Savory soutzoukakia

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Savory soutzoukakia is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Savory soutzoukakia is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

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 get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have savory soutzoukakia using 21 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

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The ingredients needed to make Savory soutzoukakia:
  1. Make ready For the meatballs
  2. Get beef mince
  3. Make ready lamb mince
  4. Get grated onion
  5. Prepare garlic cloves (crushed)
  6. Make ready egg
  7. Get stale white bread soaked in (red or white) wine until completely soft
  8. Take chopped parsley
  9. Get salt, pepper
  10. Prepare ground cumin
  11. Get olive oil
  12. Make ready For the sauce
  13. Take tinned tomatoes or passata
  14. Make ready grated onion
  15. Prepare minced  garlic cloves
  16. Make ready chopped parsley
  17. Take chopped basil
  18. Make ready pimento, cloves and cinnamon stick
  19. Take salt, pepper
  20. Take water
  21. Prepare 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.

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Instructions to make Savory soutzoukakia:
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Remove them from the pan and set them aside.
  5. Prepare the sauceAdd 12 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.
  6. When the sauce is ready, add the meatballs and let them boil in the sauce for 10 minutes.
  7. 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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