Potato meatballs are an elegant dish that can be put on the festive table as an alternative to convenient and hearty mashed potatoes. You can also diversify the daily table with this dish. The minimum amount of inexpensive ingredients, as well as small time and labor costs, make potato cakes a particularly attractive dish in the eyes of a zealous hostess.
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You will need
- - potatoes - 1.5-2 kg;
- - onions - 1-2 pcs;
- - salt, ground black pepper, tarragon - to taste;
- - vegetable oil - 1 tbsp.
Instruction manual
1
To cook lean potato balls, you need an oven, which will need to be heated to 200 degrees Celsius. Also, a wide baking sheet, as there are quite a lot of meatballs. And baking paper so as not to grease the baking sheet with oil.
2
Choose potatoes that are well-digested, high in starch. Usually these are varieties of potatoes with pink tubers.
3
First prepare the onion. It must be cleaned, diced and stewed in oil. Use a saucepan or ladle for this, so that the onion does not fry, but only softens, without changing color. Then peel the potatoes, chop, pour hot water and cook until cooked. Drain all the water and wipe the potatoes. Add the prepared onions, salt to taste, put a little ground black pepper and tarragon. It is the last component that gives the potato cakes a unique very appetizing aroma and makes such a simple dish festive and unusual.
4
Mix thoroughly and, using a tablespoon of palm, picking the potato mass while it is still hot, sculpt round meatballs and lay them on a baking sheet lined with parchment. The top of the meatballs can be greased with water or vegetable oil. Bake lean potato balls at a temperature of 200 degrees for about 30 minutes. If there is a grill mode, you can additionally brown already prepared meatballs. Serve potato balls can be both hot and cooled. Tomato, mushroom sauce or lean mayonnaise are great for such meatballs.