Recipe

Greek Style Meatballs With Yogurt Dipping Sauce Recipe

	Sosousme / All my dishes 3 weeks ago I made this up to serve as an appetizer. My guests loved them. Prep:20m Cook:10m Servings:6	Sosousme
	easy tasty different lindysez lamb ground sirloin

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Ingredients

For the dipping sauce:

1 cup Greek style yogurt, (if you can't find Greek style, any yogurt will work, just won't need to thin it so much. Even can be made with non-fat or low-fat)

3/4 cup minced fresh cilantro

1/2 cup chopped fresh mint leaf

1 1/2 tablespoons minced jalapeno pepper

2 cloves garlic, minced

Salt and pepper, to taste

Additional milk to thin to desired consistency

For the meatballs:

3/4 pound lean ground lamb

1/2 pound lean ground beef

1/2 cup fresh bread crumbs, or as needed (when making the meatballs, the meat should hold together and not feel too loose, if it does, add a little more bread crumbs)

1 egg, lightly beaten

2 cloves garlic, minced

1/2 cup chopped Kalamata olives (I used a combo of chopped Kalamata and Italian oil cured green olives

1/3 cup crumbled Feta cheese

1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro

1 teaspoon dried (and in this case dried is better than fresh) mint

1 teaspoon cumin (or to taste)

1/2 teaspoon coriander

1/2 teaspoon cardamon, (optional)

Salt and pepper, to taste

Directions

For the dipping sauce: Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl. Thin as needed with some milk until you achieve a sauce that clings but is not overly thick. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

For the meatballs: Combine all the ingredients in a large bowl, mixing well with your hands. TEST a meatball by putting a small one in and small bowl and heating in the microwave for 30 seconds, taste and adjust seasonings to your liking. Make small, just bite sized, balls. Set on a rimmed cookie sheet. (These can easily be made the day before; cover the sheet with foil and place in the refrigerator.) Set the oven to 400 degrees; when hot, cook the meatballs, shaking the pan once or twice, for about 10 minutes.

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