Baked Egg-Stuffed Meatballs in Mushroom Sauce

A wonderful, hearty dish for lunch or dinner! A great recipe for special-occasion meatballs — ground meat wrapped around eggs, topped with cheese and a mushroom sauce, and baked right in your oven. They're sure to be a hit and to win everyone over with their fantastic flavor.

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 23 % 7 g
Fats 65 % 20 g
Carbohydrates 13 % 4 g
234 kcal
GI: 75 / 0 / 25

Cooking method

  1. Step 1:

    Step 1

    Gather the ingredients and spices you'll need for these special-occasion meatballs with sauce.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2

    Put 500 grams (about 1 lb) of your favorite ground meat into a deep bowl.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3

    Finely chop one onion.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4

    Add the chopped onion to the bowl with the ground meat.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5

    Grate one medium carrot on the fine holes of a grater.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6

    Add the grated carrot to the bowl with the meat and onion.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7

    Crack one chicken egg into the bowl.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8

    Add salt and a blend of black and red pepper to the bowl, to taste.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9

    Add cinnamon and coriander to the bowl, to taste.

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10

    Mix everything together well until smooth.

  11. Step 11:

    Step 11

    Shape the meat mixture into meatballs of the size you want.

  12. Step 12:

    Step 12

    Place one boiled, peeled quail egg on each meatball, then cover it with the meat.

  13. Step 13:

    Step 13

    Shape each egg-filled meatball to the size you want.

  14. Step 14:

    Step 14

    Roll the shaped meatballs well in flour.

  15. Step 15:

    Step 15

    Set the flour-coated meatballs on a plate.

  16. Step 16:

    Step 16

    Heat a skillet with a little vegetable oil and add the meatballs.

  17. Step 17:

    Step 17

    Brown the meatballs over high heat until golden on each side.

  18. Step 18:

    Step 18

    For the mushroom sauce, finely chop one onion.

  19. Step 19:

    Step 19

    Pour 2 to 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil into a deep skillet, add the chopped onion, and sauté over medium heat, stirring, for about three minutes until translucent.

  20. Step 20:

    Step 20

    Slice 250 grams of mushrooms thinly.

  21. Step 21:

    Step 21

    Add the sliced mushrooms to the skillet with the onion.

  22. Step 22:

    Step 22

    Sauté the mushrooms over high heat, stirring, for about four minutes.

  23. Step 23:

    Step 23

    Add salt to taste, a little dill, and one finely chopped garlic clove, and stir everything together.

  24. Step 24:

    Step 24

    Pour 250 grams (about 1 cup) of 10% cream into the skillet with the mushrooms.

  25. Step 25:

    Step 25

    Add a bay leaf and the black-and-red pepper blend to taste, stir everything together, and bring to a boil. Then turn off the heat and take the skillet off the burner.

  26. Step 26:

    Step 26

    Transfer the browned meatballs from the skillet to a baking dish.

  27. Step 27:

    Step 27

    Sprinkle the meatballs with finely grated hard cheese.

  28. Step 28:

    Step 28

    Pour the mushroom sauce into the dish and put it in an oven preheated to 400°F (200°C) for 25 to 30 minutes.

  29. Step 29:

    Step 29

    After that time, take the dish of meatballs in mushroom sauce out of the oven.

  30. Step 30:

    Step 30

    Arrange the meatballs on serving plates and bring them to the table.

  31. Step 31:

    Step 31

    Cook together, cook simply, and make the most delicious dishes at home from everyday ingredients with our recipes! Enjoy!

  • Baked meatballs with gravy, cheese, and mushroom sauce — a really simple recipe for a festive table! These tasty meatballs with their layered filling and delicate sauce vanish off the plate in minutes. I'm sure you've never tried meatballs quite like these, with their fragrant creamy sauce. Everyone falls for them for good! Baked in a plain oven, these juicy homemade meatballs pair perfectly with mashed potatoes. Be sure to make these amazing meatballs with their original filling of savory mushrooms, cheese, and egg using my recipe — treat yourself to a real feast of flavor. Enjoy!
  • Keep in mind that every oven is different. Your temperature and baking time may vary from what's listed here. Knowing your own oven's quirks is the key to any baked dish turning out well.

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Buttermilk - 36  kcal/100g
  • Cream of 20% fat content - 300  kcal/100g
  • Cream of 10% fat content - 120  kcal/100g
  • Cream - 300  kcal/100g
  • Carrots - 33  kcal/100g
  • Dried carrots - 275  kcal/100g
  • Boiled carrots - 25  kcal/100g
  • Champignons - 24  kcal/100g
  • Dutch cheese - 352  kcal/100g
  • Swiss cheese - 335  kcal/100g
  • Russian cheese - 366  kcal/100g
  • Kostroma cheese - 345  kcal/100g
  • Yaroslavsky cheese - 361  kcal/100g
  • Altai cheese 50% fat content - 356  kcal/100g
  • Soviet cheese - 400  kcal/100g
  • Cheese 'steppe' - 362  kcal/100g
  • Uglich cheese - 347  kcal/100g
  • Poshekhonsky cheese - 350  kcal/100g
  • Lambert cheese - 377  kcal/100g
  • Appnzeller cheese with 50% fat content - 400  kcal/100g
  • Chester cheese with 50% fat content - 363  kcal/100g
  • Edamer cheese with 40% fat content - 340  kcal/100g
  • Cheese with mushrooms of 50% fat content - 395  kcal/100g
  • Emmental cheese with 45% fat content - 420  kcal/100g
  • Gouda cheese with 45% fat content - 356  kcal/100g
  • Aiadeus cheese - 364  kcal/100g
  • Dom blanc cheese (semi-hard) - 360  kcal/100g
  • Lo spalmino cheese - 61  kcal/100g
  • Cheese 'etorki' (sheep, hard) - 401  kcal/100g
  • White cheese - 100  kcal/100g
  • Fat yellow cheese - 260  kcal/100g
  • Altai cheese - 355  kcal/100g
  • Kaunas cheese - 355  kcal/100g
  • Latvian cheese - 316  kcal/100g
  • Limburger cheese - 327  kcal/100g
  • Lithuanian cheese - 250  kcal/100g
  • Lake cheese - 350  kcal/100g
  • Gruyere cheese - 396  kcal/100g
  • Garlic - 143  kcal/100g
  • Bay leaf - 313  kcal/100g
  • Dill greens - 38  kcal/100g
  • Mixed minced meat - 351  kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873  kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0  kcal/100g
  • Quail egg - 168  kcal/100g
  • Onion - 41  kcal/100g
  • Wheat flour - 325  kcal/100g
  • Chicken egg - 80  kcal/100g
  • Ground coriander - 25  kcal/100g
  • Ground cinnamon - 247  kcal/100g
  • Ground pepper mixture - 255  kcal/100g

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