Grandma's Meatballs

Ingredients

For the meatballs

• 250 g beef mince
• 250 g pork mince
• 2 eggs
• 3-4 slices of bread, soaked in water and squeezed dry
• 1 onion, grated
• 1-2 cloves garlic, grated
• ground allspice
• cumin
• plenty of dried oregano
• salt
• black pepper
• a little olive oil

For frying

• flour, for dusting
• olive oil, for frying

Method

1. Put both minces in a large bowl with the eggs, the soaked and squeezed bread, and the grated onion and garlic.
2. Season generously: salt, black pepper, a good pinch of allspice and cumin, and plenty of oregano. Add a little olive oil.
3. Mix everything together with your hands until just combined.
4. Shape into small meatballs — keep them fluffy, not tight. That's grandma's secret.
5. Roll each one lightly in flour.
6. Fry in hot olive oil until browned all over. Serve.