The result of a walk in the woods: ground beef patties with mushroom stew

In Sweden we have something called "right of public access" (“allemansrätten”). It means that we have the right to walk in forest and land owned by others, and there, for example, pick mushrooms and berries.

Today, we were eager to have some mushrooms dish at dinner. Therefore, we went out to a forest and walked a long trip to find mushrooms. After a lot of searching, we managed to pick about 1 kg mushrooms. Most mushrooms were different kinds of boletus. In addition, a few chanterelles.

When we came home we cleaned the mushrooms and cut them into small pieces, which we parboiled in a frying pan.

We mixed 500 grams of ground beef (50% minced beef and 50% minced pork) with an egg, some breadcrumbs, allspice, black pepper, salt and thyme. By the mince we made large flat patties. 

These we fried in another frying pan.

When the fungus was sufficiently parboiled and fried, we made a mushroom stew directly in the frying pan.

We poured the stew over the patties and lay slices of cheese on top. Then it was gratinated in the microwave oven.

With home-grown potatoes, a piece of cucumber and half a tomato, this became a very good and satiating meal. But not so tidy.

(During our walk in the forest, we saw several deer a short distance from us)