Pretzel meatballs

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 100 g pretzel stick(s), pretzel pretzel or pretzel roll
• 200 ml beer, light, e.g. Pils
• 1 tbsp butter
• 500 g minced meat, mixed
• 1 egg(s)
• 1 tsp mustard
• Salt
• pepper
• 60 g cheese, Emmental or Gouda

Instructions

Working time approx. 10 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 15 minutes; Total time approx. 25 minutes

Soak half of the pretzels in beer. Finely dice the other half and brown them all over in hot butter. Knead the ground meat, squeezed-out pretzels, egg, diced onion, and 1 teaspoon of mustard. Season with salt and pepper. Stir in the toasted pretzel cubes. Form the ground meat into about 8 patties and fry in hot oil for 6-8 minutes on each side. Cut the cheese into strips. Cut the patties crosswise and press the cheese into the cuts. Cover and fry for another 2 minutes.