)
This is an excellent recipe! I made this and the kjøttkaker recipe from the North Wild Kitchen side by side as a taste test for my family, and even the ones who have sensory sensitivity to certain tastes or textures liked it! Overall I think this recipe was the favorite! A lot of fun to make, delicious, and fairly easy :)
Yes. Norwegian meatballs are in brown gravy. Swedish have a creamy gravy
Norwegian meatballs, Norwegian waffles, Norwegian cheese, Norwegian cake. Everything in Norway tastes so much better!!
hehe true, we do have some yummy food up here in Norway!
Thank you for that recipe I’m going to try it this week this is Andreas Noraas from Virginia
Hei Andreas! Thanks for watching the episode, glad you enjoyed the video, and I hope you'll enjoy your kjøttkaker as well
1:29 Why did you need to put the meatballs on paper?
I only have two pots. I'll have to use them for the mushy peas and the potatoes. Can I instead use the pan to simmer the meatballs and gravy together?
Yes if the pan is a bit deep that should not be a problem!
I had to order lingonberry jam as no stores here have them. They did in Minnesota. I am looking forward to making this dish. My wife will probably make the brown gravy from scratch if I know her
That sounds great! Having proper lingonberry jam really adds to the authenticity of this dish. Enjoy :)
Very healthy
What kinda berry jam?? Would strawberry work? rasp? blue??
Lingonberry jam. Strawberry or blueberry jam will not work, too sweet: if you can’t find lingonberry try cranberry
Hei Pål! Your Norwegian meatballs look delicious. I find Kjøttkaker different because they are much lighter, square shape instead of round, and not heavy like Swedish meatballs. I was expecting Bestamor & Bestafar to arrive in time to sit down for dinner 😊. Gratulerer on another great video. Tusen takk!
Thank you! And I agree with your description, much lighter than the meatballs. I actually made another portion yesterday when my dad came to visit. I hope to be able to cook it for Bestemor and Bestefar soon :D
Fabulous!!!! I can’t wait to try this! So glad you included instructions for mushy peas too! Subscribing now! ❤
Thank you! Enjoy the kjøttkaker and ertestuing :)
Looks like a nice dish (I have eaten it in Northern Norway). Actually it's served just the way we eat meatballs here in Sweden, with exception of the mushed peas. The gravy and lingonberry jam are essential. With that said - and I might be just a wee bit biased - nothing can compare to Swedish meatballs! There's of course a reason why our meatballs are famous in most parts of the world. Unnskyld, söte bror! 😉
Hehe your meatballs are famous because of IKEA I guess ;) and I have to say that well made Swedish meatballs are very tasty, but so are well made Norwegian kjøttkaker
Hei Pål - thanks for this yummy recipe! I had this in Norway - so delicious. Tusen Takk 🇳🇴🍺
Hei Cynthia! You are welcome, glad you got to try it out in Norway!
hei, jeg lager dette til at det ser så autentisk og deilig ut (jeg er amerikansk, jeg skal til butikken akkurat nå!!
Kult! Ja det er en veldig typisk norsk rett. Jeg håper du liker den :)
Hei hei Pål. I made Kjøttkaker i brun saus tonight using your recipe. They were very delicious. My first time having them. definitely adding this to my repertoire. Tusen takk for at du introduserte meg for dette!
Hei Kristin! That is very nice to hear, and glad that you found them delicious :D Bare hyggelig, og takk for tilbakemeldingen din!
Looks good and delicious ... Perhaps I will make it but using olive oil and some garlic 😎and onions too
It’ll be something different, but I’m sure it’ll be tasty! :)
This looks delicious! The only thing that made me cringe was the metal whisk on the nonstick pan! 🤣🤣
Hehe yea big mistake! But no pans were hurt during the production 😅
I made this yesterday, this recipe is perfect. Pål has a blog linked here, go to it and he has the ingredients, and other more authentic Norwegian recipes. Pål please make more videos for those recipes. Takk for this! And all the others.
Hei Dave, thanks a lot for your nice comment!! It's very inspiring, and I'll try come up with some more cooking videos soon :D
Norwegian beef cakes makes sense.
I like it!
