Greek Meatballs (Keftedakia)
Greek Meatballs (Keftedakia)

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, greek meatballs (keftedakia). One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Bite-size (or a little bit larger) meatballs made from ground beef or usually ground pork or sheep or a mixture, along with all those tasty Greek herbs (especially fresh mint as both my grandmothers used) and then fried in olive oil, today it is mostly beef. The meat was ground at home if you were lucky enough to have a meat grinder. Mix meats, onion, garlic, salt, pepper, oregano and mint.

Greek Meatballs (Keftedakia) is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Greek Meatballs (Keftedakia) is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook greek meatballs (keftedakia) using 13 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Greek Meatballs (Keftedakia):
  1. Get 500 grams Beef
  2. Take 2 small Onions diced
  3. Prepare 2 cloves Garlic
  4. Get 2 sliced of White Toast Bread
  5. Prepare 1 medium size Egg
  6. Get 1/2 fresh Mint or dried
  7. Prepare 1 tablespoon Vinegar
  8. Make ready 1 tablespoon Oregano
  9. Make ready 1/4 cup Parsley chopped
  10. Take 1/2 cup Milk
  11. Take Salt and Pepper
  12. Get 1 cup All purpose flour
  13. Get 3/4 cups Oil (for frying

The mixture is shaped into small balls which are then fried in olive oil. 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. Keftedes, the famous Greek meatballs, are a sure crowd pleaser when served in meze platters. Every ouzeri in Greece makes their version of keftedakia.

Instructions to make Greek Meatballs (Keftedakia):
  1. In a multiblender toss in garlic and onions.
  2. 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.
  3. In a small bowl soak bread toast in milk and add into the meat mixture.
  4. 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.
  5. This mix should make about 20 meatballs…fry until golden brown on both sides.
  6. Kali Orexi!!! 🙂

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! To prepare the meatballs (keftedes), finely chop the onion and garlic. In the meantime, add in a large bowl the minced pork along with the egg, the breadcrumbs and chopped parsley. Season well with salt and pepper.

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