Meatballs are a multinational dish. There is an assumption that balls of minced meat were invented in different countries at the same time. However, meatballs have different names everywhere. For example, in Sweden, meatballs are small and are called meatballs. Turkic people call meatballs kyufta. There is an assumption that it was the Turkic people who invented meatballs. They were the first to mix minced meat with rice. Later this recipe was noticed by the Balkan peoples and the Austrians
. Nowadays meatballs are cooked in many restaurants and canteens
.
There are 1000 interpretations of meatballs. Let’s tell you how to cook meatballs with cabbage.
Ingredients of meatballs with cabbage:
- white cabbage – 600 g;
- onion – 80 g;
- minced meat – 300 g;
- oat flakes – 100 g;
- egg – pcs;
- salt – ½ tsp;
- tomato juice – 250 ml.
Preparation of meatballs with cabbage:
Chop the onion on small grater sharps and mix with minced meat. Salt the mince, add your favorite spices
. Break a chicken egg into the mince and mix the ingredients.
Pour the oat flakes into the mince, mix and leave the mass to swell.
Chop cabbage finely, remove the core in advance. Grease a baking mold with vegetable oil, lay the cabbage on the bottom.
Form the minced meat into balls, wet your hands in water beforehand
.
Put the meatballs on a bed of cabbage, pour tomato juice on the surface.
Cover the form with meatballs with foil, bake in the oven at 180 degrees for 40 minutes.
You get a simple dish of meatballs and garnish in the form of cabbage. You can also add onions and carrots and cherry tomatoes to the cabbage.
