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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Scandinavian >> Norwegian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Boil 2-3 cups of water then lower the heat and simmer the lentils in it for about 30 minutes or until they are softened. Drain any excess water from them. | 2. Run the cooked lentils through a food processor with the salt, pepper, nutmeg, ginger, and cornstarch/potato flour, doing a rough chop a few times. | 3. The result you want is a sticky, kinda pasty consistency but it's okay if there are whole lentils still in there, it's quite good that way. Scrape the mixture into a medium bowl. | 4. Gradually add soymilk to your seasoned lentil "ground beef". You may not need the entire 3/4 cup. | 5. The cornstarch or potato flour should've helped bind the mixture, form patties by hand. You'll get about 10-12 small ones. | 6. Scandanavian cooking often involves frying things in butter. To replicate this, I used Earth Balance. Cut off 1-2 tablespoons Earth Balance and cook the patties in it in a skillet, or use 1-2 tablespoons olive or canola oil to cook the patties for about 6-7 minutes on each side until browned. | 7. This step, the "milk wash" is the next bit of Norwegian authenticity. Bring the soymilk to a boil in a saucepan then a low simmer. Place the browned patties in the soymilk and let simmer on low for 10-15 minutes, then remove with a slotted spoon-- don't get rid of the soymilk if you want to make the gravy though. | 8. If you want to make the gravy, blend a tablespoon or two of cornstarch with a little cold water. I recommend cornstarch because flour doesn't have good thickening properties, and milk will thicken on heat but soymilk won't without a lot of cornstarch. | 9. Add the cornstarch-water mix to the soymilk you used to cook the patties. Add the chopped onion, season with salt and pepper, and stir until thickened. | 10. Regardless of if you make the gravy or not-- serve the lentil kjottkaker with boiled potatoes and peas, and lingonberry sauce (heh I get the jars of it from Ikea.). | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
lentil	1	cup	ground	81.62	17.0478	6.8992	0.4235
sea salt	1 1/2	1/2		-	-	-	-
pepper	1/4	teaspoon		1.4432	0.3677	0.0597	0.0187
nutmeg	1/4	teaspoon	ground	2.8875	0.2711	0.0321	0.1997
ginger	1/4	teaspoon	ground	0.4	0.0888	0.0091	0.0038
cornstarch	2 1/2	tablespoons		76.2	18.254	0.052000000000000005	0.01
soymilk	3/4	cup	unsweetened	98.415	11.4453	5.9596	3.1894
soymilk	2	cups	unsweetened	98.415	11.4453	5.9596	3.1894
cornstarch	2 -3	tablespoons	called	76.2	18.254	0.052000000000000005	0.01
salt pepper				-	-	-	-
onion	2	tablespoons	chopped	8.0	1.868	0.22	0.02

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.