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Recipe 05

Isoäidin lihapullat

Yield
42 large meatballs or 60 medium
Time
about 40 min active; 15 min cook

Complete recipe

Read from start to finish.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 2 dl (200 g) kermaviili
  • 1 dl breadcrumbs / korppujauho
  • 3 large onions
  • 3 tbsp Valio Oivariini or butter, for softening the onions; extra if pan-frying
  • 1.2 kg lean beef mince / vähärasvainen naudan jauheliha
  • 3 eggs or 2 large ones
  • 3 tsp salt
  • 1½ tsp paprika powder
  • Scant 1½ tsp black pepper
  • 1½ tsp allspice / maustepippuri
  • 3 pinches white pepper

5 steps

Method

Step 1 of 5

  1. Mix the kermaviili and breadcrumbs. Let them swell for about 10 minutes.

Step 2 of 5

  1. Finely chop the onion and sauté it in Oivariini or butter until soft.

Step 3 of 5

  1. Combine the soaked breadcrumbs, softened onion, beef mince, egg, and spices. Mix into an even meatball mixture.

Step 4 of 5

  1. Shape with wet hands into either 60 medium meatballs or 42 large meatballs.

Step 5 of 5

  1. Cook either:
    • Pan-fry in Oivariini or butter until browned and cooked through; or
    • Bake on a parchment-lined tray at 250°C for about 15 minutes, until cooked through.

Recipe preview

5 steps

A few ingredients

  • 2 dl (200 g) kermaviili
  • 1 dl breadcrumbs / korppujauho
  • 3 large onions
  • 3 tbsp Valio Oivariini or butter, for softening the onions; extra if pan-frying
  • 1.2 kg lean beef mince / vähärasvainen naudan jauheliha

The opening moves

  1. 01

    Mix the kermaviili and breadcrumbs. Let them swell for about 10 minutes.

  2. 02

    Finely chop the onion and sauté it in Oivariini or butter until soft.

  3. 03

    Combine the soaked breadcrumbs, softened onion, beef mince, egg, and spices. Mix into an even meatball mixture.

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