Konigsberger Klopse Recipes

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.

KöNIGSBERGER KLOPSE

Steps:

• Emerge rolls in milk or water. Allow to sit for 10 min. Drain and press out excess liquid.
• Finely chop onion.
• To a large bowl add ground meat, drained rolls, onion, eggs, bread crumbs, anchovy paste, salt, and pepper and knead with hands until well combined and smooth.
• Shape 16 dumplings and set aside.
• Add liquid and spices to a large pot.
• Cut onions into quarters and add also to the pot.
• Bring mixture to a simmer, add dumplings, and cook for about 10 min. or until done. Make sure that the liquid is only simmering not boiling.
• Remove dumplings from the liquid and keep warm.
• Strain liquid into a bowl. Remove spices. Keep onions and about 3 cups of the cooking liquid
• To a medium sized pot add butter and melt.
• Add flour and stir on medium heat until lightly brown.
• Add about 2 cups of the cooking liquid and bring to a boil Mix well to remove any lumps.
• Lower the heat to medium-low and stir in heavy cream. Make sure the liquid is no longer boiling.
• In a small bowl mix egg yolks and sugar. Add to the pot and mix well.
• Add drained capers, lemon juice, and salt and pepper to taste.
• Place the onions and the dumplings into the sauce and let sit for about 15 min.

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.

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.

KONIGSBERGER KLOPSE (KONIGSBERG MEATBALLS)

Steps:

• Meatballs:
• Soak the roll in the water for about 10 minutes.
• Squeeze it dry; place in mixing bowl with the ground beef.
• Add the bacon, anchovy fillets, onion, egg, salt and pepper.
• Mix thoroughly.
• Prepare broth by boiling the water, seasoned with salt, bay leaf, onion, and peppercorns.
• Shape the meat mixture into balls about 2 inches in diameter.
• Add to the boiling broth and simmer over low heat for 20 minutes.
• Remove meatballs with a slotted spoon, set aside, and keep warm.
• Gravy:
• To prepare gravy, heat butter in a frypan and stir in flour.
• Cook for 3 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Slowly blend in 2 cups of reserved broth.
• Add the drained capers, lemon juice, and mustard.
• Simmer for 5 minutes.
• Remove a small amount of the sauce to blend with the egg yolk.
• Stir egg yolk back into the sauce.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• To Serve:
• Place reserved meatballs into the gravy and reheat if necessary.
• Serve on a preheated platter.

KONIGSBERGER KLOPSE

Steps:

• 1. gently fry the onion until glazed, put aside. 2. mix the ground beef, pork, most of the chopped anchovies, capers, egg and the soaked bread which has been squeezed dry, together. Then mix in the cooled fried onion and some salt and pepper 3. form little meatballs, put aside 4. bring in a wide saucepan a fair amount of water to the boil, having salt, the lemon juice, the bay leaves and cloves added. 5. place the meatballs into the hot water and bring it slowly back to the boil then lower the heat and let it simmer gently for 30 minutes 6. when cooked, mix some of the stock( the water where the meatballs cooked in ) with the roux, some of the anchovies and capers, bring to boil and let simmer for 2-3 minutes 7. pour over the meatballs and serve with boiled potatoes or rice and your favorite vegetable