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Apr 1st, 2026 at 5:47pm
 

I've been getting into making rissoles lately.

They keep crumbling in the pan though.

What's the secret to stopping them from breaking up?

More egg?  Less egg?

More breadcrumbs?

Less onion?

Put the mixture in the fridge overnight?

What's the secret?

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*NOT my rissoles.
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Reply #1 - Apr 1st, 2026 at 6:29pm
 
Well I mix it with an egg, breadcrumbs, parm cheese, onion, parsley.
You can add grated carrot too. Salt pepper to taste.
Idea is not to have it too dry. Add a bit of milk if too dry.
But perhaps mix milk into dry breadcrumbs to make soggy before adding to meat mixture.

I like using half beef/half pork meat combo.
I always cook in olive oil.
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Reply #2 - Apr 1st, 2026 at 6:30pm
 
Oh make sure onion is finely grated so it binds better.
If everything is too course in mixture, it tends to break up.
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Reply #3 - Apr 1st, 2026 at 6:32pm
 
Sophia wrote on Apr 1st, 2026 at 6:29pm:
Well I mix it with an egg, breadcrumbs, parm cheese, onion, parsley.
You can add grated carrot too. Salt pepper to taste.
Idea is not to have it too dry. Add a bit of milk if too dry.
But perhaps mix milk into dry breadcrumbs to make soggy before adding to meat mixture.

I like using half beef/half pork meat combo.
I always cook in olive oil.


Thanks for that.

I use 500 grams of beef mince (10% fat) with one egg.

Half a cup of breadcrumbs, one onion, and one carrot.

They come out pretty good, but crumble around the edges.

I might try some milk next time.
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Reply #4 - Apr 1st, 2026 at 6:34pm
 
Sophia wrote on Apr 1st, 2026 at 6:30pm:
Oh make sure onion is finely grated so it binds better.
If everything is too course in mixture, it tends to break up.


Yeah, that could be the problem I think.

I need to grate the onion instead of chopping.

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Reply #5 - Apr 1st, 2026 at 6:44pm
 
Also, after making them, store in fridge which helps somehow to set.
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Reply #6 - Apr 1st, 2026 at 6:45pm
 
I only use my gut-science when cooking  Grin
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Reply #7 - Apr 1st, 2026 at 6:52pm
 
Sophia wrote on Apr 1st, 2026 at 6:44pm:
Also, after making them, store in fridge which helps somehow to set.


Thanks again.

I'll try again over Easter and see how it goes.

I'll post pics if they turn out ok.

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Reply #8 - Apr 1st, 2026 at 9:22pm
 
It’s all test kitchen stuff.
Experimental,
Like what I’m doing with 10 kgs of organic quince!
I’ve looked up so many recipes and methods, followed some to a tee, and it didn’t work out.
Some recipes seem to be missing critical procedures.
Trust me … it’s Quincy’s kitchen here!
So many variants of jam, paste and gel.

I wanted to know a minestrone recipe my mother in law made. At that time of youth, I never paid much attention. She passed away age 57 so I never found out her recipe.
I asked an elder cousin in law in her early 80s and she said she made up her own recipes.

It’s a thing I have in my head now, I want to go to northern Italy to scour the foodie trail and find out.

I recalled my mum would make the hamburgers…she added all those ingredients you mentioned, but she minced her own meat in the meat grinder.
It was finer and the hamburgers were very lean and held together tightly.
I forgot what meat she bought to do them…maybe we can experiment and report here?
I know she liked topside, silverside and rump.
Then she makes them into a ball. I think I recall she put meatballs between baking paper to flatten it out evenly with rolling pin so there’s no thin edges over cooked.
The hamburger storer Tupperware I can’t find since my new kitchen 7 years would hold burgers neatly and evenly … I reckon an egg ring could do same.
I have an electric tomato passatta machine that has the meat grinder.
I’ve yet to use it.
We are not big meat eaters and I think too much meat eating isn’t good for us.

Look forward to your kitchen success with the rissoles!  Smiley

Here’s a pic of just one part of a procedure with stewed quince and muslin cloth to get juice for gel …
The amount of pots and pans I use is ridiculous!
Now there’s another subject…types of cooking utensils….but save that for another day…

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Reply #9 - Apr 2nd, 2026 at 2:16pm
 
Wow Shocked
You're a MasterChef Sophia
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Reply #10 - Apr 2nd, 2026 at 5:35pm
 
Jasin wrote on Apr 2nd, 2026 at 2:16pm:
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You're a MasterChef Sophia


Trial and error chef is moiye  Grin

I made membrillo (Quince paste) and it’s set beautifully, it will keep in airtight container in fridge and half of it I’ve frozen as it will last years apparently.

Cut it in little square pieces accompanied on the cheese board with crackers.
Here’s a pic, from fruit to paste.

