Filling for meatballs

The taste of meatballs can be varied, successfully picking up the recipe for the accompanying gravy. For a basis it is possible to take sour cream or tomato paste, having supplemented taste with spices or vegetables. About how to make such a sauce to meatballs, we tell today in our recipes.

The sauce for meatballs is a recipe with sour cream

Ingredients:

• sour cream - 490 g;
• wheat flour - 25-35 g;
• onion - 80 g;
• carrots - 80 g;
• vegetable oil - 70 ml;
• dry fragrant herbs;
• ground black pepper;
• salt;
• broth (if necessary).

Preparation

We begin preparation of gravy for meatballs with processing of vegetables. Carrots washed, cleaned and grinded on a fine grater, and peeled onions shred with small cubes. Spread the vegetable mass in the heated oil in a frying pan or in a saucepan with a thick bottom and pass until soft, stirring occasionally. Now pour in the flour, fry together with the vegetables for a minute and add the portioning sour cream, continuously stirring intensively. Warm the sauce to a boil and, if necessary, if there is a desire to get a more liquid consistency, add the broth. We bring the resulting mixture to the desired taste by adding salt, ground black pepper, dried aromatic herbs and the desired spices and can pour the meatballs gravy for further preparation.

Note that the more liquid texture of the gravy is suitable for extinguishing meatballs in a frying pan or stewpot on the stove, and the one that is thicker will be ideal for cooking the dish in the oven.

Delicious sauce for meatballs with tomato paste

Ingredients:

• tomato paste - 120 g;
• broth - 550-750 ml;
• onion - 95 g;
• carrots - 95 g;
• sweet Bulgarian pepper - 120 g;
• celery root - 75 g;
• parsley root - 75 g;
• vegetable oil - 65 ml;
• dry aromatic herbs - to taste;
• ground black pepper - to taste;
• the desired spices - to taste;
• salt - to taste;
• sugar - to taste.

Preparation

As in the previous recipe we will deal with vegetables. In this case, the vegetable set is much wider, but the taste of gravy from this will only benefit. So, we clean the washed up roots of carrots, parsley and celery and process on melenkoy grater. Sweet Bulgarian pepper is saved from seeds and stems and melenko shinky. Also grind, as small as possible, peeled onions and put it in a heated frying pan with vegetable oil without a smell. After five minutes, throw all the other prepared vegetables and fry on moderate heat until soft. After that, add the tomato paste, first dissolving it in a small amount of broth, pour the rest of the broth, pour salt, sugar, spices and desired spices and let the sauce boil. If the texture is liquid for you, you can thicken it with diluted in a small amount of water or a broth with a tablespoon of flour.