Homemade minced meatballs
Ready-made stuffing is a product often used incooking. They produce pork, lamb, beef, chicken, etc. It is based on various soups, pasta, stuffed peppers, zucchini, wrapped in pancakes. Each hostess devises her own ways of concocting an unusual and delicious treat. But, probably, the main dish of minced meat - it's cutlets, which we'll talk about today, as well as cooked according to a proven recipe. Find out the little tricks that will help make delicious cutlets!
Ready stuffing is usually sold fresh, withoutany additional ingredients. Perhaps, it's even good, because there is an opportunity to season it to your taste. For the preparation of cutlets you can use spices, fragrant spices and greens.
Some housewives add to minced meatin a meat grinder zucchini, lard or potatoes, cabbage. Usually for splendor cutlets add bread. It has long been noted that one should take not too fresh, but a little stale. A fresh loaf has sticky properties, and this will give the dish a not very attractive look.
In order to fry the cutlets, you need firstprepare forcemeat. It should be thawed at room temperature (not in the microwave!). Therefore, take care of this knowingly, so that there is time for natural defrosting. Next you need to mix it with the ingredients from the recipe, form the cutlets and fry in a pan. If you do not accept ready products from supermarkets, then you can prepare minced meat for cutlets at home from fresh meat.
Recipe for minced meatballs
Following this method of preparation, you will makedelicious, fragrant and hearty dish. For a side dish, mashed potatoes, pasta or boiled vegetables. Give joy to your household with roast cutlets!
Necessary ingredients:
- minced pork - 0,5 kg
- eggs - 1 pc
- pulp of the loaf - 150 g
- milk - 1 tbsp
- onion - 100 g
- garlic - 3-4 cloves
- breadcrumbs
- vegetable oil
- spices, salt and pepper to taste
Cooking method:
- warm the milk, but do not boil. Soak the pulp in it for 10-15 minutes;
- finely chop the onions. If you pass it through a meat grinder, it will lose its aroma and juiciness;
- place the minced meat in a bowl, add the onions and loaf. Stuff one egg and the garlic squeezed through the press;
- Sprinkle with spices that you like. A good variety of dried herbs, for example, cumin. Pepper and salt to taste. Thoroughly knead;
- start to form cutlets, each basting in breadcrumbs (you can in flour);
- put a small fire on the stove. Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry the cutlets on both sides until a crust is formed. You can also bake in the oven, replacing the oil with a small amount of fat.
- put a small fire on the stove. Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry the cutlets on both sides until a crust is formed. You can also bake in the oven, replacing the oil
The dish is ready. Decorate with parsley or other greens. Can be served to the table. Very tasty combined with a salad of fresh tomatoes. Bon Appetit!
Helpful Tips
If you want to give the dish originality, thencook this sauce: mix 200 ml of milk, 300 g of processed cheese and a little squeezed garlic. Choose cheese as softly as possible, if necessary, you can melt it a bit in the microwave. To achieve a homogeneous mass, mix the ingredients with a mixer or blender.
Some cooks recommend before adding onions in minced meat, fry it separately until golden brown.
You can take not only minced pork, as inrecipe. Suitable and mixed, for example, beef and pork. To cutlets turned out juicier, it is better to make minced meat at home, wiping the meat on a large grater. Well, if the meat is with a fraction of the fat on it, the latter will be roasted and soften the meat fibers. If the meat is completely lean, you can grind into mincemeat an extra piece of fat.
If you prefer minced meat based on chicken meat, then add a little butter to it. It is important not to overdo it so that the cutlets do not turn out to be shapeless and loose.
Enjoy your meal!
