Königsberg Meatballs in Caper Sauce

⏱ 45 min · 🍽 4 Servings · 🧂 13 Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 500 g mixed mince
  • 1 piece stale bread roll
  • 1 piece onion
  • 1 piece egg
  • 800 g potatoes
  • 40 g capers
  • 40 g butter
  • 40 g flour
  • 1 l vegetable stock
  • 100 ml cream
  • 1 piece lemon
  • 1 piece bay leaf
  • 1 pinch salt and pepper

Instructions

  1. Soak the bread roll in water and squeeze out. Knead with the mince, chopped onion, egg, salt and pepper and shape into thumb-thick balls.
  2. Peel the potatoes, boil in salted water for 20 minutes until tender and keep warm.
  3. Bring the stock to a boil with the bay leaf, add the meatballs and poach gently for 15 minutes, then lift them out.
  4. For the sauce, melt the butter, cook the flour briefly and pour in the poaching stock. Stir in the capers, cream and a squeeze of lemon juice and season.
  5. Warm the meatballs through in the pale caper sauce and serve with the boiled potatoes.
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Königsberg Meatballs in Caper Sauce
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Königsberg Meatballs in Caper Sauce

Delicate meatballs poached and cloaked in a pale caper sauce brightened with lemon, served with boiled potatoes. Old East Prussian comfort food at its silkiest..

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Cook time

45 min

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Servings

4

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Ingredients

13

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Nutrition

per serving

660 kcal

Calories

32 g

Protein

38 g

Fat

48 g

Carbs

Ingredients

For 4 servings

Estimated cost~€4.75 · ~€1.20/serving
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Instructions

  1. 1

    Soak the bread roll in water and squeeze out. Knead with the mince, chopped onion, egg, salt and pepper and shape into thumb-thick balls.

  2. 2

    Peel the potatoes, boil in salted water for 20 minutes until tender and keep warm.

  3. 3

    Bring the stock to a boil with the bay leaf, add the meatballs and poach gently for 15 minutes, then lift them out.

  4. 4

    For the sauce, melt the butter, cook the flour briefly and pour in the poaching stock. Stir in the capers, cream and a squeeze of lemon juice and season.

  5. 5

    Warm the meatballs through in the pale caper sauce and serve with the boiled potatoes.

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