Albanian Fried Meatballs
Greek dish with stale bread, ground meat, onion.

- prep 9 min
- cook 21 min
- total 30 min
- serves 4
- intermediate
- Greece
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
- Soak the bread in water and squeeze hard to drain.
- Combine the soaked bread, ground meat, bread crumbs, oil or melted butter, onion, cheese, parsley, salt, pepper, and mint.
- Mix thoroughly.
- Form the mixture into 1 inch-thick patties.
- Sprinkle with salt, pepper, and oregano.
- Roll in flour.
- Fry in hot oil.
- 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.