Mario's Bifteki

Ingredients for 5 servings:

• 1 kg minced meat
• 5 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp garlic oil
• 1 tbsp chili oil
• 8 tsp, heaped gyro seasoning or other meat seasoning
• 2 tsp lemon juice, preferably freshly squeezed
• 1 tsp, heaped oregano
• 1 tsp, heaped paprika powder, sweet or hot, to taste
• 1 egg(s)
• some stalks of parsley, fresh
• 6 tbsp breadcrumbs
• 5 slice(s) feta cheese, approx. 5mm thick

Instructions

Working time approx. 20 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 10 minutes; Total time approx. 30 minutes

Simple, quick, and incredibly delicious. This will make you the hero of your Greek night and save any barbecue!

For the marinade, pour the oil into a bowl. If you only have olive oil, use only that. Add the seasoned salt, lemon juice, oregano, and paprika to the oil and mix everything thoroughly. Finely chop the parsley. Place the minced meat in a sufficiently large bowl. Add the marinade, egg, breadcrumbs, and parsley and knead everything together well. (It’s best to prepare the minced meat a few hours in advance so it can marinate for a few hours in the refrigerator.) Take the minced meat in 200g portions and shape each into a round disc about 15cm in diameter. Place the feta cheese on one half and fold the other half over it. Lightly press the edges of the minced meat to seal it. Then cook in a pan, in the oven, or even better, on the grill until browned to your liking. Serve with a Greek farmer’s salad, tzatziki, garlic sauces and dips, flatbread, and Djuvec rice, or whatever you like. Don’t forget the imiglikos! Yamas, my dear friends! Note: I recommend ground beef. This can also be mixed with ground lamb. Otherwise, mixed ground meat will also work. If you like, you can also add a diced onion and/or 2 to 3 crushed garlic cloves to the ground beef. The feta can also be replaced with mozzarella, if desired.