Meat Patties Kotlety with Wild Mushroom Sauce

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 400F/200C. Soak a slice of stale white bread in milk for 10 minutes.

Step 2

Meanwhile combine ground pork and beef in a large mixing bowl. Process a medium onion in a food processor with two tablespoons of water until you have a paste or grate it using a vegetable grater, add to the mixture. Add soaked bread together with milk, salt and pepper and mix well with your hands.

Step 3

Scoop the meat mixture with a 1/3 cup and form an oval shaped patty, flatten it with a palm of you hand. Continue until all mixture is used up.

Step 4

Heat the oil in a large frying pan and brown patties in batches to avoid overcrowding and steaming. Fry patties on both sides over medium heat for approximately 5-7 minutes, resist the temptation to flatten your puffed up patties for even cooking.

Step 5

Put your browned patties in an oven proof pan in a single layer and cook in the preheated oven for additional 10 minutes.

Step 6

While the meat patties are cooking in the oven it's time to make the mushroom sauce.

Step 7

Heat the olive oil in a saucepan and cook the chopped onion over low heat for 7-10 minutes, add minced garlic, and minced parsley stems but reserve the leaves for garnish. Add chopped mushrooms, salt and pepper and cook for 10 minutes.

Step 8

Add cream, bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to low and let it simmer for 5 minutes. Taste and add more salt and pepper if necessary.

Step 9

Blend into a smooth sauce in a food processor or a blender or leave it chunky.

Step 10

Serve meat patties with hot wild mushroom sauce and sprinkled with parsley.