Recipes
Soup with liver balls (Leberknödelsuppe)
A soup with liver balls has probably become accustomed in your kitchen as well, especially if you are living in the Northern part of Croatia. Regardless of whether it is Sunday lunch or some other formal occasion, this soup will be a perfect introduction into anything that may follow.
| Preparation time | 45 min |
|---|---|
| Demanding |  |
| Energetic value | 376 kcal / 1572 kJ |
| Table of nutritive values | |
Ingredients
 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 1 l | meat bouillon (tafelspitz) |
| For liver balls: | |
| 200 g | beef liver |
| 2 | eggs |
| 20 g | butter |
| 40 g | onion |
| 250-300 ml | milk |
| 2 tablespoons | chopped parsley |
| 1/2 teaspoon | dry marjoram |
| 1/2 teaspoon | pepper |
| 120 g | some old rolls (2 rolls) or bread |
| 2 teaspoons | Vegeta |
Preparation
- Clean the beef liver of tiny veins, and then process in a meat grinder.
- Dice the roll, pour with milk and leave it stand for 10 – 15 minutes and then drain.
- Briefly sauté chopped onions on a butter and let it cool. Put prepared liver, roll, stirred eggs, pepper, rosemary, marjoram, parsley, fried onion and Vegeta in a deep pot.
- Mix it all well together and if necessary, add 2 – 3 spoons of bread crumbs and let it stand for 10 – 15 minutes.
- Form mid sized balls and continue cooking in mildly salted water for about 15 minutes.
Serving
Cooked balls serve in a hot beef soup.
Advice
The soup can be prepared with Beef Bouillon Cube so that you add two cubes in a liter of boiling water and cook for five minutes.
Nutritional values
Energetic and nutritional values have been calculated per meal.
| Nutrient | Unit of measurement | Quantity | RDA (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women* | men* | |||
| Total proteins | g | 24,89 | - | - |
| Total carbohydrates | g | 38,98 | - | - |
| Total fat | g | 13,19 | - | - |
| Diet fibres | g | 1,34 | - | - |
| Cholesterol | mg | 308,12 | - | - |
| Vitamin A | IU | 20102,80 | 503 | 402 |
| Niacin | mg | 14,90 | 106 | 75 |
| Vitamin C | mg | 14,78 | 20 | 16 |
| Vitamin D | IU | 48,64 | 24 | 24 |
| Calcium | mg | 338,67 | 34 | 34 |
| Phosphor | mg | 338,67 | 42 | 42 |
| Potassium | mg | 511,79 | 14 | 14 |
| Sodium | g | 1,56 | 0 | 0 |
* RDA is based on daily intake for women of 2000 kcal, for men 2900 kcal, from 25 to 50 years of age. (Data source: DRI reports - Macronutrients, Elements, Vitamins, www.nap.edu; Genesis R&D and Podravka d.d.)
