Dezi and Penny's Greek baked meatballs

Hi I’m Dezi

And I’m Penny

And we’re team Greece from Plate of Origin. Opa! Bit of a dance before we start.

Now where going to be making dinner tonight, it’s a classic called Soutzoukakia, it’s Greek baked meatballs in a tomato sauce.

And this dish will only cost you about $5 per head, so less than $20 for a family of 4 and it’s quick, easy and most importantly it is delicious.\u2028Alright Penny, let’s get started.

Open this mince, chuck it all in, get rid of that paper.\u2028Teaspoon of oregano and half a teaspoon of Coles cinnamon.

Mmm yum, very Greek cinnamon.

Smells nice.

Alright, we’ll throw in the breadcrumbs, so one cup of breadcrumbs.

And it’s a pinch of pepper and a teaspoon of salt, a little bit extra salt, because we’re Greek and we like a bit of extra salt.

More salt the better. So always try and crack you egg on a flat surface. No mess and much easier, cracks perfect. So the next step is to put the garlic in with the mince meat.

Let’s add in the parsley to the mince mixture.

And I’ll add in the onion that’s nicely grated in here.

And then we’ve gotta squish it altogether. Coles mince is so versatile, cause it’s so budget friendly and just mince takes you a long way as a family. So now we’re going to take about two tablespoons of mince mixture into the palm of your hand and you  sort of roll them into, like ovals. Yeah…. Shapes.

There’s 16, so that made 16, perfect for a family of 4.

Now the next step is, is to peel you potato.

You know what I might start cutting the potatoes.

Yep, put them all in the bowl.

Season them with salt. Ok let’s just add the potatoes.

So now we’re up to making the passata sauce, so we’re gonna use two cups of Coles passata. We’re adding one stock cube. Chicken stock. Next we’re going to add one tablespoon of sugar and that takes out the acidy of tomatoes.

Give it a mix.

Give it a mix and a pinch of salt.

You want to grab the bowl and pour it over the meatballs?

Sure, so you gonna try and cover the meatballs first and if there’s any extra that can go on the potatoes, but there’s plenty for everybody. And that ready to go into the oven now for about an hour. Smells delicious.

Now we’re gonna drizzle a bit of the olive oil all over.

To make it nice and shiny and glossy. There you have it our Soutzoukakia Greek baked meatballs.

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