You will need
- 750 g pork or beef;
- 100 g of fat;
- 80 g breadcrumbs;
- 1 bunch of parsley;
- 2 eggs;
- salt and pepper to taste;
- flour for breading;
- 2 bulbs;
- 1 carrot;
- 25 g butter;
- 200-250 ml of broth;
- 25 g of tomato paste;
- 1 Apple;
- 1 clove of garlic;
- 1 tbsp Apple juice;
- water.
Instruction
1
Cut into small pieces of pork (or beef tenderloin and a piece of bacon. Scroll to the workpiece through a meat grinder together with purified onions and bread (80 g). Wheat crumb should be pre-soaked in boiled water.
2
Finely chop a bunch of parsley and add to meat mixture. Connect the crushed garlic (1 clove) and 2 eggs, lightly beaten with a mixer. All the ingredients add salt and pepper to your taste, then carefully stir.
3
Shape from the resulting mixture, meat balls about the size of a walnut and roll in flour. If you want to prepare the meatballs for future use, place them on a cutting Board and wrap in plastic wrap. Keep in the freezer for about an hour, then put the frozen balls in a clean plastic bag.
4
Try to cook the meatballs to vegetable or cereal garnish (mashed potatoes, rice, etc.). To do this, cut into thin half rings 2 onions and grate one peeled carrot. Put the chopped vegetables in a pot or deep pan and saute for 5-7 minutes in a tablespoon of butter until Golden.
5
Put in the roasted vegetable mixture, meatballs, pour a glass of hot meat or vegetable stock and add 1 tablespoon of tomato paste. All salt and pepper to taste. Simmer the dish until ready meat under the lid, subtract the heat to low.
6
Try to vary the recipe for the meatballs, adding to the classic ingredients sweet and sour Apple notes. Fry meatballs in olive or sunflower oil. In a separate pan prepare the sauce. Sauté until soft 1 chopped into small cubes of Apple and a crushed clove of garlic.
7
Pour into the pan with 250 ml of beef broth and 1 tablespoon of freshly squeezed Apple juice. Bring the liquid to a boil and thicken with a slurry of 2 tablespoons flour and a small amount of boiled water. Put in Apple sauce meatballs and sauté until soft.
Note
Raw egg – binder of meat, which allows the meat pieces to hold shape during heat treatment (frying, stewing, baking, steaming). However, when cooking soups with meatballs some cooks without eggs – they're the meat becomes tougher, and the broth is cloudy.