Yia yia's Keftedes me Patates

The story
Yia yia's Keftedes is a recipe that is holy in our family. Whenever one screams the K-word, you will find all of us running to the kitchen like small children. Even my dad, who is normally not so keen on getting out of his fancy chair. However, it must be noted that these are not "normal meatballs", these are yia yia's keftedes; the meatballs of my Greek grandmother. What makes them so miraculously special is the combination of love and garlic (ever thought these two things would go hand in hand?). Yia yia was always caring and cooking for everyone, whether it would be the family, the vegetable man or a stranger, I bet she would share her food with all of them. Unless they wouldn't be a fan of garlic... Then they would have a big problem.
My grandmother died 6 years ago, but her meatballs are one of her precious legacies she left behind. Luckily, she taught my mom the craft of Greek meatball-making with love (and my mom passed it on to me). And so I am the third generation with this delicious family recipe in my hands.


Ingedients (for 3-4 persons)
* 400 gr. mince meat
* 2 cloves of garlic
* 1 onion
* 3 crumbled toasts/ biscuit rusks
* 1 egg
* 600 gr. potatoes

Spice it up with:
* fresh thyme
* 20 gr. of fresh parsly
* fresh rosemary
* oregano
* salt and pepper
* 1 lemon


Preparation and cooking
1) Peel the potatoes and cut them in pieces. Put them in an oven tray and sprinkle them with rosemary, olive oil (make sure all potatoes are covered), salt and lemon juice. Bake the potatoes in a pre-heated oven of 210 degrees, for about 50 minutes.
2) Chop the garlic, onions, parsly and thyme and mixe them in a bowl, together with 1 egg and the crumbled toasts. Season the mixture with oregano, salt and pepper.
2) Add the minced meat to the mixture and mix all the ingredients thouroughly with your hands.
3) Make small balls of the mixture by rolling them between your hand palms. Coat them with a layer of flower and fry the meetballs for about 10-15 minutes, until they are fully cooked on the inside.
4) Serve the meatballs and the potatoes on a plate and sprankle the meatballs with lemon juice.

Delicious with a salad en tzatziki on the side!