Polish Meatballs Aka Kotlety 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:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Mix the onions and celery together in the bottom of a large roasting pan.
• In a large bowl, thoroughly mix together the veal and pork with your hands; lightly mix in cream of mushroom soup, cracker crumbs, bread crumbs, evaporated milk, eggs, salt, marjoram, onion flakes, and pepper until well combined. Form the mixture into meat balls, dipping your hands in water between making the balls. Place the meat balls gently into the roasting pan on top of the onions and celery; cover the pan with foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour and remove foil. Carefully separate the meat balls where they have stuck together and return the pan to the oven until the meat balls are browned, turning every 15 minutes, 30 to 45 additional minutes.

Steps:

• Mix ground beef, cracker crumbs, onion, egg, milk, garlic, kosher salt, and black pepper in a large bowl until evenly blended. Shape meat mixture into twelve 3-inch patties about 1 1/4-inch thick.
• Heat vegetable shortening in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Sear patties until golden brown, about 2 minutes per side. Reduce heat to low and continue cooking, uncovered, until patties are no longer pink in the center, about 20 minutes more. Remove patties from skillet and drain on paper towels until ready to serve.

Steps:

• Squeeze the milk out of the bread and discard.
• Mix together with the meats, onion, garlic, eggs, salt and pepper and sour cream.
• Mix well, then shape into 8 large balls.
• Brown the balls in hot oil, then place in a oven proof casserole dish.
• Bake covered, for 30 minutes at 325*F.
• Remove cover and bake 15 minutes longer.