Meatballs with buttery baby potatoes and carrot slaw
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1 hour 10 min
This is a traditional Polish dinner - meatballs served with boiled potatoes (or smooth mashed potatoes) and lots of melted butter and fresh dill, alongside a grated carrot and leek salad. Meatballs can be made a day ahead.
Lilavati
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Ingredients
Serves: 6
- Polish meatballs
- 500g pork mince
- 500g beef mince
- 2 onions, chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, chopped
- 2 eggs
- 1 slice bread, soaked in water then squeezed to remove excess liquid
- salt and pepper to taste
- vegetable oil for frying
- Buttery baby potatoes
- 500g baby potatoes
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons butter, melted
- 2 tablespoons fresh dill, chopped
- Carrot slaw
- 4 carrots, finely shredded or grated
- 1/3 leek, finely sliced
- 100g natural yogurt
- salt and pepper to taste
Method
Prep:30min ›
Cook:40min ›
Ready in:1hr10min
- In a bowl, combine pork and beef mince with onion, garlic, bread, eggs, salt and pepper. Mix with your hands until well combined. Roll into meatballs (3 to 4cm in diameter).
- Heat oil in a large frying pan and cook meatballs in the hot oil until browned on all sides.
- Boil potatoes in salted water until tender. Drain, pour over with melted butter and add fresh dill.
- In a separate bowl, combine shredded carrots and leeks; mix in yogurt. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Tip
Before frying, you can coat meatballs in breadcrumbs if you prefer some added crunch.
