Meat Patties Kotlety with Wild Mushroom Sauce
These juicy Russian meat patties or as we call them 'kotleti" are the epitome of comfort food done right!
Servings: 6 -8
Equipment
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Ingredients
For the meat patties
- 450g / 1lb extra lean ground beef 5% fat
- 450g / 1lb extra lean ground pork 5% fat
- 1 onion medium
- 1 slice white bread stale
- 125ml / 1/2 cup whole milk
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- oil for frying
For the wild mushroom sauce
- 1 tbsp This is an affiliate link.olive oil
- 1 onion chopped
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 450g / 1lb wild mushrooms of your favourite kind or better yet a mix of different kinds
- 500ml / 2 cups 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 1/3 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: 664kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 34g | Fat: 54g | Saturated Fat: 27g | Cholesterol: 210mg | Sodium: 540mg | Potassium: 846mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 1166IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 89mg | Iron: 3mg