Minced meat in cooking is called minced meat, from which a large number of a wide variety of dishes are prepared. Among the most popular are cutlets, dumplings, meatballs, casseroles.
Minced meat is prepared from almost all types of meat, and sometimes several types of meat are used to make minced meat to give the dish special tenderness and taste. For example, in real Siberian dumplings there is minced meat made from beef, pork and bear meat .
Minced meat is a popular product that almost every housewife has in the refrigerator. Firstly, minced meat dishes are relatively inexpensive and at the same time tasty and healthy. Secondly, finely chopped meat dishes are cooked quite quickly, which is important for modern culinary specialists. And thirdly, you can cook a lot of different dishes from minced meat, which are suitable for both an ordinary family dinner and for a special occasion.
One of such universal dishes is minced meat roll. This dish is very tasty, looks beautiful and does not take long to cook, so it will be appropriate both on the festive and on the everyday table.
The recipe for minced meat roll is simple. To prepare it, you need to make a cutlet mass. To do this, take a couple of slices of white bread without crusts and fill it with milk. Then knead the bread into a homogeneous mass and add to the twisted meat (this recipe is designed for half a kilogram of meat). Minced meat can be taken any, but mixed, prepared from beef, chicken and pork, is best suited. However, this is a matter of taste, every culinary specialist can use the kind of stuffing that he likes the most.
In addition to bread, you need to add an egg to the minced meat, and also put onion shabby on a fine grater. Fans of spicy dishes can use garlic and any other seasonings to taste. Naturally, you must not forget to salt the minced meat. The prepared mass must be well mixed and beaten. How to beat minced meat? To do this, it is collected in a lump and thrown with force on a board or in a bowl. The minced meat is covered with a cling film on top and put in the cold for about half an hour.
The basis for the minced meat roll dish is ready, now it's time to think about the filling. There are many options here, everyone can choose according to their taste. For example, a delicious and beautiful filling is obtained from boiled chopped eggs and green onions. For juiciness, you can add a little butter or mayonnaise to the filling.
No less beautiful and bright looks minced meat roll with a filling of boiled eggs and boiled carrots. Instead of steep eggs, you can take an omelet, steamed or in the microwave. You can make the filling only from vegetables or from cereals - rice or buckwheat. An interesting option is minced meat roll with mushrooms; for the filling, you can use champignons, oyster mushrooms or wild mushrooms. They need to be boiled, cut and fry with onions in oil. In a word, you can choose any filling option, or you can cook several small rolls with various fillings at once.
But how to roll the minced meat roll so that it is neat and beautiful? To do this, you can use cling film or foil. And if the farm has a bamboo mat for making rolls, it will be even easier.
The prepared cutlet mass is laid out on an unfolded cling film (or foil) in an even layer, giving it the shape of a square or rectangle. Then spread the filling with a thin layer, leaving the edges free. Now, lifting the film, roll the roll and shift it onto a baking sheet or in a mold.
The top of the roll can be greased with oil or sour cream and sprinkled with breadcrumbs. Lovers of cheese crust may shortly before the roll is ready to sprinkle it with grated cheese. You need to bake the roll at a temperature of 180 degrees, the cooking time is about half an hour.
You can serve minced meat roll hot with a side dish and chilled as an appetizer.