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Meze meatballs

Name: Meze meatballs
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Serves 4 as a main meal or 6-8 as part of a larger meze
Ingredients: 100g breadcrumbs; 50ml milk; 400g beef or lamb mince; 1 egg; 2 tsp dried oregano; small bunch of flat-leaf parsley finely chopped; 1 onion coarsely grated; 2 garlic cloves finely grated; 2 tbsp plain flour; 2 tbsp olive oil; ½ cucumber chopped into chunks; 12 cherry tomatoes quartered; 1 red onion finely sliced; hummus; tzatziki; 4 pittas

Barney Desmazery

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Serves 4 as a main meal or 6-8 as part of a larger meze

Easy

Prep: 30 mins

Cook: 15 mins

plus at least 30 mins chilling

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Try our meatball meze with hummus, tzatziki, onion, cucumber and tomatoes. It's ideal as a family weeknight platter if people eat at different times

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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100g breadcrumbs
50ml milk
400g beef or lamb mince
1 egg
2 tsp dried oregano
small bunch of flat-leaf parsley

finely chopped
1 onion

coarsely grated
2 garlic cloves

finely grated
2 tbsp plain flour
2 tbsp olive oil

To serve

½ cucumber

chopped into chunks
12 cherry tomatoes

quartered
1 red onion

finely sliced
hummus
tzatziki
4 pittas

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Nutrition: Per serving (4)

kcal802
fat39g
saturates10g
carbs71g
sugars10g
fibre8g

high
protein39g
salt2g

Method

step 1

Put the breadcrumbs in a bowl and add the milk. Leave for 5 mins, or until the milk has been absorbed. Add the rest of the meatball ingredients, except the flour and oil. Season well with salt and pepper and mix everything well with your hands, then shape into meatballs a bit larger than a cherry tomato. You should have about 24. Cover and chill the meatballs for at least 30 mins. Will keep covered and chilled for up to 24 hrs.
step 2

When you’re ready to cook, tip the flour into a shallow bowl. Roll the meatballs in the flour to coat, then heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat. Fry the meatballs for 10-12 mins, rolling them around the pan until nicely browned on all sides and cooked through. To serve, arrange on a platter with some chopped salad made using the cucumber, tomatoes and red onion, and bowls of hummus and tzatziki alongside. Toast the pittas and let everyone make their own meatball kebab, stuffing the meatballs, salad and dips into the pittas.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2022

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