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Meatball mix
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Meatball mix

Ground meat, chicken or fish, or cooked mashed legumes, mixed with grated onion, herbs and spices, sometimes egg and breadcrumbs, and shaped into patties or balls.

⏱ 1 min

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Mix the ground meat with the salt and black pepper until evenly combined.
  2. 2
    With wet hands, shape patties the size of golf ball.
    💡Wet hands don't stick to the mixture, and the patties come out smooth and even.
318calories
21 gprotein
0 gcarbs
25 gfat
● protein 27%● carbs 0%● fat 73%

Per serving (125 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

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⚙️ What you can change

  • Possible additions: Ground meat · Grated pumpkin · Grated onion · garlic · Grated tomato · Parsley · Cilantro · Mint · Egg · Breadcrumbs · Flour · Cumin · Paprika · Chili pepper · Turmeric · Cloves · Baharat · Cinnamon · Parboiled rice · Rice soaking (minutes) (30) · Lemon juice · Tomato paste · olive oil · Kneading (3 minutes) · Chilling before shaping (30) · Flat patties (burgers) (4) · Resting after shaping (30) · Ground lamb · Blanched ground leek · Potatoes · Soaked bread · Lemon zest · Legumes cooked until falling apart · Number of kebabs on the skewers (12) · Number of patties (20) · Thickness of the flat patties (2 cm) · Green onion · Ginger · Cornstarch · Worcestershire sauce · Soy sauce · Spinach steamed with the onion · Steamed mashed cauliflower · Steamed mashed sweet potato · White cheese · Grated yellow cheese · Parmesan · Baking powder · Grated carrot · Flat patties of a set diameter (6 cm) · Olives · Ricotta · Nutmeg · Oregano · Cardamom · Seven spices · Soaking the salted fish (hours) (24) · Cooked grated beet · Cooked quinoa · Dill · Oats · Oil for your hands when shaping · Cauliflower cooking time (minutes) (8) · Fine bulgur, soaked and squeezed · Cooked chopped broccoli · Bulgarian cheese (feta) · Allspice · Size of the skewer portions (Egg) · Finger size (10 cm long) · Chopped green beans · Bulgur soaking water · Sumac · Smoked paprika · Semolina · Extra ground fish · Half the onion in the mix · Sugar · Matzo meal · Stock in the mix · Harissa · Ground coriander · Red wine · Vinegar · Long covered chilling (at least 4 hours) · Couscous soaked in boiling stock · Boiling stock for the couscous · Tomatoes cooked in the fried onion (minutes) (5) · Stuffed-vegetable insides fried with the onion (the chopped vegetable flesh) · Meat fried with the vegetable insides · Pine nuts
  • Legume cooking time (minutes): 15
  • Patty size: golf ball
  • Steaming time (minutes): 10
  • Verb for draining and rinsing: drain and rinse
  • Bulgur soaking time (minutes): 15
  • Couscous soaking time (minutes): 5
  • Frying time for the vegetable insides (minutes): 3

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