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Frikandellen from Leftover Meat

4 servings

Ingredients

• leftover meat, cooked or roasted (pieces)
• onion or parsley (a little)
• eggs (a few)
• salt (a little)
• pepper, ground (a little)
• grated white bread (a little)
• gravy or sour cream (or milk) (a little)
• white bread for sprinkling (a little)
• butter (a little)
• ham, cooked (to taste)
• cold potatoes, grated (optional)

Instructions

1. Take leftover cooked or roasted meat, finely chop it with an onion or parsley, and mix in a few eggs, salt, a little ground pepper, grated white bread, and gravy or sour cream (or a little milk if those are unavailable).
2. Form egg-sized dumplings, flatten them slightly, sprinkle with finely grated white bread, and fry them in butter until golden.
3. If you have cooked ham on hand, you can chop some with the meat.
4. Instead of white bread, a few grated cold potatoes can also be used quite well.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.