
Creamy pumpkin with meatballs
Description
The recipe won't take much time. Meatballs baked on a vegetable "bed" with cream—a "2-in-1" dish, main course and side dish combined. Pumpkin and turkey meatballs soak up the cream and the aromas of fragrant herbs. Details below in the recipe. Serve hot.
Instructions
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Step 1

Prepare the ingredients. Wash and peel the vegetables.
- 2
Step 2

Cut the pumpkin and potatoes into 2x2 cm cubes. Finely chop the onion.
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Step 3

Combine ground meat, egg, salt, pepper, fenugreek (utskho-suneli), and minced onion; knead for 3–5 minutes until uniform. Shape the mixture into meatballs the size of a walnut. Brown them in heated oil (2 tbsp).
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Step 4

Mix pumpkin, potatoes, salt and pepper to taste, and vegetable oil (2 tbsp), then place in a baking dish.
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Step 5

Place the meatballs on top. Pour hot cream over them and cover the dish with foil. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 °C for 25 minutes. Remove the foil and bake for another 25 minutes, until the potatoes are cooked through.
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Step 6

Done.