Bitochki

Ingredients

1/2 stick butter

Large Onion, finely diced

3 slices bread, stale

1/4 cup milk

1 lb ground beef

1 lb ground veal

1 teaspoon salt - to taste, I don’t use any because of the butter

1 teaspoon fresh ground pepper

2 teaspoons finely chopped parsley, fresh

2 teaspoons finely chopped tarragon, fresh

Juice of 1 lemon

3 garlic cloves, minced

1 egg, light beaten

1 cup breadcrumbs

1 1/2 tbl paprika

1) Saute onions in butter until clear.

2) Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

3) Soak the break in milk and then squeeze so it is almost dry.

Combine the veal, beef and bread in a large bowl, breaking up the pieces of bread.

mix in salt, pepper, parsley, tarragon, lemon juice, garlic, and egg

mix bread crumbs and paprika on a plate, or shallow dish

Assemble meat balls by shaping the meat into balls with 1 inch diameter, roll meatballs first in the sauted onion from step one and then in the bread crumb mixture

8) place assembled meat balls in a baking dish lined with tin foil. Bake for 20 minutes, or until brown. Rotate at least once.