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Pork and Mint Keftas
Preparation time:
20 minutes
Cook time:
15 minutes
Ingredients
Metric
Imperial
| 500 g | 1.1 lb | Olymel ground pork |
| 2 | 2 | shallots, finely chopped |
| 2 | 2 | cloves garlic, finely chopped |
| 80 ml | 1/3 cup | chopped mint leaves |
| 15 ml | 1 tbsp | bread crumbs |
| 5 ml | 1 tsp | cumin |
| 5 ml | 1 tsp | oregano |
| Salt and pepper to taste | ||
| 4 | 4 | large pita breads |
| 60 ml | 1/4 cup | mint leaves |
| 1 | 1 | tomato, sliced |
| 0.25 | 1/4 | small red onion, sliced |
| 125 ml | 1/2 cup | plain yogurt |
| 15 ml | 1 tbsp | harissa or other hot sauce |
| 1 | 1 | Juice and zest of lime |
| Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste |
Preparation
Yogurt sauce
- In a bowl, combine all ingredients and refrigerate. Season.
Keftas
- In a bowl, combine all ingredients. Form elongated patties and insert a bamboo skewer previously soaked in water into each. Flatten meat slightly with your hands.
- On a pan or on the BBQ, cook keftas over medium-high heat 4 to 6 minutes per side or until meat is well done.
- Serve keftas on toasted pita bread with mint leaves, tomato slices, onion slices and yogurt sauce.
- If you prefer you can replace yogurt sauce with tzatziki sauce.
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