
Boller i Karry
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About this recipe
These tender meatballs simmer in a gently spiced, buttery curry sauce enriched with cream, making a cosy Danish family dinner typically served with boiled potatoes and lingonberry jam.
Prep
20m
Cook
30m
Serves
Rating
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Total time · 50m
Ingredients
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400 g minced pork — or half pork, half beef
1 piece onion — finely chopped
50 g plain flour — for meatballs
1 piece egg — beaten
1 tsp salt
0.5 tsp black pepper
100 ml milk
40 g butter — for frying and sauce
1.5 tbsp curry powder — mild
30 g plain flour — for roux
400 ml chicken or beef stock
150 ml double cream
1 tsp sugar — optional, to balance
1 tsp lemon juice
Tools
- · mixing bowl
- · frying pan with lid
- · whisk
- · wooden spoon
Instructions
Step by step
- 1
In a large bowl, combine the minced pork, half the chopped onion, 50 g flour, egg, 1 tsp salt, and pepper. Gradually stir in the milk until smooth.
- 2
Shape the mixture into approximately 16 small meatballs, rolling them gently between wet palms.
- 3
Melt half the butter in a large frying pan over medium heat and fry the meatballs in batches, turning carefully, until golden all over, about 8–. Transfer to a plate.
- 4
In the same pan, melt the remaining butter and sauté the rest of the onion until soft, about .
- 5
Sprinkle in the 30 g flour and curry powder, stirring continuously for to cook the rawness off the flour.
- 6
Gradually whisk in the stock, ensuring no lumps form, and bring to a gentle simmer.
- 7
Stir in the cream, sugar, and lemon juice. Return the meatballs to the pan.
- 8
Cover and simmer gently for 10–, until the meatballs are cooked through and the sauce has thickened slightly.
- 9
Taste and adjust seasoning. Serve hot with boiled potatoes and a spoonful of lingonberry or redcurrant jam.
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