Pork meatballs
Description
The recipe won't take much time. Make meatballs using ground meat and rice cooked until half-done. Add spices. Sear the meatballs in oil on all sides, about 2 minutes per side. Then transfer them to a casserole dish. Simmer the meatballs in tomato-carrot sauce either in the oven or on the stovetop. Serve hot.
Instructions
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Step 1
Take pork mince or prepare it at home yourself.
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Step 2
Grind the onion through a meat grinder or chop it in a food processor. Add to the minced meat.
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Step 3
Boil the rice in salted water until half-cooked. Drain the water. Rinse the rice and add it to the meat mixture.
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Step 4
Mix everything until smooth. Add spices of your choice, salt, and pepper. Knead again.
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Step 5
We'll get this kind of minced meat. It will be easier to shape if you put it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
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Step 6
Form the mixture into small balls. Fry them in vegetable oil on both sides until golden brown; the inside of the meatballs will remain raw at this stage.
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Step 7
Transfer the meatballs to a heatproof dish.
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Step 8
Sauté the grated carrot on a frying pan.
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Step 9
Pour in the tomato sauce and bring to a boil. Add salt and spices (you can add a little sugar if the tomato sauce is too sour). Pour the resulting sauce over the meatballs.
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Step 10
Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. Bake the meatballs in the oven for about 30 minutes.
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Step 11
Take them out of the oven. Add sour cream to the sauce and return to the oven for another 10 minutes. I don't add sour cream to the sauce right away, because during baking the sour cream tends to curdle. I'm not particularly fond of this effect, so I add the sour cream at the very end.
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Step 12
Serve with a vegetable salad or a side dish.