Meatballs in Milk Sauce

November 3rd, 2018 in Beef, Main Dishes, Pork by Julia Volhina

Total cooking time: 45min

Not so complicated recipe for meatballs, will take roughly an hour to cook and will produce quite a lot to eat after.

These meatballs taste great straight from the oven or reheated later on. Pair well with mashed potatoes, pasta or grains (like boiled buckwheat here for example).

Trickiest trick here is to not burn the sauce while cooking, just make sure cooking temperature is low enough for light simmer and stir pot from time to time, using thicksided cooking pot or a deep cast iron skillet is a good option too.

Ingredients:

2lb meat (50×50 pork and beef mix or other to taste)
1/3 cup of rice
2 medium size onions or a big one
1/4-1/3 cup of cold water
1/4 cup flour for sauce + more for dusting
Milk 2-3 cups, to taste
2 tablespoon of butter
2 bay leaves
5-7 allspice peppercorns
7-10 black peppercorns
Dry dill to taste
Ground black pepper to taste
Salt to taste
Oil for frying

How to make, step-by-step:

Prepare ingredients:
Meatballs in Milk Sauce: Step 1
Bring a pot with water to boil, add rice and cook rice until almost cooked thought (see step-by-step instructions), let it cool down till room temperature:
Meatballs in Milk Sauce: Step 2
Peel onions, chop them either using food processor or simple grate them on big slots of grater, add to the mixing bowl along with meat:
Meatballs in Milk Sauce: Step 3
Add cooked rice:
Meatballs in Milk Sauce: Step 4
Add salt and ground black pepper to taste:
Meatballs in Milk Sauce: Step 5
Mix enough of cold water to make mixture juicy but not too liquid:
Meatballs in Milk Sauce: Step 6
Mix everything:
Meatballs in Milk Sauce: Step 7
Warm up oil in a skillet. Pour flour for dusting into a bowl. Using a spoon scoop a portion of meat mixture and form a meatball:
Meatballs in Milk Sauce: Step 8
Dust it in flour from all sides:
Meatballs in Milk Sauce: Step 9
Move to a warmed up skillet and repeat with remaining meat mixture. Fry all meatballs from all sides evenly:

Meatballs in Milk Sauce: Step 10a

Meatballs in Milk Sauce: Step 10b

Meatballs in Milk Sauce: Step 10c
Transfer colored meatballs in to thick sided cooking pot, add bay leaves and allspice and black pepper corns:
Meatballs in Milk Sauce: Step 11
Season with dry dill (and any other spices you like to taste):
Meatballs in Milk Sauce: Step 12
Set pot with meatballs aside while preparing roux sauce:

Melt butter in deep saucepan

Stir in all of the flour

Cook and stir constantly

Gradually mix in milk

Mix to break any lumps

Cook until thickens, pour in
Cover pot with a lid, bring to light simmer and cook for about 15 mins, stir and move meatballs from time to time to prevent sauce from burning, then serve:
Meatballs in Milk Sauce