If someone could say Greece is well known for just one particular food I would have to say that would be the Greek souvlaki. It's easy to make and can be made low calorie as well!
Ingredients:
Soutzoukakia/Ground Meat:
1/2 kgr./1 lb ground meat
1/2 loaf of stale bread
1 garlic clove
dried cumin to taste (the more you add the spicier it gets)
salt & pepper
1 egg
olive oil
1 onion
vinegar
Souvlaki:
Pita Bread (lightly fried or toasted) or Arabic bread or good old sandwich bread
Tomatoes thinly sliced
Onions thinly sliced
Tzatziki
Red pepper/paprika
potatoes
Preparation:
* Soak the bread. When thoroughly soaked remove the crust and squeeze excess water. Place in large bowl with ground meat.
* In multi mixer place the onion, the garlic, the oil, and the vinegar until it is almost liquefied. Add to bowl.
* Add egg, salt, pepper and cumin to bowl and mix well.
* You knead the ground meat long ways aprox. finger-length.
* Roll them in flour.
* You can either fry them or skewer them on the grill outside or place them in the oven, in a lightly oiled pan, until well done.
* Open your pita bread etc. and place one soutzoukaki in the middle. Add tzatziki, tomato, onion, red pepper, a little salt, potatoes inside and close from the bottom upwards making kind of a funnel shape, small to large. Wrap with foil at the bottom so it will stay closed.
* You can leave out any of the ingredients you don't like and add more like ketchup or mustard, for example.
If you don't want to make a souvlaki you can take some of the oil that's left from frying the soutzoukakia and make a tomato sauce as follows:
Ingredients:
Soutzoukakia
Oil from frying or oven
Can of diced tomatoes
1Ts Tomato puree
1 can water
1 stick of cinnamon
3 cloves
Salt and pepper
Preparation:
* Add the oil to a saucepan along with all the above ingredients except for the soutzoukakia.
* Bring to a boil and then lower to medium heat until sauce thickens and tomatoes are cooked.
* Add soutzoukakia to sauce and boil for a few minutes more so they can soak up the sauce.
This is served with rice, spaghetti, or french fries. It is also used as a meze/appetizer with wine with or without the sauce.
Kali Orexi!! (bon appetit)
Ps If you try any of my recipes tell me about your experience, any problems you may have had and, of course, how it tasted!!
Ingredients:
Soutzoukakia/Ground Meat:
1/2 kgr./1 lb ground meat
1/2 loaf of stale bread
1 garlic clove
dried cumin to taste (the more you add the spicier it gets)
salt & pepper
1 egg
olive oil
1 onion
vinegar
Souvlaki:
Pita Bread (lightly fried or toasted) or Arabic bread or good old sandwich bread
Tomatoes thinly sliced
Onions thinly sliced
Tzatziki
Red pepper/paprika
potatoes
Preparation:
* Soak the bread. When thoroughly soaked remove the crust and squeeze excess water. Place in large bowl with ground meat.
* In multi mixer place the onion, the garlic, the oil, and the vinegar until it is almost liquefied. Add to bowl.
* Add egg, salt, pepper and cumin to bowl and mix well.
* You knead the ground meat long ways aprox. finger-length.
* Roll them in flour.
* You can either fry them or skewer them on the grill outside or place them in the oven, in a lightly oiled pan, until well done.
* Open your pita bread etc. and place one soutzoukaki in the middle. Add tzatziki, tomato, onion, red pepper, a little salt, potatoes inside and close from the bottom upwards making kind of a funnel shape, small to large. Wrap with foil at the bottom so it will stay closed.
* You can leave out any of the ingredients you don't like and add more like ketchup or mustard, for example.
If you don't want to make a souvlaki you can take some of the oil that's left from frying the soutzoukakia and make a tomato sauce as follows:
Ingredients:
Soutzoukakia
Oil from frying or oven
Can of diced tomatoes
1Ts Tomato puree
1 can water
1 stick of cinnamon
3 cloves
Salt and pepper
Preparation:
* Add the oil to a saucepan along with all the above ingredients except for the soutzoukakia.
* Bring to a boil and then lower to medium heat until sauce thickens and tomatoes are cooked.
* Add soutzoukakia to sauce and boil for a few minutes more so they can soak up the sauce.
This is served with rice, spaghetti, or french fries. It is also used as a meze/appetizer with wine with or without the sauce.
Kali Orexi!! (bon appetit)
Ps If you try any of my recipes tell me about your experience, any problems you may have had and, of course, how it tasted!!