Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, savory soutzoukakia. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Greek meatballs - Soutzoukakia by Greek chef Akis Petretzikis. A authentic traditional Greek recipe to make extremely aromatic meatballs in a rich tomato sauce! These baked meatballs are infused with the aromas of cumin and soaked in a tasty and rich.
Savory soutzoukakia is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Savory soutzoukakia is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook savory soutzoukakia using 21 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Savory soutzoukakia:
- Get For the meatballs
- Make ready 500 g beef mince
- Prepare 150 g lamb mince
- Prepare 1 grated onion
- Take 3 garlic cloves (crushed)
- Take 1 egg
- Make ready 2 slices stale white bread soaked in (red or white) wine until completely soft
- Prepare 2 tbsp chopped parsley
- Make ready salt, pepper
- Take 1/2 tsp ground cumin
- Get 1/2 cup olive oil
- Take For the sauce
- Get 500 g tinned tomatoes or passata
- Take 1 grated onion
- Take 2 minced garlic cloves
- Take 2 tbsp chopped parsley
- Get 1 tbsp chopped basil
- Make ready pimento, cloves and cinnamon stick
- Prepare salt, pepper
- Get 2 glass water
- Get 1/2 cup olive oil
Above, Ground, Menu, Sauce, Vertical, Meatballs, Parsley, Background, Top, Olive, Baked, Side, Dinner, Tomato, Cuisine, Portion, Appetizer, Snack, Pork, Dish, Soutzoukakia, Food, Ball, Savory. Soutzoukakia are basically meat balls shaped like a small sausage. (Mine are probably a little longer than the usual plump soutzoukakia you find in many Greek taverns). I can remember these being. #soutzoukakia Soutzoukakia, auch Zouzoukaklia, sind griechische Hackfleischwürstchen vorwiegend vom Schwein, aber auch von Kalb, Rind, Lamm oder Geflügel, gelegentlich auch gemischt.
Instructions to make Savory soutzoukakia:
- For the meatballsStart by soaking the bread. Let the bread absorb the liquid for a few minutes. Squeeze out the liquid from the bread, crumble it and add to the large bowl with all the other ingredientsmince, onion, garlic, egg, parsley, salt, pepper, cumin, olive oil. Knead until everything has become pliable and well incorporated.
- Place in the fridge for at least an hour. The texture should be so, that you must be able to form the balls easily. The classic shape for soutzoukakia is not round, but oblong and it is medium in size.
- In a large skillet heat 2-3 tbsp of olive oil and add the meatballs. In a medium temperature brown them from all sides slowly. Don’t burn them! The whole process takes about 20 minutes.
- Remove them from the pan and set them aside.
- Prepare the sauceAdd 1/2 cup of olive oil in a pan and sauté the onion and the garlic. Then add the tomatoes, parsley, basil, pimento, cloves, cinnamon stick, salt, pepper and the 2 glass of water. Let everything simmer until the tomatoes have cooked, about 20 minutes.
- When the sauce is ready, add the meatballs and let them boil in the sauce for 10 minutes.
- Serve with rice, pasta or mashed potatoes.
Ursprünglich ein Gericht der Griechen Kleinasiens. Beef Traditional Soutzoukakia (Messini). by neilsongreece. Greek Baked Meatballs: Soutzoukakia. by themediterraneandishrecipes. Greek Meatballs in Tomato sauce (Soutzoukakia). Las soutzoukakia o albóndigas de Esmirna (en griego σουτζουκάκια σμυρνέικα, soutzoukakia smyrneika) Mira otros diccionarios: Soutzoukakia — (griechisch σουτζουκάκια ‚kleine Soutzouki.
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