Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, greek meatballs. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Greek Meatballs is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Greek Meatballs is something which I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have greek meatballs using 34 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Greek Meatballs:

1. Prepare For the meatballs
2. Prepare ground beef or pork, lamb, chicken, turkey (or combination of beef and pork)
3. Make ready plain breadcrumbs (paleo - omit, gluten free - use GF breadcrumbs)
4. Prepare finely chopped red onion
5. Take garlic, minced
6. Make ready finely chopped Kalamata olives (I use and recommend Lindsay Naturals Kalamata Olives)
7. Make ready chopped fresh parsley
8. Take chopped fresh mint
9. Take large egg
10. Prepare salt
11. Take freshly ground black pepper
12. Make ready paprika
13. Take ground cinnamon
14. Get freshly ground nutmeg
15. Make ready oregano
16. Make ready thyme
17. Prepare For the Roasted Vegetables:
18. Get medium eggplant (choose one that isn't too fat but more slender to avoid too many bitter seeds), peeled and diced into ¼ inch pieces
19. Take garlic, peels left intact
20. Make ready extra virgin olive oil
21. Prepare SAUCE
22. Take medium red onion, chopped
23. Prepare extra virgin olive oil
24. Make ready small red bell pepper, seeded and diced
25. Take dry red wine (or use white if using chicken or turkey)
26. Get can crushed tomatoes (I recommend certified San Marzano's from Italy)
27. Prepare chopped sun-dried tomatoes in oil, drained
28. Get salt
29. Get freshly ground black pepper
30. Prepare thyme
31. Take oregano
32. Take whole Kalamata olives, drained (I use and recommend Lindsay Naturals Kalamata Olives)
33. Get chopped fresh parsley
34. Prepare chopped fresh mint

Instructions to make Greek Meatballs:

1. First we’re going to get the eggplant going so that can roast while we’re working on the other stuff. Select an eggplant that is on the narrow side. Fat ones tend to have more seeds which results in a bitter flavor. The peel also tends to be bitter in flavor and tough in texture, so peel the eggplant completely. - - Dice it into chunks about 1/4 inch in size. You can make them larger if you prefer. - - Don’t worry about tossing them with lemon juice to prevent them from getting brown. They’re going to get very brown while roasting them anyway. - - First get the roasted eggplant and garlic going. Toss them with a little salt and the olive oil and spread them out single-layer on a lined cookie sheet. Roast for about 20 minutes or until nicely browned, turning once with a spatula after about 10 minutes. Remove Set aside. Once cool, peel and mince the roasted garlic.
2. Combine all of the meatball ingredients in a large bowl. Use your hands or a food processor to incorporate the ingredients. Form the mixture into 1-inch balls (you can make them larger if you prefer).
3. Heat about 2 tablespoons of oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat and brown the meatballs on all sides (See NOTE for oven baking method). Transfer the meatballs to a plate and set aside.
4. Add the red onions and the oil if more is needed and cook them until soft and caramelized, about 6-8 minutes. Add the red bell pepper and cook for another couple of minutes until softened. Add the wine and bring it to a rapid boil. Boil for 2 minutes.
5. Add the roasted eggplant, roasted garlic and all of the sauce ingredients, except for the olives, parsley and mint, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer uncovered for 10 minutes. Return the meatballs to the sauce, cover and simmer for another 15 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add the whole Kalamata olives, cover and simmer for another 5 minutes then stir in the chopped parsley and mint.
6. Garnish with some extra parsley and mint and serve with crusty bread, rice or orzo and a Greek or leafy green salad

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