Homemade minced meat cutlets are quite common: fast, satisfying and tasty - what else do you need? But what if the soul requires a holiday? In this case, you can cook Italian cutlets: minced meat with herbs, cheese and nuts is something amazing. They not only look attractive but also taste delicious.
It is necessary
- - ½ kg of beef for minced meat
- - 90 g shelled walnut kernels
- - 120 g bacon
- - zest of 1 lemon
- - a couple of slices of dried bread without a crust
- - a bunch of fresh parsley
- - 1 onion
- - 120 ml of milk
- - 1 egg
- - 50 g cheese
- - 2 cloves of garlic
- - pepper and salt to taste
Instructions
Step 1
Wash the meat, dry it and grind it into minced meat in a meat grinder.
Step 2
Soak the bread for 5 minutes in milk, then squeeze well.
Step 3
Fry the nuts in a dry frying pan and chop.
Step 4
Grate the cheese on a coarse grater. Cut the bacon into thin strips.
Step 5
Peel the onion, garlic and parsley and cut into small pieces.
Step 6
Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan over moderate heat, fry the onion in it until soft, add garlic, fry for another 2 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool.
Step 7
In a large bowl, combine bread, cheese, herbs, lemon zest, egg, and nuts. Add the contents of the pan, add the minced meat. Season with salt and pepper, knead well with your hands.
Step 8
When the minced meat is well mixed, form a ball out of it and send it to the refrigerator for an hour.
Step 9
After that, mold cutlets with a diameter of about 5-8 cm from the minced meat. Wrap each cutlet with a strip of bacon, fix the ends with toothpicks.
Step 10
Preheat oven to 200 degrees.
Step 11
Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan and quickly fry the patties on both sides until golden brown. Then transfer them to a baking sheet and bake for 15-20 minutes.
Serve the finished cutlets in bacon with fresh vegetables.
