Grechaniki - a delicious dish of Western Ukrainian cuisine, which is perfect for those who do not favor buckwheat in its usual form. Prepare the Greek can be, in fact, from the fact that there is always in the fridge. They will serve as a hearty and inexpensive option of the second course for breakfast or lunch.
Grechaniki with meat
Grechaniki with meat are a classic recipe of Greek, which is served with mushroom sauce or sour cream.
Ingredients:
- buckwheat - 250 g;
- forcemeat (beef, pork) - 500 g;
- onion - 1 pc .;
- eggs - 2 pieces;
- salt, pepper, vegetable oil.
Preparation
Buckwheat boil (you can even slightly boil) and cool. The onion is cleaned, finely chopped and mixed with minced meat, eggs, salt and pepper, here we also add buckwheat. Before cooking the Greek, warm up the deep-frying. From the stuffing we form small sausages, we pile them in breadcrumbs and send them into the incandescent oil. Serve with sauce to a light salad.
Another type of Greek with meat is a festive variant with a filling. To make it, make the usual mixture for the Greek makers according to the recipe above, form the cutlets and spread them out a little. In the center lay a mixture consisting of softened butter with green onions and grated cheese. "Slap" the Greek and fry in vegetable oil. Bon Appetit! Instead of frying, meatballs can be cooked in the multivark at the "Bake" mode in 20 minutes.
Grechany with liver
Before making the Greek with the liver they are wrapped with a net of lard. We will not neglect the proven recipes and prepare the Greeks according to the classic recipe.
Ingredients:
- buckwheat - 1 glass;
- liver of beef - 500 g;
- onion - 1 pc .;
- egg - 1 piece;
- Pork mesh - 500 g;
- salt pepper.
Preparation
On the eve of cooking, a thin pork net is soaked in water, with the addition of 1 tablespoon of salt and 2 tablespoons of vinegar. Such an uncomplicated procedure will remove the mesh from a specific smell. Preliminarily also do not forget to peel off the liver and soak it for a couple of hours in water or milk. You can replace beef liver with chicken.
Boil buckwheat (it should turn dry). The liver is twisted in a meat grinder with the addition of onions and mixed with buckwheat, salt and pepper. One tablespoon of buckwheat-liver minced meat is laid out on a square of mesh and wrapped, in the manner of a stuffed cabbage. Grilled cutlets can be baked in the oven at 180 degrees for 30-40 minutes, or thoroughly fried.
Grechaniki with a liver are a delicate recipe, which is well suited to a dense dinner in addition to a garnish of baked vegetables or mashed potatoes.
Grechaniki with mushrooms
Finally I would like to talk about how to prepare light and dietary Greek with mushrooms.
Ingredients:
- buckwheat - 1 glass;
- white mushrooms - 200 g;
- eggs - 2 pieces;
- onion - 1 pc .;
- salt, pepper, vegetable oil.
Preparation
First, boil buckwheat at the rate: 1 cup of cereals for 2 cups of water. While buckwheat is brewed, cut and fry mushrooms and onions. Cooked and cooled buckwheat mixed with eggs and mushrooms, add salt and pepper. From buckwheat minced we form cutlets and fry them in vegetable oil until golden brown. Finished Greek mushrooms with mushrooms are sprinkled with grated cheese and eat with a vegetable garnish. To make the dish even less caloric try to cook it for a couple, using a steamer or a water bath.