Greek Style Rissoles Recipe

More Recipes with Versatile Beef Mince

Greek Style Rissoles are a great standby meal. You can freeze them for emergencies or make them from scratch on the go - they are quick, easy and nutritious.

So what do I mean by rissole?

In my family, a rissole is a meat based pattie that is larger than a meatball, but smaller than a burger pattie.

Sometimes I roll them in a lightly whisked egg and toss them in bread crumbs, but usually, I'm in too much of a rush and skip that step.

greek style rissoles

PREPARATION TIME: 10 MINUTES
COOKING TIME: 15 to 20 MINUTES
MAKES: 12

500g (1 pound) lean beef mince
1 clove garlic, crushed and finely chopped
1 small onion, finely chopped
½ cup of fresh mint, finely chopped
2 teaspoons of dried oregano or parsley
½ cup of kalamata olives, deseeded and chopped
juice and zest from one lemon
salt and pepper to taste

Preheat your oven to 180C (360F).

Combine all the ingredients in a large bowl. Mix until just combined.

Take dessert spoonfuls of the mixture and shape in to 12 rissoles.

Using a heavy fry pan, fry the rissoles in a little oil at a moderate heat for 2 or 3 minutes each side, until nicely browned.

Transfer the rissoles to a lightly oiled oven try and bake for around 10 minutes until cooked through.

serving tips:

• Serve with a Greek style salad of cucumber, tomato, fetta cheese, onion and olives.
• Serve in a hamburger bun with salad,
• Roll in a flat bread with hummus and salad
• Make them smaller and serve them skewered on toothpicks with chilli sauce as finger food at your next party.
• Make them smaller and pop them into your kid's lunch box with some salad (and a cold pack to keep it cool).

Can be frozen.

Greek Style Rissoles: A quick and easy dinner.

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