Skhtorats

2 servings

45 minutes

The recipe is taken from the book by A. Piruzyan "Armenian Culinary" (1960).

Energy value per serving

• Calories: 346.2
• Proteins: 15.4g
• Fats: 26.2g
• Carbohydrates: 12.5g

Ingredients

• Mutton: 150 g
• White bread: 12 g
• Chicken egg: 0.3 pc
• Milk: 30 ml
• Garlic: 4 clove
• Melted butter: 25 g
• Wheat flour: 6 g
• Tomato puree: 15 ml
• Onion: 10 g
• Salt: to taste
• Ground red pepper: to taste
• Ground black pepper: to taste
• Vinegar: to taste

Cooking steps

1. Cut the lamb meat into pieces and pass it through a meat grinder.

   Required ingredients:

   • Mutton: 150 g

2. Add soaked wheat bread in milk, chopped garlic, salt, black and red pepper to the minced meat, mix and pass through the meat grinder again.

   Required ingredients:

   • White bread: 12 g
   • Milk: 30 ml
   • Garlic: 4 cloves
   • Salt:  to taste
   • Ground red pepper:  to taste
   • Ground black pepper:  to taste

3. After that, mix the minced meat with beaten eggs, shape it into oval forms, coat them in flour, and fry in melted butter.

   Required ingredients:

   • Chicken egg: 0.3 piece
   • Wheat flour: 6 g
   • Melted butter: 25 g

4. Boil the broth from the bones left after separating the meat and strain it.

5. Fry the flour until dark brown, dilute with broth, add sautéed finely chopped onion, tomato paste, salt, pepper, pour in vinegar, then bring to a boil.

   Required ingredients:

   • Wheat flour: 6 g
   • Onion: 10 g
   • Tomato puree: 15 ml
   • Salt:  to taste
   • Ground red pepper:  to taste
   • Ground black pepper:  to taste
   • Vinegar:  to taste

6. Serve the potatoes smothered in tomato sauce.

   Required ingredients:

   • Tomato puree: 15 ml