Minced cutlet

We think that if we make a kind of domestic national rating of meat dishes, then such a famous dish as cutlets will be included in the top three. Cutlets got their original name thanks to the French language and the word côtelette, which literally means "ribbed. " Cutlets in Europe mean a meat culinary product made from a whole piece of meat on the bone.

Typically, pet rib meat or the femur of a bird is used to make European cutlets. However, in the Russian culinary tradition, cutlets mean a dish made from meat or fish mince. Minced cutlets are made in various ways and from a variety of meat varieties, as well as fish.

The history of modern, so-called chopped cutlets in the food industry began in the 19th century, when the first recipes for both the dish itself and minced cutlets appeared in imperial cookbooks. Recipes for minced cutlets were published in the first, and later became a classic of Soviet cooking, "A Book on Delicious and Healthy Food. "

Currently, cutlets are all culinary products made from meat, fish or minced poultry meat. In addition, in modern cooking, cutlets are made from vegetable or mushroom cutlet minced meat, which usually includes rice, potatoes, as well as carrots, onions and other vegetables.

Culinary professionals argue that the taste and quality of cutlets will directly depend on the correctness of the preparation of minced cutlets. Minced cutlets can be made from a variety of meats. However, it is best to use several types of meat for minced cutlets, such as pork and beef.

It is worth remembering that the meat must be thoroughly peeled from the film and washed before cooking minced cutlets. Then the meat is cut into small pieces and twisted in a meat grinder. It is noteworthy that it is customary to twist minced meat in a meat grinder several times. As a rule, in addition to the meat component, the cutlet mince includes onions or garlic, as well as salt, spices and spices.

To improve taste and consumer characteristics, pre-soaked in milk, blackened wheat bread is added to cutlet mince. Before starting the preparation of the mince cutlets, the mince is well kneaded. It is believed that this significantly improves the performance of the minced cutlet, and therefore the finished culinary product.

Currently, in domestic grocery stores you can buy cutlet minced meat ready for use. However, any hostess will say that delicious, nutritious and healthy cutlets can only be obtained by using their own hand-cooked home-made minced cutlets.