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Pork meatballs with mint and tzatziki

Robert Gonzal
Robert Gonzal @robert
Vancouver BC

Today was Family Day, a provincial holiday to celebrate family togetherness. After a busy day out and about, my original plan was to come home and make a simple Filipino torta for dinner. Problem was, neither my wife nor my daughter are particularly big fans of torta, and it just seemed wrong to make a Family Day dinner that the entire family wouldn't enjoy. So I took the same ingredients, added a little mint and Greek yogurt from the fridge, and made Mediterranean inspired meatballs with tzatziki instead. It was much more enthusiastically received. And pretty darned tasty, too.

Today was Family Day, a provincial holiday to celebrate family togetherness. After a busy day out and about, my original plan was to come home and make a simple Filipino torta for dinner. Problem was, neither my wife nor my daughter are particularly big fans of torta, and it just seemed wrong to make a Family Day dinner that the entire family wouldn't enjoy. So I took the same ingredients, added a little mint and Greek yogurt from the fridge, and made Mediterranean inspired meatballs with tzatziki instead. It was much more enthusiastically received. And pretty darned tasty, too.

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Pork meatballs with mint and tzatziki

Robert Gonzal
Robert Gonzal @robert
Vancouver BC

Today was Family Day, a provincial holiday to celebrate family togetherness. After a busy day out and about, my original plan was to come home and make a simple Filipino torta for dinner. Problem was, neither my wife nor my daughter are particularly big fans of torta, and it just seemed wrong to make a Family Day dinner that the entire family wouldn't enjoy. So I took the same ingredients, added a little mint and Greek yogurt from the fridge, and made Mediterranean inspired meatballs with tzatziki instead. It was much more enthusiastically received. And pretty darned tasty, too.

Today was Family Day, a provincial holiday to celebrate family togetherness. After a busy day out and about, my original plan was to come home and make a simple Filipino torta for dinner. Problem was, neither my wife nor my daughter are particularly big fans of torta, and it just seemed wrong to make a Family Day dinner that the entire family wouldn't enjoy. So I took the same ingredients, added a little mint and Greek yogurt from the fridge, and made Mediterranean inspired meatballs with tzatziki instead. It was much more enthusiastically received. And pretty darned tasty, too.

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Ingredients

30 mins
3 servings
  • Meatballs
  • 1orange bell pepper, roughly chopped
  • 1carrot, roughly chopped
  • 2celery sticks, roughly chopped
  • 1medium onion, roughly chopped
  • 1garlic clove
  • 450 glean ground pork
  • 4 tbspfresh mint, finely sliced (chiffonade)
  • 3/4 cuppanko breadcrumbs
  • Tzatziki
  • 1 1/2 cupGreek yogurt
  • 1medium long English cucumber, deseeded and chopped
  • 1 clovegarlic, minced
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • 2 tbspfresh mint, chopped
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30 mins
  1. 1

    Put the bell pepper, carrot, celery, onion and garlic in a food processor. Add a few tbsp olive oil and pulse until the veg are evenly minced. Pour the contents into a medium pan on medium-high heat. Add a pinch of salt and a few grinds of black pepper and fry for 5 or 6 minutes, until the veg are no longer wet and are just starting to caramelize. Transfer the veg to a large mixing bowl to cool.

  2. 2

    Add the pork, mint, and panko to the cooled veg. Add a few pinches of salt and several grinds of black pepper and knead with your hands to bring it all together. Don't overmix. If the mixture seems wet, add more panko a little at a time. The final mix should be moist but not so wet it sticks like glue to your fingers. Form meatballs a little larger than golf balls. You should be able to make about 12. Leave them uncovered in the fridge for 15 minutes.

  3. 3

    Add a good splash of veg oil to a large nonstick pan on medium heat. Carefully lay in the meatballs. Let fry for 15 to 20 minutes, rotating often. To check doneness, insert a thermometer into the biggest meatball. It should read 160 F. Remove the meatballs to a paper-towel lined plate to drain.

  4. 4

    In a bowl, mix together the tzatziki ingredients along with a good pinch of salt and several grinds of black pepper. Serve with the meatballs.

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Robert Gonzal
Robert Gonzal @robert
on February 22, 2022 09:30
Vancouver BC
Married dad of 1. Food fanatic. Chef's Table addict. The kitchen is my happy place.
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Hilary
Hilary @LadyHeyoka
July 10, 2022 16:29
This sounds GREAT!!!!!! Thanks for sharing ❤️❤️
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Meatball Lemon Onion Cucumber Ground Pork Mint Bell Pepper Celery Greek Yogurt Carrot Orange Garlic

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