Pozharsky Cutlets Recipe
A Pozharsky cutlet is a breaded patty of chicken or veal. It has a Russian origin named after the owners of an Inn and Restaurant. The history of the cuisine can be seen here.
Pozharsky cutlets are notably juicy from the additional of butter and often cream to ground meat. The result is a tender and rich dish.
Alternate names and spellings include: пожарская котлета, pozharskaya kotleta, plural: пожарские котлеты, pozharskie kotlety; Pojarski.
The cutlets are traditionally served with potatoes and can be topped with sour cream or lemon. They also go well with German potato salad.
Pozharsky Cutlets Recipe
Pozharsky cutlets are tender and juicily breaded cutlets of ground meat with butter and cream.
Ingredients
- Chicken minced meat, 500 g
- Veal minced meat, 300 g
- White bread, 3 slices
- Cream, 100 g
- 3 free-range eggs
- Butter, 50 g
- Bread crumbs, 100-200 g
- Salt and pepper (season by taste)
Instructions
- Take chicken minced meat and veal minced meat and put together into big bowl. Take white bread slices and cut crusts of bread from all sides. Put the bread in another bowl and add a cream. You need to cover the bread fully with the cream and leave it for 5-10 minutes. After this time take bread and wring out the cream (not fully, bread should stay wet).
- Add to minced meats mixture the bread, butter, 2 eggs, salt and pepper. Mix all parts together until it is smooth. Take piece of the mixture and shape cutlet – it should be quite big, approximately as average phone length; oval shape and about 1-1.5 cm diameter. Place prepared cutlets on the plate and put in the fridge for 20-30 minutes.
- Sprinkle a bread crumbs on any flat surface (better use flat plate) and stir 1 egg in separate bowl.
- Take the cutlets from the fridge and follow the steps – each cutlet put into egg mixture and then into bread crumbs. Bread crumbs should cover the cutlet from all sided.
- Take the pan, oil it with vegetable oil and heat it on the middle flame. Put the cutlets on the pan and fry all over until browned. Place the cover, reduce heat till minimum and cook for 8-10 minutes.
- Serve with sour cream or finely chopped greens.
Last Updated on April 21, 2023 by Carleen