Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, greek meatballs (keftedakia). One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Keftedakia (Greek Meatballs) Recipe by evelynathens. The raw meatball mixture is quite 'loose' and needs a gentle touch, but it will hold together (trust me). In Greece, these are considered top-notch picnic fare. Leftovers make a good second meal (so make more meatballs!) the next day added to a tomato sauce and used to top.
Greek Meatballs (Keftedakia) is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. Greek Meatballs (Keftedakia) is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook greek meatballs (keftedakia) using 13 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Greek Meatballs (Keftedakia):
- Get 500 grams Beef
- Make ready 2 small Onions diced
- Prepare 2 cloves Garlic
- Get 2 sliced of White Toast Bread
- Prepare 1 medium size Egg
- Make ready 1/2 fresh Mint or dried
- Make ready 1 tablespoon Vinegar
- Get 1 tablespoon Oregano
- Get 1/4 cup Parsley chopped
- Get 1/2 cup Milk
- Take Salt and Pepper
- Make ready 1 cup All purpose flour
- Prepare 3/4 cups Oil (for frying
A traditional recipe, beautifully flavoured with red onion, fresh parsley, a touch of mint and hint of dried oregano. These meatballs are slightly crisp on the outside and are brilliant served as an appetiser with tzatiki and pita bread as part of a mezze spread (very Greek!), or as a meal with a salad. Keftedes, or keftedakia (Little keftedes!), are fried Greek meatballs, or, just to confuse you, they can be baked, or, then again, they may be called soutzoukakia, which are spiced up with cumin and baked in a spicy tomato sauce. Every ouzeri in Greece makes their version of keftedakia.
Steps to make Greek Meatballs (Keftedakia):
- In a multiblender toss in garlic and onions.
- Once chopped add in the salt, pepper, oregano, parsley, vinegar, egg basically all the ingredients except the flour and the frying oil and mix with hands.
- In a small bowl soak bread toast in milk and add into the meat mixture.
- Take a small part of meat and roll it into small balls (like you did when you were a child playing with play dough) :), and then place into flour and roll until all covered. In the meantime add the oil into a frying pan, start to add one meatball at a time. this mix should make about 20 meatballs.
- This mix should make about 20 meatballs…fry until golden brown on both sides.
- Kali Orexi!!! 🙂
Keftedes, or keftedakia (Little keftedes!), are fried Greek meatballs, or, just to confuse you, they can be baked, or, then again, they may be called soutzoukakia, which are spiced up with cumin and baked in a spicy tomato sauce. Every ouzeri in Greece makes their version of keftedakia. Every cook has their very own special recipe for keftedes. One with ouzo, one with wine, one with tomato, one with lamb meat, one with no meat! For the latter, we'll catch up on another post.
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