Meatballs: Basic Recipe with Variations
Ingredients
- Basic recipe for meatballs
- 1 kaiser roll (day-old)
- 500 grams mixed Ground meat
- 2 onions
- 1 egg
- ½ tsp salt (to taste)
- peppers (to taste)
- 2 Tbsps Margarine
- Meatballs with Mandarins
- 1
- 1 sm jar Mandarin orange
- ½ bunch fresh Tarragon
- Meatballs with Mushrooms
- 1
- 4 Radish
- 100 grams fresh button Mushroom
- 1 Tbsp Wine vinegar
- 3 Tbsps vegetable oil
- salt
- peppers
- ½ bunch fresh Watercress
- Meatballs with Peppers
- 1
- Bell pepper (1 red and 1 green)
- Meatballs with Beetroot
- 1
- ½ jar red Beets
- ½ bunch fresh Salad burnet
- Baked Patties with Cheese
- 1
- 8 slices canned Pineapple
- 8 slices Processed cheese
- 16 Maraschino cherry
- Meatballs with Cabbage
- 1
- 150 grams Green cabbage
- salt
- peppers
- 1 Tbsp sugar
- 1 vegetable oil
- Meatballs with Fried Egg
- 1
- 8 eggs
- 2 Tbsps butter
- ground paprika
- Meatballs with Horseradish
- 1
- 1 Horseradish
- ½ bunch parsley
Preparation steps
Soak the bread in 1/4 liter (approximately 1 cup) lukewarm water. Combine all ingredients in a bowl and knead well with your hands. Squeeze water from bread and mix into the meat mixture. With wet hands, shape 8 meatballs. Heat half the margarine in a heavy pan and fry the meatballs in portions, 4 minutes each side. Remove and keep warm on a plate in the oven.
Variations:
Prepare meatballs using the basic recipe. Drain mandarins well. Separate tarragon leaves. Distribute the mandarins over the meatballs and garnish with tarragon.
Prepare meatballs using the basic recipe. Clean mushrooms, wash radishes and slice both thinly. Combine vinegar, oil, salt and pepper and add vegetables. Leave in the marinade 1/2 hour, then spread on top of the meatballs and garnish with watercress.
Prepare meatballs using the basic recipe. Peel the onions and cut into thin rings. Wash the parsley, shake dry and remove leaves from stems. Distribute onion rings on the meatballs and garnish with parsley.
Prepare meatballs using the basic recipe. Rinse and dry peppers. Cut peppers in half, remove the core, and cut into rings. Spread over the meatballs.
Prepare meatballs using the basic recipe. Drain beetroot well, chop and spread it on the meatballs. Garnish with salad leaves.
Prepare meatballs using the basic recipe. Top each with 1 slice of pineapple and followed by a slice of cheese. Preheat the oven to 175 degrees and bake the meatballs about 8 minutes. Garnish with cherries.
Prepare meatballs using the basic recipe. Wash tomatoes and cut into slices, spread on the meatballs and garnish with basil leaves.
Prepare meatballs using the basic recipe. Cut white cabbage into very fine strips and mix with the remaining ingredients. Marinate at least 1 day and then use to top the meatballs.
Prepare meatballs using the basic recipe.Cook the eggs in portions in a pan with butter and put on top of the meatballs, sprinkle with paprika.
Prepare meatballs using the basic recipe. Cut cucumber into slices and place on the meatballs. Remove dill leaves from tougher stalks and add as garnish on top of the cucumber.
Prepare meatballs using the basic recipe. Top each meatball with 1 tablespoon ketchup and garnish with chives.
Prepare meatballs using the basic recipe. With a sharp knife, slice very fine strips of horseradish and add on top of the meatballs. Garnish with parsley leaves.
