Danish Pounded Beef with Juniper Berries

[taxlady]

This is a good way to use a tough cut of beef.

Danish Pounded Beef with Juniper Berries (Bankekød med enebær)

serves 4


700 gr lean beef
12 juniper berries
75 gr butter (I used about 3 Tlbsps ≈ 45 gr. Use what you need.)
200 gr onion, chopped
2 bay leaves
salt
pepper
1 litre water
your preferred thickener

• Cut the beef in thin slices (~1cm – 1/4 inch).
• Pound the beef well.
• Season the slices with salt, pepper, and the lightly crushed juniper berries.
• Brown the slices of beef in the butter, in batches and put aside.
• Sweat the onions.
• Return the beef slices to the pan.
• Add the bay leaves and water.
• Bring to a boil, then cover with a lid and simmer for an hour.
• Remove the beef and some or all of the onion to a warm serving plate.
• Thicken the liquid to a gravy.

Serve with mashed potatoes and lingonberry preserves.


700 grams ≈ 1.5 pounds
75 grams ≈ 4-5 Tablespoons of butter
200 grams ≈ 7 ounces – 1 large, not huge, onion
1 litre ≈ 1 U.S. quart plus 1-2 ounces

 

[justplainbill]

Thanks for suggesting another way to prepare some of the more affordable cuts of beef.
What's at 8 O'clock on the plate?

 

[Steve Kroll]

Sounds great, TL! I don't know if I've mentioned this before, but I'm half Danish myself.

 

[pacanis]

It looks good. Thanks for the recipe.

Where can one usually find juniper berries? Is it a jarred item?

 

[justplainbill]

It looks good. Thanks for the recipe.

Where can one usually find juniper berries? Is it a jarred item?

Penzeys

 

[pacanis]

Thanks. I should have known, they have everything.

 

[CWS4322]

This is a good way to use a tough cut of beef.

Danish Pounded Beef with Juniper Berries (Bankekød med enebær)

serves 4


700 gr lean beef
12 juniper berries
75 gr butter (I used about 3 Tlbsps ≈ 45 gr. Use what you need.)
200 gr onion, chopped
2 bay leaves
salt
pepper
1 litre water
your preferred thickener

• Cut the beef in thin slices (~1cm – 1/4 inch).
• Pound the beef well.
• Season the slices with salt, pepper, and the lightly crushed juniper berries.
• Brown the slices of beef in the butter, in batches and put aside.
• Sweat the onions.
• Return the beef slices to the pan.
• Add the bay leaves and water.
• Bring to a boil, then cover with a lid and simmer for an hour.
• Remove the beef and some or all of the onion to a warm serving plate.
• Thicken the liquid to a gravy.

Serve with mashed potatoes and lingonberry preserves.


700 grams ≈ 1.5 pounds
75 grams ≈ 4-5 Tablespoons of butter
200 grams ≈ 7 ounces – 1 large, not huge, onion
1 litre ≈ 1 U.S. quart plus 1-2 ounces

Oh yum--I love recipes that use juniper berries! Thanks TL!

 

[taxlady]

Thanks for suggesting another way to prepare some of the more affordable cuts of beef.
What's at 8 O'clock on the plate?

It's http://www.discusscooking.com/forums/f21/danish-red-cabbage-r-dk-l-roedkaal-69012.html#post948219. The smaller blob of dark red/purple stuff is Cranberry Fire, a hot cranberry sauce that a friend of mine makes and sells. I didn't have any lingonberry.

 

[taxlady]

It looks good. Thanks for the recipe.

Where can one usually find juniper berries? Is it a jarred item?

It's considered a spice. I buy them in a bag at the health food store and put them in a small jar.

 

[pacanis]

They don't smell like juniper shrubs do they

 

[taxlady]

They don't smell like juniper shrubs do they

Nope, they smell a little bit like gin.

 

[pacanis]

Gin is OK.
I have about ten juniper bushes on one side of my house and every time I walk by (which is like 8x/day) it smells like I have a herd of cats living there

 

[taxlady]

Gin is OK.
I have about ten juniper bushes on one side of my house and every time I walk by (which is like 8x/day) it smells like I have a herd of cats living there

Got any berries on any of your juniper bushes? If so, at least pick and squish one to smell it.

 

[pacanis]

Nope, no berries.

 

[Kylie1969]

Cheers for the recipe Taxy