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Greek Meatball Recipe (Keftedes/Keftedaki)

Written by Published on Updated on May 20, 2019 in Appetizers

Everyone loves meatballs, whether they are Italian/American, Middle Eastern, Spanish, German, Swedish, meatballs in sauces, baked, fried are just delicious to eat.   Greek meatballs aka Keftedes/Keftedaki is on the top of  the Greek appetizer list, and it is certainly one of the best comfort food dishes.

I have lost count on how many different versions exist for this Greek recipe of Keftedes, I don’t think and I certainly don’t remember if I have ever eaten the same Keftedaki recipe twice, well except at home when my mom used to make them.  One day coming back from school many many moons ago, I remembered that I could smell my mom’s cooking half way up the block.  I always had a habit of never walking in through the main door of the house, but always from the backyard door, onto the porch and straight into the kitchen.  Ohhhh!!! that smell of mom’s cooking was just so  yummy. 🙂

I prefer baking vs frying because it is healthier, but this time around I thought why not fry and enjoy Keftedakia the traditional Greek way..:)  

GREEK MEATBALL RECIPE (KEFTEDES/KEFTEDAKI)

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Ingredients
  

  • 500 grams of Beef
  • 2 small Onions diced
  • 2 cloves of Garlic
  • 2 sliced of White Toast Bread
  • 1 medium size Egg
  • 1/2 fresh Mint or dried
  • 1 tablespoon Vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon Oregano
  • 1/4 cup of Parsley chopped
  • 1/2 cup Milk
  • Salt and Pepper
  • 1 cup of All purpose flour
  • 3/4 cups of Oil (for frying

Instructions
 

  • In a multiblender toss in garlic and onions.
  • Once chopped add in the salt, pepper, oregano, parsley, vinegar, egg basically all the ingredients except the flour and the frying oil and mix with hands.
  • In a small bowl soak bread toast in milk and add into the meat mixture.
  • Take a small part of meat and roll it into small balls (like you did when you were a child playing with play doug:), and then place into flour and roll until all covered. In the meantime add the oil into a frying pan, start to add one meatball at a time. this mix should make about 20 meatballs.
  • This mix should make about 20 meatballs…fry until golden brown on both sides.

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Welcome to a small corner of my Greek Heritage. Growing up in New York from Greek parents, was a challenge of its own...but the traditional food, tastes and aromas that my mother cooked always travelled me back to Greece. My mother is a wonderful cook, our house would always have that smell of home cooked food. I remember very clearly that we were only allowed fast food, once a week, that was a huge day for myself and my brother. Jumping up and down in the back car seat, laughing, just being kids. It is true that we all like to eat different foods, taste, smell, even try food that looks different than our regular meals at home and I think that is so natural. In my teens, I was not really into cooking, I enjoyed my magazines after school, listening to music, and just taking a breather. There were times that I would glance at some of my mom's recipes, more out of curiosity than to actually try to cook them. At that time I did not realise that cooking would become my passion one day. Slowly, I would start to look into my mom's recipes a bit more each day and I started to find it interesting as a hobby. Each month I would go into our neighborhood bookstore and pick up my monthly book, until one day I decided to stroll over into the cooking section. That summer was the first time I actually bought a cooking magazine....and I loved it. Cooking and baking started out as a hobby, but now after many years it is my passion. Exploring the cuisines, the spices, the oils, the scents, the variety of smells and tastes that exist. It was and still is an amazing journey without limits. So, come along with me on this adventure, and I hope you enjoy my recipes. Sophie

12 Comments

  1. chefkreso
    October 2, 2017 at 1:58 pm  ·  Reply
    Thanks for the recipe, I plan on going to Greece next year so this would be a great recipe to try out before going there :D
  2. Italian Goodness
    October 2, 2017 at 3:54 pm  ·  Reply
    Yummm! These meatballs look delicious and beside the use of mint and the lack of ricotta cheese the recipe is pretty much the same as the Italian meatball. I know baking is healthier, but fried meatballs are so much better!
  3. mistimaan
    October 2, 2017 at 4:53 pm  ·  Reply
    Nice recipe
  4. MoJo
    October 4, 2017 at 4:40 am  ·  Reply
    So you can either bake or fry these?
  5. juliarecipes
    February 3, 2018 at 1:14 am  ·  Reply
    Will need try this recipe, looks very interesting 😄

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