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🍽️ Meatballs with Tomato and Mint

592 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 Onion
• 3 Garlic cloves
• 2 tbsp Butter
• 600 g mixed minced meat
• 1 Egg
• Breadcrumbs (as needed)
• 2 Tomatoes
• 100 g Feta
• 2 tbsp freshly chopped mint
• 1 pinch Lemon zest
• Salt
• Pepper (from the mill)
• Paprika powder
• 3 tbsp Vegetable oil
• Mint (for garnish)

Instructions

1. 1. Peel the onion and the garlic.
2. 2. Dice the onion and one clove of garlic very finely.
3. 3. Slice the remaining garlic cloves into thin slices.
4. 4. Heat one tablespoon of butter in a pan.
5. 5. Sauté the diced onion and garlic briefly until they are translucent.
6. 6. Remove the pan from the heat.
7. 7. Soak the bread roll in some lukewarm water.
8. 8. Squeeze the bread roll well and crumble it into small pieces.
9. 9. Add the squeezed bread roll and the onion-garlic mixture to the minced meat in a bowl.
10. 10. Add the egg.
11. 11. Mix all ingredients well together.
12. 12. Knead some more breadcrumbs into the mixture if needed.
13. 13. Peel the tomatoes.
14. 14. To do this, pour hot water over the tomatoes briefly and shock them immediately in cold water.
15. 15. Quarter the tomatoes and remove the core.
16. 16. Dice the tomatoes finely.
17. 17. Set aside two tablespoons of the diced tomatoes.
18. 18. Form 12 small meatballs from the meat mixture.
19. 19. Fry the meatballs in the remaining butter and oil until golden brown.
20. 20. Fry the meatballs for about three to four minutes on each side.
21. 21. Add the garlic slices and the reserved diced tomatoes to the pan in the last one to two minutes.
22. 22. Garnish the finished meatballs with fresh mint leaves.
23. 23. Serve the meatballs hot.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 592
• Protein: 36 g · Fett/Fat: 46 g · Carbs: 9 g