One of the most famous traditional Greek recipes! Keftedes are small meatballs flavored with oregano, parsley, and sometimes mint, which can be enjoyed with a refreshing retsina, or how to travel back to Greece this winter!
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Keftedes
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Course: Main course
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
Rest time: 120 minutes
Energy: 721 kcal / serving
Instructions
- 1. In a bowl, place all the ingredients (except the flour): ground meat, breadcrumbs or stale bread, chopped onion, egg, milk, 4 tablespoons of olive oil, and the herbs.
Season with salt and pepper.
Mix with your hands until you get a well homogeneous mixture.
Cover the bowl and let it rest in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours. This step is optional but useful for the meat to absorb the herbs and seasonings.
Then, shape small balls using the palms of your hands.
Roll the meatballs in flour. Remove the excess by gently tapping them with your fingers.
In a medium heat pan, heat the remaining olive oil. Cook for about 10 minutes, turning the keftedes from time to time so that the flour browns on each side and forms a crust around the meatballs.
Enjoy the keftedes as a mezzé or main dish, accompanied by tzatziki, homemade pita bread, and Greek salad.
Ingredients for servings
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500 g of ground beef -
80 g of breadcrumbs -
1 chopped onion -
1 egg -
10 cl of milk -
4 tablespoon of olive oil -
2 handful of fresh mint -
10 g of dried oregano -
1 tablespoon of flour -
4 pita breads -
salt (according to taste) -
pepper (according to taste) -
parsley (according to taste)
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Nutritional information *
Attention: Nutritional data incomplete. Some ingredients have not been accounted for due to missing data. Check the ingredient list to identify the missing elements.
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Per serving% RDA
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Energy value721 kcal36 %
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Fat33,68 g48 %
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of which saturated8,56 g43 %
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Carbohydrates53,02 g20 %
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of which sugar5,6 g6 %
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Protein29,91 g60 %
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Fibers6,73 g?
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* As an indication, before cooking, RDA of the EU.