Greek Turkey Meatballs

Here is another great idea for ground turkey. This recipe has so many different flavors going on
you really don't need to serve a dipping sauce with them, however they go really really well with
tzatziki.

Greek Turkey Meatballs

Ingredients

1 Tbs olive oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
½ medium yellow onion garlic
1 slice bread pulsed into crumbs ( I used pita bread, I thought it was fitting )

zest of 1 orange
1 tsp oregano
½ tsp cinnamon
2 Tbs chopped fresh mint
Pinch of red pepper flakes
Salt and fresh ground pepper
1 pound ground turkey

Directions

In a sauce pan heat 1 tbs oil over medium heat and add the garlic and onion and red pepper flakes, cook for 1 minute then let cool.

Meanwhile crumble turkey into large bowl,

scatter the mint, orange zest, oregano, cinnamon, ½ of the bread crumbs and salt & pepper. Gently mix, then add the cooled garlic, onion mixture and continue to mix until combined.

Then form 1- 11/4 inch balls and transfer to a plate or cookie sheet. (see note for neato trick to rolling out meatballs)

heat a large pan over medium to medium high heat, and working in batched cook the meatballs until brown on all sides and cooked through. Serve with tzatziki!

*Neat trick to making meatballs, courtesy of another blogger

http://coconutlime.blogspot.com/

Roll about a cup of the meat mixture out into a log

then cut into pieces about 1 tbsp for your mini meatballs.

Then place the pieces into a wire mesh strainer and sprinkle some more bread crumbs over them.

Toss and roll the meatballs around in the strainer over a bowl or the sink and you’ll have lightly-coated, perfectly round meatballs.

How brilliant is that?