Polish Meat Balls Recipes

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients for the kotlety in a bowl till everything comes together.
• Make golf-ball sized, or a bit larger, balls with the meat and place on a plate until needed.
• Heat a large skillet and use your preferred oil/fat, then turn the heat down low once it's heated all the way through.
• Put the meat on, it should sizzle lightly. If it doesn't, your heat is too low.
• Each kotlet should be cooked for a 3-4 minutes per side, then flipped. It will take a little time to heat them all the way through, slice with a knife if unsure.
• Once all the kotlety are cooked, put them to the side.
• Keep the heat low, and sautee the mushrooms in the pan, making sure all the browned bits and fat coat them.
• Once the mushrooms are cooked, add the heavy cream and deglaze the pan.
• Serve kotlely, pour sauce on top.

Steps:

• Chop onion and sauté in 1 stick margarine until very soft.
• Drain and reserve margarine.
• Mix raw pork, ground round, cooked onion, 1/4 box finely crushed cracker crumbs, and 2 eggs. Form patties with 1 1/2 to 2 tablespoon meat.
• Crush another quarter box of the saltines into very fine crumbs, coat each meatball in the crumbs and gently flatten very slightly.
• Fry in reserved margarine, keeping margarine level in pan to at least 1/4 inch.
• Drain and enjoy.

Steps:

• In a large bowl saturate the bread in the milk until it's completely softened and breaks apart when stirred.
• In a large skillet, saute the onion in half the butter until soft and opaque.
• Add to the large bowl along with the ground beef, dill, tarragon, salt, pepper, and beaten eggs.
• Mix together well, using your hands, and let rest while you saute the mushrooms in the rest of the butter, until tender.
• Remove the mushrooms from the pan and form the meat mixture into 1 inch meatballs.
• Dust the meatballs with flour and brown in the same skillet, adding more butter or oil, if necessary.
• Add the mushrooms and sour cream to the meatballs in the skillet, stir to coat everything well, partially cover, and simmer over very low heat for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Salt and pepper to taste.
• These are great served over kluski noodles or tiny homemade Polish dumpling noodles.

Steps:

• mix the bread with the onions, egg and meat thoroughly. Add salt and pepper.
• Form small balls for the mixture and roll them in flour. Brown in hot butter on all sides.
• Pour broth over veal balls, cover and simmer for about 20 minutes. Remove to a warm serving platter.
• Add the rest of the flour to the pan drippings, and bring to a boil. Remove from the heat and season with salt, adding the sour cream and dill. Pour over meat.

Steps:

• Combine meatball ingredients until smooth, then chill.
• Saute the onion, celery and juniper berries in the oil until tender. Stir in the kraut, salt, pepper, apple juice, and water. Bring mixture to a boil, then reduce heat, cover and simmer for 60-90 minutes or until most all of the liquid has cooked away. Keep warm.
• Form meat mixture into meatballs, using wet hands. Grill meatballs (you can place on soaked skewers if you like)(I like grilling them on an oiled fine-mesh grate) over hot coals or broil or bake until cooked through. Serve meatballs with kraut.