Meat Plus Potatoes: The Perfect Festive Hot Dish

Meat and potatoes are ideal companions in any dish. There are many recipes with these ingredients, but you want to replace the classic and popular options with something new.

Meat and potatoes are ideal companions in any dish. There are many recipes with these ingredients, but you want to replace the classic and popular options with something new. We have compiled a list of very tasty dishes with potatoes and meat that you can quickly and easily prepare for any holiday.

1. Potato rosettes with bacon, hot appetizer

 

Ingredients:

5-6 medium potatoes; 12 strips of raw smoked bacon; salt, spices for potatoes to taste; 40 g melted butter.

Turn on the oven to heat up to 200 degrees. Rinse the potatoes and cut into thin slices lengthwise using a special nozzle. Place cooked potatoes in a large bowl, add spices (ground rosemary, dried garlic, sweet paprika, etc.), salt, mix with your hands, pour in warm ghee and mix again.

On the table, lay out three pieces of bacon overlapping in a strip, each piece should half cover the previous one. On the resulting strip of bacon, lay the slices of potatoes tightly overlapping so that the strip of bacon is at the bottom. Sprinkle the bacon with grated cheese if you like. Carefully roll the resulting design into a tight roll and place in a greased cake mold. From the indicated amount of ingredients, we get 4 roses. Bake the appetizer for 40 minutes in a preheated oven until the potatoes are ready.

2. Potato roll with meat and herbs

 

Ingredients:

600 g potatoes; 300 g pork; 100 g leeks; onion head; 100 g of spinach, cilantro, dill; 3-4 cloves of garlic; 100 ml of milk; 60 g butter; 1 yolk; salt, pepper, thyme to taste.

Boil potatoes, cool and mash, add milk, butter and salt.

In a frying pan with the addition of vegetable oil, fry finely chopped pork into strips, we also send chopped leeks, onions, garlic, spinach, cilantro and dill to it. Add salt, pepper, thyme to taste, fry until fully cooked.

To make it more convenient to roll the roll, lay parchment, grease the top layer with vegetable oil. Spread mashed potatoes evenly all around. Then distribute the meat with herbs, and start rolling the roll from the near edge from you. If you notice that the puree is falling apart somewhere, gently correct the defect with a dry hand. Transfer the roll to a foil boat, grease the accessible areas with yolk, cover completely with foil and send to the oven preheated to 220 degrees for 20-30 minutes.

3. Chicken stuffed with potatoes

 

Ingredients:

chicken, 1 carcass; 200 g potatoes; 1 egg; 100 g of Tkemali sauce; 5 cloves of garlic; 50 ml sour cream; salt, pepper to taste.

We wash the chicken inside and out, transfer it to a bowl, add Tkemali sauce, chopped garlic, sour cream, salt, pepper to it. We rub the carcass well on all sides (also inside), cover with cling film and put in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours.

While the chicken is marinating, cut the potatoes into pieces, mix with spices. When the chicken is marinated, stuff it with potatoes, pull the passage with a food thread. Lubricate the carcass with olive oil and send to the oven for 50-60 minutes.

4. Festive bean stew

 

Ingredients:

100 g of canned white and red beans; 100 g of green beans; 200 g of lamb pulp; 200 g potatoes; 2 red onions; half a pod of red pepper; 50 ml of olive oil; 50 ml sour cream; salt, pepper, cumin to taste.

Cut the lamb flesh into large pieces and fry in a pan with red onion until golden brown. Cut the potatoes into cubes and pour into a tall baking sheet. We send all the other ingredients to it, beans, meat, chopped peppers, salt, cumin, pour sour cream and olive oil. Mix everything well, cover the baking sheet with foil and put in the oven for 30-40 minutes. Before serving, the dish can be decorated with fresh herbs.

5. Potato and meat cake with eggplant

 

Ingredients:

250 g of beef pulp; 200 g potatoes; eggplant; 150 g curd salted cheese; 200 g of arugula; 1 carrot; 50 ml of mayonnaise or sour cream; 20 ml of lemon juice; salt, pepper, dry adjika to taste.

Beef, potatoes, eggplant cut into thin round slices. The meat needs to be beaten off a little so that the pieces are not dense, and grease each piece with lemon juice, adjika, salt and pepper. We do the same with potatoes and eggplant, only without adding lemon juice.

In a frying pan with the addition of olive oil, fry the meat, potatoes and eggplant until golden brown, put each piece on a paper towel.

We collect the cake in a round shape. The first layer of potatoes, then meat, eggplant, arugula, grated carrots and curd cheese. We also grease each layer with mayonnaise or sour cream, and repeat in the same sequence until the ingredients run out. Cover the cake with foil and put in the oven for 30-40 minutes.

6. Potato open pie with turkey and tomatoes

 

Ingredients:

500 g potatoes; 200-350 g of hard cheese; egg; 200 g turkey fillet; 3-4 tomatoes; 50-70 ml of mayonnaise; a bunch of dill / parsley; salt, pepper, nutmeg to taste.

We rub the raw potatoes and cheese on a coarse grater, squeeze the liquid from the potatoes and mix these 2 ingredients together. We also send 1 egg, salt, pepper, nutmeg to them, mix.

Lubricate the pie dish with olive or butter, spread the potatoes, form the edges and sides, work as with a regular dough.

We send the base to the oven already preheated to 200 degrees for 10 minutes so that the potato dough grabs. At the same time, fry the chopped turkey and tomatoes in a pan with the addition of olive oil, you also need to add spices to them.

When the turkey is fried, mix the filling with mayonnaise and put in the pre-potted potato dough. Cover the cake with foil and put in the oven for 20-25 minutes. Pie can be sprinkled with cheese or herbs if desired.

And what do you cook from potatoes and meat? Share your favorite recipes in the comments on this article!