Beef and apple rissoles make a nice change to the many lean meat meals that are necessary when trying to reduce weight, or trying to maintain a lesser amount of weight. They are not too difficult to prepare.This year I am going to reduce the amount of minced beef in the mixture from 600 grams to 500 grams. This will be a cunning way to reduce the portion size of the meat and hardly even notice that it has been reduced. Add in an egg, salt and pepper, raw or dried sage, a finely chopped onion and a finely chopped apple. Take small handfuls of the mix and roll them on a floury surface, smoothing them down so they aren’t too high, (about one and a half centimeters high) and fry them for 12 minutes on each side in a lightly buttered frying pan. This recipe still gives four serves, just a slightly smaller four serves.
It would be very tempting to place the beef and apple rissoles in between two slices of bread and call them a “Hamburger” wouldn’t it? Try not to be tempted, I am going to resist the temptation and serve them with the contents of my culinary BFF (Best Friend Forever) vegetable steamer. Today’s steamed vegetables are cauliflower, carrots and peas. A small amount of oven fries potatoes will complete the meal. The table will be set with a bottle of tomato sauce, and blue serviettes.
The tomato sauce seems to come out so often this month that I am strongly considering leaving it there. Perhaps I could look for a nicer container for it.