Ingredients
800g Ground meat (beef/veal or beef/pork)
3 Eggs 3 tbsps of breadcrumbs or
3 crumbled rusks (European biscuits)
1 Onion or a few shallots Salt and pepper Nutmeg Butter/margarine
1L of preserved sour cherries, or
1kg Fresh sour cherries
250g Sugar 1 Lemon
Preparation
Mix the ground meat with the eggs, breadcrumbs and chopped onion. Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Form meatballs (3–4cm diameter). Brown the meatballs in fat and let simmer. Turn the meatballs frequently and remove excess fat. Sour cherry sauce: Prepare sugar syrup with 250g sugar and 750ml water. Poach the fresh cherries in the sugar syrup until tender. Add the juice of one lemon at the end of the cooking. This dish can also be eaten cold, served with bread.
Serves 4. Preparation time is about 1 hour.
Belgians are known as real gourmets. Almost every village has its own kermis or local fair. Frikadellen served with sour cherries used to be a traditional dish during such outdoor fairs. Other traditional dishes that would be served might be meatballs in tomato sauce or tomato soup with tiny meatballs, but the sour cherry sauce is uniquely Belgian. Note: Instead of meatballs the meat mixture can also be baked as a loaf and cut into slices before serving.
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