Mediterranean Meatballs

Can you image the ideal of having a meatballs into a mediterranean way? I DO.. I had created this recipe by knowing the simple basic what mediterranean normally cooked with.

Mostly of you already know, might or not that lemon, garlic, spices and olive oil are the most essential items in order to cook any mediterranean dishes. Italians use breadcrumbs, eggs, spices, tomatoes and etc to make those well-famous meatballs.

I decided to use ground turkey instead of ground beef because I wanted to make it more lighter and tasty. Ground beef can use for this recipe as long go for more lean ones.

1 pounds -1.25 pounds of Ground Turkey

1 soaked bread (White or Wheat)- soaked with a water and squeezed the liquid out

1 egg

2 to 3 teaspoon of grated garlic- more if you are a totally garlic lover or less if you are not crazy over

Couple squeeze of fresh lemon

Couple dashes of coriander (dried cilantro) and marijoram

Bunches of chopped fresh cilantros

Mix it all up and shape it into the meatballs. Bake it at 350 degree until it's fully cooked.

Put all of cooked meatballs into the spaghetti sauce - ANY sauce even it could be organic, homemade or anything as your preference. For this recipe, I used the Merzzetta Napa Valley Bistro All Natural Homemade Style Marinara. I love this flavor of the sauce because it's all natural even it's no sugar and paste involved. Also it's GLUTEN FREE too.

Cut slice of baguette and bast it with little bit of Olive Oil. Put it into the oven (400 degree) until it gets little bit of golden brown on each sides.

Put 2 meatballs on each grilled baguette (each) with some of the sauce. Sprinkle some of cheese (your choice or none) with fresh chopped cilantros on top.

I did enjoyed eating those and would make it for sure! It's a perfect for light summery meal because it's not too heavy.

καλή όρεξη! It's a greek word for "Enjoy your meal!"