Zrazy is a traditional Slavic dish, which are stuffed cutlets or flatbreads that can be made from meat, potatoes, fish or other ingredients. They have deep roots and a history going back to the distant past, becoming an integral part of the culinary culture of many Eastern European countries, including Russia, Ukraine and Poland. The
main feature of zrazy is their variety of fillings
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Depending on the region and personal preferences, zrazy can be stuffed with various foods such as mushrooms, herbs, rice, eggs, vegetables, or even sweet fillings such as jam. This makes zrazy a versatile dish that can be adapted to any taste and season.
Let’s prepare zrazy stuffed with meat
Ingredients:
- Potatoes – 1 kg;
- Stuffing – 350 g;
- Onion – 150 g;
- Garlic – 10 g;
- Vegetable oil – 30 g;
- Sweet pepper – 100 g;
- Cheese – 100 g;
- Salt – 15 g;
- Ground black pepper – 3 g;
- Sweet paprika – 10 g;
- Dried garlic – 3 g;
- Coriander – 1 g;
- Egg – 1 pc;
- Starch – 20 g.
Preparation of stuffed zrazas:
Clean and cut potatoes into small cubes, boil for 20 minutes. At this time chop finely onion, peel pepper and cut it finely too.
Rub garlic cloves on a fine grater
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In a frying pan heat vegetable oil, fry first onions, then add peppers.
After frying onions and peppers add garlic, put minced meat. After frying minced meat, add salt and pepper to the stuffing and cook for 5 minutes.
Grate cheese and add it to the cooled stuffing
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Drain the potatoes, add black pepper, paprika, dried garlic and coriander and starch to them and mashed potato. Add
the egg to the cooled mashed potatoes and stir. Form the mashed potatoes into small lumps weighing 100 grams each.
Make thick tortillas from the lumps, where we put 45 grams of stuffing each.
Seal the stuffing inside the cakes and shape the patties.
Break a couple of eggs in a separate bowl and beat them. Separately also pour breadcrumbs. Dip the zrazy first into the egg mixture and then into the breadcrumbs.
Fry the zrazas for 3-4 minutes on both sides in a mixture of butter and vegetable oil.
You get tasty zrazy with meat filling and cheese inside. This dish may well replace ordinary patties.
