Beef cutlets with mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce
6 servings
60 minutes
Beef cutlets with mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce is a classic Russian dish that combines the rich flavor of meat, the tenderness of mashed potatoes, and the refreshing tartness of cranberries. Beef cutlets, prepared using traditional methods with minced meat, cream, and spices, are soft and juicy. The airy and creamy mashed potatoes, thanks to the cream and butter, serve as the perfect side dish complementing the main course's texture. The cranberry sauce made from berry puree, demi-glace, and narsharab adds a special zest to the dish and completes the harmony of flavors. This dish is ideal for both a cozy family dinner and a festive feast, bringing a warm atmosphere of Russian cuisine.
1
Pass meat, fat, onion, and garlic through a meat grinder.
- Beef: 540 g
- Beef tallow: 100 g
- Onion: 100 g
- Garlic: 1 clove
2
Add an egg, 90 ml of cream, salt, and pepper to the minced meat, mix and beat. Place the prepared minced meat in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours.
- Chicken egg: 1 piece
- Whipping cream 33%: 240 ml
- Salt: to taste
- Ground black pepper: to taste
3
Boil the potatoes in salted water until cooked.
- Potato: 1 kg
- Salt: to taste
4
For the sauce, blend 150 grams of lingonberries and strain through a sieve. In a saucepan, mix demi-glace, narsharab, and lingonberry puree, bring to a boil, add rosemary and cook for 6 minutes. Taste the finished sauce and add salt and sugar.
- Lingonberry: 200 g
- Demi-glace sauce: 250 g
- Narsharab (pomegranate sauce): 75 ml
- Rosemary: 1 sprig
- Salt: to taste
- Ground black pepper: to taste
5
Pass the cooked potatoes through a vegetable mill or mash them with a masher.
- Potato: 1 kg
6
Add 150 ml of hot cream to the puree and mix with a whisk.
- Whipping cream 33%: 240 ml
7
Then add milk, not all at once, gradually, you may need less.
- Milk: 150 ml
8
Add butter, salt, and mix again with a whisk.
- Butter: 100 g
- Salt: to taste
9
Shape the minced meat into patties and beat them again.
- Beef: 540 g
10
Coat the patties in flour on all sides and place them in a heated pan with a little vegetable oil.
- Wheat flour: to taste
- Vegetable oil: 30 ml
11
Fry the patties until golden brown on both sides. Then send them to an oven preheated to 220 degrees for 7-9 minutes.
12
Add lingonberries to the sauce before serving.
- Lingonberry: 200 g
13
Serve the ready cutlets with mashed potatoes and lingonberry sauce. Garnish with fried onions, homemade potato chips, and chopped parsley.
- Lingonberry: 200 g
- Potato crisps: to taste
- Fried onions (crispy onions): to taste
- Parsley: to taste