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[deird1]

I can make rissoles!  Proper rissoles! That actually stay together and everything, rather than collapsing in a mincey heap the moment I try to flip them!

I'm a success!

In other news, I had a visit from my sister and Caleb this afternoon, and he is as adorable as ever.

*happy sigh*

Comments

From Laney

[anonymous]

Well, how in the world did you manage it?
Either my rissoles fall to bits, or they refuse to cook properly and I have to mush them in order to stave off food poisoning.

Re: From Laney

[deird1]

Let's see...

I had:
-mince
-onion
-bread
-ham
-carrot
-capsicum
-miscellaneous herbs
and
-huge amounts of egg
...all blended together.

I think my success can be attributed mainly to the extra egg.

Also, before I fried them, I covered them with flour.

(Both the flour and the lots-more-egg were Mum's suggestions - she is Cook Extraordinaire, and extremely awesome.)

Re: From Laney

[deird1]

Ooh! And grated cheese!

And tomato sauce (that's right, inside the rissole...)!

[carlos_v_b]

Oooh, do you have a recipe?

[deird1]

See above...

[immer_am_lesen]

Ah yes, eggs are a great binding agent.
As are breadcrumbs.
And rice! My mum always put some cooked rice into meatballs, helped them stick together nicely too. :-)

They'd be great for freezing too- they sound pretty much like meatballs/ the filling I make for sausage rolls, and that freezes great raw or cooked.

I think I have to make spaghetti and meatballs soon now.

[deird1]

Ooh. Spaghetti and meatballs. Yum...

[immer_am_lesen]

Mmmyes.
I made boring old spaghetti bolognaise the other night, thinking to use left-over sauce (I got inventive and made ham and cheese scrolls a few times, very tasty). There sadly wasn't enough pasta sauce left, so what do I do? Oh look, a jar of taco sauce in the fridge. Must be the leftover mild sauce from ages ago. I'll just add that in.
The fact that it went 'pop' when I opened it made me wonder why it was a new jar when I didn't remember *having* a new jar of mild sauce, but I threw it all into the pan anyway.

Come dinnertime, and I'm asking Mark if it's just me, or if it's a tad warm in the room...
Check the label. superhot taco sauce. Of course.
Argh. That's just ruined bolognaise for me for a few weeks I think! :-/

[the_starshadow]

Now all you need to do is build the rissole cannon.

[deird1]

Ooh. Fun...

[dreamincolor]

Mmm...you're making me hungry..

[deird1]

Go with it. Hunger should always be encouraged. Especially rissole-style hunger...