Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, savory soutzoukakia. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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.
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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have savory soutzoukakia using 21 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Savory soutzoukakia:
- Take For the meatballs
- Get 500 g beef mince
- Get 150 g lamb mince
- Get 1 grated onion
- Prepare 3 garlic cloves (crushed)
- Get 1 egg
- Get 2 slices stale white bread soaked in (red or white) wine until completely soft
- Prepare 2 tbsp chopped parsley
- Get salt, pepper
- Get 1/2 tsp ground cumin
- Make ready 1/2 cup olive oil
- Get For the sauce
- Take 500 g tinned tomatoes or passata
- Get 1 grated onion
- Take 2 minced garlic cloves
- Get 2 tbsp chopped parsley
- Make ready 1 tbsp chopped basil
- Take pimento, cloves and cinnamon stick
- Make ready salt, pepper
- Prepare 2 glass water
- Make ready 1/2 cup olive oil
Lightly brush sausages with oil; this prevents sticking to the grill. 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.
Instructions 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.
The full Greek name for this dish is Soutzoukakia Smyrneika. The Smyrneika in the name is for Smyrna, or present day Izmir, Turkey. Savory soutzoukakia beef mince • lamb mince • grated onion • garlic cloves (crushed) • egg • stale white bread soaked in (red or white) wine until completely soft • chopped parsley • salt, pepper 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). I haven't made this dish in quite some time, as I tend to think of it as more of a fall or winter meal for some reason. Soutzoukakia are delicious football-shaped meatballs made from a special meat mixture with onions, garlic, fresh herbs, and a unique spice combination, the star of which is cumin!
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