Koenigsberger Klopsemeatballs Recipes

GERMAN MEATBALLS IN CREAMY CAPER SAUCE - KöNIGSBERGER KLOPSE

Steps:

• In a small skillet, fry the onions in butter until glassy.
• In a bowl, mix onions with ground meat, eggs, breadcrumbs, mustard, anchovy fillets, salt, and pepper into a smooth dough. Using your wet hands, form about 10-12 meatballs.
• In a Dutch oven or large saucepan, add the broth, onions, white wine, cider vinegar, bay leaves, cloves, allspice, black peppercorns, and salt. Bring to a boil.
• Add the meatballs, lower the heat to medium-low and simmer for 15 minutes.
• With a slotted spoon, transfer the cooked meatballs to a serving plate or bowl and keep warm. Reserve 2 cups of the liquid.
• Meanwhile, in a large cast-iron or non-stick skillet, melt the butter over medium heat. Stir in the flour. With a wooden spoon or a whisk, continue to stir flour over low heat until flour is golden in color. Do not burn it!
• Slowly pour in the milk and reserved, strained liquid, whisking constantly. Cook over medium heat for 5 minutes while stirring occasionally.
• Stir in the heavy cream, capers with liquid, and cook on low for 5 more minutes. Season the sauce with nutmeg, lemon juice, salt, and sugar.
• Pour the sauce over meatballs and serve with boiled potatoes. Enjoy!

KONIGSBERGER KLOPSE (GERMAN MEATBALLS IN CREAMY CAPER SAUCE)

Steps:

• In a large saucepan or Dutch oven such as Le Creuset, heat broth ingredients (stock, bay leaf, cider vinegar, white wine, peppercorns, and 2 tablespoons capers) to a simmer over medium heat.
• Meanwhile, combine meatball ingredients, mix well.
• Form meat mixture into golf-ball sized balls (note: mixture will be a bit sticky and delicate to work with, but this is normal, and the result will be a moist and tender meatball!). Roll them in flour, and carefully place into hot broth; simmer each batch for 15 minutes, but do not boil. (Tip: do not crowd meatballs, ie only simmer about 10-12 meatballs at a time). Note that the broth will thicken as you add the flour covered meatballs, which will make a nice sauce.
• Carefully remove meatballs from the hot broth with a slotted spoon, and keep them warm in a covered bowl stored in the oven while making the sauce. Discard bay leaf.
• To Make Cream Sauce:.
• To hot broth stir in the sauce ingredients and heat through, but do not boil.
• Add the cooked meatballs to the heated sauce, stir gently and warm through.
• To Serve:.
• Serve Meatballs and Cream Sauce with boiled new potatoes (salzkartoffel) or hot buttered spaetzle noodles, and German Rotkohl recipe #108449. Sprinkle with snipped fresh parsley, for garnish.
• To Serve as an Appetizer:.
• Make the meatballs smaller and serve warm from the crock pot with toothpicks, buttered rolls and potato salad recipe #309891.
• Freezes well.

KONIGSBERGER KLOPSE (GERMAN MEATBALLS)

Steps:

• Put veal in mixing bowl. Add pepper to taste.
• Heat 1 teaspoon of butter in saucepan and add onion and garlic. Cook, stirring, until wilted. Add mixture to veal. Add bread crumbs, parsley, chives and nutmeg. Shape mixture into 28 balls of equal size.
• Heat remaining butter in saucepan and add flour, stirring with wire whisk. When blended and smooth, add broth and wine, stirring rapidly with whisk. Add meatballs to simmering sauce. Stir gently from time to time so they cook evenly, about 25 minutes.
• Beat sour cream with the egg yolk and lemon juice. Beat in a little of hot sauce. Add mixture to meatballs. Add the cherry peppers. Heat briefly without boiling. If mixture boils, sauce may curdle. Serve hot with mashed potatoes or rice.

MEATBALLS IN CAPER SAUCE (KONIGSBERGER KLOPSE)

Steps:

• Meatballs:
• Soak bread cubes in milk to cover. When soft, squeeze dry and put in a large bowl.
• Add ground meat and mix well.
• Stir in onion, eggs, anchovy fillets, salt and pepper; work mixture with hands until well combined.
• Form into 2-inch balls.
• Bring bouillon to a boil in a large saucepan; drop in meatballs.
• Cook over medium heat until meatballs rise to the top, about 15 minutes. Remove from liquid with a slotted spoon and keep warm.
• Strain and reserve liquid.
• Sauce:.
• Melt butter in a saucepan.
• Stir in flour and blend well, cook 1 minute.
• Gradually add 3 cups strained liquid; cook slowly, stirring constantly, until liquid is thickened and smooth.
• Add lemon juice and capers. Season with salt and pepper.
• Add meatballs and heat through.

KOENIGSBERGER KLOPSE(MEATBALLS)

Steps:

• Heat bouillon and lemon juice to a simmer. Add floured meatballs with slotted spoon. Cover and simmer on low heat for 25 minutes. Add capers simmer 5 minutes more. Mix the flour with enough water to form a thick liquid with no lumps. Carefully remove meatballs with slotted spoon and add the flour mixture until you obtain the desired thickness. Taste for tartness adding lemon juice as desired. Check for seasoning. May be prepared ahead and slowly reheated.