Ouzo Meatballs
photo by Baby Kato
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 29.58 ml olive oil
- 1 onion (medium, finely chopped)
- 500 g ground meat (better beef of beef-lamb mix)
- 44.37 ml bread (crumbs)
- 1 egg
- 14.79 ml flour
- 14.79 ml dill (fresh or frozen, chopped)
- 14.79 ml mint (fresh or frozen, chopped)
- 14.79 ml parsley (fresh,or frozen, chopped)
- 29.58 ml ouzo (or any anised spirit)
- 4.92 ml pepper
- 4.92 ml salt
- 78.78 ml wine, white or 78.78 ml milk
directions
- Fry onions in olive oil until golden.
- Mix fried onion and all other ingredients together. For this step I use a food processor provided of a spiral dough hook.
- Grease a baking mold with olive oil.
- Grease your hands and shape small balls of about 2’’.
- Bake under the grill for about 15 Minutes or until lightly browned und through.
- Serve warm or cold.
- Note: After cooking or just before finishing you can add to the mold the content of 1 tin canned tomatoes, fried onion, parsley, salt and pepper. Bake until boiling and serve.
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Reviews
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We LOVED this! The flavours were amazing! I used all beef, but want to try it again using half beef and half lamb next time. I had to use dried dill and mint, and i also added a little dried rosemary. i used white wine, which I soaked the breadcrumbs in for a few minutes at the start. I "slipped" a little with the ouzo and ended up using maybe a tablespoon or so extra. We really loved the flavour the ouzo gave! I made 15 meatballs, and baked them in the oven at 200C for about 20 minutes. We couldn't decide how to serve them, so we had them 2 ways. The first, we served just as they were, with a trio of tzatziki, hummis, and taramasalata. This was everyone's favourite. The second way we had them was to make the tomato sauce mentioned at the end of the recipe. This was really tasty too, and i thought the flavour of the ouzo actually came out stronger this way. We will definately be making these again, thankyou for sharing! [Made for PRMR]
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This is a great recipe find, Awalde! I used ouzo, fresh parsley and mint from the garden, fresh local free range grass fed beef and lamb. I skipped sauteing the onions; rather minced them finely with the herbs and garlic in a mini food processor. I would consider next time increasing the ouzo to 3 tablespoons but will be very careful because too much of the anise flavor could quickly and easily overpower the other flavors. Baked the meatballs on parchment-lined jelly roll pan for about 25 minutes @ 350º F. The meatballs were served over simple plain red quinoa accompanied by a medley of roasted vegetables. Thanks for posting! Definitely a recipe of Best of 2011 caliber.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Artandkitchen
Switzerland
I'm a wife, mother, beekeeper, food addicted and lover of nature as well as travels.
Travelling I discovered the pleasures for the food, his colors, taste and spices. Now I?m really devoted to food photography and I love experimenting with new recipes to share them with my family and the world.
My main inspirations:
Italy: my roots
Switzerland: homeland
Greece: adopted homeland
Travelling: spices and dreams
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