For the first time, they thought of how to cook meatballs with gravy, Turkic peoples. Therefore, the true, authentic name for this dish is “kufte”. Later, meat balls were tasted in Europe. People were fascinated. And not only them. Recall: the existence of forks, baths, spices and much more was first discovered by Europeans during the Crusades to the East. The dish became widespread in the West, and the original “kufte” was transformed into meatballs, or meatballs. And now we will learn how to cook them.
Minced meat for meatballs can be both meat and fish. In the East there are vegetable meatballs - they are called falafel. These are
carrot cutlets with spicy herbs. In Russia, it is traditionally called kyufte with cereals (mainly
rice) meatballs, and with breadcrumbs or bread crumb - meatballs. These latter are often added to transparent soups, but you can also serve them with sauce. Every Russian housewife knows how to cook meatballs with gravy - this dish has become so “native”, Slavic.
Let's make this dish from mixed (beef-pork) minced meat. So it will turn out more delicious - and not tough, and not fat. Forcemeat take about 500 grams. You can cook it yourself. Just roll two pieces of beef and one piece of pork through a meat grinder. Soak two slices of white bread without a crust in milk, add to the minced meat. We clean the onion, grind it in a blender or on a grater. We also add it to the minced meat along with a raw egg and finely chopped greens. Season with salt and spices. Several times we throw minced meat on the table to give it splendor. From this mass you can now fry cutlets, but we have a different question: how to cook meatballs with gravy?
We form small balls from this stuffing. Carefully bread them in flour. We spread it in a heated pan with vegetable oil. We fry without a lid, turning over with a spatula so that the meat balls are browned on all sides. Therefore, if there are a lot of meatballs, place them in the pan portionwise so that they do not touch each other. Put the finished balls on a plate. In principle, they are already edible. But we want to learn how to cook meatballs with gravy, so we’ll continue to conjure at the stove. This time over the sauce.
You can make it whatever you like: bechamel, olandes, mustard, tomato, sweet-sour - it will always be delicious. Creamy gravy is often prepared for children, while adults like it sharper - tomato or sweet and sour with prunes. The easiest way to prepare the sauce: mix 3-4 tablespoons of tomato paste with half a glass of broth, add spices and herbs, a little crushed garlic in a mortar and boil. Now we’ll show you how to cook gravy meatballs. Once it is ready, the fried meatballs are laid out in it. When the sauce comes to a boil again, the fire is reduced to a minimum, the pan is covered with a lid and stewed for about 5-10 minutes until cooked.
As you can see, the meat is preparing quite a bit of time. Therefore, if you want to make meatballs with rice and gravy for lunch or dinner, you must first cook the cereals. Knead it with raw minced meat and fry in a pan. Well, then put in the sauce and warm it up well. If meatballs with bread can be served with a side dish of cereals, then boiled potatoes, mashed potatoes or pasta are suitable for meatballs with rice.