Greek Beef Patties with Cranberry-Mint Pan Sauce
Juicy beef patties tuck grated vegetables inside, with a thick tart cranberry-apple sauce and fresh mint over the browned skillet bits.
Fits Celiac, AIP, Hashimoto's and 15 more diets
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Ingredients
- 600 g ground beef, 15% fat
- 250 g carrots, peeled and finely grated
- 250 g zucchini, finely grated and squeezed dry
- 1 yellow onion, half finely grated; half finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 20 g fresh parsley, finely chopped
- 10 g fresh mint, finely chopped
- 160 ml water
- 90 g fresh cranberries, roughly chopped
- 80 g fresh apple, peeled and finely grated
- 1.1 tsp salt
Method
- Mix beef, grated vegetables, grated onion, parsley and salt; shape small patties.
- Brown patties in hot olive oil until deeply crusted on both sides.
- Set aside the kids’ patties; return them to the skillet to finish cooking.Kids’ plate comes out here
- Cook chopped onion and garlic until deeply golden, scraping up browned bits.6 min timer
- Add cranberries, apple and water; simmer until thick, then return patties.10 min timer
- Cook beef to 160°F; finish with mint and parsley over the sauce.
Kids’ plate: Beef Patty Bites
On the plate: Plain small beef patties with grated carrot and zucchini inside, served with a little pan sauce.
Make it a game: The patties are little treasure cakes with carrot and zucchini tucked inside. Dip a bite in the sauce whenever you like.
Set it aside at step 3, before the grown-ups’ sauce or spice goes on.
Why it works
- Hashimoto's thyroiditis: Beef, carrots and zucchini are seasoned without grains, soy, legumes or dairy.
- Low-histamine: Fresh beef gets a hard crust and a reduced cranberry-apple sauce with deeply browned onion and garlic.
- Gluten-free: Beef patties and pan sauce use no grains, breadcrumbs or bottled seasonings.
- Anti-inflammatory: Beef, grated vegetables, olive oil, fruit and herbs come without added sugar.
- Pregnant: The dish contains no raw, unpasteurised or alcoholic ingredients.
- Toddler (1–3): Grated vegetables soften inside small, soft pieces of patty.
- Kid (4–12): Familiar beef patties have finely grated carrots and zucchini inside.
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