Ukrainian Patychky Meat On A Stick

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 lbs veal
• 3 lbs lean lamb
• 6 garlic cloves, chopped
• 3/4 cup water
• 1/4 cup wine vinegar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 2 cups breadcrumbs
• 1/2 teaspoon curry powder
• salt
• pepper
• 2 eggs
• oil
• 2 medium onions, chopped
• 1 tablespoon butter, softened

Recipe

• 1 cut veal and lamb into 1-inch cubes and place cubes in a large bowl.
• 2 chop garlic.
• 3 in a small bowl, mix garlic, water, wine vinegar, salt, and pepper.
• 4 pour over meat cubes and stir.
• 5 marinate meat cubes for at least 3 hours, or overnight, to allow flavours to blend.
• 6 leaving about 2 inches at the bottom of each skewer, arrange lamb and veal cubes alternately on wooden skewers.
• 7 squeeze cubes together.
• 8 continue to add meat until all the meat is used. you should fill 12 skewers.
• 9 in a shallow bowl, combine breadcrumbs, curry powder, salt, and pepper.
• 10 in a second shallow bowl, beat eggs.
• 11 dip skewered meat cubes in breadcrumbs.
• 12 coat with egg, then dip in crumbs again.
• 13 gently squeeze sticks with hands to make breadcrumbs flat and sticks more rounded.
• 14 in a large skillet, heat about 1 inch of cooking oil.
• 15 fry skewers of meat cubes, a few at a time, until meat is lightly browned.
• 16 combine onions and butter and spread in a large shallow baking dish.
• 17 place meat sticks on top of onions.
• 18 bake in a 275 degree fahrenheit oven for about 45 to 60 minutes, or until meat is no longer pink.