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Meze Meatballs

Published: Mar 23, 2022 · Modified: Apr 23, 2025 by Deborah · This post may contain affiliate links · This blog generates income via ads · #sponsoredpost · Leave a Comment

Meze meatbals in plate with onion, cucumber and tomatoes.
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This meze meatballs recipe appeared in last month's BBC Good Food magazine, alongside another meatball recipe that we couldn't resist making...scandi-style meatballs with gravy!  We both love meze food, so this recipe really appealed.   You've got the choice to make the meatballs using either beef or lamb mince.   We went with lamb mince for the first go.   

The meatballs are full of flavour, along with the refreshing salad of cucumber, tomatoes and red onions, and houmous and tzatziki dips.   I added some olives for an extra salty hit!

It's a great dish to help yourself and build your own kebab either in toasted pitta or grilled kebab breads, or enjoy as part of a party platter.

Tips

  • Make ahead - the meatballs will keep covered and chilled for up to 24 hours.
  • This meze meatballs recipe is easily adapted if you’re cooking for less or more people.   The first time making it, I halved the recipe to feed 2 of us as a main meal.

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How to make these Meze Meatballs

Ingredients

  • 100g breadcrumbs
  • 50ml milk (I use semi-skimmed)
  • 400g beef or lamb mince
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tsp dried oregano
  • small bunch of flat leaf parsley, finely chopped
  • 1 onion, coarsely grated
  • 2 cloves garlic, finely grated
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 tbsp plain flour
  • 2 tbsp olive oil

To serve:

  • half a cucumber, chopped into chunks
  • 12 cherry tomatoes, quartered
  • 1 red onion, finely sliced
  • houmous – shop bought or homemade best basic houmous
  • tzatziki
  • 4 pittas, toasted or kebab breads, grilled (per packet guidelines)
  • olives (optional)

Instructions

  1. Put the breadcrumbs in a large bowl and add the milk. Leave for 5 minutes, or until the milk has been absorbed. Add the rest of the meatball ingredients, except the flour and oil. Season well with salt and pepper and mix everything well with your hands, then shape into meatballs a bit larger than a cherry tomato, and put onto a baking tray or plate (you should have about 24). Cover and chill the meatballs for at least 30 minutes (they will keep covered and chilled for up to 24 hours).
  2. When you’re ready to cook, tip the flour into a shallow bowl. Roll the meatballs in the flour to coat, then heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat. Fry the meatballs for 10 to 12 minutes, rolling them around the pan until nicely browned on all sides and cooked through. To serve, arrange on a platter with some chopped salad made using the cucumber, tomatoes and red onion, and bowls of houmous and tzatziki alongside.  Toast the pittas or grill the kebab breads and let everyone make their own meatball kebab, stuffing the meatballs, salad and dips into the pittas/breads.

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Meze meatbals in plate with onion, cucumber and tomatoes.

Meze Meatballs

By: Deborah
Delicious beef or lamb meatballs, with a refreshing cucumber, tomato and red onion salad, houmous and tzatziki dips.
PREP: 30 minutes minutes
COOK: 15 minutes minutes
Chilling time (or overnight): 30 minutes minutes
TOTAL: 1 hour hour 15 minutes minutes
Course: Main
Cuisine: Greek
Servings: 4 people as a main meal
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Equipment

  • Frying pan

Ingredients

  • 100 g (3.5 oz) breadcrumbs
  • 50 ml (3 ½ tbsp) milk I use semi-skimmed
  • 400 g (0.9 lb) beef or lamb mince
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tsp dried oregano
  • small bunch of flat leaf parsley finely chopped
  • 1 onion coarsely grated
  • 2 cloves garlic finely grated
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 tbsp plain flour
  • 2 tbsp olive oil

To serve:

  • half a cucumber chopped into chunks
  • 12 cherry tomatoes quartered
  • 1 red onion finely sliced
  • houmous shop bought or try our best basic houmous
  • tzatziki
  • 4 pittas toasted or kebab breads, grilled (per packet guidelines)
  • olives (optional)

Instructions

  • Put the breadcrumbs in a large bowl and add the milk. Leave for 5 minutes, or until the milk has been absorbed. Add the rest of the meatball ingredients, except the flour and oil. Season well with salt and pepper and mix everything well with your hands, then shape into meatballs a bit larger than a cherry tomato, and put onto a baking tray or plate (you should have about 24). Cover and chill the meatballs for at least 30 minutes (they will keep covered and chilled for up to 24 hours).
  • When you’re ready to cook, tip the flour into a shallow bowl. Roll the meatballs in the flour to coat, then heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat. Fry the meatballs for 10 to 12 minutes, rolling them around the pan until nicely browned on all sides and cooked through. To serve, arrange on a platter with some chopped salad made using the cucumber, tomatoes and red onion, and bowls of houmous and tzatziki alongside.  Toast the pittas or grill the kebab breads and let everyone make their own meatball kebab, stuffing the meatballs, salad and dips into the pittas/breads.

Notes

  • Make ahead - the meatballs will keep covered and chilled for up to 24 hours.
  • This meze meatballs recipe is easily adapted if you’re cooking for less or more people.   The first time making it, I halved the recipe to feed 2 of us as a main meal.

 

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Nutrition

Calories: 498kcal | Carbohydrates: 31g | Protein: 25g | Fat: 30g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 15g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 119mg | Sodium: 299mg | Potassium: 683mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 1575IU | Vitamin C: 36mg | Calcium: 147mg | Iron: 5mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

KEYWORDS beef mince, houmous, kebab, lamb mince, party food, pitta, tzatziki
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