Kurzemes Strogonovs (Latvian Braised Meat)
Latvian cooking is rich in wonderful recipes! This dish, meat prepared the Latvian way, is named after Kurzeme, the region where it was created. You won't find this exact combination in every restaurant — but since Latvian cuisine grew out of the peasant villages, its food is first and foremost hearty and made from the products of a working farm. After all, what does a farmer need? He comes in from the field for lunch, eats his fill, washes it down with cranberry drink, and heads back out until evening. Kurzemes strogonovs is exactly the kind of meal for that. And it's not difficult to make at all.
Katrin
Recipe author
Kurzemes Strogonovs (Latvian Braised Meat)
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 39 %
9 g
Fats 39 %
9 g
Carbohydrates 22 %
5 g
132 kcal
GI:
75
/
0
/
25
- Pound the pork and beef lightly to tenderize them, cut them into oblong bite-sized strips, and fry in a skillet along with the smoked loin. Finely chop the onion and add it to the meat, giving it time to cook through without burning. Finely chop the pickles too, and stir them in once the meat is nearly done. Then whisk a tablespoon of flour into some cold meat broth and pour it into a separate skillet. Season with salt and pepper and stir in the sour cream. Now plate up a portion of the kurzemes strogonovs and spoon the sauce over the top. It pairs beautifully with boiled potatoes — though with meals like this, you can probably forget about a trim waistline.
Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish
- Onion - 41 kcal/100g
- Fresh cucumbers - 15 kcal/100g
- Rendered beef fat - 871 kcal/100g
- Fatty beef - 171 kcal/100g
- Lean beef - 158 kcal/100g
- Beef brisket - 217 kcal/100g
- Beef sirloin - 380 kcal/100g
- Beef lean roast - 200 kcal/100g
- Beef shoulder - 137 kcal/100g
- Beef ribs - 233 kcal/100g
- Beef ham - 104 kcal/100g
- Beef tail - 184 kcal/100g
- Boiled ham - 269 kcal/100g
- Corned beef - 216 kcal/100g
- Sour cream, 30% fat - 340 kcal/100g
- Sour cream, 25% fat - 284 kcal/100g
- Sour cream, 20% fat - 210 kcal/100g
- Sour cream, 10% fat - 115 kcal/100g
- Sour cream - 210 kcal/100g
- Fatty pork - 333 kcal/100g
- Lean pork - 357 kcal/100g
- Pork lean roast - 184 kcal/100g
- Pork chop (bone-in) - 537 kcal/100g
- Pork schnitzel - 352 kcal/100g
- Pork shoulder - 593 kcal/100g
- Wild boar leg - 113 kcal/100g
- Pork - 259 kcal/100g
- Fortified whole durum wheat flour - 333 kcal/100g
- All-purpose whole durum wheat flour - 364 kcal/100g
- Fine wheat flour - 348 kcal/100g
- Flour - 325 kcal/100g
- Butter, 82% - 734 kcal/100g
- Unsalted table butter - 709 kcal/100g
- Unsalted farmer's butter - 661 kcal/100g
- Salted farmer's butter - 652 kcal/100g
- Clarified butter - 869 kcal/100g
- Raw smoked loin - 469 kcal/100g
- Pork loin - 242 kcal/100g
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