For lovers of potato second courses, including the popular potato pancakes, zrazy, and meatballs, we offer another similar recipe. Potato sorcerers with minced meat are a traditional Belarusian dish, which are products reminiscent of potato pies with meat filling.
The secret of quick shaping and plasticity is that all excess moisture is drained from the potatoes. The mass retains the necessary density and viscosity, thanks to which it is possible to form neat workpieces without much difficulty. Below we will look in detail at several recipes on how to prepare sorcerers from potatoes and meat.
recipes for making potato sorcerers with meat
Belarusian sorcerers - a classic recipe
Ingredients:
- Potatoes – 2 kg.
- Minced pork – 500 gr.
- Vegetable oil – 150 ml.
- Onions – 100 gr.
- Water – 300 ml.
- Garlic – 1 clove.
- Dill – 5 bunches.
- Seasoning for potatoes – 1 tsp.
- Seasoning for minced meat – 1 tsp.
- Salt – 1 tsp.
- Ground black pepper – 1 pinch.
classic recipe for Belarusian sorcerers
General information:
- Cooking time: 120 minutes;
- Number of servings 10.
Cooking method:
- First, let's prepare minced meat for the sorcerers. Put the minced meat in a bowl, add seasoning to it, if you want, salt and pepper to taste, finely chopped fresh dill, as well as onions and garlic, which need to be chopped in any convenient way. Mix everything thoroughly. Taste for salt and add more salt if necessary.
- Meanwhile, peel and wash the potatoes. After that, grind it on the finest shingle grater. Potato shingles need to be squeezed out. The squeezed mashed potatoes should not be too dry - there should be some moisture in them. But at the same time, the base for potato dough should not be liquid.
- Add potato seasoning and salt. Mix everything thoroughly with your hands so that the seasoning and salt are distributed evenly throughout the potato dough. Divide the potato mixture into equally sized pieces. We also divide the minced meat, which has already had time to rest in the refrigerator, into equal portions according to the number of potato preparations.
- Then we begin to make flat cakes, in the center of which you need to put a little minced meat. Use your palms to compact the workpiece so that it becomes smooth and even. This is how we form all the potato sorcerers.
- Pour vegetable oil into a frying pan and heat it thoroughly. Place the first portion of sorcerers so that they do not touch each other and fry over medium heat until a beautiful and golden brown bottom crust forms. This will take 5-6 minutes. Then we turn the sorcerers over with a spatula and brown the other side in the same way. Remove from the pan and cook the rest of the sorcerers in the same way.
- The minced meat inside remained raw, so the Belarusian sorcerers need to be brought to readiness. This can be done directly on the stove (stew the sorcerers in a duck pot or cauldron) or in the oven. To do this, transfer the cutlets into a baking dish in one layer or into another suitable container. Pour a glass of boiling water (you can use vegetable, chicken or meat broth) - this way the sorcerers will not have time to cool down and will cook much faster.
- Cover the pan with foil and place in a hot oven (turn it on to warm half an hour beforehand) on a medium level. We cook Belarusian sorcerers at 200 degrees under foil for 20–25 minutes, then remove the foil and bake them for another 10–15 minutes.
- Well, that’s all, the fragrant, rosy and juicy potato sorcerers are ready. Serve them hot with sour cream and fresh herbs. Bon appetit!
Sorcerers with mushrooms
A wonderful Belarusian dish, Kolduny, is most often prepared with meat, but this recipe is lean. Cooking sorcerers with mushrooms.
Ingredients:
- Potatoes - 6 pcs.;
- Flour - 1 tbsp. l.;
- Vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. l.;
- Dried mushrooms, for minced meat - 30 g;
- Onions for minced meat - 1 pc.;
- Salt to taste;
- Black pepper to taste.
General information:
- Cooking time: 60 minutes;
- Number of servings 4.
Cooking method:
- Grate raw potatoes on a fine grater and squeeze. Leave the juice remaining after squeezing along with the starch for a few minutes until the starch settles, then drain the liquid. Mix the starch with the potato mixture, adding salt and pepper to taste.