Am I the only one who cringed at the sound of metal to metal when he was making the gravy? that’s cooking 101 huge no no
No you are not the only one ;)
My family recipe calls for some lamb/veal meat to mix with the getting beef
I can definitely see some lamb/veal go into the recipe. Some also uses some pork meat
Greeting from Australia… I will make these this week
Greetings! I hope you’ll enjoy them :)
What do they typically feed the beef where you get it from?
Grass/hay
'Not Swedish' 😂
😂
Yum! I think I’m going to make this later this week with agurksalat. We have a lot of cucumbers around here at the moment.
Sounds like a great idea! I’m also used to eating fish with agurksalat :)
Lovely dish and execution!
The only difficult for me so far is the pronunciation of tyttebærsyltetøy! 😆
Thanks for another nice video og god dag! 🙂
Thank you! haha I bet that can be a hard one to pronounce.. En god dag til deg også
Hei Pål! Your Norwegian meatballs look wonderful. I find Kjøttkaker are different because they are much lighter and not heavy like Swedish meatballs. I was expecting Bestamor & Bestafar to arrive in time to sit down for dinner 😊. Gratulerer on another great video. Tusen takk!
Still on my Norway with Pål marathon! I even love your recipes! Saved to my Pinterest. 👍🤓😉 On to the next video...
Det smaker sikkert veldig velsmakende
Absolutt! Du burde prøve å lage de :)
Oslo:D
Awesome!
Thank you!
I lost my mothers recipe book so I come here :)) from Australia
Bra!!!
Takk :)
Thanks!
Tusen takk! Thanks a lot :)
I only can imagine how delicious this tastes! It looks good to. I will try this with some of the worms I use to prepare my recipes and see how it will be. Great video. Thank you...❤❤❤
Cool! Let me know how it went
Your meat balls look delicious. You opened up my appetite.
Let me know if you ever try out the recipe :)
@@norwaywithpal I promise i will
@@alrush1234 🥰
Awesome recipe friend!! 👍🏻
Tusen takk :)
Hilsen fra Australia, Pål.
Hei hei 👋
I miss my grandmothers køttkaker. But she never served brown gravy to the. She served with fried onions in “sky” I don’t know the English nor the Norwegian word for “sky” maybe it’s the same in Norwegian as in Swedish. She fried onions and køttkaker, always in real butter, in a skillet and than “boiled” it for a long time in the oven. When it comes to which meatballs that’s best between the Norwegian or the Swedish. I must say sorry.... to all Swedes but the Norwegian is best, at least the one my grandma made. 🇳🇴
Hi there, sky = sjysaus, and the way your grandmother did it is quite traditional (and very tasty with the onion). Always real butter for sure! And you are completely right about Norwegian kjøttkaker being the best ;) Thanks for watching the video!
This recipe looks very delicious my friend, thanks for sharing and stay connected!
Thank you! It's definitely worth trying out :)
My goodness this looks delicious! I am familiar with Swedish meatballs, but I have never seen a recipe for Norwegian meatballs. I also have never tasted lingonberry jelly. I definitely want to try this! Thank you for sharing.
It is quite yummy! Enjoy :)
The movie, I Remember Mama, brought me to you. I searched for the rest of the recipe for the meatballs mentioned. You didn't disappoint.
Glad to hear that lawnlady :) Thanks for watching!
Looks outstanding 🎉
I'm gonna try your take on this as well... Never would have thought to add nutmeg... and have never made mushy peas in that way... Luckily we do have lingonberry jam over here at the local Ikea. I'm excited to try. Thank you.
Cool! The nutmeg is quite important, it gives a lot of flavor. And Mushy peas is highly underrated, especially when made this way :)
I want to try this after seeing the Norwegian group M2M in a Disney videos on RUclips. Marit who is one of the members said she loved having this as a child when they were shown eating food
Yea I bet she did, it's the favorite of many Norwegian kids.. and adults :)
Nice recipe. But I wonder how tasty is the combination of peas and marmalade together 😀 . It seems strange, but I will try..
Thanks :) It matches quite well. Lingonberry jam has a hint of a sour flavor to it, and it goes well with the salt in the meatballs and peas!
Hallo fra Utah! My mother use to make the best kjøttkaker and this makes me miss her cooking! You are a very good cook!
Hei hei The Lost One from Utah! I try my best :) thanks for watching the episode!
“I pre-made some store bought broth” Hilarious! 😂 Looks yummy, will have to try it out.
hehe, well it has to be "made" ;) Thanks for checking out the episode!