Millionbøf with Mashed Potatoes
Danish weeknight shorthand for minced beef in a deep onion gravy, ladled over buttery mash. Cheap, fast, and endlessly repeatable.
- Total
- 35 min
- Prep
- 10 min
- Cook
- 25 min
- Serves
- 4
Ingredients
For 4 servings
- ground beef20 oz
- potatoes36 oz
- yellow onion1½ piece
- carrot2 piece
- beef broth32 tbsp
- all-purpose flour4 tbsp
- butter4 tbsp
- whole milk16 tbsp
- fresh parsley8 sprig
- salt2 tsp
- black pepper1 tsp
You'll need
pot · skillet
Method
Boil peeled, cubed potatoes in salted water until tender, 18 minutes.
18 min · boil
Brown beef hard in a dry pan without stirring, 6 minutes, until crusted.
7 min · fry
Add sliced onion and grated carrot, cook until the onion softens, 5 minutes.
5 min · saute
Stir flour through the pan, then pour in broth and simmer 6 minutes.
7 min · simmer
Mash potatoes with warm milk and butter. Season until it tastes of something.
4 min · prep
Spoon gravy over the mash and finish with parsley.
2 min · rest
Serving suggestion
A spoonful of tart lingonberry or redcurrant on the side is the traditional partner.
More Danish dinners
DanishBurning Love — Bacon and Onion Mash
Denmark's most-loved cheap dinner. Buttery mash under a hot pile of crisp bacon and sweet fried onion.
DanishCrispy Pork with Broccoli and Mash
Pork roasted hard until the edges shatter, against soft mash and blistered broccoli. Texture is the whole point.
DanishBacon-Wrapped Meatloaf with Potatoes
The Danish Sunday loaf — pork and beef under a bacon lattice, with boiled potatoes and a cream gravy from the pan.