What to cook with ground beef? If only to list the names of dishes, then, probably, not enough page. Meatballs, meatballs, meatballs, meatballs, kebab ... Also they can stuff dumplings, dumplings, cabbage rolls, bell peppers and tomatoes, Italian cannelloni and shells. With minced meat, it is good to make casseroles, rolls, zrazy, navy pasta, pies, whites, pasties, lasagna. Here we present only a small part of the recipes for ground beef dishes. We will also tell you how to make delicious and tender minced meat with your own hands.
You should choose the meat of a young animal. Veal has a pink rather than red color, as well as a more delicate structure. Any piece of carcass without bone is suitable for mincemeat: flank, shoulder blade, rump, shank pulp and even trimmings. The main thing is that along with the pulp there should be a small layer of fat. She will make ground beef more airy (albeit less dietary). Whatever pulp you choose, it is necessary to pass it through a meat grinder twice.
Further, recipes for ground beef are advised to do with the main ingredient in different ways. Many do not imagine how you can fry cutlets without adding eggs. Say, what in this case will hold together the minced meat and form the products? But the eggs make the mass stiff. Try replacing them with cold water, and add a crumb of white bread soaked in milk. Finely chopped onions, potatoes, and flour are often added to the stuffing. But we will give here the recipes for the most original dishes from veal scrolled through a meat grinder. For example, traditional meatballs can be baked in this original way: wrap the minced meat in a slice of bacon. His in turn - in foil. Bake in the oven for about 20 minutes.
Nikitinsky dumplings
This is a very simple ground beef dish. so prepared. Onion and apple are finely chopped (or even rubbed). Knead with half a kilogram of minced meat. Two eggs, a crumb soaked in milk, two tablespoons of grated cheese, a pinch of salt and pepper are also added to the mass. From this mass small balls are formed - dumplings. They are dipped in boiling, slightly salted water. After surfacing, the dumplings are cooked for another five minutes, after which they are caught with a slotted spoon. Half a glass of sour cream and a spoonful of starch are poured into a small amount of broth. Knead the sauce, bring to a boil. Pour them with dumplings, sprinkle with herbs.
“Lazy Casserole”
Also, judging by the name, an easy-to-cook ground beef dish. Lubricate the form with oil. We do not add anything except minced salt. Lubricate its upper edge with mayonnaise and cover with chopped pickled mushrooms. Sprinkle the dish with a fairly large amount of grated hard cheese. We put the mold in a hot oven for 50 minutes.
Meat pancakes
This is not the usual dough envelopes with meat filling, but a real dish of ground beef. We drive raw eggs into the rolled veal, add finely chopped garlic, pepper and salt. Pour the flour in small portions and beat to make the mixture look like a dough in consistency for fritters. We fry like pancakes in a hot frying pan in vegetable oil. Immediately after removal from the fire, we turn them into a roll. Serve such pancakes with sour cream or mushroom sauce, sprinkled with herbs.