Name: Old-fashioned rissoles with gravy
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1 brown onion, chopped finely; 1 clove garlic, crushed; 2 rindless bacon slices, chopped finely; 500 gram minced beef; 1 egg; 1/2 cup (50g) packaged breadcrumbs; 1 carrot, grated finely; 1/3 cup coarsely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley; 1 1/2 tablespoon plain flour; 1 1/2 cup (375ml) beef stock

Old-fashioned rissoles with gravy

With a pile of buttery mash and a serve of your favourite vegetables, these old-fashioned rissoles and gravy for dinner will please the whole family.

Serves 4

Cook

40M

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 brown onion, chopped finely

1 clove garlic, crushed

2 rindless bacon slices, chopped finely

500 gram minced beef

1 egg

1/2 cup (50g) packaged breadcrumbs

1 carrot, grated finely

1/3 cup coarsely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

1 1/2 tablespoon plain flour

1 1/2 cup (375ml) beef stock

Method

1.Heat oil in large frying pan, add onion, garlic and bacon; cook, stirring, until onion softens. Remove from pan; cool. Drain excess fat from pan.

2.Combine onion mixture, beef, egg, breadcrumbs, carrot and parsley in medium bowl; shape mixture into eight patties.

3.Cook patties in same heated pan about 15 minutes or until browned and cooked through. Remove from pan; cover to keep warm. Reserve pan with drippings.

4.Cook flour in same pan, stirring, until mixture browns and bubbles. Gradually stir in stock; cook, stirring, until gravy boils and thickens, strain into large heatproof jug. Serve rissoles with gravy.

Serve with mashed potato.
Note

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