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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

"SoudZoukakia" - SmyRna Sausages

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:
  • 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
Procedure:
  • 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.
Makes 25-30 mini sausages.

Note:
  • A part of this can be frozen for up-to 2 weeks.

37 comments:

  1. wow..Looks yummy, Lassie, we love it, what a color and the name is unique too...:-)

    Love
    Kairali sisters

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  2. mmmmmmmm....buonissimo!aspettami per cena!!:-)))

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  3. This would be an amazingly flavorful dish served up with pasta. Nice!

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  4. Dont Comment on taste Dear but pics are very good

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  5. wat a colorful click dear.. Another innovative healthy food dish from you. Thanx for sharing.

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  6. மிகவும் வித்தியசமான குறிப்பு...பெயரும் தான்..சூப்பப்ர்...

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  7. Awesome Greek dish and great clicks.
    Send me a portion please ♥

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  8. 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.

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  9. Feel like grabbing that plate, truly tempting and irresistible..

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  10. This sounds really good. I like all those flavores going on! Yum!

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  11. très appétissant et très tentant
    j'adore
    bonne soirée

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  12. Un plat plein de saveurs. Il doit être délicieux.
    A bientôt.

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  13. Beautiful blog. Came from Meeta's blog. great recipes, french toast with mango flavors are some of the innovative ones.
    Best wishes.

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  14. those sausages look incredibly delicious! Love the Greek flavors! And the complicated name. So much fun to say.

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  15. looks so tempting! i like the spices and herbs that you added to this dish here.

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  16. colour full dear...and delisious.... tooo i would love to hve sme from it..

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  17. so glad i found your blog this recipe looks DELICIOUS

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  18. So fun to see the pronunciation. Love the crispy brown exterior of your meatballs. They look delicious.

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  19. Beautiful looking dish, it looks so good with the delicious sauce!

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  20. What a name for these! No matter, they look positively delicious. Love the spices in them - so different from Italian style.

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  21. Awesome!!awesome!!! really mouthwatering and yummy

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  22. looks good! I could probably make the same with ground soy, I guess. And that picture is so well taken!

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  23. Hi dearie CL, hru doing there??? Always think of U when I'm having a lassi ya! hehehe ;)

    What a splendid dish! I simply loved it...looks so yumm!

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  24. 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

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  25. Ok now, this looks really yummy and i am vegetarian !! what to do what to do.... haha

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  26. @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

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  27. They look great. My mother comes from Asia Minor and we cook them a lot at our home.

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  28. Kali Orexi! (or Greek for bon appetit!) This looks super - will try it with lamb since I can get hold of it very easily.

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  29. Oh 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.
    Cheers, Kristy

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