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Greek Meatballs (Keftedes) in Pitas with Tzatziki

[heart_this] · May 18, 2007 · 3 Comments

Greek Meatballs (Keftedes) in Pitas with Tzatziki

Having seen this recipe for Greek Meatballs I just had to try it. Meatballs with dill, lemon and feta… They just have to be amazing! They are great by themselves, but toss them in a lightly toasted Greek style pita with some tomatoes, onions, and tzatziki and they are even better.

Greek Meatballs (Keftedes) in Pitas with Tzatziki

Greek Meatballs (Keftedes) in Pitas with Tzatziki

Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 20 minutes Total Time: 35 minutes Servings: 1
ingredients
  • 1 teaspoon olive oil
  • 1/2 onion (finely chopped)
  • 4 cloves garlic (minced)
  • 1 pound lean ground lamb or beef or pork etc.
  • 1 slice of bread (pulsed in a food processor)
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 1 lemon (zest only)
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon oregano
  • 1 tablespoon fresh dill or mint (finely chopped)
  • 1/4 cup feta cheese (crumbled, optional)
  • salt & pepper to taste
  • * greek style pitas
  • 1 tomato (chopped)
  • 1/2 red onion (chopped)
  • 1 cup Tzatziki sauce
directions
  1. Heat the oil in a pan.
  2. Saute the onions until tender.
  3. Add the garlic and remove from heat.
  4. Mix everything in a bowl.
  5. Roll the mixture into balls.
  6. Brown the meatballs in a pan. (About 8-10 minutes.)
  7. Lightly toast the pita in a pan.
  8. Place the meatballs, tomatoes, onions and Tzatziki sauce in the pita and enjoy.
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Comments

  1. TheRoosterChick says

    November 24, 2009 at 11:18 pm

    I've never tried Greek Meatballs before, but I love meatballs and the combination of flavors sounds delish.

    Reply
  2. Coniqua says

    December 2, 2009 at 5:08 pm

    I tried the kebab wrapped in eggplant recipe the other night, and had a generous amount of meat filling left over after making my eggplant packages. I ended up making meatball pitas just like these with the additional meat. They were quite tasty.

    Reply
  3. nlgibson says

    January 15, 2010 at 7:07 pm

    I would like to see you try exohiko on here.

    Are you married?

    Reply

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