Keftedes | Greek Meatball
For meatball lovers, give these Greek meatball a try. Remember, don't serve it with pasta.
Ingredients
- 4 slices white bread
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 3 cloves garlic pressed
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 3-4 tablespoons oregano
- 1 teaspoon Sea salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
- l pound ground lamb or beef
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1/3 cup olive oil for frying
Instructions
- Break bread into small pieces and place in mixing bowl with milk.
- Place garlic, onion, oregano, Sea salt, and pepper in blender and mix until blended and onion is finely chopped.
- Add onion mixture to bowl with milk and bread.
- Add ground lamb to bowl.
- Add eggs to bowl and mix everything together (yep, get your hands dirty!).
- Place flour on to a plate (big enough to roll the meatballs).
- Roll meat mixture into tiny balls.
- Roll each one in flour, coating the entire meatball--shake off excess.
- Flatten a bit to form a meat patty.
- Heat pan with olive oil over med-high heat.
- Add the Greek meatballs and cook for around 7 minutes, turning every few minutes. Cook until they reach a nice brown color (no pink in middle – 160F internal temperature).
- Remove from oil and let sit on paper towel. Pat dry.
- Serve these Greek meatballs along with some tzatziki and bread!
Notes
* Traditionally, it's made with mint - however, we're not big fans of it. If you would like to use it, sub out 2 tablespoons of oregano.
*Traditionally, these are rolled into balls, not flatten. We like it flatten a bit, so we do it this way :)
*Traditionally, these are rolled into balls, not flatten. We like it flatten a bit, so we do it this way :)