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Greek Pork and Beef Keftedes

Family-style Greek meatballs of beef and pork loosened with grated onion, tomato and milk, scented with dried mint, chilled to firm up, rolled in flour and shallow-fried to a deep brown crust.

  • YieldServes 4
  • Hands-on1 h
  • Total1 h 37 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

  • 180 gground beef
  • 180 gground pork
  • 100 glarge red onions, grated or minced (about 2 onions)
  • ½large tomato, grated, skin discarded
  • 2¼ tspground dried Greek mint
  • to tastesalt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 70 mlmilk, up to 95 ml, as the meat will take it
  • 10 gplain dried bread crumbs, up to 20 g, only as needed to hold the shape

For frying

  • 75 gall-purpose flour, for dredging, seasoned with salt and pepper
  • to tasteolive oil, enough for a 2.5 cm depth in the pan

Contains

  • Gluten
  • Dairy
  • Wheat
  • Olive
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Tomato
  • Onion family (any)
  • Onion
  • Mint
  • Black and white pepper
  • Yeast
  • All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
  • Beef and veal
  • Pork
  • Lactose
  • FODMAPs (any)

Taste

  • Sweet
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Herbal / fresh

Equipment

  • Stovetop

Season

  • Any season

Occasion

  • Entertaining
  • Meal prep

Effort

  • 45–90 min active
  • 1–3 hours total
  • Difficulty 2
  • Make-ahead friendly
  • Leftovers-friendly
  • Kid-friendly

Nutrition

  • Calories: low
  • Protein: moderate
  • Carbs: low
  • Fat: moderate
  • Fiber: low
  • Sodium: low

Budget

  • Budget: moderate

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