Modern home cooking is rich. Recipes of some dishes are very popular. For example, it concerns such a famous dish as meatballs. This dish, which is prepared from fish or minced meat. Almost every nation has it. Sometimes meatballs are confused with cutlets. It differs from the latter in the presence of various additives to meat minced meat: vegetables, cereals, etc. Instead of rice, they sometimes put potatoes, flakes, even dried fruits. Meatballs have long become a favorite and popular dish. Their taste, as a rule, can satisfy even the fastidious gourmet. However, it can be strengthened by the addition of various condiments or sauces. About this now and talk.
Than to strengthen taste of a dish?
As spices are often used garlic, onions, salt, pepper, etc. One of the best condiments is a sauce. Most often this is a gravy. Sometimes it is cooked simultaneously with the main course. There is a lot of gravy for cutlets and meatballs. A little bit below we will consider some of them. Do not ignore this type of seasoning, since the gravy can enhance the taste of your meatballs, giving them a special flavor.
The sauce recipe
Two onions finely chop and fry in a pan. Rub a couple of carrots and add there. Put a spoonful of flour and a pinch of sugar, pour in a tomato paste or juice. Stir thoroughly. When the tomato paste is dissolved, add cream (150 g). After stirring again, pour in water. When the sauce for the meatballs boils, add the spices. Water can be added as the evaporation. Then put the meatballs in the frying pan and fry them in the prepared sauce. Note that if you remove or add any component, your dish will have a completely different taste.
Meatballs with gravy
This time, we will not just talk about how the sauce is prepared for meatballs, but we'll also learn one recipe for the main course. Its special feature is that the sauce is prepared simultaneously with meatballs. So, half a kilo of any meat scroll along with the onion. Optionally, you can add an egg. Knead everything carefully and form the products with your hands. It is desirable to roll raw meatballs in flour, so that they do not fall apart during cooking. After laying on a pre-heated frying pan, on each side fry for three to five minutes. Cover the cover is contraindicated, otherwise fall apart. After this, pour boiling water, add a little seasonings and on average fire extinguish for ten to fifteen minutes. Now the sauce for meatballs is being prepared. In a half-glass of water (preferably warm), dilute a tablespoon of sour cream and, stirring, add art. A spoonful of flour. Knead carefully so that no lumps appear. So the sauce for the meatballs is ready. Pour it into a frying pan, cover and shake to mix. Simmer for another fifteen minutes on low heat.
As a sauce, tomato sauce is often used . It gives a special aroma to meatballs. In a frying pan, melt 50 grams of butter and add 2 tbsp. Spoons of flour. Thoroughly stir so that lumps do not appear. After removing this mixture from the fire, pour 400 grams of sour cream there and put it on the plate again. When the boil, add pre-fried in oil flour and mix. When you get a homogeneous mass, add a couple of tablespoons of tomato paste. The finished sauce should have an orange color.