A Greek dinner of pan-fried flatbreads, spiced Greek meatballs, Greek salad and tzatziki, – the ultimate Greek comfort food if you ask me.
So much flavour, and simply wonderful to eat. The breads can be swapped for pitta breads or wraps, shop-bought or homemade, – do whatever you have the time and inclination for.
The flatbreads in this recipe also freeze well, and so do the meatballs, – so any leftovers make an easy, quick lunch.
Flatbreads with Greek meatballs, Greek salad and tzatziki
A recipe for the ultimate Greek comfort food, – full of the flavours of southern sun and summer.
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Ingredients
Greek flatbreads – makes 8
- 25 g fresh yeast
- 350 ml lukewarm water
- 550 g plain flour
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- Oil or cooking spray for frying
Tzatziki
- 1 large cucumber
- 400 g Greek yoghurt
- 2-3 cloves garlic, finely grated
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 2 tbsp freshly chopped mint (optional)
- Salt and pepper
Greek meatballs
- 500 g minced beef
- 50 g feta
- 1 egg
- 1 handful flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, grated or crushed
- 1/2 chilli, deseeded and finely chopped
- 2 tbsp dried breadcrumbs
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1/2 tsp ground cumin
- 1/2 tsp ground coriander
- 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
- Salt and pepper
- 100 ml plain flour (for coating the meatballs)
- 300 ml rapeseed oil for frying
To serve
- 1 portion Greek salad or another mixed salad
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Method
Greek flatbreads
- Dissolve the yeast in the water and add the sugar and oil.
- Mix the flour and salt and stir it in a little at a time. Knead the dough, ideally in a stand mixer, until the flour is fully worked in and the dough gathers around the hook.
- Cover the bowl with cling film and a tea towel and leave the dough to rise in a warm place for a good hour.
- Divide the dough into 8 equal pieces, about 110 g each, and roll them into balls – that makes them easy to roll out into circles.
- Roll each ball out into a large circle that fits your frying pan, about 2-3 mm thick, – dust with a little flour if needed.
- Heat a frying pan over medium heat and spray it with a little cooking spray, or brush it with a little oil.
- Cook the breads for a couple of minutes on each side over medium heat, until they puff up in bubbles and are lightly golden. Use a little cooking spray each time you turn a bread and start a new one, – it gives a soft, moist flatbread.
- Stack them on top of each other as they are done and cover them with foil, – that keeps the breads soft and pliable.
Tzatziki
- Coarsely grate the cucumber and squeeze out as much liquid as possible. Put the cucumber in a sieve, season with a little salt, roughly the amount you would add to the dressing, and toss it with your hands. Leave the cucumber to drain for about 15 min., squeezing out more liquid a few times along the way.
- Meanwhile, mix the ingredients for the dressing, – stir the yoghurt together with the garlic, olive oil, lemon juice and mint. Then fold in the cucumber and season the dressing with a little white pepper and more salt if it needs it. Keep it in the fridge until serving, – ideally let it stand for a few hours.
Greek meatballs
- Mix the beef with the chopped onion, garlic, chilli and parsley, the egg, the spices and the crumbled feta.
- Add the breadcrumbs and season with salt and pepper, – leave the mixture to rest for 15 min.
- Shape the mixture into smallish round meatballs, – I made mine about 35 grams each, – and roll them in the plain flour. Make sure there is only a thin, even dusting of flour on the meatballs, – it should not sit in clumps.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan over medium heat, – there should be about 1 cm of oil in the pan.
- Fry the meatballs until golden all over, – and cooked as you like them (well done or pink in the middle).
- Serve the Greek flatbreads topped with plenty of tzatziki, meatballs and crisp salad.
