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🥗 Cheese Meatballs with Mashed Potatoes, Fried Onions, and Tomato-Cucumber Salad

722 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• potatoes, mainly waxy 1 kg
• salt pinch
• onions, yellow 1 pc.
• Gouda, young block 100 g
• cucumbers 1 pc.
• vine tomatoes 2 pc.
• parsley, fresh 25 g
• organic limes 0.5 pc.
• pork mince 600 g
• pepper, black ground pinch
• eggs 1 pc.
• oil 4 tbsp
• sugar 2 tbsp
• butter 1 tbsp
• milk 200 ml

Instructions

1. 1. Preheat the oven to 150 degrees Celsius with fan setting.
2. 2. Wash the potatoes and peel them.
3. 3. Cut the potatoes into large cubes.
4. 4. Place the potato cubes into a pot.
5. 5. Cover the potatoes with salted water.
6. 6. Bring the water to a boil.
7. 7. Cook the potatoes covered for about 25 minutes.
8. 8. Peel the onion.
9. 9. Halve the onion.
10. 10. Slice the onion into rings.
11. 11. Grate the Gouda cheese finely.
12. 12. Wash the cucumber and the tomatoes.
13. 13. Dry the vegetables.
14. 14. Cut the tomatoes and cucumber into pieces about 2 cm in size.
15. 15. Wash the parsley.
16. 16. Shake the parsley dry.
17. 17. Pluck the parsley leaves from the stems.
18. 18. Chop the parsley leaves roughly.
19. 19. Wash the lime.
20. 20. Cut the lime in half.
21. 21. Squeeze the juice from the lime.
22. 22. Take a large bowl.
23. 23. Add the ground meat to the bowl.
24. 24. Add salt and pepper.
25. 25. Add the egg.
26. 26. Add the grated Gouda.
27. 27. Mix all ingredients well.
28. 28. Shape the meat mixture into meatballs.
29. 29. Make sure each meatball weighs about 80 grams.
30. 30. Heat a frying pan.
31. 31. Add 1 tablespoon of oil to the pan.
32. 32. Set the heat to medium.
33. 33. Fry the meatballs in the pan.
34. 34. Fry them for about 3 minutes on all sides.
35. 35. Place the meatballs on a baking sheet.
36. 36. Place the baking sheet in the oven.
37. 37. Finish cooking the meatballs for about 12 minutes.
38. 38. Add the onion rings to the pan.
39. 39. Fry the onions in the cooking fat.
40. 40. Fry them for about 10 minutes until golden brown.
41. 41. Stir the onions occasionally.
42. 42. Take a small bowl for the dressing.
43. 43. Add the lime juice to the bowl.
44. 44. Add 2 tablespoons of oil.
45. 45. Add 2 tablespoons of sugar.
46. 46. Add 4 tablespoons of water.
47. 47. Whisk the dressing ingredients.
48. 48. Take a bowl for the salad.
49. 49. Add the tomato pieces to the bowl.
50. 50. Add the cucumber pieces to the bowl.
51. 51. Add half of the chopped parsley.
52. 52. Combine the vegetables with the parsley.
53. 53. Season the salad with salt and pepper.
54. 54. Drain the cooked potatoes.
55. 55. Add butter to the mashed potatoes.
56. 56. Add milk to the mashed potatoes.
57. 57. Mash the potatoes with a hand mixer.
58. 58. Mash them until they are creamy.
59. 59. Fold in the remaining parsley into the puree.
60. 60. Season the puree with salt and pepper.
61. 61. Remove the meatballs from the oven.
62. 62. Plate the mashed potatoes.
63. 63. Place the meatballs next to the mashed potatoes.
64. 64. Add the fried onions.
65. 65. Serve the tomato-cucumber salad alongside.
66. 66. Enjoy your meal!

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 722
• Protein: 45 g · Fett/Fat: 44 g · Carbs: 49 g