Servings:

6

Level of difficulty:

Intermediate

Ingredients

1 kilo very lean beef - I use chuck steak or topside
2 medium size onions
3 slices of bread
handful fresh herbs - probably parsley
2 eggs
2 tsps salt
plenty pepper
pinch cayenned
matzah meal

Method

You need a proper mincer - the texture is not right with a food processor
cut off all traces of fat and sinew from the meat and cut into 2cm chunks
cut onions into chunks
start mincing a few pieces of meat, then some onion, bread and herb and back to meat until all but 1 slice of bread minced. Use additional slice of bread to push rest through mincer.

Add everything else except matzah meal and then put your hand in and mix thoroughly. Put in fridge for a while to firm up.
Take a small handfull of mix, make into a chunky patty and then roll gently in matzah meal. make up whole mix like this and then fry in sunflower or veg oil a few at a time. Delicious with simple mash and any seasonal green veg!