kotleta

plural kotlety · plural kotleti · plural kotletas

1. countableuncountableA meat patty or meatball made of ground pork and/or beef flattened into an oval shape, then seasoned and fried or baked.

   Melt butter while shaping kotlety patties from the meat mixture.

   1994, “Kotlety”, in Ben Collver, compiler, Russian Cooking, Grants Pass Sister City, page 29

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   Take up the kotleti and place them on a hot platter. Strain the sauce, which may be poured over the kotleti or served separately.

   1947, Alexandra Kropotkin, How to Cook and Eat in Russian, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, page 151

   Beware of the juiciness of kotlety, for many a frock has been ruined by those who cut into their kotlety too vigorously and allowed the hot butter to splatter all over them!

   1961, Kyra Petrovskaya, Russian Cookbook, New York, N.Y.: Dover Publications, Inc., published 1992, →ISBN, page 97

   The following recipe gives very tender kotlety that may be served when entertaining guests.

   1977, Savella Stechishin, “Breaded Veal Kotlety”, in Traditional Ukrainian Cookery, 9th edition, Winnipeg, Man.: Trident Press Ltd., →ISBN, page 88

   If they occasionally ache for plates of pirozhki and kotleta or tune out the omnipresent rock for the folk music of Vladimir Vysotsky, Gennady and Anna Shmukler are continually struck by just how American they feel. Jewish emigres from the Soviet Union, the couple once viewed American society only dimly, through a haze of cultural differences.

   1988 September 1, Alan Sverdlik, “Leaving the Old World: Soviet Jews Are Comfortable With American Life”, in The Atlanta Constitution, volume 121, number 55, Atlanta, Ga., page 1D, column 1

   Mr. [Andrey] Sidorishin, who lives with his mother in Chamblee, gets a home-cooked meal every night, often pelmeni, a meat-filled dumpling, or a borscht brimming with vegetables and dill, the popular spice of choice. Also, he brown-bags at work, usually taking Mom’s kotletas — ground veal or chicken patties.

   1991 November 7, Alan Sverdlik, “Soviet: Multicultural specialties as varied as the landscape”, in The Atlanta Journal, volume 109, number 179, Atlanta, Ga., page W6, columns 5–6