Frikadelle (meatball) soup
The frikadelle is a small but flat meatball probably of German or Danish origin. Meatball (frikadelle) soup was one of the most common dishes made at home during the Soviet era. Meatballs minced frikadelle soup also spread in the Scandinavian countries, Poland, and Russia.
For me, this soup is a nostalgic reminder of my childhood. This time I made it because my colleague took this soup from home for lunch and it arouses appetite for this soup.
Meatballs and soup broth (cubes or broth extract) are also available in stores, but preparing everything you need for the soup yourself, makes the soup especially tasty.
Preparation time: 1 hour (2-3 hours of broth preparation)
Level: easy
Serves: four
Ingredients:
Broth:
About 2 kg of pork bones
2 large carrots
1 larger onion
3-4 bay leaves
0.5 teaspoons of black peppercorns
A handful of parsley and dill stalks
Soup:
500 g minced meat (pork, beef, or mixed minced meat)
2 smaller onions finely chopped
1 egg
3-4 smaller carrots sliced
3 medium potatoes chopped
1L broth
Water as desired
Black pepper and salt for seasoning
For garnishing fresh parsley
Preparation:
Broth:
1. Pour 3-4L of water into a large soup pot, rinse the bones with cold water, and place in a soup pot, add peeled carrots and onions, from which all layers of brown peel have been removed except the last layer
2. Bring the water to a boil and remove the resulting foam, add the laurel, pepper, salt, and herbs and simmer the broth in very low heat for about 2-3 hours until it is beautiful light brown, greasy, and tastes good.
3. Strain the broth into storage boxes and you can freeze it and store it at -20 degrees for a long time. You can use the meat for eating or in various soups
Soup:
1. Prepare meatballs. Mix the minced meat, egg, one chopped onion, salt, and black pepper, mix the finished minced meat mixture. Form the mixture into small balls between your hands and place on the clipboard to wait.
2. Pour 1L of broth into a soup pot and bring to a boil, reduce heat to low.
3. Slice the carrots, chop the small onion, peel the potatoes, and chop and add everything to the boiling broth. Boil for about 15 minutes until the vegetables are semi-soft
4. Carefully toss the meatballs one at a time into the boiling soup.
5. Boil the soup for another 15 minutes, seasoning with salt and pepper if necessary
6. When serving, sprinkle over with chopped parsley leaves.
Ready !!