- For minced meat, soak the mushrooms in cold water, then boil in the same water. Strain the broth. Wash the mushrooms, chop finely, fry in oil, combine with chopped and fried onions, salt and pepper.
- Form flat cakes from the prepared potato mass, place a little minced meat in the center of each, connect the edges, giving the products a ball shape.
- Bread the sorcerers in flour, fry in oil until golden brown, then transfer to a roasting pan or on a baking sheet, pour over the mushroom broth and bake in the oven for 30–40 minutes. Bon appetit!
How to make sorcerers with cabbage from potatoes?
Consider a vegetarian recipe for a dish that can be used as an independent side dish. The prepared products will yield 2-3 servings.
Ingredients:
- 5 potatoes;
- egg;
- 3 tbsp. spoons of flour;
- 1/4 head of cabbage;
- onion;
- carrots;
- salt;
- pepper.
Cooking method:
- First, make the filling, for which finely chop the cabbage and fry it in oil.
- Chop the onions and carrots, and then add them to the cabbage and mix everything.
- Add spices to taste and pour water.
- Simmer, closing the lid, until soft. If necessary, add water, but do not overdo it.
- Prepare potatoes as directed in previous recipes: chop and discard liquid.
- Add the egg, salt and flour, and then mix everything.
- Spoon the potato mixture onto the hot oil, place the filling on top and cover with the potatoes again.
- Fry until golden on both sides. Serve with sour cream.
Sorcerers in a slow cooker
recipe for making sorcerers in a slow cooker.
Sorcerers with meat stewed with sour cream and mushroom sauce. It is very convenient to prepare this dish in a slow cooker; the sorcerers cook well inside.
Ingredients:
- Minced meat - 500 gr.
- Potatoes - 8 pcs.
- Onions (for minced meat) - 2 pcs.
- Carrots - 1 pc.
- Chicken egg (in minced potatoes) - 1 pc.
- Salt to taste
- Allspice to taste
- Flax seeds (in minced potatoes) - 1 tbsp. l.
- Flour (for minced potatoes) - 4 tbsp. l.
- Sour cream (for sauce) - 150 gr.
- Mushrooms (for sauce) - 150 gr.
General information:
- Cooking time: 125 minutes;
- Number of servings 4.
Cooking method:
- For this dish we will need 2 types of minced meat and vegetable. Minced meat can be made from beef; it is better to use lean parts, onions, and garlic. Grind the meat with onions and garlic in a meat grinder. Salt and pepper the minced meat, add liquid to make the minced meat juicy. Mix the minced meat well until smooth.
- Prepare minced vegetables. Potatoes and carrots must be peeled. Grate potatoes with carrots. The size of the grater depends on your preference. Do you like a fine or coarse grater? Squeeze out excess juice through cheesecloth, or place in a mesh colander to drain excess liquid.
- Mix grated vegetables with flour, egg, flax seed, and salt. Knead well and roll the minced vegetable into 8 balls. Mash the potato balls into flat cakes, place the meat filling in the center of each and close the edges so that the filling is inside.
- Turn on the “Baking” program on the multicooker. Heat the multicooker, pour in just a little vegetable oil. Add the sorcerers and fry. First, on the one hand. Then we turn it over and cook it on the other side.
- The sorcerers were both fried and steamed in their own juice, which is very convenient. We will make the second batch of sorcerers in sour cream and mushroom sauce. The sorcerers must first be fried on both sides using the “Frying” program. Then switch the multicooker to the “Stew” mode. Add mushrooms, simmer for 5 minutes. Add sour cream, add a little salt. Simmer for 10–15 minutes until done. Ready-made sorcerers in sour cream and mushroom sauce can be served immediately. Bon appetit!
Food preparation
There are only a few ingredients for this dish and they are not difficult to prepare. You need to choose fresh minced meat in the store or prepare it at home yourself. For this you will need any fresh meat: chicken, pork, beef.
It is passed through a meat grinder like cutlets (preferably twice or three times), after which it is thoroughly kneaded with your hands so that it becomes homogeneous. Sometimes several types of minced meat are mixed. Chopped onions, spices, and salt are added to it. Seasonings can be anything, they are chosen according to the preferences of family members.
