Beats - 21 cooking recipes

They began to be called cue balls. But due to the poverty of the people and the scarcity of meat rations, they began to prepare this dish from scraps - chopped, added lard, bacon, spices and herbs, and onions. They were called bitochki. Over time, vegetable and cereal recipes for home cooking appeared. Also fish and mixed. The shape of the meatballs differs from cutlets - they are round. Minced chicken, pork, beef, and turkey are seasoned with salt and pepper, spices, onions, white bread crumbs soaked in milk, infused and shaped. To prepare the resulting semi-finished product, fry it in a frying pan in vegetable oil, or its mixture with butter. The downside is that you need to add fresh fat and wash the pan every time. Bake in the oven - in even rows on greased parchment, and wait. The finished ones can be stewed in a saucepan or slow cooker, or in a baking dish, add cream or bechamel, sprinkle with cheese... Home-made, delicious and very festive, solemn! Vegetarian and meatless meatballs are prepared from leftovers from lunch and dinner (mashed potatoes, porridge) , as well as their grated products. You can make it sweet or not. Pumpkin, carrots, potatoes, buckwheat, millet, wheat and pearl barley, rice and spelt - everything will be used. They are made at home and with fillings. Mushrooms, an egg with herbs, a piece of butter - there are a lot of options.