Greek-style meatballs (Meat)

Member Name: Irene21

Product:	Meat
Date:	10/11/05 (751 review reads)
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Advantages: Totally different to the things you have tasted up to now, can be tried with soya mince

Disadvantages: none

This is a recipe given to me by a Greek housemate some years ago.
If you have been in Greece and enjoyed the meatballs, you are going to love those as well -they taste delicious! As far as vegetarians are concerned, soya-type of mince can also be used, without major differences in taste.

INGREDIENTS
For the meatballs:
500g of beef mince
250g of butter or margarine
125g rice
1 egg
1 onion finely chopped
parsley
salt
pepper

For the sauce:
2 eggs
2 lemons

METHOD
First of all mix all the ingedients together (except the butter/margarine) in a bowl for a couple of minutes. Then mould the mixture into round balls about 2.5 - 3 cm in size. It is very important to have equal proportions of all the ingredients in each meatball, since this will allow them to taste the same.
After you prepare the meatballs, put some water in a pot and place the butter and balls in it carefully. Let them cook for about 20 minutes and then let it cool.
Part one of the process is complete.

When this is done, and in a separate bowl, beat the eggs with a mixer and slowly, while beating, add the lemon juice ensuring that the sauce doesn't curdle. With a ladle, take some of the juice from the meatball pot, add to the sauce, all the time mixing. Keep doing this until all the juice has been mixed in the sauce. Your sauce (called "avgolemono") is ready.

Empty all the sauce on top of the meatballs and serve with some sprinkled parsley.

Your meatballs are ready!

Summary: A good recipe for all those who want to try something different to fish and chips.