 A wide variety of traditional European dishes is also made with minced meat, such as meatloaf, the Serbian" pljeskavica", the Arab "kofta", and Swedish meatballs.While ground beef was used by various cultures in Europe and Central Asia, the hamburger steak's other vital ingredient, bread, has a different history.Bread had always been part of the development of many types of foods, including sauces such as those described by Marie-Antoine Carême in his compendium entitled "L'art de la cuisine française au XIXe siècle".