Authentic Soutzoukakia Smyrneika

Name: Authentic Soutzoukakia Smyrneika
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 min
Ingredients: 800 grams ground veal or beef; 3 slices white bread without the crust; 1/3 cup red dry wine; 2 ½ tbsp lemon juice; 2 tbsp olive oil; ½ tsp salt; 1/8 tsp cinnamon; 1/8 tsp freshly grated black pepper; 1/8 tsp ground allspice,; 1/8 tsp cumin; 1 very large clove garlic (about 1 tsp); Olive oil, for frying (about 1 cup for a small deep frying pan); ¼ cup olive oil, divided; 1 small onion; 500 grams (1.10 lbs) tomato puree; 1 tin whole tomatoes with the juice (400 gr. – 14.11 oz); ½ cup water; 1 large tbsp thyme honey; ¼ tsp cinnamon; Freshly ground black pepper; 3 allspice berries; 1 tsp salt

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Prep Time: 30 minutes

Cook Time: 45 minutes

Total: 1 hours, 15 minutes

Servings: 50

Author : Ivy Liacopoulou

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Instructions

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Step 1

Puree the onion together with 2 tbsp olive oil in a foodprocessor.

Step 2

Heat the remaining olive oil and sauté the onion for a few minutes and then add all the spices and stir to get out their fragrances. Add the tomatoes and water, bring to a boil, lower heat and simmer for about 20 minutes, until the sauce is thick.

Step 3

Meantime, soak the bread together with the wine, lemon juice and 2 tbsp olive oil.

Step 4

Squeeze the bread and use the fluid to puree the garlic in afood processor. Then add the bread in the food processor and mix.

Step 5

Put the ground meat in a bowl with all the spices and bread.Mix well and let it rest for about ½ to 1 hour in the refrigerator for the flavours to mix.

Step 6

Shape the meatballs into oblong small sausages, around 8 cm (3 inches) long. Heat about an inch of olive oil in a skillet and fry them just until lightly golden brown on both sides. Remove them directly into the sauce.

Step 7

Bring the sauce to boil, lower heat and simmer for aboutanother 20 minutes until sauce thickens.

Step 8

Soutzoukakia in the air fryer: I used the option for drumsticks. This function is for 20 minutes at 180oC / 350oF. I set the timer at 10 minutes in order to check how they were doing and at 10 minutes they were perfect. Check the post for more details.

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