Greek meatballs with ouzo and cumin

Meatballs..... "Keftedes" in Greek... A delicious meaty treat which you can find all over the country and in many different versions. Today our keftedes have the aroma of ouzo and cumin and they come from Mytilini (producer of one of the most famous ouzos in Greece), the capital city of Lesbos island in Aegean sea

Ingredients (for 6 people):

600gr. of ground beef
250gr. of stale bread (no crust)
1 large onion, grated
2 eggs
1 tsp of ground cumin
1 ½ tsp of oregano
1 liqueur-glass of ouzo
flour for dusting
oil for frying
salt
pepper

Method:
Soak the bread in water and after a while,using your hands,drain it and pull it apart in pieces.
In a large bowl, add the meat and the bread and knead the ingredients well using your hands. Add the onion and continue mixing.

Add the eggs, cumin, oregano, ouzo, the salt and pepper and continue kneading the ingredients until they are mixed together well. Let the mixture rest in the refrigerator for 1 hour.

Using your hands, shape the mixture  in meatballs and pass them through the flour, shake them a bit to lose excessed flour.

Shallow fry them in hot oil, often turning them around with a spatula so as not to get burned.

You can eat them hot or cold, serving along with fries and green salad.

Note:
If you have plenty of meatballs left the next day, you can prepare a spicy garlicy tomato sauce and put the meatballs in and let them simmer to freshen them up.