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Meatballs with gravy are easy and simple to prepare in a pressure cooker. Sour cream and tomato sauce gives the meatballs a particularly pleasant taste.

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Preparation:

• Peel all vegetables. Chop the onion into small cubes, grate the carrots on a medium grater.
• Pour vegetable oil into the multicooker bowl, turn on the “Baking” mode, add the onion and fry until golden brown.
• While the onion is frying, soak the loaf in milk. Pass the meat together with the soaked loaf through a meat grinder.
• Place the fried onions in a deep bowl, add minced meat, eggs, salt and pepper. Mix everything thoroughly.
• Form small balls from the prepared mixture and place them in the multicooker bowl.
• In a separate bowl, mix tomato paste, sour cream, hot water, salt, pepper, sugar and grated carrots.
• Mix the mixture well and pour it over the meatballs.
• Set the “Stew” mode and cook the meatballs with gravy for about an hour.
• Serve the finished meatballs with mashed potatoes, pasta or rice, topped with gravy.

Tender turkey meatballs with sour cream

To prepare a delicious meat treat for children with gravy, you need to stock up on the following products:

• 200 g minced turkey meat;
• a few slices of stale white bread;
• 100 ml fat sour cream;
• 70 ml milk;
• 50 g butter;
• 1 chicken egg;
• salt.

Stages of work:

• We pass the meat through a meat grinder several times. Together with it, grind the bread soaked in milk.
• Add the egg and salt, combine the listed ingredients.
• We form small meatballs and place them in a greased frying pan.
• Fill the container halfway with water, cover with a lid and cook over medium heat for 15 minutes.
• At this time, you can prepare sour cream sauce. Mix the dairy product with boiled and cooled water in a 1:1 ratio.
• When there is practically no liquid left in the pan, add sour cream sauce. Continue simmering the meatballs under the lid for another 15 minutes.
• After half the specified time, turn the products over so that they are thoroughly cooked on all sides.

Serve as a stand-alone treat or paired with a vegetable side dish.

Preparation:

• Peel the onion and pass it together with the meat through a meat grinder. Beat in the egg and mix. Add herbs, spices and salt to taste. Mix the minced meat well and form into meatballs. Dip each meatball in flour.
• Pour a little vegetable oil into the multicooker bowl, turn on the “Frying” or “Baking” mode, heat the oil and place the meatballs. Fry them until golden brown.
• Add sour cream, a little water, sugar and salt to taste.
• Finely chop the greens and add to the meatballs.
• Turn on the “Stew” mode, close the lid and cook for 30 – 40 minutes.
• These meatballs are ideal with pasta or buckwheat porridge.

Step-by-step preparation of meatballs in tomato sauce in a slow cooker

1. Let’s choose the meat for the meatballs and put it through a meat grinder ourselves, or we’ll buy ready-made minced meat at the butcher shop, as we did. We took not very fatty pork. Add an egg, very finely chopped or grated onion, salt and season with spices to taste.

2. Soak a piece of white bread in half a glass of warm water or milk. Let's let the bread soak, and then squeeze it out and send it to the minced meat. In order for it to become homogeneous, adhere well and subsequently the meatballs do not fall apart, beat the minced meat for several minutes: with a little effort, throw it into a bowl or on the surface of a cutting board.

3. Roll meatballs between your palms - balls measuring 3 centimeters in diameter. Roll each one in flour.

4. Place the meatballs in the multicooker bowl, after pouring a little vegetable oil on the bottom. We set the “Frying” program and wait for the meatballs to brown on one side, then turn them over so that they are fried on the other.

5. Dilute tomato paste in a glass of water, add a little salt, add spices for flavor and pour the sauce over the meat balls. Fans of spicy tastes can add a chopped garlic clove or a few pieces of chili to the multicooker bowl.

6. Set the multicooker to “Stew” mode and continue cooking the meatballs for 40 minutes. Stir them two to three times during cooking.

7. Serve the meatballs sprinkled with fresh chopped herbs. We decided to serve mashed potatoes as a side dish.

8. Appetizing and aromatic meatballs in tomato sauce in a slow cooker are ready! Enjoy their delicate taste with the whole family.

Preparation:

• First, prepare the soup dressing. Beat yogurt with yolk and flour in a blender. Place the finished mixture in the refrigerator.
• Peel all vegetables. Cut the onion and bell pepper into cubes or strips, grate the carrots on a medium grater.
• Pour vegetable oil into the multicooker bowl, turn on the “Baking” mode, add the vegetables, stir and fry until the onions are golden.
• While the vegetables are roasting, peel the tomato and chop them finely.
• After 10 minutes from the start of frying the vegetables, add the tomato and fry a little more.
• Then pour water and add rice, set the “Stew” or “Soup” mode and cook for 1 hour.
• 30 minutes after the start of cooking, add meatballs, salt and spices.
• 10 minutes before the end of cooking, add yogurt dressing to the soup.
• Pour the finished soup into bowls and serve, garnished with chopped herbs.

Green pea soup with rice and meatballs

Published November 28, 2015 - 10:36 by Tatyana

About five years ago, in Lisa magazine, I came across a recipe for this savory soup of green peas, rice and meatballs. I decided to cook for the sake of variety. But I slightly adjusted the cooking process. We fell in love with the dish from the first spoon. I don’t think that the taste of the soup in my preparation is very different from the original. By the way, the original soup comes with minced pork. I later tried this with chicken. It turned out great too. Different minced meat gives the dish a different flavor. And alternation prevents the soup from becoming boring.

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Preparation:

• Peel the onion and pass through a meat grinder. Add minced meat, sour cream, salt and spices to the onion.
• Mix everything well and form meatballs.
• Place the meatballs on a special grill for steaming, pour water into the multicooker container and place the grill with the meatballs.
• Set the multicooker mode to “Steam” and cook for 50 minutes.
• Serve the finished steamed meatballs with a side dish of pasta, rice or potatoes.

