Dutch Slavinken with Milk Gravy (Ground Pork Cylinders)

by olga

Servings: 6 servings

INGREDIENTS

SLAVINKEN:

2 slices black or white bread
1/4 cup milk or flat beer
1 lb. ground pork
salt and pepper
1/8 tsp. nutmeg
1/4 tsp. allspice
1 small onion, finely chopped
6 thin bacon slices
1 tsp. butter



MILK GRAVY:

1 Tbsp. flour
pan fat from slavinken
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup light cream
parsley

INSTRUCTIONS

Crumble bread, pour milk or beer on top and let stand for 10 minutes. Squeeze bread to remove excess liquid, if any. Place in a bowl. Add ground pork, salt, pepper, nutmeg, allspice and onion. Knead mixture until well blended.

Form into 6 cylinders and wrap a slice of bacon around each one. Secure with a wooden pick.

Melt butter in a cast-iron frying pan. Fry the slavinken over medium heat, 6 minutes on each side. Remove to a hot platter as they become cooked, and keep warm. Serves 6.

FOR THE MILK GRAVY: Stir flour into the remaining fat in the pan used to make the slavinken and cook over medium heat until it becomes a caramel colour. Add milk and light cream. Stir until creamy. Add parsley and season to taste. Pour over meat or serve separately.

CHEF COMMENTS

Here is a different way to prepare ground beef. Most of the year this recipe is referred to as Slavinken, except in the spring when It is referred to as "Salad Birds," on menus in hotels in the Netherlands.

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