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Danish Meatballs
Serves 4
4 oz	Fresh breadcrumbs
1/2 pint	Milk
1	Small onion
8 oz	Minced beef
8 oz	Minced pork
	Salt and pepper
1/2 tsp	Ground allspice
1	Egg
2 tbsp	Plain flour
2 oz	Butter
3 tbsp	Oil
8	Lettuce leaves
2	Pickled beetroot
4 tbsp	Pickled red cabbage

-	Put fresh breadcrumbs into a bowl with the milk and soak for 10 minutes
-	Peel onion and grate in a large bowl
-	Add the beef and pork, squeezed out breadcrumbs, salt, pepper and allspice
-	Mix well and bind together with beaten egg
-	Shape mixture into 8 balls and coat lightly with flour
-	Heat butter and oil in a frying pan
-	Add meatballs and fry gently for 15 minutes till brown all over and cooked through

-	Wash and dry lettuce leaves and arrange in a shallow basket or serving dish
-	Drain and dice pickled beetroot
-	Remove meatballs from pan with a draining spoon and drain on kitchen paper
-	Put one meatball on each lettuce leaf and spoon a little drained pickled cabbage and beetroot around
-	Serve with lettuce, tomato and olive salad

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