Biftekia with french fries
Biftekia with french fries is a classic Greek meal of meat patties and fried potatoes.
Servings: 6 people
Equipment
- mixing bowl
- Grater
- Frying pan
- Large roasting pan
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 lbs combined ground veal and ground pork (equal parts of each)
- 1 medium yellow onion, peeled and grated (about 1/2 cup)
- 1 cup (140 grams) plain breadcrumbs
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon red wine vinegar
- 1 tbsp finely minced garlic (about 2 cloves)
- 1 tbsp salt
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/8-1/4 cup (45-60 mL) water if needed
- 3 tbsp (45 mL) white wine
- vegetable oil for frying
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl combine the ground veal and pork, the grated onion, breadcrumbs, eggs, red wine vinegar, garlic, salt, pepper, and oregano and mix well until the ingredients are all combined. If you find that the mixture is too stiff, add some of the water (up to 1/4 cup). Mix again. Your mixture should hold together nicely, retain its shape when you make a ball and be easy to work with.1 3/4 lbs combined ground veal and ground pork, 1 medium yellow onion, peeled and grated, 1 cup (140 grams) plain breadcrumbs, 3 eggs, 1/2 teaspoon red wine vinegar, 1 tbsp finely minced garlic, 1 tbsp salt, 1 teaspoon ground black pepper, 1 teaspoon dried oregano, 1/8-1/4 cup (45-60 mL) water
- Allow your meat to rest for at least 30 minutes. If longer, keep it in the refrigerator.
- Taking 1/4 cup (we use about 50 grams per bifteki) of the meat mixture at a time, shape the meat into rounded oval shapes, as pictured. They may appear really skinny, but they will expand in width and shrink a bit in length as they cook. Continue shaping your biftekia until you have used all the meat.
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- In a deep frying pan, add 1/2 inch of vegetable oil. Heat the oil and then, over medium heat, fry your biftekia until they are brown on all sides. This will take several minutes per side, and will have to be done in batches.
- As your biftekia fry, transfer them to a large roasting pan (one which will be large enough to just hold all the biftekia in a single layer). When all the frying is done, pour the oil from the frying pan into the roasting pan (which contains all of the fried biftekia). Add the white wine to the roasting pan as well.3 tbsp (45 mL) white wine
- Bake, uncovered, in the middle rack of your oven for 25 – 30 minutes, until baked through. While they are baking, you can make your french fries (recipe follows). The best way to check if your biftekia are done is to cut one in half. There should be no pink visible inside.
- Serve with a side of french fries, here's our recipe link for them, and enjoy.
Notes
This recipe will make about 24-26 biftekia.