Greek Meatballs
Greek Meatballs

Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, greek meatballs. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Greek Meatballs is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are nice and they look wonderful. Greek Meatballs is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

Greek Meatballs nutrition per serving, meatballs only. Greek Meatballs (Keftedes) - Delicious Variations. One of my personal favourite variation is the traditional fragrant soutzoukakia recipe! An amazing Greek recipe introduced to the Greek cuisine in.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook greek meatballs using 34 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Greek Meatballs:
  1. Make ready For the meatballs
  2. Take ground beef or pork, lamb, chicken, turkey (or combination of beef and pork)
  3. Get plain breadcrumbs (paleo - omit, gluten free - use GF breadcrumbs)
  4. Take finely chopped red onion
  5. Prepare garlic, minced
  6. Prepare finely chopped Kalamata olives (I use and recommend Lindsay Naturals Kalamata Olives)
  7. Get chopped fresh parsley
  8. Prepare chopped fresh mint
  9. Prepare large egg
  10. Prepare salt
  11. Get freshly ground black pepper
  12. Prepare paprika
  13. Make ready ground cinnamon
  14. Take freshly ground nutmeg
  15. Make ready oregano
  16. Get thyme
  17. Get For the Roasted Vegetables:
  18. Take medium eggplant (choose one that isn't too fat but more slender to avoid too many bitter seeds), peeled and diced into ¼ inch pieces
  19. Make ready garlic, peels left intact
  20. Get extra virgin olive oil
  21. Make ready SAUCE
  22. Get medium red onion, chopped
  23. Get extra virgin olive oil
  24. Make ready small red bell pepper, seeded and diced
  25. Prepare dry red wine (or use white if using chicken or turkey)
  26. Take can crushed tomatoes (I recommend certified San Marzano's from Italy)
  27. Take chopped sun-dried tomatoes in oil, drained
  28. Make ready salt
  29. Take freshly ground black pepper
  30. Take thyme
  31. Prepare oregano
  32. Take whole Kalamata olives, drained (I use and recommend Lindsay Naturals Kalamata Olives)
  33. Make ready chopped fresh parsley
  34. Get chopped fresh mint

These Greek meatballs are great for a party appetizer! They're made with lamb and a handful of seasonings (orange zest, mint, garlic), and rolled into perfect little bites. These Greek Meatballs can be served as an appetizer with Tzatziki sauce or as a main dish for dinner. Greek Meatballs - Keftedes or Keftethes are tasty little meat balls full of flavor!

Instructions to make Greek Meatballs:
  1. First we’re going to get the eggplant going so that can roast while we’re working on the other stuff. Select an eggplant that is on the narrow side. Fat ones tend to have more seeds which results in a bitter flavor. The peel also tends to be bitter in flavor and tough in texture, so peel the eggplant completely. - - Dice it into chunks about 1/4 inch in size. You can make them larger if you prefer. - - Don’t worry about tossing them with lemon juice to prevent them from getting brown. They’re going to get very brown while roasting them anyway. - - First get the roasted eggplant and garlic going. Toss them with a little salt and the olive oil and spread them out single-layer on a lined cookie sheet. Roast for about 20 minutes or until nicely browned, turning once with a spatula after about 10 minutes. Remove Set aside. Once cool, peel and mince the roasted garlic.
  2. Combine all of the meatball ingredients in a large bowl. Use your hands or a food processor to incorporate the ingredients. Form the mixture into 1-inch balls (you can make them larger if you prefer).
  3. Heat about 2 tablespoons of oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat and brown the meatballs on all sides (See NOTE for oven baking method). Transfer the meatballs to a plate and set aside.
  4. Add the red onions and the oil if more is needed and cook them until soft and caramelized, about 6-8 minutes. Add the red bell pepper and cook for another couple of minutes until softened. Add the wine and bring it to a rapid boil. Boil for 2 minutes.
  5. Add the roasted eggplant, roasted garlic and all of the sauce ingredients, except for the olives, parsley and mint, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer uncovered for 10 minutes. Return the meatballs to the sauce, cover and simmer for another 15 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add the whole Kalamata olives, cover and simmer for another 5 minutes then stir in the chopped parsley and mint.
  6. Garnish with some extra parsley and mint and serve with crusty bread, rice or orzo and a Greek or leafy green salad

These Greek Meatballs can be served as an appetizer with Tzatziki sauce or as a main dish for dinner. Greek Meatballs - Keftedes or Keftethes are tasty little meat balls full of flavor! Margaret's Keftedes (Greek Meatballs). this link is to an external site that may or may. Keftedes - Greek Meatballs - are crispy on the outside and super juicy within! Keftedes (κεφτέδες) are not something exotic… they are Greek Meatballs and a staple of my childhood.

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