🇳🇱 How to Make Gehaktbal

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🛒 Ingredients

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• 500g minced beef and pork mixed
• 1 egg
• 60g breadcrumbs soaked in 60ml milk
• 1 small onion, grated
• 1 tsp mustard
• 1 tsp nutmeg, salt, plenty of black pepper
• 50g butter
• 250ml beef stock
• 1 tbsp flour

👩‍🍳 Method

1. Soak the breadcrumbs in the milk until completely soft, then squeeze lightly. This panade is what keeps the ball juicy for the long braise.
2. Mix everything by hand but stop as soon as it is combined. Overmixed mince goes rubbery.
3. Shape into four balls the size of a tennis ball. Dutch gehaktballen are deliberately large — one per person, not a plate of small ones.
4. Brown them in the butter on all sides over medium heat, about 8 min. Turn gently.
5. Add the stock, cover, and simmer very low for 35–40 min, turning once. They finish cooking in the liquid, not the pan.
6. Lift them out, whisk the flour into the pan juices and let the gravy thicken for 3 min. Serve with potatoes, apple sauce and the gravy poured over.