Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Greek meatballs with pesto rice


Preparation:
10 minutes / hours
Cooking/Baking time:
25 minutes / hours
Temperature:
degrees
Price level:
Low / Medium
Yield:
2 Persons / Quantity

Ingredients

Meatballs
2 slices
Toast
500 g
Minced Pork/beef or lamb
2 dl
Milk
2
Eggs
1 tablespoon
Flour
100 g
Feta cheese, finely chopped
1
Onion
2 cloves
Garlic
2 tablespoon
Sundried tomatoes, finely chopped
2 tablespoon
Olives, finely chopped

Pesto rice
125 g
Rice
100 g
Almonds
30 g
Parmesan cheese, grated
2 tablespoon
Basil pesto
1 tablespoon
Olive oil


Preparations

Cook the rice as instructed, and let it cool a bit.
Finely chop the onion and garlic
Chop the almonds

Approach

Put the pieces of toast in to a large bowl, pour the milk over and let it soak for a couple of minutes.
Add all the rest of the ingredients and mix it thoroughly together, until you have a blank and smooth mass.

 Heat a pan up to about 75% of max. Add some olive oil and begin to place the meatballs on the pan, make them of a quantity on a large tablespoons size.
When the meatballs a golden brown turn them over and turn the heat down to 50% power, let them simmer for about 5-7 minutes more.

Mix the rice with pesto, grated parmesan and olive oil.

Now just arrange it on a plate and maybe garnish with a bit of basil or parsley.

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