Mediterranean Meatball Appetizers
From sean_mcgee 16 years ago
- 20 minutes to make
- Serves 8
Meatballs are fun--no matter what the presentation is. In this preparation, I am using lamb, but you can use any meat you have on hand. This is also yet another application for Goat Cheese, which I have been experimenting with extensively in the past week or so.
Ingredients
- 1 pound of ground lamb (Or other meat. pork works well.) shopping list
- 1/2 cup of breadcrumbs shopping list
- 3 Tablespoons of Semi-soft goat cheese shopping list
- 1 Teaspoon of dried basil or a handful of fresh basil shopping list
- 1 Teaspoon of dried thyme or 1 Tablespoon of Fresh thyme shopping list
- 1 egg shopping list
- 1/2 Teaspoon of salt shopping list
- 1 Teaspoon of pepper shopping list
- Dash of balsamic vinegar (I used about a tablespoon.) shopping list
- 1/4 cup of flour (for dredging) shopping list
- 1/4 cup of white wine shopping list
- 2 Tablespoons of orange juice concentrate shopping list
How to make it
- Combine the meat, breadcrumbs, cheese, basil, thyme, egg, salt, pepper and vinegar in a food processor.
- Roll mixture into small 1 1/2 inch meatballs.
- Heat some oil in a skillet. (Preferably Olive Oil)
- Dredge the meatballs in the flour.
- Pan Fry as many meatballs as possible in the skillet for about 10 minutes.
- At this point, the pan should have some nice crusty morsels in the bottom of it.
- De-glaze the pan with the white wine.
- When the wine comes to a boil, add the OJ Concentrate and stir to make sure it dissolves.
- Cover and allow to simmer for another 10 minutes on low heat.
- Remove the meatballs from pan and place on a platter with some toothpicks.
- You can also mix the white wine reduction with some plain yogurt, salt, and garlic for a cool dipping sauce. (optional)
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