Hungarian Meatball Stew

Topher's Note:

A stew that is a modified Rachael Ray recipe and a great way to warm up a night time meal.

• Total Time: 25 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 1 ½ lbs ground sirloin
• ½ cup breadcrumbs
• 1 large egg
• 1 garlic clove , minced
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• ½ cup diced onion
• 2 carrots , diced
• 1 celery , diced
• 4 ounces mushrooms , diced
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons sweet paprika
• 2 cups beef broth
• 1 tablespoon caraway seed
• buttered egg noodles , with
• butter

Directions:

1. In a large bowl, add beef, bread crumbs, egg, garlic, salt and pepper. Mix together and form into meatballs roughly 1 1/2" in diameter.
2. In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high. Add half the meatballs - cook until all sides are lightly browned, about 5 to 7 minutes.
3. Scoop the meatballs out onto paper towels to drain - repeat with remaining meatballs.
4. Pour off all but 1 tablespoon of the fat in the skillet and add the onion, mushrooms, carrots and celery - cook until softened, about 3 to 5 minutes.
5. Sprinkle in flour and paprika -whisk in flour and paprika and let cook for 1 minute.
6. Gradually whisk in the beef broth and bring to a boil - season to taste with salt and pepper.
7. Add the reserved meatballs and caraway seeds, reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer for 5 minutes.
8. Serve over warm egg noodles.

Reviews

[Pneuma]

Excellent! Though we usually use gnocchi in our Hungarian meals instead of egg noodles, this still came out fabulous! Though I didn't include the celery in it, I just love it! I heaved a sigh of relief when DH ate a lot of the meatballs. I cooked 1 pack of egg noodles in it so the soup became a bit saucy. But oh my, it's just so good. Buttering the egg noodles was new to me too and it's very tasty. Also, the caraway seeds gave a very nice flavor to the beefy stew . Very much enjoyed. Thank you very much for sharing this keeper! Made for PF's Belly Warmers.