Nostalgic School Canteen Cutlets

Lush, delicious, for main course, for dinner, for the whole family! School cutlets, like in the canteen of the USSR, which many remember with nostalgia, are easy and simple to prepare at home. They will turn out tender and airy, with a crispy crust on top. The secret is that a lot of bread is added to the minced meat, which makes the cutlets so soft.
cook time: 55 min
Logan Winslow
Nostalgic School Canteen Cutlets

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

242
Calories
16g
Fat
15g
Carbs
8g
Protein

Ingredients (8 portions)

For the cutlets:

Ground black pepper to taste
Milk 1 cup
Bulb onions 1 pc
Minced meat 500 g
White bread 250 g
Iodized salt 0.5 tsp

For breading:

Wheat flour 30 g

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to make school cutlets? Prepare your food. It is better to take minced meat from a mixture of beef and pork, then the cutlets will be more juicy. Take yesterdayʼs bread, which is already a little stale.

Step 2

Step 2
In a bowl, pour milk over the broken white bread. When the bread swells and absorbs the milk, knead it with your hands, a spoon or a blender into a homogeneous mass. Combine the bread mixture with the minced meat and stir. Peel and chop the onion in any convenient way — with a knife, grater, chopper. Add the onion to the minced meat, add salt and ground black pepper. Stir the minced meat thoroughly until the spices are well mixed.

Step 3

Step 3
Eggs are not added to school cutlets, the bread mass diluted in milk glues the minced meat well and the cutlets do not crumble during heat treatment. With your hands dipped in cold water, form cutlets of the desired size, oblong or round. Pour flour for breading into a separate plate and roll the cutlets in it on all sides.

Step 4

Step 4
Place the cutlets on a greased baking sheet and bake them in the oven for about 25 minutes at 180 degrees. They should be browned. The cutlets become fluffy and airy, and thanks to this processing method, they become tasty and healthy, which is important for children. Bon appetit!

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