SoudZouKaKia(soo-tsoo-KAH-kyah). Huh???!!! Yeah,I know. The name is quite a mouthful.Almost all greek dishes are named that way.It also goes by the name SmyRna Sausage/Meatballs. This dish was brought to Greece by refugees from Smyrna, modern Izmir(Turkey). A typical Greek preparation made of spicy large and elongated meatballs with cumin, cinnamon and garlic, served in a characteristic tomato sauce.It is traditionally made with ground lamb but I have made this with ground turkey. Ground chicken would go equally well.
Sending this to Joanne's Greek-Themed Regional Recipes Event and to Presto Pasta Nights
Ingredients:
Note:
Sending this to Joanne's Greek-Themed Regional Recipes Event and to Presto Pasta Nights
Ingredients:
- Any Ground Meat - 1 1/2 pound ( I used Butterball Lean Ground Turkey)
- Stale Whole Wheat Bread - 2 slices, crumbed
- Onion - 1, large
- Garlic - 3 cloves, minced
- Mint - 2 tbsp, finely chopped
- Parsley - 2 tbsp, finely chopped
- Ground Cumin - 1 1/2 tsp
- All Spice - 1/4 tsp (Cinnamon Powder can be substituted)
- Salt for taste
- Cracked pepper - 1 1/2 tsp or less
- Egg - 1, whisked
- Oil - 2 tbsp
- Bertolli Organic Olive Oil, Basil & Garlic Sauce - 1 1/2 cups
- In a large bowl, mix all of the above ingredients except the Bertolli Sauce and Olive oil.
- Knead the mixture like a dough for 5 minutes.If the mixture is mushy add crumb of another slice of bread.
- Refrigerate the mixture for an hour or so.
- Divide the mixture into 25- 30 even balls.
- Shape each balls into oblongs(mini sausages).
- Shallow fry the sausages in a wide bottomed pan in olive oil 2 minutes per side or till its evenly browned.
- Mix the Bertolli sauce with a cup of water and add it to the pan.
- Lid the pan and cool the sausages in the pan for 10-12 minutes.
- Cook for 5 more minutes without the lid or until the sauce has thickened.
- Serve it with any pasta of choice.
Note:
- A part of this can be frozen for up-to 2 weeks.
oooh nice...i think il use ground beef?
ReplyDeletewow..Looks yummy, Lassie, we love it, what a color and the name is unique too...:-)
ReplyDeleteLove
Kairali sisters
mmmmmmmm....buonissimo!aspettami per cena!!:-)))
ReplyDeleteLooks good.
ReplyDeleteThis would be an amazingly flavorful dish served up with pasta. Nice!
ReplyDeleteDont Comment on taste Dear but pics are very good
ReplyDeletewat a colorful click dear.. Another innovative healthy food dish from you. Thanx for sharing.
ReplyDeleteinteresting recipe...great picture
ReplyDeleteமிகவும் வித்தியசமான குறிப்பு...பெயரும் தான்..சூப்பப்ர்...
ReplyDeleteLooks sooo colorful and delicious...
ReplyDeleteAwesome Greek dish and great clicks.
ReplyDeleteSend me a portion please ♥
This sounds delicious. Wonderful ingredients..a nice, hearty meal:) This is making me very hungry. I am going to make my dinner now; too bad I don't have all the ingredients for this right now.
ReplyDeleteFeel like grabbing that plate, truly tempting and irresistible..
ReplyDeleteThis sounds really good. I like all those flavores going on! Yum!
ReplyDeleterecipe & name vey different..nice clicks...
ReplyDeletetrès appétissant et très tentant
ReplyDeletej'adore
bonne soirée
Un plat plein de saveurs. Il doit être délicieux.
ReplyDeleteA bientôt.
Beautiful blog. Came from Meeta's blog. great recipes, french toast with mango flavors are some of the innovative ones.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes.
those sausages look incredibly delicious! Love the Greek flavors! And the complicated name. So much fun to say.
ReplyDeletelooks so tempting! i like the spices and herbs that you added to this dish here.
ReplyDeletecolour full dear...and delisious.... tooo i would love to hve sme from it..
ReplyDeletedelicious yummy recipe..too tempting
ReplyDeleteso glad i found your blog this recipe looks DELICIOUS
ReplyDeleteSo fun to see the pronunciation. Love the crispy brown exterior of your meatballs. They look delicious.
ReplyDeletelooks perfect I had them in Turkey great job
ReplyDeleteBeautiful looking dish, it looks so good with the delicious sauce!
ReplyDeleteWhat a name for these! No matter, they look positively delicious. Love the spices in them - so different from Italian style.
ReplyDeleteAwesome!!awesome!!! really mouthwatering and yummy
ReplyDeletelooks good! I could probably make the same with ground soy, I guess. And that picture is so well taken!
ReplyDeleteHi dearie CL, hru doing there??? Always think of U when I'm having a lassi ya! hehehe ;)
ReplyDeleteWhat a splendid dish! I simply loved it...looks so yumm!
u have a good collection of variety of recipes,.. liked this greek dish.. . looks so colorful and delicious.one question did u use lamb here
ReplyDeleteOk now, this looks really yummy and i am vegetarian !! what to do what to do.... haha
ReplyDelete@PranisKitchen - Lamb should be used if you want an authentic version. I used Butterball Lean Ground Turkey. I had left it blank by mistake. Thanks for the reminder
ReplyDeleteA great comfort dinner! Yuumy!
ReplyDeleteThey look great. My mother comes from Asia Minor and we cook them a lot at our home.
ReplyDeleteKali Orexi! (or Greek for bon appetit!) This looks super - will try it with lamb since I can get hold of it very easily.
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, this recipe sounds fantastic, Lassi! You're making really really hungry, girl. I can almost smell it from here. Can't wait to try out soon. Thanks alot for sharing. Have a nice day.
ReplyDeleteCheers, Kristy