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Reply #11 - Apr 2nd, 2026 at 6:14pm
 
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Reply #12 - Apr 2nd, 2026 at 11:00pm
 
First it was blackberries galore (was a bumper crop this year!) and I made blackberry juice, blackberry jam, blackberry cakes, and froze bunches of blackberries for adding in smoothies in winter.
Now it’s quince everything!  Grin
Next has to be chillies!
Oh and finally, mandarins are in fruit stalls!
I felt like making a gf mandarin cake with almond flour for months!
Now I can for Easter! Yay  Smiley
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Reply #13 - Apr 2nd, 2026 at 11:54pm
 
Have you tried Fermented Herring?
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Reply #14 - Apr 3rd, 2026 at 8:51am
 
Jasin wrote on Apr 2nd, 2026 at 11:54pm:
Have you tried Fermented Herring?


No but the cliche expression “something smells rotten in Denmark” might give an indication.
Many don’t mind the taste, but none like the smell.
Airlines banned the tinned product because of exploding  Shocked
Have you tried it?
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Reply #15 - Apr 3rd, 2026 at 9:04am
 
Due to tonight. I'm going to pop a travel calm just in case Undecided
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Reply #16 - Apr 3rd, 2026 at 10:53am
 
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Dnarever wrote on Apr 3rd, 2026 at 10:53am:
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I thought this was going to be about Frank ?


You're lucky it's not about Peking Duck.
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Reply #18 - Apr 3rd, 2026 at 6:15pm
 
greggerypeccary wrote on Apr 1st, 2026 at 6:52pm:
Sophia wrote on Apr 1st, 2026 at 6:44pm:
Also, after making them, store in fridge which helps somehow to set.


Thanks again.

I'll try again over Easter and see how it goes.

I'll post pics if they turn out ok.



I made chilli instead   Smiley

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Reply #19 - Apr 3rd, 2026 at 6:43pm
 
greggerypeccary wrote on Apr 3rd, 2026 at 6:15pm:
greggerypeccary wrote on Apr 1st, 2026 at 6:52pm:
Sophia wrote on Apr 1st, 2026 at 6:44pm:
Also, after making them, store in fridge which helps somehow to set.


Thanks again.

I'll try again over Easter and see how it goes.

I'll post pics if they turn out ok.



I made chilli instead   Smiley

https://ibb.co/8gxW969d


500 grams of mince - 70% pork/30% beef

Tin of crushed tomatoes

Two sachets of tomato paste

Tin of Mexican beans

One spring onion

Slice of red onion

Salt & pepper

Dried chilli flakes

Teaspoon of mixed herbs

A splash of chilli sauce
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Reply #20 - Apr 3rd, 2026 at 7:09pm
 

Served with a dollop of sour cream.

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Reply #21 - Apr 4th, 2026 at 10:05am
 
Beautiful! Picture perfect! Looks hearty and nice comfort winter food!
I might try that out one of these days. I like the sour cream with it to add balance and opposing flavour.
Which reminds me! I will do potatoes today with dollop of sour cream I recently bought!
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Reply #22 - May 22nd, 2026 at 12:05pm
 
Gregory! For you.
This is one of my fave YouTube nonnas. She’s become quite a sensation! You can look up her other vids for more Italian recipes.
Here’s the meatball recipe.
note: Her full recipes are in her YouTube channel her grandson set up.



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Reply #23 - May 22nd, 2026 at 12:17pm
 
I just wanted to say something here, I never knew my nonnas. My parents immigrated from Italia in 1950. I was born in Melbourne 1954.
All of relatives, nonnas, etc all left behind.
I picked up some cooking from mum and my dad.
Mum made the best raviolis and my dad made the best pasta Mariana! He would cook with wine.
Dad spent some time in Denain France working in mines. This is where the French cooking flair came from.

But, I never knew my nonnas, therefore watching the vids of elderly nonnas is so meaningful for me, that missing link.

Food is the great connector!

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Reply #24 - May 22nd, 2026 at 1:56pm
 
Sophia wrote on May 22nd, 2026 at 12:05pm:
Gregory! For you.
This is one of my fave YouTube nonnas. She’s become quite a sensation! You can look up her other vids for more Italian recipes.
Here’s the meatball recipe.
note: Her full recipes are in her YouTube channel her grandson set up.





Thanks.

I'll check it out   Smiley
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Reply #25 - May 31st, 2026 at 8:01pm
 
Just to encourage Greg to try making rissoles again, here’s my lot tonight.
I made them last night and refrigerated them to use tonight.
My son and his wife scoffed a few 😆


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Reply #26 - May 31st, 2026 at 8:20pm
 
Sophia wrote on May 31st, 2026 at 8:01pm:
Just to encourage Greg to try making rissoles again, here’s my lot tonight.
I made them last night and refrigerated them to use tonight.
My son and his wife scoffed a few 😆




Mmm, yum.

Yes, I must try to make them again soon.

I've been concentrating on soups lately.

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