Meatballs in cream sauce in the oven

The tenderest meatballs, just melt in your mouth! You can serve such meatballs as an independent dish (since there is enough rice in meatballs), or with a side dish, watering it with delicious creamy gravy.
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Composition / ingredients

servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 24 % 7 g
Fats 48 % 14 g
Carbohydrates 28 % 8 g
184 kcal
GI: 33 / 56 / 11

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 2 h 30 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    How to make meatballs in cream sauce in the oven? Cook the rice until it is half cooked: bring the water to a boil and cook for 5-7 minutes, drain the water and let it cool down a little. Grate the carrots on a medium grater, chop the onion for minced meat, chop the garlic or pass through a press. Mix all the ingredients for the meatballs in a large bowl. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Form meatballs - about 2 tablespoons of minced meat for each. If you sculpt with your hands, moisten your hands with water, and the meatballs will not stick.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Place the meatballs in the baking dish.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Prepare the creamy gravy. Cut the onion into half rings, melt the butter in a large frying pan. Add the onion and simmer for about 5 minutes.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Add the carrots and cook under the lid for another 5 minutes until the carrots soften. Add tomato paste to the future gravy and simmer for another minute.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Add flour and cook for another 1-2 minutes, stirring constantly.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Pour the warm chicken broth in small portions, stirring the sauce. Cook the gravy for about 15 minutes. Remove from heat and add cream. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    Pour the gravy into the meatball mold.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9.

    Cover the baking sheet with aluminum foil and bake in a preheated 180 degree oven for 40-50 minutes.

Important! To make rice dishes invariably delicious, read the article about the subtleties of choosing rice and the secrets of its preparation .

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Keep in mind that everyone's ovens are different. The temperature and cooking time may differ from those specified in the recipe. To make any baked dish successful, use useful information about the features of ovens !

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Onion - 41   kcal/100g
  • Chicken egg - 157   kcal/100g
  • Egg white - 45   kcal/100g
  • Egg powder - 542   kcal/100g
  • Egg yolk - 352   kcal/100g
  • Ostrich egg - 118   kcal/100g
  • Raw wild rice - 353   kcal/100g
  • Brown raw rice - 360   kcal/100g
  • Boiled brown rice - 119   kcal/100g
  • White fortified raw rice - 363   kcal/100g
  • White fortified boiled rice - 109   kcal/100g
  • White rice, steamed, with long grains raw - 369   kcal/100g
  • Steamed white rice, boiled with long grains - 106   kcal/100g
  • Instant dry rice - 374   kcal/100g
  • Instant rice, ready to eat - 109   kcal/100g
  • Fig - 344   kcal/100g
  • Carrots - 33   kcal/100g
  • Dried carrots - 275   kcal/100g
  • Boiled carrots - 25   kcal/100g
  • Garlic - 143   kcal/100g
  • Ground black pepper - 255   kcal/100g
  • Whole durum wheat flour fortified - 333   kcal/100g
  • Whole durum wheat flour, universal - 364   kcal/100g
  • Flour krupchatka - 348   kcal/100g
  • Flour - 325   kcal/100g
  • Butter 82% - 734   kcal/100g
  • Amateur unsalted butter - 709   kcal/100g
  • Unsalted peasant butter - 661   kcal/100g
  • Peasant salted butter - 652   kcal/100g
  • Melted butter - 869   kcal/100g
  • Mixed minced meat - 351   kcal/100g
  • Tomato paste - 28   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Water - 0   kcal/100g
  • Cream 35% - 337   kcal/100g
  • Cream 40% - 362   kcal/100g
  • Pepper - 26   kcal/100g
  • Chicken broth - 19   kcal/100g

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