Keftedakia in the oven
Keftedakia in the oven

Hello everybody, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, keftedakia in the oven. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Brush a pan with olive oil. Roll in flour and place on pan. Add the finely chopped tomato and the oil and garnish with the basil leaves. Season with salt and pepper and finally sprinkle with the kefalotyri.

Keftedakia in the oven is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They are nice and they look fantastic. Keftedakia in the oven is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook keftedakia in the oven using 15 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Keftedakia in the oven:
  1. Take 1 kg ground beef
  2. Prepare 100 g onions, blended
  3. Make ready 1 cup breadcrumbs
  4. Take 1/4 cup olive oil
  5. Make ready 1 cup grated kefalotyri, sometimes I use graviera (traditional Greek hard cheeses)
  6. Prepare 1 tbsp tomato paste
  7. Get salt
  8. Take pepper
  9. Get For the sauce
  10. Prepare 2 cups finely chopped tomato
  11. Take 2 tbsp tomato paste
  12. Prepare 1 little fresh basil, preferably finely chopped
  13. Take salt
  14. Prepare pepper
  15. Make ready 1 cup grated kefalotyri (Greek traditional hard salty cheese)

Squeeze excess moisture from the bread. You can also bake them in the oven though. Fat is not the enemy but I would much rather brown vermicelli in clarified butter (ghee)or drizzle the finished dish with extra virgin olive oil than waste hundreds of calories simply browning the meatballs. Greek Meatballs (Keftedes) - Delicious Variations.

Steps to make Keftedakia in the oven:
  1. Mix to combine all the ingredients for the meatballs in a large bowl and place it in the fridge for 1 hour. Then form round keftedakia (meatballs) and place them in a baking tray.
  2. Dissolve the tomato paste in 1/2 cup water and pour it over the meatballs. Add the finely chopped tomato and the oil and garnish with the basil leaves. Season with salt and pepper and finally sprinkle with the kefalotyri.
  3. Bake at 180°C for about 1 hour until the keftedakia form a crust.

Fat is not the enemy but I would much rather brown vermicelli in clarified butter (ghee)or drizzle the finished dish with extra virgin olive oil than waste hundreds of calories simply browning the meatballs. Greek Meatballs (Keftedes) - Delicious Variations. One of my personal favourite variation is the traditional fragrant soutzoukakia recipe! Place the baking dish on the middle rack of your heated oven. These baked meatballs are infused with the aromas of cumin and soaked in a tasty and rich tomato sauce, making them the perfect comfort food!

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