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Savory Meat Vatrushka

Festive, good-looking, delicious, and made from ground meat! This savory meat vatrushka is a fun, original main course that's sure to impress guests at a holiday table. It only borrows its shape from the familiar sweet pastry — the filling is all meat.

Julia M.

Recipe author

Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Pork

250

Eggs

Mayonnaise

White bread

100

Hard cheese

Salt

Dry spices

Vegetable oil

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 30 % 13 g

Fats 50 % 22 g

Carbohydrates 20 % 9 g

287 kcal

GI: 0 / 0 / 100

Cooking method

Step 1:

How do you make a meat vatrushka? Gather all your ingredients. Use pork with a little fat so the finished dish comes out juicier. Any cheese works, as long as it grates easily.
Step 2:

Cut off the pork you need and run it through a meat grinder to turn it into ground meat. Soak the slice of bread in milk for a couple of minutes so it's well saturated.
Step 3:

Squeeze out the bread and grind it right after the meat. Add the ground bread, one egg, salt, and a little spice to the ground pork. Mix everything well, then work the mixture by picking it up and slapping it down into the bowl a few times. This tightens up the meat so the finished vatrushka holds together and won't fall apart.
Step 4:

Shape the meat mixture into a ball and set it on a baking sheet greased with a little oil. Press the ball down gently and make a small well in the center.
Step 5:

Crack an egg into the well and drizzle a little mayonnaise around it in a ring.
Step 6:

Grate the cheese on the coarse side and scatter it generously over the vatrushka. Bake in an oven preheated to 350°F (180°C) for 30–40 minutes, adjusting for your own oven.
Step 7:

By then the vatrushka will be fully cooked. Take the baking sheet out of the oven and transfer the vatrushka to a serving plate. Serve it hot.
Step 8:

Enjoy!

I made a triple batch, but you can scale the ingredients up or down however you like.
Feel free to vary the filling — mushrooms, tomatoes, or other vegetables all work well. It's especially good if you wrap the vatrushka around the sides with smoked bacon; as it bakes, the aroma will draw the whole family into the kitchen.
Turn the oven on ahead of time (about 10–20 minutes before you start) so it's fully preheated when you're ready.