These lovely lace cookies have an excellent flavor. a Christmas custom that has existed in our family ever since I was a young child. These cookies spread out to form an almost translucent, ultra-thin wafer. Easy to make, but watch out or they may burn or cool down too much on your baking pan, which will require you to chip the cookies off of your cookie sheet. The same goes for my family, so I hope you enjoy them as much. Prior to serving, store in an airtight container.
| Prep Time: | 40 mins |
| Cook Time: | 5 mins |
| Total Time: | 45 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
| Yield: | 4 servings |
Ingredients
- 2 pounds ground beef
- 8 ounces chopped suet
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon caraway seeds
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 teaspoon finely ground juniper berries
- 2 tablespoons water
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons beef broth
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, mix together the ground beef, suet, baking soda, caraway seeds, garlic, salt, pepper and juniper berries using your hands. Mix with your hands for about 15 minutes, adding a little bit of the water at a time. This part can be made a few hours ahead of time if you like.
- Preheat a grill for high heat. With wet hands form the meat into rolls about 3 inches long and 1 inch thick. Brush lightly with oil.
- Grill the meat for 5 to 10 minutes, basting frequently with a mixture of beef broth and any remaining oil, until well done.
Reviews
This was very good and pretty easy to make. I did make two substitutions through. I used ground pork instead of suet and a rosemary/lemon juice mixture instead of juniper berries. Still really yummy on the grill, served with rolls and potato salad! Thanks!
This tasted great! I didn’t have chopped suet but I added ground pork as per other reviewers’ suggestions. I also didn’t have ground juniper berries but added thyme. Will make again and again for sure! Hoping to find ground juniper berries soon. Thank you for this delicious recipe.
This was very tasty! I don’t usually cook dinner as I am more of a dessert person, but this was easy & delicious. I replaced the Juniper Berry (hard to find) with Bay Leaves. I also, substituted the suet with ground pork. Since there was pork in my mix, I had the grill turned down to med. heat & kept them there a little longer to make sure they were evenly cooked.
This is an excellent recipe. Very tasty! All you need is some mustard, crusty bread, Borsec mineral water, and Ciuc beer and it’s like you’re in Romania.
I made this, but replaced the suet with fresh ground pork and it was unbelievably delicious! I served it at a BBQ party and my family and friends went crazy for them. Serving with crusty bread, mustard and cold beer is spot on perfect!
Besta BBQ dish ever, with cold beer and a spicy mustard.
This sounds yummy! Could anyone please advise a healthy replacement of suet? Many thanks!
This was great!!!! Mustard is perfect with it!
These are amazing! I found the suet kept them moist. I only gave four stars, as it is easy to overwork the meat. It really needs to be lightly mixed to work. This should have been mentioned in the recipe.
Many different ways of making this. Great for parties, great tasting.