A cutlet is one of the dishes that can be hearty and tasty. You can surprise your guests with this dish if you serve the cutlets exquisitely and beautifully decorated. Each nation has a specific recipe for cutlets with its own history. In Ukraine, Poltava cutlets, which are considered a Ukrainian wedding dish and served with fried potatoes, have gained particular popularity.
It is necessary
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- 500 g of beef;
- 50 g lard;
- 3 cloves of garlic;
- ground black pepper;
- salt to taste;
- some water;
- 3 tbsp. spoons of bread crumbs;
- 2 tbsp. tablespoons of vegetable oil;
- 1 tbsp. spoon of butter.
Instructions
Step 1
Cook the minced meat first. Take the beef. Peel the meat pulp from films, wash thoroughly under cold running water. Cut the prepared meat into small pieces of 40 g each, scroll twice through a meat grinder. Add a little water to the minced meat and mix the whole mass well with a wooden spoon.
Step 2
Wash the bacon, dry it, finely dice it with a sharp knife. Add lard to the prepared minced meat and stir again.
Step 3
Take a head of garlic, divide it into cloves, peel each clove, grind finely with a special tool, or grate on a fine grater. Mix it with the resulting minced meat, add salt and black pepper. Mix well. The cutlet mass should be soft and fluffy, then the cutlets will be tasty and juicy.
Step 4
Place the minced meat on a cutting board, previously moistened with water. Divide the minced meat into equal parts with clean hands. To prevent it from sticking to your hands, wet your hands with cold water. Form the patties into an oval shape. Pour bread crumbs on a plate or table. Roll each cutlet evenly in them.
Step 5
Preheat a frying pan, add vegetable oil. Place the patties in a preheated skillet and fry for 10 minutes until golden brown. During frying, make sure that the cutlets do not burn, turn them over to the other side. Check the readiness of the cutlets with a toothpick, it is necessary that the red juice does not stand out, they should be gray in the cut.
Step 6
Put the finished cutlets on a portioned plate, serve with fried potatoes, drizzle with melted butter.
