Keftedàkia ( Greek Meatballs)
Author/ Συγγραφέας: Katerina
Recipe type/ Τύπος Πιάτου: Appetizer / Main Course
Cuisine/ Κουζίνα: Greek
- ½ kilo ground beef
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 egg
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 130 gr. stale bread
- 1 tsp spearmint, dried
- 1 tsp oregano, dried
- 1 tsp salt
- 3 tbsp of parsley finely chopped
- A handful of cheese, I used emental but any yellow cheese would do
- ¼ cup olive oil
- Flour to coat the keftedakia
- Olive oil for frying them
- In a bowl put the bread and soak it in water.
- In another bowl put all the other ingredients.
- Remove the bread from the water and drain it very well, so as to become something like a pulp.
- Add it to the rest of the ingredients and knead with your hands until everything is incorporated.
- In a plate add the flour.
- Take in your palm a small quantity and roll it to become a small ball.
- Put it in the flour and roll it so as to be coated with flour.
- Repeat with the rest of the ground meat.
- In a deep pot pour about 1½ cups of olive oil.
- Put the pot on the stove in high heat and when the oil is ready fry the meat balls in batches.
Recipe by Culinary Flavors at https://www.culinaryflavors.gr/keftedakia-greek-meatballs/
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