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Meat Croquettes

4 servings

Ingredients

• 300 g Mixed meat scraps (cooked or roasted, beef/veal/pork)
• 1 Stk Onion
• 2 Stk mushrooms
• Parsley (nach Bedarf)
• 20 g Oil
• 20 g butter
• 1 Prise Salt
• 1 Prise Pepper
• 20 g Flour
• 0.12 L Milk
• 1 Stk Eggs
• Flour (for breading) (nach Bedarf)
• Eggs (beaten, for breading) (nach Bedarf)
• Breadcrumbs (nach Bedarf)
• Fat or oil (for deep frying) (nach Bedarf)

Instructions

1. Finely chop or grind meat leftovers.
2. Finely chop onion, mushrooms, and parsley and sauté until golden yellow in oil and butter.
3. Add the meat, season with salt and pepper, and briefly brown.
4. Dust with flour, pour in milk, and braise for a few minutes.
5. Stir in an egg.
6. Spread the mixture about 2 cm high on a baking sheet and cover the surface with parchment paper.
7. After cooling, cut into uniform 5–6 cm rhomboid shapes.
8. Form the remaining mixture into rolls about 5 cm long.
9. Bread all pieces in flour, beaten eggs, and breadcrumbs.
10. Deep fry until golden brown in plenty of medium-hot fat or oil.
11. Serve with spinach, tartar sauce, or lettuce salad.

Based on a cookbook by Hans Hofer (1964), adapted with AI.