Anelia's Kyufteta or Bulgarian Roasted Meatballs

Name: Anelia's Kyufteta or Bulgarian Roasted Meatballs
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 12-14 meatballs, 2-3 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1/2 lb pork, chopped (not too fatty); 1/4 lb ground beef; 1 onion, finely chopped; 1/2 cup of crumbled bread (preferably at least a day old); 1 egg; black pepper, ground; white pepper, ground; 1 1/2 teaspoons dried thyme (or as much fresh as you like); 1 teaspoon grated nutmeg; salt

Submitted by Nelka

"Once again one of my boyfriend's favourites. He never gets tired of these meatballs or of my cutlets and he often requests both at the same time. Grilling is also a nice option although you might want to put more beef or more bread so that the mixture gets thicker."

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Ready In:: 35mins
Ingredients:: 10
Yields:: 12-14 meatballs
Serves:: 2-3

ingredients

¹⁄₂ lb pork, chopped (not too fatty)
¹⁄₄ lb ground beef
1 onion, finely chopped
¹⁄₂ cup of crumbled bread (preferably at least a day old)
1 egg
black pepper, ground
white pepper, ground
1 ¹⁄₂ teaspoons dried thyme (or as much fresh as you like)
1 teaspoon grated nutmeg
salt

directions

Put all the ingredients in a bowl and knead well.
Form the mixture into balls approximately 1’ in diameter and flatten them until ½’ thick.
Place the balls in a baking tin spread with a bit of oil or cooking spray and roast at medium or high heat 15 min or until golden brown.
Turn the meatballs over and roast another 5 min until golden brown on the other side too.
When ready immediately remove from tin and place on kitchen paper to absorb excess fat.
Serve hot.

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Reviews

Very hearty and filling, depending on the size of the onion, a single one should be enough, and 425F in the oven seemed to do the trick for the baking time in the recipe. The meatballs paired very well with http://www.food.com/recipe/bulgarian-lentil-soup-110844# and had a nice flavor to complement the soup. I will definitely be making this again!

Raumltsel Feinschme

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What can I say? I love to cook. And I love to eat. <br> <br>As I am Bulgarian and as I live in Bulgaria I'm bound to do and to post the recipes for many typical Bulgarian or Balkan dishes - like the potato moussaka, the tikvenik and the tarator. You can check out all those and some other Bulrarian recipes posted by other people on the site in my specially devised public cookbook. I hope you try and like them. Bon apetit!

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