Hey everyone, it’s Brad, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, greek meatballs. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Greek Meatballs is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Greek Meatballs is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have greek meatballs using 34 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Greek Meatballs:

1. Prepare For the meatballs
2. Take ground beef or pork, lamb, chicken, turkey (or combination of beef and pork)
3. Prepare plain breadcrumbs (paleo - omit, gluten free - use GF breadcrumbs)
4. Make ready finely chopped red onion
5. Get garlic, minced
6. Take finely chopped Kalamata olives (I use and recommend Lindsay Naturals Kalamata Olives)
7. Prepare chopped fresh parsley
8. Take chopped fresh mint
9. Make ready large egg
10. Prepare salt
11. Make ready freshly ground black pepper
12. Prepare paprika
13. Prepare ground cinnamon
14. Make ready freshly ground nutmeg
15. Prepare oregano
16. Make ready thyme
17. Get For the Roasted Vegetables:
18. Prepare medium eggplant (choose one that isn't too fat but more slender to avoid too many bitter seeds), peeled and diced into ¼ inch pieces
19. Get garlic, peels left intact
20. Make ready extra virgin olive oil
21. Take SAUCE
22. Get medium red onion, chopped
23. Prepare extra virgin olive oil
24. Take small red bell pepper, seeded and diced
25. Take dry red wine (or use white if using chicken or turkey)
26. Get can crushed tomatoes (I recommend certified San Marzano's from Italy)
27. Take chopped sun-dried tomatoes in oil, drained
28. Get salt
29. Get freshly ground black pepper
30. Get thyme
31. Take oregano
32. Prepare whole Kalamata olives, drained (I use and recommend Lindsay Naturals Kalamata Olives)
33. Prepare chopped fresh parsley
34. Take chopped fresh mint

Steps to make Greek Meatballs:

1. First we’re going to get the eggplant going so that can roast while we’re working on the other stuff. Select an eggplant that is on the narrow side. Fat ones tend to have more seeds which results in a bitter flavor. The peel also tends to be bitter in flavor and tough in texture, so peel the eggplant completely. - - Dice it into chunks about 1/4 inch in size. You can make them larger if you prefer. - - Don’t worry about tossing them with lemon juice to prevent them from getting brown. They’re going to get very brown while roasting them anyway. - - First get the roasted eggplant and garlic going. Toss them with a little salt and the olive oil and spread them out single-layer on a lined cookie sheet. Roast for about 20 minutes or until nicely browned, turning once with a spatula after about 10 minutes. Remove Set aside. Once cool, peel and mince the roasted garlic.
2. Combine all of the meatball ingredients in a large bowl. Use your hands or a food processor to incorporate the ingredients. Form the mixture into 1-inch balls (you can make them larger if you prefer).
3. Heat about 2 tablespoons of oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat and brown the meatballs on all sides (See NOTE for oven baking method). Transfer the meatballs to a plate and set aside.
4. Add the red onions and the oil if more is needed and cook them until soft and caramelized, about 6-8 minutes. Add the red bell pepper and cook for another couple of minutes until softened. Add the wine and bring it to a rapid boil. Boil for 2 minutes.
5. Add the roasted eggplant, roasted garlic and all of the sauce ingredients, except for the olives, parsley and mint, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer uncovered for 10 minutes. Return the meatballs to the sauce, cover and simmer for another 15 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add the whole Kalamata olives, cover and simmer for another 5 minutes then stir in the chopped parsley and mint.
6. Garnish with some extra parsley and mint and serve with crusty bread, rice or orzo and a Greek or leafy green salad

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