How to cook delicious minced meat? Video:
Another component is potatoes. It is washed and cleaned. Depending on the recipe, you need to grate the potatoes using a fine, medium or coarse grater. To give the desired shape, excess moisture is removed from the potato mass. After this you can start working.
Lazy Sorcerers
cooking lazy sorcerers at home
A simple and quick recipe for lazy sorcerers. The recipe is suitable for those who do not like to play and tinker in the kitchen for a long time.
Ingredients:
- 8 medium potatoes;
- 300 gr. fatty pork;
- 350 gr. lean veal;
- 2 large onions;
- 2 eggs;
- 200 gr. sour cream + 1 tbsp. l.;
- rendered lard;
- salt, freshly ground black pepper.
General information:
- Cooking time: 1 hour 30 minutes;
- Number of servings 6.
Cooking method:
- Cut the pork and veal into medium pieces and grind in a meat grinder. Peel 1 onion, chop and mix with meat. Season with salt and pepper, knead thoroughly with your hands, cover with film and refrigerate.
- Peel the potatoes, grate them on a medium grater, and place in a sieve. Place the sieve in a bowl and leave for 10-15 minutes. – let the excess liquid drain.
- Peel and finely grate the second onion and place in a bowl. Add potatoes and 1 tbsp. l. sour cream, stir.
- Lightly beat the eggs, add to the potato mixture, pepper, salt and stir. Now mix the potato mixture with the minced meat.
- With wet hands, form small cutlets from the resulting mass. Fry them in heated lard over high heat on both sides until golden brown. Use a frying pan with a heat-resistant handle.
- Mix 200 g of sour cream with 0.5 cups of water, season with salt. Fill the lazy sorcerers with sour cream dressing and place in an oven preheated to 180°C for 15–20 minutes. Serve hot.
Sorcerers made from potatoes and minced meat
Let's prepare sorcerers from potatoes and minced meat - this is a chic dish that is suitable for the daily diet. Incredibly tasty, satisfying and nutritious! You can serve sorcerers with vegetables and sour cream.
Ingredients:
- Potatoes – 250 grams
- Minced meat - 100 grams
- Onion – 30 grams
- Chicken eggs - 1 piece
- Wheat flour - 1-2 tbsp. spoons
- Salt - To taste
- Pepper - To taste
Number of servings: 1-2
How to cook “Sorcerers from potatoes and minced meat”
Prepare all ingredients. Peel the potatoes, grate them on a fine grater, and squeeze out a little liquid. Add one large chicken egg to the potatoes. Add wheat flour, salt and pepper to taste into a container. Peel the onion and cut into small cubes, add the onion to the minced meat, mix, add salt and pepper to taste. Now form the sorcerers, cover some of the potatoes with minced meat. Add more potatoes on top of the minced meat. Form the workpiece so that the minced meat is inside and the potatoes completely cover it. Fry the sorcerers in vegetable oil, covered, for 8-10 minutes on each side, on the lowest heat. Bon appetit!
Witches in the oven
preparing delicious sorcerers in the oven
Ingredients:
- Potatoes - 14 pcs.
- Minced meat - 600 gr.
- Sour cream - 200 gr.
- Egg - 1 pc.
- Onions - 1 pc.
- Dill - 1 bunch
- Salt - to taste
- Ground black pepper - to taste
- Vegetable oil - 3 tbsp. l.
General information:
- Cooking time: 115 minutes;
- Number of servings 6.
Cooking method:
- Wash and peel the potatoes. Grate the vegetables on a fine grater. Squeeze out liquid. In a bowl, mix the minced meat with sour cream (set aside a little for later), egg, chopped dill and onion. Salt and pepper the minced meat.
- Add some potato water. Make sorcerers from minced meat. First, fry them on both sides until golden brown.
- Then transfer the sorcerers into a fireproof container. Lubricate them a little with sour cream. Bake the dish at 200 degrees for 40 minutes.