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Hej,
Jeg skal lave retten til 120 personer, kan man bruge hakket kalv/flæsk, eller hakket kylling til kødbollerne? -Med prisen på oksekød går jeg fallit hvis jeg skal have til alle 🙂
Mvh. S
Hej Stine
Ja det er jo helt vanvittigt med de priser på oksekød. Jeg ville lave dem med hakket kylling, det er mega lækkert – det har jeg selv prøvet også 🙂
Warm wishes, Dianna
Og husk i øvrigt at de også kan tilberedes i ovn eller airfryer (uden coating af mel) – det må være nemmest når du skal lave så mange 🙂
Warm wishes, Dianna
Vi har prøvet opskriften et par gange og vi er vilde med den
Den skal klart på bordet næste gang vi skal have gæster
Derudover er det rart at læse andres spørgsmål omkring frysning af kødboller og brød – det er lidt lettere, når man for 12 til frokost, at det bare skal varmes op
Salaten kan jo gæres klar dagen i forvejen og så blandes på dagen. Og tzatziki kab også laves dagen i forvejen – så er det nemt at få gæster til frokost
Hej Tina
Åhhh hvor er det bare dejligt at høre – tusind tak for din dejlige besked 🙂
Og fedt at du også kan bruge kommentarerne 🙂
Og det meste kan nemlig forberedes både dagen før, eller tidligere – og opbevares på køl eller frys.
Dejlig nem gæste mad:)
Warm wishes, Dianna
Lækkert. Normalt gider jeg ikke stå og lave kødboller, men denne opskrift var nem.
Hej Tonie
Åhhh tak altså – dejligt det smage dig 🙂
Dbh Dianna
Kære Dianna,
Tak for en dejlig opskrift, alt smagte dejligt!
Jeg er hslvblods græker og har et par små tips:
Min farmor plejede at snitte agurken i små tern og tilføje lidt valnødder, som hun maste i en morter sammen med hvidløg og salt. Og så krydrede hun altid med dild (frisk, eller tørret).
Fladbrødet – for mig var 8 stukker á 100 g for store, jeg måtte reducere dem til ca.70/80 g.
Hej Sophia
Tusind tak for din dejlige besked, hvor er det dejligt at høre 🙂
Og tak for tips 🙂 Jeg bruger selv ofte dild i min tzatziki – elsker det 🙂
Må prøve med valnødder – det lyder lækkert 🙂
Warm wishes, Dianna
Hej igen. Jeg glemte at sætte stjerner.
Åhhh tak altså 🙂
Hej Pia. Kan man stege dem dagen før uden at de bliver tørre?
Hej Dianna. Det er en dejlig opskrift. Det smagte super godt. Det er ikke sidste gang jeg laver det. Tak.
Hej Pia
Det gør mig så glad at høre – tak for de søde ord 🙂
Warm wishes, Dianna
Hej, hvordan ville du håndtere brødene hvis de skulle fryses ned? hvordan ville processen da være. På forhånd tak.
Hej Malene
De kan sagtens fryses, dem du ikke får spise 🙂
Så er det bare at lune dem hurtigt på panden, eller i mikroovnen inden servering.
Og evt. pensle dem med lidt hvidløgssmør med persille 😉
Warm wishes, Dianna
Virkelig lækkert!!
Kan man fryse kødbollerne ned?
Uh, det tror jeg, at jeg vil lave i morgen til mine gæster – det ser SÅ lækkert ud. Kan man koldhæve dejen til fladbrødene over natten, hvis man er lidt i tidspres? Evt. med mindre gær?
Hej Elisabeth
Åhh hvor lyder det dejligt, – håber I bliver vilde med det 🙂
Ja det kan du sagtens gøre, – så skal du blot tilsætte 10-12 g gær i stedet for 🙂
Husk også at tage dejen ud en times tiden inden brødene skal laves, så den får lidt varme, – så hæver brødene flottere op og dejen er nemmere at arbejde med:)
Rigtig god fornøjelse 🙂
Warm wishes, Dianna
Tak for en dejlig opskrift – hele familien nød denne ret 🙂