What is "scraped beef"?

It is lean, boneless beef (here 75 grams) scraped out with a knife into a fine pulp instead of being ground. The pulp is mixed with salt and briefly fried in butter, as in the preceding recipe that this one refers to.

What is the egg yolk used for?

One egg yolk is stirred into the meat pulp together with ¼ teaspoon salt. It gives binding and extra nourishment – important in invalid food, the category the dish falls under in "Stor kokebok" (1914, p. 664).

How much does the recipe make, and how long does it take?

The recipe is meant for one serving for a single sick person, and takes about 20 minutes including scraping the meat and frying.

Scraped beef with egg

Name: Scraped beef with egg
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 1 servings
Cuisine: Norwegian
Ingredients: 75 g boneless beef (tender cut); 1 pcs egg yolk; 0.25 tsp salt; 10 g butter (for frying)

Scraped beef with egg (a soft scraped-meat patty served as invalid food) for the sick: 75 g boneless beef is scraped, mixed with 1 egg yolk and ¼ tsp salt, formed into patties, and quickly fried in butter. One serving.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1914-utg. s. 664 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

A slightly richer variant of scraped beef, in which an egg yolk is stirred into the meat pulp. Erken considered both eggs and scraped meat especially nourishing and easily digestible for patients.

How to make it

1
Scrape the meat
Pat the meat dry, cut it into slices across the muscle fibers, and scrape off the meat pulp with a knife.
2
Mix in egg and salt
Stir the egg yolk and salt into the scraped meat and form it into small round patties.
3
Fry
Fry the patties quickly in butter in a hot pan and serve at once.

Changes from the original

Measurements and spelling have been modernized. The method, which in the original merely refers to the previous recipe, has been written out in steps.

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Fra1914 1949 Modernisert

Til1914 1949 Modernisert

1914 (korrekturlest, s. 664) → 1949 (korrekturlest, s. 798)~77% av teksten endretfjernetlagt til

75 gr. ~~benfrit oksekjøt~~ benfritt oksekjøtt, 1 ~~eggeblomme ¼ teske salt smør~~ eggeplomme, ½ teskje salt, 1/2 smør. Behandles som ~~foregaaende.~~ foregående.

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What is "scraped beef"?: It is lean, boneless beef (here 75 grams) scraped out with a knife into a fine pulp instead of being ground. The pulp is mixed with salt and briefly fried in butter, as in the preceding recipe that this one refers to.
What is the egg yolk used for?: One egg yolk is stirred into the meat pulp together with ¼ teaspoon salt. It gives binding and extra nourishment – important in invalid food, the category the dish falls under in "Stor kokebok" (1914, p. 664).
How much does the recipe make, and how long does it take?: The recipe is meant for one serving for a single sick person, and takes about 20 minutes including scraping the meat and frying.

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