Ukrainian Country Meatballs "bitki" Recipe

Ukrainian Country Meatballs "bitki" Recipe

Yield: 6 Servings
Recipe by luhu.jp

Ingredients:
1 1/2 lbs: Mushrooms fresh or,
1/4 lbs: Dried mushrooms,
2 lbs: Beef chuck boneless ground,
3 each: Onions large chopped fine,
1/2 cup: Butter or margeraine,
1 each: Garlic clove minced,
1 cup: Flour,
2 T: Bread crumbs,

Directions:

Mix the 1/3 of the onions, meat, breadcrumbs salt & pepper, and
garlic. Form balls of this mixture approx. 2" in diameter. Flatten
these balls and dredge in flour and brown both sides in butter. Soak
mushrooms in cold water if using dried mushrooms. Boil for 30 minutes
then drain and reserve the broth. If using fresh mushrooms chop and
mix with 1/3 of the remaining onion or mix the boiled mushrooms after
chopping wiht the onion. Brown the onion-mushroom mix in butter. Put
the remaining chopped onions as a layer in a large pot good> place 1/2 of the cooked onion-mushroom mixture on this layer of
uncooked chopped onion. Place the bitki on top of this layer then
cover with the remaining onion-mushroom mixture. If you have the
mushroom broth pour 1 cup of this over the layers. If you do not have
the broth because you used fresh mushrooms simply pour 1 cup of cool
water over the layers. Saute covered for 15 minutes. This very good
over rice or mashed potatos. ORIGIN: Alla Tkachka, Kiev-Ukraine,
circa 1996


Source from luhu.jp