Greek Meatballs With Artichokes And Lemon Sauce

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (6 ounce) jar marinated artichoke hearts
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 2 eggs, separated
• 1 cup seasoned dry bread crumb
• 1/3 cup milk
• salt and pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon dried mint
• 1 1/2 lbs lean ground beef
• 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 3 beef bouillon cubes
• 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1 lemon

Recipe

• 1 drain artichokes and reserve marinade.
• 2 slice lemon.
• 3 in a large skillet, warm 1 tbsp reserved marinade over medium heat.
• 4 saute onion in marinade.
• 5 in a large bowl, beat egg whites lightly with fork.
• 6 add onions, breadcrumbs, milk, salt, pepper, oregano, eggs, mint and ground beef. mix well.
• 7 shape into meatballs. roll each meatball in flour.
• 8 in a large skillet, over medium heat, saute meatballs in the remaining artichoke marinade.
• 9 remove meatballs as they brown.
• 10 add water and bouillon cubes to skillet. mash bouillon cubes into water. stir until smooth and thick.
• 11 stir in lemon juice and lemon slices. return meatballs to pan. cover and cook over low heat about 10 minutes.
• 12 add artichoke hearts. cook 2 more minutes.
• 13 remove meatballs and artichokes to serving platter, leaving sauce in pan.
• 14 beat egg yolks. stir 1 tbsp sauce in pan into yolks (to temper) and combine with remaining sauce.
• 15 serve over meatballs.