Polish meatballs dinner
Finished meal! The quality of the picture came out a lot worse for some reason :( Probably because the lighting in that part of the kitchen was quite dim, but it still looks delicious :)
Ingredients
- 2 packs of Minced Pork Meat
- Onions
- Carrots
- 1 pack of Double cream
- Potatoes
- Salt & Pepper
- Marjoram**
- Breadcrumbs**
- 1 or 2 Raw Eggs
- Hardened Crusty roll (leave for a day or 2)
- Sunflower oil
- Arrowroot
- Sugar
Items
- Big mixing bowl
- Your hands :)
- Frying pan
- 3 Regular pans
- Vegetable peeler / knife
- Peel and chop up the onions.
- Take the mince meat out of the packs and put into mixing bowl.
- Add 1 raw egg, followed by salt, pepper and marjoram to taste. (Slightly more marjoram will make it taste better).
- Take the hardened crusty roll, soak it in water, then squeeze all the water out and add to the mixing bowl.
- Using your hands, mix everything together well until it is completely mixed. This should take about 5 minutes. -- If the mix feels too dry, add 2nd raw egg.
- Once this is done, take a desired amount of the mix and curl up into a ball shape. It shouldn't be too big, as this would make it harder to cook, and you should make one side of it a little flatter. -- They should all be roughly the same size, so they cook thoroughly.
- Roll the balls in the breadcrumbs.
- Heat up the frying pan with oil, and gently place the meatballs onto the frying pan on a small flame. Once it turns a brownish colour underneath, flip over so the other side can get fried too :)
- Once they are fried to a goldeny brown colour on both sides, place carefully into a normal cooking pan.
- Using the oil that's already in the pan, add the chopped onions into the frying pan. Increase the flame size. Once they are a bit see through, turn the flame down, and simmer for about 1 minute.
- Add to the cooking pan, and add some water. Cover up and cook on a gentle flame for about 10 minutes, to make sure the meat is cooked throughout.
RECIPE-potatoes and carrots
- Peel the potatoes, and chop them into even cubes.
- Put into a cooking pan, and cover completely with water.
- Add salt.
- Bring to the boil, and then cook for a further 20 minutes, or until the potatoes are completely soft throughout. (You can use a fork to check this)
- Pour the water out, and mash the potatoes with your fork, and add butter if you wish.
- Peel and chop the carrots, and put into a cooking pan. Add double cream, sugar and arrowroot. (A small amount)
- Cook until the carrots are soft :)
NOTES;
- The arrowroot may be quite tricky to master, as you need to add the right amount straight away, seeing as you cannot add a little bit and then add more, as this will cause it to go lumpy. If you aren't brave enough to try, go with a simple salad :)
- You can also make the polish style breadcrumbs yourself - you can buy more crusty rolls and let them go hard, and then you can use a grater to grate them into a jar and keep it until you need it :)
Note - I do not include basics in my price calculations
2 packs of Minced Pork Meat; £2 each - Onions; £0.12 each - Carrots; £1 per kg - Double cream; £0.82 per 300ml - Potatoes; £0.97 per kg - Marjoram; £0.40 (average polish shop price) - Breadcrumbs; £1.00 (average polish shop price) - Eggs; £1.68 per pack of 6 (so £0.56 for the value of 2 eggs) - Crusty roll; £0.80 per pack of 6 - Arrowroot varies in price, and I have not seen any in the major supermarkets, although people claim it is in the cake making sections! It should be around £2.
TOTAL ESTIMATED PRICE; £11.79 ESTIMATED MEALS; 6
PRICE PER MEAL ; £1.97
TIPS
Try slicing the meatballs and having them on a sandwich, with some ketchup and pickled cucumbers to taste :) They are a very nice sandwich filler!
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Postat av: Amiee Whitney
I think Pat's nan made us meatballs when we went to Poland, if it was them then they're delicious!
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