Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, savory soutzoukakia. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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Beat the pieces of bread in a food processor. In the food processor beat olive oil, garlic, cumin, chili flakes and finely chopped mint. Add to the bowl and add the milk, ouzo, the egg, the ground beef and pork. For the meatballsStart by soaking the bread.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. 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 beef mince
- Take lamb mince
- Make ready grated onion
- Get garlic cloves (crushed)
- Make ready egg
- Get stale white bread soaked in (red or white) wine until completely soft
- Take chopped parsley
- Make ready salt, pepper
- Prepare ground cumin
- Make ready olive oil
- Take For the sauce
- Prepare tinned tomatoes or passata
- Get grated onion
- Take minced garlic cloves
- Get chopped parsley
- Prepare chopped basil
- Make ready pimento, cloves and cinnamon stick
- Make ready salt, pepper
- Take water
- Take olive oil
Lightly brush sausages with oil; this prevents sticking to the grill. Shape into oblong meatballs and shallow fry gently in oil till golden brown. Alternatively for a lighter dish, bake the soutzoukakia till golden brown. To prepare the tomato sauce for the soutzoukakia, sauté the onion in olive oil.
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.
Alternatively for a lighter dish, bake the soutzoukakia till golden brown. To prepare the tomato sauce for the soutzoukakia, sauté the onion in 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. The Smyrneika in the name is for Smyrna, or present day Izmir, Turkey.
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