Zrazy is a Lithuanian dish. Currently, it is one of the common dishes of international restaurant cuisine and has a lot of recipes. Minced meat for zraz is prepared from meat, fish, poultry and even vegetables. As the filling, eggs, mushrooms, vegetables, cheese and other ingredients are used. Zrazy are a pleasant substitute for the usual cutlets. They can be served on the festive table as a hot dish along with crumbly cereals, boiled vegetables, beans or mashed potatoes.
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You will need
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- beef - 1 kg;
- sunflower oil 50 g;
- tomato paste - 100 g;
- onions - 1-2 pcs;
- carrots - 1-2 pcs;
- wheat flour - 40g;
- water or broth;
- parsley;
- ground pepper;
- salt.
- For minced meat:
- onions - 5-6 pcs;
- sunflower oil - 50 g;
- eggs - 2 pcs;
- porcini mushrooms - 100-150 g;
- ground wheat crackers - 40 g;
- parsley greens.
- salt.
Instruction manual
1
To get started, prepare all the necessary products, cook hard-boiled eggs.
2
After this, prepare the filling for zraz. Peel the onion. Then chop it or cut into half rings. Next, put the onions in a preheated pan and fry in a small amount of sunflower oil until slightly golden.
3
Rinse the mushrooms thoroughly, dry and chop finely. Put them in a pan and fry with onions for five minutes. After that, put everything in a separate plate, cool slightly and add spices, chopped eggs, crackers and herbs. Mix well and salt.
4
Next, peel the remaining onions and carrots. Cut the onion into strips, and grate the carrots on a coarse grater. Fry them in a pan with tomato paste and parsley. Make a small fire and do not forget to stir occasionally.
5
Now take the meat, cut it into plastics and beat it lightly. Put the prepared stuffing in the middle of each plastic and wrap it. Give the zrazas a cigar shape. After that, tie each of them with twine or thread.
6
Sprinkle the prepared zrazy on top with salt, pepper and fry in a frying pan heated with fat until a crust forms. Then fill them with broth or water, add the fried onions and carrots and leave to simmer for fifty minutes.
7
After time, remove the zrazy from the broth and remove the twine from them. Take the flour and dilute it in a separate container with part of the broth that was formed during braising. Put the zrazy again in the pan and pour in the diluted flour sauté. Next, add spices and leave everything to simmer for another twenty minutes.
8
Serve the cooked zrazy hot on the table, and be sure to pour sauce or mayonnaise on top. For garnish, use mashed potatoes, pasta or stewed vegetables.
Useful advice
For filling zraz, you can use almost any product.
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