Polish Meatballs
From melsmex 16 years ago
- 30 minutes to make
- Serves 5
This is a Polish recipe that my mother and grandmother used to make. It is one of my family's favorites.
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups French bread (about ½ loaf) cut into ½” cubes -firmly packed shopping list
- ¾ cup milk shopping list
- 1 T salt shopping list
- 1 tsp. pepper shopping list
- 2 lbs. ground beef (1/2 sirloin, ½ 80% fat) shopping list
- 1 large onion, divided shopping list
- 1 T. worcestershire sauce shopping list
- 1 egg shopping list
- 1 tsp. dried minced garlic shopping list
- 1/3 cup olive oil shopping list
- 1 scallion, peeled, finely diced shopping list
- ½ lb. mushrooms shopping list
- ½ cup dry sherry shopping list
- 5 cups beef stock or broth shopping list
- ½ cup water shopping list
- 3 T. cornstarch shopping list
- salt & pepper to taste shopping list
How to make it
- Pour the milk into the measuring cup containing the bread and mash down with your fingers until it is fully saturated. The bread should now measure 1 cup. Finely dice ½ of the onion, and roughly chop the other half. Mix the meat, egg, diced onion, Worcestershire, garlic, salt and pepper, along with the bread mixture until everything is incorporated well. Form into large meatballs, 1 ½” – 2” in diameter. There should be 9-10. Heat a cast iron frying pan or other large, heavy pan on medium high and add the olive oil. Brown the meatballs on all sides, in two batches. Remove the hamburgers and place them in a dutch oven. Lower the heat of the skillet to medium, and add the chopped onion, scallion, and mushrooms and sauté about 7-8 minutes. Add a pinch of salt and pepper. Remove the mixture to the dutch oven and add the dry sherry, scraping up the bits from the bottom of the pan. Allow it to simmer for a few minutes, and add to the dutch oven, along with the beef broth and bring to a boil. Heat the oven to 350°. Whisk together the water and cornstarch and add it to the dutch oven, stirring carefully so as not to break apart the meatballs. Turn the heat off, cover and place it in the oven 30 minutes. Remove from oven and reseason with salt and freshly ground black pepper, if needed.
- Serve with mashed potatoes, spaetzle, dumplings, or buttered noodles.
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