Highland Meatballs With Mustard and Whisky Sauce

Ingredients

• 4 slices white bread (crustless and crumbled)
• 12 cup milk (for soaking)
• 1 large egg
• 34 tsp dried thyme
• 34 tsp dried rosemary
• 12 tsp coriander (ground)
• 12 cup onion
• 1 tbsp oil
• 1 34 lbs chuck (beef, or 1 3/4 lbs ground turkey or 1 3/4 lbs ground chicken)
• salt
• black pepper
• 13 cup breadcrumbs (dry, for coating)
• 4 tbsps vegetable oil
• 5 tbsps unsalted butter
• 14 cup shallot (minced)
• 1 garlic clove (minced)
• 20 ozs white mushrooms (stems removed and cut into 1/2-inch pieces)
• 14 cup scotch whisky
• 14 cup mustard (grainy)
• 2 tbsps flour
• 2 14 cups beef broth
• 1 bay leaf
• 6 carrots
• 34 in rounds
• 2 tsps sugar
• 34 in rounds
• 3 leeks
• 3 stalks celery (peeled and cut into 3/4-inch lengths, 6 ounces)
• 3 parsnips (peeled and cut into 3/4-inch lengths, 1/2 pound)
• 13 cup parsley (minced, for garnish)
• potatoes
• rice