Olive and Feta Cheese Meatballs


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Ingredients

18 ounces (500 g) of ground beef meat
5 tablespoons of stoned green olives
5 ounces (140 g) of feta cheese (1 ½ oz for topping + 3 ½ for mixture)
4 tablespoons of dried breadcrumbs
7 tablespoons of milk
4 tomatoes
2 eggs
3 tablespoons of olive oil
1 big onion
2 teaspoons of capers
Salt and pepper

Preparation

1
Soak breadcrumbs in milk in a small bowl.
2
Peel and chop onion.
3
Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a pan over medium heat. Add onion and let it melt gently.
4
In a salad bowl combine meat, eggs and breadcrumbs. Add salt.
5
When onions are translucent and soft, take them off heat and let them cool down.
6
Chop olives and feta cheese. Combine with meat mixture.
7
When onions have cooled down a little, add to mixture along with capers.
8
Shape into meatballs. (Don’t make them too big, they would be more difficult to keep in one piece. A good size is slightly bigger than the tomato slice you’re going to add on top ;-) )
9
Preheat oven to 350° F (180° C/Th 6).
10
Heat in a pan over medium/high heat 2 minutes on each side.
11
Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil to an ovenproof dish and dispose meatballs.
12
Rinse and slice tomatoes.
13
Add a tomato slice on top of each meatball. Top with feta cheese, 1 tablespoon of olive oil, salt and pepper.
14
Bake in oven for 15 minutes or until feta cheese has a nice golden color.
15
Serve with gratin dauphinois, green asparagus, mushroom baked potatoes or spinach soufflés.

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