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meat patties in white enamel dish

Meat Patties Kotlety with Wild Mushroom Sauce

Julia Frey of Vikalinka
These juicy Russian meat patties or as we call them 'kotleti" are the epitome of comfort food done right!
5 from 11 votes
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Course Main
Cuisine Russian
Servings 6 -8
Calories 664 kcal

Ingredients
  

For the meat patties

  • 1 lbs extra lean ground beef 5% fat
  • 1 lbs extra lean ground pork 5% fat
  • 1 onion medium
  • 1 slice white bread stale
  • ½ cup /125 ml whole milk
  • 1 tsp salt
  • ½ tsp pepper
  • oil for frying

For the wild mushroom sauce

  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 onion chopped
  • 3 cloves of garlic
  • 1 lbs wild mushrooms of your favourite kind or better yet a mix of different kinds
  • 2 cups /500 ml double/heavy cream
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • flat leaf parsley

Instructions
 

For the meat patties

  • Preheat the oven to 400F/200C. Soak a slice of stale white bread in milk for 10 minutes.
  • Meanwhile combine ground pork and beef in a large mixing bowl. Process a medium onion in a food processor with two tablespoons of water until you have a paste or grate it using a vegetable grater, add to the mixture. Add soaked bread together with milk, salt and pepper and mix well with your hands.
  • Scoop the meat mixture with a ⅓ cup and form an oval shaped patty, flatten it with a palm of you hand. Continue until all mixture is used up.
  • Heat the oil in a large frying pan and brown patties in batches to avoid overcrowding and steaming. Fry patties on both sides over medium heat for approximately 5-7 minutes, resist the temptation to flatten your puffed up patties for even cooking.
  • Put your browned patties in an oven proof pan in a single layer and cook in the preheated oven for additional 10 minutes.

For the wild mushroom sauce

  • While the meat patties are cooking in the oven it's time to make the mushroom sauce.
  • Heat the olive oil in a saucepan and cook the chopped onion over low heat for 7-10 minutes, add minced garlic, and minced parsley stems but reserve the leaves for garnish. Add chopped mushrooms, salt and pepper and cook for 10 minutes.
  • Add cream, bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to low and let it simmer for 5 minutes. Taste and add more salt and pepper if necessary.
  • Blend into a smooth sauce in a food processor or a blender or leave it chunky.
  • Serve meat patties with hot wild mushroom sauce and sprinkled with parsley.

Nutrition

Calories: 664kcalCarbohydrates: 11gProtein: 34gFat: 54gSaturated Fat: 27gCholesterol: 210mgSodium: 540mgPotassium: 846mgFiber: 2gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 1166IUVitamin C: 6mgCalcium: 89mgIron: 3mg
Keyword kotleti, kotlety
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