What is mititei and where the dish comes from: a recipe
Mititei is a dish of Moldovan origin. These are minced meat products that are very similar to our cutlets. But there are differences. Mititei have an elongated sausage shape. After frying, the products need to be stewed in a cauldron.
Food blogger Svitlana with the nickname bonitavkusnoo shared how to cook Moldovan mititei on Instagram. It must be stewed over low heat.
What is mititei
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Ingredients:
- pork - 700 g
- beef - 300 g
- milk - 1 glass
- onion - 1 pc.
- garlic - 5-10 cloves
- bay leaves - 3 pcs.
- starch - 2 tbsp
- soda - 0.5 tsp
- peppercorns, salt
- vegetable oil
Method of preparation:
Adding milk to minced meat
Source: Screenshot of a post on the Instagram page of food blogger Svitlana with the nickname bonitavkusnoo
1. Pass pork and beef through a meat grinder twice.
2. Add starch, baking soda, pepper, salt and squeezed garlic to the minced meat.
3. Stir the minced meat and gradually add milk. If the minced meat is liquid at first, then add less milk.
4. Beat the minced meat very well.
Stirring the minced meat
Source: Screenshot of a post on the Instagram page of food blogger Svitlana with the nickname bonitavkusnoo
5. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for a couple of hours, preferably overnight.
6. Take out the minced meat and form sausages. Grease your hands with vegetable oil before that.
Frying
Source: Screenshot of a post on the Instagram page of food blogger Svitlana with the nickname bonitavkusnoo
7. Fry the resulting sausages in a pan in vegetable oil.
Stewing with onion in a cauldron
Source: Screenshot of a post on the Instagram page of food blogger Svitlana with the nickname bonitavkusnoo
8. Put the finished products in a saucepan.
9. Put onion, sliced into rings, peppercorns and bay leaf on top.
Ready-made dish
Source: Screenshot of a post on the Instagram page of food blogger Svitlana with the nickname bonitavkusnoo
10. Pour boiling water over everything, add salt to taste, and cook for 30 minutes over low heat.
11. Serve with a side dish. It will be very tasty with mashed potatoes
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