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Baked Meatball "Hedgehogs" with Rice

These are meatball "hedgehogs" without any needles! They're tender and light, and the grains of rice poking out give them a cute, spiny look that's every bit as appetizing as it sounds. My mom makes them all the time using the recipe I'm about to share.

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Minced meat hedgehogs with rice in the oven
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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 35 % 8 g
Fats 22 % 5 g
Carbohydrates 43 % 10 g
114 kcal
GI: 20 / 80 / 0

Cooking method

  1. Step 1:

    Step 1

    Start with the rice — long-grain works best here, since it holds its shape instead of turning mushy, and those firm grains are what become the hedgehogs' "spines." Boil it in twice its volume of water, let it cool slightly, and rinse it.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2

    Grate a ripe carrot on the fine side of a box grater,..

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3

    ...and finely mince the onion and garlic, or run them through a meat grinder until they turn to a paste.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4

    Grind the pork and beef in a meat grinder. Season the combined pork-and-beef mixture with salt and ground black pepper,..

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5

    mix in the rice,..

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6

    ..then the carrot and onion.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7

    Now shape the mixture into small, neat balls, like meatballs.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8

    Stir the tomato paste into the broth.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9

    Set the hedgehogs in a lidded baking dish and pour the tomato broth over them. If you don't have a dish with a lid, just cover it with foil.

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10

    Bake in a 350°F (180°C) oven for 50 minutes.

  11. Step 11:

    Step 11

    The baked hedgehogs with rice and gravy are ready!

  12. Step 12:

    Step 12

    Enjoy!

  • Mashed potatoes or a simple vegetable salad make a great side for these meatball hedgehogs.

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

  • Onion - 41  kcal/100g
  • Melted beef fat - 871  kcal/100g
  • Fat beef - 171  kcal/100g
  • Lean beef - 158  kcal/100g
  • Beef brisket - 217  kcal/100g
  • Beef - okovalok - 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
  • Beef corned beef - 216  kcal/100g
  • Pork fat - 333  kcal/100g
  • Pork meat - 357  kcal/100g
  • Pork - low-fat roast - 184  kcal/100g
  • Pork chop on a bone - 537  kcal/100g
  • Pork - schnitzel - 352  kcal/100g
  • Pork shoulder - 593  kcal/100g
  • Boar's leg - 113  kcal/100g
  • Pork - 259  kcal/100g
  • Raw wild rice - 353  kcal/100g
  • Brown raw rice - 360  kcal/100g
  • Boiled brown rice - 119  kcal/100g
  • White fortified raw rice - 363  kcal/100g
  • Fortified boiled white rice - 109  kcal/100g
  • White rice, steamed, with long grains raw - 369  kcal/100g
  • Steamed white rice, boiled with long grains - 106  kcal/100g
  • Instant dry rice - 374  kcal/100g
  • Instant rice, ready to eat - 109  kcal/100g
  • Rice - 344  kcal/100g
  • Carrots - 33  kcal/100g
  • Dried carrots - 275  kcal/100g
  • Boiled carrots - 25  kcal/100g
  • Garlic - 143  kcal/100g
  • Ground black pepper - 255  kcal/100g
  • Tomato paste - 28  kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0  kcal/100g
  • Water - 0  kcal/100g
  • Broth - 15  kcal/100g

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