Meatballs in tomato sauce - recipe in a slow cooker

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• Ingredients
• Step-by-step preparation of meatballs in tomato sauce
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I must say thank you to the cook who first prepared the meatballs. There are many different ways to prepare them: in Italy they are prepared with cheese, with beans in Mexico, in Provence they add apple juice to the sauce, and in Sweden they add cream and nutmeg.

Meatballs are stewed in tomato, sour cream, cream, broth, even wine! Many families often cook them and children love this dish, because it’s so easy to throw a neat round meatball whole into your mouth and then proudly say: “I ate six of them!”

These meat balls go well with any side dish: pasta, rice, mashed potatoes, buckwheat porridge. For housewives, this is an opportunity to feed the family dinner, and if there are meatballs left, put them with pieces of vegetables in lunch boxes the next day for a snack during the lunch break. Meatballs are a wonderful dish that is equally tasty either hot or cold. Cook them with gravy in tomato sauce in a slow cooker, and for a couple of days you will be sure of what to serve for dinner. This method of cooking will also save your time, and the taste of this dish, believe me, will be wonderful.

• Similar recipe: Italian meatballs in tomato sauce

• Calorie content per 100 g - 205 kcal.
• Number of servings - 6 pieces
• Cooking time - 1 hour

Preparation:

• Peel the onion and chop in a blender. Add minced meat, eggs, 3 tbsp to the onion. breadcrumbs, salt and pepper. Mix everything well.
• In a separate container, mix the flour and remaining breadcrumbs.
• Form the minced meat into meatballs, roll them in breading and place in a multicooker bowl.
• In a separate bowl, mix water, mayonnaise, ketchup, salt and spices. Pour the prepared sauce over the meatballs.
• Set the multicooker mode to “Stew” and cook for 40 minutes.
• Serve the finished meatballs with any side dish and sprinkle with sauce.

Ingredients

• minced pork - 300 g;
• large onion - 1 pc. (130 g);
• white bread - 1-2 slices (20 g);
• carrots - 1 pc. (80 g);
• garlic - 1 clove;
• semolina - 2 tbsp. l. (12 g);
• chicken egg - 1 pc. (45 g);
• sweet pepper - 1.5-1 pcs. (100 g);
• vegetable oil - 1 tbsp. l. (16 g);
• ground black pepper - ¼ tsp;
• paprika - ½ tsp;
• saffron - a pinch;
• green onions - 2 stalks;
• salt - ½ tsp.

Ingredients for the sauce:

• tomato paste - 2 tbsp. l. (50 g);
• sour cream 25% - 1 tbsp. l. (20 g);
• salt - ½ tsp;
• garlic - 1 clove;
• laurel leaf - 1 piece;
• basil - 2 leaves;
• water - 250 ml.

Meatballs with gravy - tricks and useful tips

• Meatballs cook very quickly in a slow cooker. They are served as a separate dish (in this case, freshly baked flatbreads can be offered with the meat) or together with a side dish: boiled mashed potatoes, buckwheat, rice, stewed or fresh vegetables.
• Ready-made meat pieces can be prepared for future use and frozen in the freezer. This will not affect the taste of the dish, but will greatly simplify the meal plan for a large family. The housewife will only have to take the semi-finished product out of the freezer and use it immediately. Fast and tasty!
• Frozen meatballs do not need to be thawed before putting them into the slow cooker for stewing. However, the cooking time is increased by 10 minutes.

If the meatballs are breaded in flour, they can be laid out in 2-3 layers. Thanks to the breading, the pieces do not stick together. You can bread both fresh and frozen semi-finished products.

Bake with cheese

The next type of treat made from turkey meat does not involve creating soup or broth, but serves as an independent dish.

To make it, you need to stock up:

• turkey meat – 500 g;
• hard cheese – 150 g;
• 1 yolk;
• 2 onions;
• 1 clove of garlic;
• salt.

Stages of work:

• Chop the onion into small cubes and fry over medium heat until the ingredient is transparent. This will require the bare minimum of oil.
• We pass the prepared turkey through a meat grinder, combine the resulting minced meat with onions.
• Add the pressed garlic, yolk and salt.
• Lastly, add the grated hard cheese. Mix all the ingredients and form them into meatballs.
• Fry in a frying pan with a minimum amount of oil. We transfer the meat products into a mold, pour in any sauce (creamy or tomato), then bake in the oven for 20 minutes at medium temperature.
• Sprinkle the dish with cheese and place in the oven for another 7-10 minutes.

Advice! Since the indicated treat is prepared for children, you should not use a lot of spices.

Ground turkey for baby

Accustoming a child to meat products is not so easy, especially if it means constantly standing at the stove. An excellent way out of the situation is to cook meatballs for children from lean turkey meat. At the same time, it is convenient to make more semi-finished meat products, freeze them, and, if necessary, stew them using the preferred method.

Based on the next dish recipe, you need to prepare:

• 300 g turkey meat;
• 550 g carrots;
• 50 g onion;
• 150 g cabbage;
• 1 egg;
• salt.

Stages of work:

• Shred the head of cabbage into small pieces.
• Grind the turkey fillet in a blender along with onions and carrots.
• Combine the minced meat with cabbage, add the egg. Mix the ingredients and add salt.
• If the resulting mass turns out to be too liquid, add a little oatmeal or semolina flour. In this case, you will have to leave the resulting mass for 30 minutes to swell.
• Roll the meatballs with wet hands, then cook them using your preferred method or freeze them.

Important! In the freezer, it is better to store the already chilled product in an airtight bag.