Bitterballen - Dutch Meatballs

Method6 steps · about 1 hr 30 min

1. 1

   Step 1: Melt the butter (3 tablespoon) over medium heat. Sauté the onion (100 gram) until translucent, add the mushroom and cook until wilted, then add the ground beef (200 gram) and cook, breaking it up, until cooked through and reaching 71°C/160°F.

   Uses 3 tablespoon butter (Indonesian: mentega) · 100 gram onion (Indonesian: bawang bombay), minced · 100 gram white button mushroom (Indonesian: jamur kancing putih), minced · 200 gram ground beef (Indonesian: daging sapi cincang)

2. 2

   Step 2: Add all-purpose flour (40 gram), and stir until the mixture clumps together. Slowly pour the milk (250 ml), and keep stirring until the sauce is thick and smooth.

   Uses cooked beef, mushroom and onion in butter · 40 gram all-purpose flour (Indonesian: tepung terigu) · 250 ml milk (Indonesian: susu)

3. 3

   Step 3: Add mashed potato (400 g), nutmeg (2 teaspoon), salt (2 teaspoon), ground pepper, sugar (1/2 teaspoon), cheddar (40 gram), and celery leaves. Mix well, and cook until the sauce is dry with no standing liquid. Turn off the heat and set aside.

   Uses thick smooth beef-and-milk roux base · 400 g potatoes, peeled, boiled and mashed before starting · 2 teaspoon ground nutmeg (Indonesian: bubuk pala) · 2 teaspoon salt (Indonesian: garam) · 1 teaspoon ground white pepper (Indonesian: bubuk merica) · 1/2 teaspoon sugar (Indonesian: gula) · 40 gram cheddar (Indonesian: keju cheddar), grated · 4 stalks Chinese celery, thinly sliced

4. 4

   Step 4: Let the prepared ragout cool until safe to handle. Shape tablespoonfuls into roughly 40 balls. Coat each with panko, then beaten egg (3), then panko again, using the shared 2-cup panko batch for both coats.

   Uses finished dry potato-beef ragout · 2 cups panko bread crumbs (Indonesian: tepung panir) · 3 eggs, lightly beaten

5. 5

   Step 5: Heat a pot with at least 2 inches of oil to about 170°C/340°F. Fry the coated balls in uncrowded batches until golden and crisp with the coating cooked through. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on a wire rack.

   Uses formed crumb-egg-crumb coated bitterballen · enough oil for deep frying

6. 6

   Step 6: Mix the mayonnaise (2 tablespoon) and chilli sauce to make the serving dip. Serve the fried bitterballen immediately with the dip.

   Uses drained fried bitterballen · 2 tablespoon mayonnaise · 2 tablespoon bottled chili sauce of your choice