Description

If you have never eaten meatballs in a stroganoff sauce, you are missing out. Make your own meatballs or buy frozen meatballs and cook them in this wonderfully delicious sauce. Serve them over egg noodles, any choice of pasta or rice.

Ingredients

• Meatballs:
• 1 lb. lean ground beef
• 1 lb. lean ground pork
• 1/2 c. bread crumbs
• 1/2 onion, finely grated with its juices
• 1/2 c. beef stock or milk
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 t. black pepper
• 2 t. salt
• 1 T. vegetable oil, for frying
• Sauce:
• 1 T. vegetable or olive oil
• 1 T. butter
• 1/2 lb. mushrooms, sliced
• 1/2 t. salt
• 1/2 t. black pepper
• 1 onion, sliced
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 T. flour
• 1/4 c. brandy, dry sherry, or whiskey
• l/2 c. beef stock
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 t. whole grain mustard
• 1 c. full-fat sour cream or creme fraiche
• 1 t. fresh parsley or dill, optional garnish

Steps

1. Meatballs:
2. Soak the bread crumbs in beef stock or milk.
3. In a large bowl, grate the onion, allowing any juices to fall into the bowl; add ground pork, ground beef, the soaked bread crumbs, the beaten egg, salt and pepper.