Skewered Greek Meatballs

By jab120638

Ingredients

• 1 cup Greek yogurt (2 percent)
• 1 medium cucumber, peeled, seeded, and grated
• 3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh mint
• 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest, plus 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
• Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper
• 1/2 recipe Ground-Meat Mix (about 1 3/4 pounds)
• 3/4 cup finely crumbled feta cheese
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh oregano
• 1/4 teaspoon crushed red-pepper flakes
• Extra-virgin olive oil, for hands and baking sheet

Details

Servings 1
Preparation time 15mins
Cooking time 15mins
Adapted from marthastewart.com

Preparation

Step 1

Make the dipping sauce: Mix together yogurt, cucumber, mint, lemon zest and juice, and 3/4 teaspoon salt in a medium bowl; season with pepper.

Make the meatballs: Gently mix together meat, feta, oregano, and red-pepper flakes in a bowl; do not overmix. Form mixture into thirty 1 1/4-inch meatballs. (You may need to oil your hands to prevent mixture from sticking.) Slide 5 meatballs onto each of 6 metal skewers.

Preheat broiler, with rack in top third of oven. Lightly brush a rimmed baking sheet with oil. Broil skewers on baking sheet until just cooked through and deep golden brown, about 8 minutes. Serve with dipping sauce.