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Albanian Fried Meatballs

Greek dish with stale bread, ground meat, onion.

Albanian Fried Meatballs
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Ingredients

  • 1 slice stale bread
  • 1 lb ground meat
  • 1 small onion
  • 2 tablespoons feta cheese
  • 2 tablespoons bread crumbs
  • 2 tablespoons oil
  • 1 tablespoon parsley
  • to taste salt
  • to taste pepper
  • to taste mint
  • to taste oregano
  • 1 cup flour

Steps

  1. Soak the bread in water and squeeze hard to drain.
  2. Combine the soaked bread, ground meat, bread crumbs, oil or melted butter, onion, cheese, parsley, salt, pepper, and mint.
  3. Mix thoroughly.
  4. Form the mixture into 1 inch-thick patties.
  5. Sprinkle with salt, pepper, and oregano.
  6. Roll in flour.
  7. Fry in hot oil.
  8. Serve hot with French fries or mashed potatoes.

Adapted from “Albanian Fried Meatballs”, Wikibooks Cookbook, CC BY-SA 4.0. This adaptation is shared under the same licence.

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