Greek Meatballs – Meatballs

For a long time, I wanted to taste Greek food, to experience personally whether our dishes are as similar as they say. Kismet was to do this under the umbrella of Kadir Has University.

Last week, Culinary got a question if you would like to assist Dimitrios Triantaphyllou with his school lunch. Of course, I happily answered yes to this question.

We started preparations around 8:30 in the morning. The menu created by Dimitrios included moussaka, meatballs, tzatziki, almond revani, spinach pie in baklava, shrimp with sauce, Greek salad, lamb legs in the oven, and Greek cheeses.

Dimitrios is not a professional, but he is both dexterous and pleasant in the kitchen. Even though we sometimes wonder if we can raise it, we prepared everything on time and perfectly.

When I told him that I wanted to publish one of these delicious recipes, especially meatballs, on my blog, he happily accepted. The meatballs recipe we made was actually his mother's recipe :)

At the end of the day, I realized that Greek cuisine is really similar to our dishes in name and structure. But there are differences in the recipes we prepare, even if not in terms of structure, but in terms of materials used.

Again efharisto poli to Dimitrios for this educational and enjoyable day :)

Greek Meatballs – Ingredients for Meatballs Recipe

• 250 g veal + 250 g minced lamb
• 4 slices of white bread with crust
• 2 onions finely chopped
• 1 clove of garlic,
• 2 pieces of eggs
• cumin
• thyme
• nane
• finely chopped parsley
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 4 tablespoons of ouzo or raki

Also The Turkish soaking bread slices some ouzo or raki for

Flour for making flour dumplings

Oil for frying

Those who do not want to use alcohol can use water or milk…

Greek Meatballs – How to Make Meatballs Recipe?

1.  Take the minced meat in a deep bowl, add the onion-garlic, soaked with ouzo, crumbled bread and all the spices.
2. Knead the minced meat well until it turns into a ball, cover it with cling film and put it in the refrigerator.
3. Prepare walnut-sized balls by removing the minced meat from the fridge that you have kept for 1 night.
4. Heat a lot of oil in a deep pot or pan. After dipping the meatballs in flour, fry them and put them on a paper towel-lined tray.
5. Serve alone or with garlic yoghurt.