Old Fashioned Ground Meat Recipe

Ground meat roulades are an old-fashioned Swedish dish. Roulades can be filled with any content - cheese, ham, vegetables, herbs, mushrooms or whatever you have on hand.

Here is a recipe filled with Felix Bostongurka® - a type of sweet cucumber relish with onion, mustard seeds and paprika. It is possible to make at home, but if you can't grow your own cucumbers, it's not worth the trouble. Contact me if you want a recipe.

The Swedish name of this relish has nothing to do with Boston, USA. It is, however, meant to accompany fast food such as hamburgers and hot dogs, which we believe had its origins in the United States. Well, foods commonly accepted as "American" have, in fact, their origins elsewhere. (Many Americans have European roots if you go back a couple of generations).














INGREDIENTS:
serves 4

* 400-500 grams ground meat (90% beef+10% pork)
* 200 ml cream
* 2-3 slices of day old white bread, crusts removed
* 1 egg
* 1½ teaspoon salt
* 1 teaspoon pepper

FILLING:
* approx. 100 ml Bostongurka

METHOD:
1. Crumble the bread and soak in cream.
2. Leave this to soak for at least 10 minutes.
3. Mix all ingredients just long enough to combine.
4. Shape into a flat rectangle on a sheet of wet baking paper.
5. Divide into 8 or 10 equal rectangles.
6. Place about 1 heaping teaspoonful of "Bostongurka" on every rectangle.
7. Roll up each rectangle tightly and press ends to seal.
8. Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat and cook each roulade until they are browned and cooked through.

SAUCE:
* 2 tablespoons butter
* 2½ tablespoons plain flour
* 300 ml milk
* 150 ml cream
* 1 tablespoon Chinese soy
* ½ teaspoon salt
* pinch of pepper

METHOD:
1. Place the butter into a saucepan and melt over medium heat.
2. Whisk in the flour and stir until the mixture becomes paste like.
3. Gradually whisk the milk and cream into the flour mixture,
4. Simmer on low heat for about 5 minutes.
5. Add Chinese soy, salt and pepper to taste.
6. Pour sauce over the roulades or serve the sauce in a sauce can on the side.














Boiled or pressed potatoes, lingonberry jam and broccoli go great with ground meat roulades.