Ingredients
Equipment
Method
Make the spice mixture
- Grate the nutmeg with a Microplane
- Add all the ingredients for the frikandel spice mixture in a bowl, and mix very thoroughly.
Making the frikandel
- Add the ground beef, ground chicken, frikandel spice mixture, and liquid smoke in a bowl, and mix it together very thoroughly.
- Put half of the meat mixture in your food processor, and run it, until the meat starts moving like a ball.
- Add one ice cube, and keep running it, until the ice cub is no longer visible.
- Add a second ice cube, and keep running it, until it's completely mixed through.
- Remove the meat from the food processor, and repeat the steps for the remaining meat mixture.
- Put the meat mixture in a piping bag, and cut the end, so there's a 2½ cm (1 inch) opening.
- Note You may have to repeat this step a few times until you've used up all your meat. Put some plastic wrap on your work surface; we’ll use this to roll our frikandellen in. Pipe a long, single log on the plastic wrap. Try to make it as straight and even as possible. Try to make it at least 18cm (7") long, and preferably a multiple of 18cm/7". Wrap the log tightly in the wrap, and twist and knot the ends tightly.
- Put the wrapped meat logs in the freezer (make sure they lay flat) for 20-30 minutes.
Boiling the frikandellen
- I use bouillon cubes for this: bring 1L (1Qt) of water to a boil, dissolve 2-3 beef bouillon cubes, and the instant coffee in it. If you have ready-made beef stock, bring that to a boil, then add the instant coffee. Lower the heat, until it's at a simmer.
- Unwrap the meat logs, and cut them to size (18cm / 7").
- Add the meat to the boiling beef stock, and cook until the internal temperature reads 74ºC (165F), about 10 minutes.
- Put the boiled meat logs in the fridge to cool off.
Frying the frikandellen
- Heat up your oil until it's 180ºC (350F)
- Before frying your frikandellen, cut a slit, lengthwise in the frikandel, about halfway through. When you fry it, it will open up.
- Add the frikandellen to the oil, and fry them until they're a nice golden brown. (2 - 3 minutes, when they're not frozen)
- Let the fried frikandellen drain on a paper towel-lined baking sheet for a few minutes.
Serving
- Put a line of fritesaus in the "opening" of the frikandel. Add Curry Gewürtz Ketchup on top of that, and then sprinkle chopped onion over it.
