Hungarian Meatball Stew - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 lbs ground sirloin
1/2 cup breadcrumbs
1 large egg
1 garlic clove, minced
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1/2 cup diced onion
2 carrots, diced
1 celery, diced
4 ounces mushrooms, diced
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons sweet paprika
2 cups beef broth
1 tablespoon caraway seed
buttered egg noodles, with
butter

Preparation

In a large bowl, add beef, bread crumbs, egg, garlic, salt and pepper. Mix together and form into meatballs roughly 1 1/2\" in diameter.
In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high. Add half the meatballs - cook until all sides are lightly browned, about 5 to 7 minutes.
Scoop the meatballs out onto paper towels to drain - repeat with remaining meatballs.
Pour off all but 1 tablespoon of the fat in the skillet and add the onion, mushrooms, carrots and celery - cook until softened, about 3 to 5 minutes.
Sprinkle in flour and paprika -whisk in flour and paprika and let cook for 1 minute.
Gradually whisk in the beef broth and bring to a boil - season to taste with salt and pepper.
Add the reserved meatballs and caraway seeds, reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer for 5 minutes.
Serve over warm egg noodles.