I am presenting you the all time favorite meal of all the kids throughout Croatia!
These fritters smell of childhood memories. I loved mine with spinach and mashed potatoes, but they are often served with vegetables stews. My family had them with kale stew most often for some reason.
Croatian moms like this fritters because they can camouflage a bit of veggies inside, but I like them as they are.
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Tools you need
- Chef’s knife to cut the parsley and onion
- Frying pan to fry all your beautiful fritters
- Cutting board to, yes, cut things on it 🙂
- Turner spatula to turn those fritters on time so they don’t get burned 😀
- Garlic crusher for no garlic smell on your hands 😉
- Cling wrap is the best way to cover the meat
Ingredients
- 450 g of ground beef
- 1 onion
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1 egg
- 2 slices of dry bread
- flour or bread crumbs
- sunflower oil
- spices of your choice
- salt, pepper, parsley
- Vegeta seasoning to taste (optional, but recommended)
Croatians often use half pork and half beef meat. You can also make them with chicken or turkey meat, but they are going to be much drier.
Preparation
Mix minced meat with beaten egg. Add all other ingredients and knead well with hands. Cover the mixture with cling wrap and leave in the refrigerator for at least half an hour.
For these fritters we use a day or two aged bread that you soak in milk before adding to the mixture. It is very important that you squeeze the bread well to drain all the milk before adding to the mixture.
You can play and add spices that you like (chili powder, sweet paprika), but salt and pepper are required.
Unlike parsley and garlic, which are crushed or very finely chopped, onions previously need to be fried on oil until transparent.
It is important to knead the mixture well with your hands to get all the ingredients combined and to get fritters more compact.
Let the mixture sit for at least half an hour before frying, so that all the ingredients are well imbued.
In a deeper pan warm up the oil.
From the mixture, form balls and flatten them with hands. Size them based on your preferences. I like them thin and palm size.
Bed them in flour and fry in hot oil over low heat on each side until golden brown.
Serve with mashed potatoes, vegetables, various stews or salads. Goes great with Croatian Cabbage and Beans Stew!
Enjoy 🙂