Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, savory soutzoukakia. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Savory soutzoukakia is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Savory soutzoukakia is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
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. Beat the pieces of bread in a food processor.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have savory soutzoukakia using 21 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Savory soutzoukakia:
- Prepare For the meatballs
- Take beef mince
- Prepare lamb mince
- Take grated onion
- Take garlic cloves (crushed)
- Get egg
- Take stale white bread soaked in (red or white) wine until completely soft
- Prepare chopped parsley
- Prepare salt, pepper
- Prepare ground cumin
- Make ready olive oil
- Prepare For the sauce
- Take tinned tomatoes or passata
- Make ready grated onion
- Get minced garlic cloves
- Get chopped parsley
- Make ready chopped basil
- Make ready pimento, cloves and cinnamon stick
- Prepare salt, pepper
- Make ready water
- Make ready olive oil
History of Soutzoukakia Soutzoukakia is an iconic Greek dish of braised meatballs in a spiced tomato sauce that comes from the Greeks who lives in the Asia Minor, or present day Turkey. The full Greek name for this dish is Soutzoukakia Smyrneika. See recipes for Soutzoukakia with chickpeas too. In a large bowl, mix together ground beef, onion, raisins, and parsley.
Steps 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.
See recipes for Soutzoukakia with chickpeas too. In a large bowl, mix together ground beef, onion, raisins, and parsley. Season with cayenne pepper, cinnamon, coriander, nutmeg, sugar, salt, and pepper, and mix well. Lightly brush sausages with oil; this prevents sticking to the grill. Soutzoukakia (soo-tzoo-kah-kya) are one of my husband's and my favorite Greek dishes (despite the fact that the first time I made them for him, they were terrible because they needed salt like whoa).
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