This recipe comes from the Australian Meat Board circa 1970. It’s a more economical way of enjoying the great flavour of stroganoff without the cost of prime beef. It works well for a home dinner with noodles or for a sharing dish when you’re entertaining.
The ingredients in these Russian Balls sound quite yummy, but I am a bit perplexed by the name. The recipe says to cut them into squares before you roll them in coconut or mixed chopped nuts, surely that would make them Russian Squares!! Mind you I don’t think it matters in the least, balls or squares, they’ll taste great either way.
This recipe was in a little cookbook put out by the Australian Meat Board back in the 1970s and I’ve been making it since those days. So it’s certainly a very tried and tested recipe. I’ve made it with the traditional eggplant, but also with potatoes – both work and both taste great.
The trick always with poaching pears is to cook them until they’re just right. Too much and they fall apart, not enough and you can’t get a spoon into them. And as the recipe says that all depends on the ripeness of the fruit. Get it right and you’ve got a terrific dessert to serve up to guests.
I’ve been making this recipe for years. It comes from a booklet put out by the Australian Meat Board in the 70s. The Meat Board printed several of these booklets, which were full of great meat recipes. I don’t think they do them these days, although you can find individual recipes on the counter at the butchers sometimes. This recipe uses round or rump steak. The long cooking time tenderizes it and the result is a very tasty piece of steak with a great sauce.
This recipe is from a little 1970s cookbook entitled Simple Mince Steak Recipes, which Mum and Dad’s bowling club put out as a fundraiser. Obviously the 1970s bowlers had no idea what a pizza actually was, as this would seem to be meat and cheese pie and nothing remotely like a pizza. That’s not to say that it wouldn’t taste good……
I recently made some gluten free mini meat loaves to take to the track for the Melbourne F1 GP. They had rice and curry in them and tasted quite good, but were a little dry. I wish I’d found this recipe though, as I think they’ll have a lot more flavour and can easily be GF if I use GF cereal. Maybe next year………
This is a pretty simple way to jazz up the old hamburger, especially if you don’t want to serve it in a bun.
Wow – this recipe takes me back to 70s dinner parties when Brandy Alexander Pies, Grasshopper Pies and these Chocolate Chiffon Pies were all really popular. None of them were particularly hard to make and could be made in advance, so except for plating up there was nothing to do out in the kitchen while the guests were at the table. The work was done and you could enjoy yourself……
I’d never seen a recipe for meatballs battered and fried until I found this one. It’s quite normal to batter and fry pork pieces for sweet and sour pork, but meatballs? I imagine they’d be quite good, but hardly for the diet conscious.
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