Giouvarlakia (rice meatballs)

Name: Giouvarlakia (rice meatballs)
Yield: 3-5 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 500 g ground beef; 6 tbsp short-grain white rice; 1 medium onion, grated; 1 handful chopped parsley; 2 eggs; salt; pepper; 1/2 tsp ground cumin; 2 medium lemons; 1/2 cup olive oil

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Greece

Easy, delicious, a treasure of the Greek cuisine.

Recipe by τσιγαρο

Easy, delicious, a treasure of the Greek cuisine.

Recipe by τσιγαρο

Cookpad Greece @cook_8238176

Greece

Easy, delicious, a treasure of the Greek cuisine.

Recipe by τσιγαρο

Easy, delicious, a treasure of the Greek cuisine.

Recipe by τσιγαρο

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Ingredients

3-5 servings

500 gground beef
6 tbspshort-grain white rice
1medium onion, grated
1 handfulchopped parsley
2eggs
salt
pepper
1/2 tspground cumin
2medium lemons
1/2 cupolive oil

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Steps

1

In a bowl, place the mince, 2-3 pinches of salt, pepper, the cumin, the rice, the grated onion, the chopped parsley and one of the eggs.
2

Mix well, and let rest for half an hour in the fridge.
3

In a large pot, bring water to the boil, with salt and the oil.
4

Roll the mince mixture into medium sized balls, and place them into the boiling water. Let simmer over medium heat for 25 minutes.
5

Lower the heat. In a bowl beat the second egg and add the juice of the lemons, while continuing to beat. Ladle a little of the hot soup into the egg mixture, gently and while continuing to beat it.
6

Having warmed the egg mixture, pour it into the soup pot, stirring gently, and raise the heat to medium. Let cook for 5 minutes, and serve.