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Oven-baked meatballs with feta cheese filling

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Ingredients for 4 servings:

  • 500 g minced meat, mixed
  • 5 tbsp breadcrumbs
  • 1 tbsp mustard, hot (Düsseldorfer)
  • 1 tsp, crushed paprika powder, hot
  • 1 tsp, levelled black pepper
  • 1 tsp, leveled salt
  • 4 tsp, heaped chives (freeze-dried)
  • 200 g crème fraîche with herbs
  • 1 m.-sized egg(s)
  • 20 cubes of feta cheese (small cubes)

Instructions

Working time approx. 25 minutes; Rest time approx. 15 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 30 minutes; Total time approx. 1 hour 10 minutes

Preheat oven to 200 degrees Celsius. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Mix everything except the feta cubes, form portions with a heaped tablespoon, and press the feta cubes into the center. Makes approximately 20 meatballs = 1 tray with 4 rows of 5 meatballs each. Bake for 20 minutes on the middle rack at 200 degrees Celsius. Finish cooking with the grill on for another 10 minutes.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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