Author Notes: The other night when we were planning our dinner around Flaming Cheese, I thought we could also flame some loukanika, the orange scented Greek sausage so often flamed in Greek restaurants as an appetizer. Needless to say, as I was shopping for kasseri, feta, tarama, bread and all the veggies, I couldn’t find loukanika. I borrowed a few hints from MrsWheelbarrow and made a sausage like, orange scented meatball to flame. —inpatskitchen
Makes: 12 two ounce meatball patties
Ingredients
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3/4
pound ground pork
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3/4
pound ground chuck
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2
teaspoons crushed fennel seed
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2
teaspoons salt
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1
teaspoon black pepper
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zest of one medium orange
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1/2
teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
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1/3
cup dry red wine
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1
teaspoon granulated garlic
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3
ounces inexpensive brandy
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2
lemon halves
Directions
- Thoroughly mix all but the brandy and lemon together thoroughly. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
- When ready to cook, with wet hands, shape the meat mixture into 12 meatballs and flatten them slightly.
- Grill the meatballs over a medium flame until cooked through. Have a hot heavy duty saute pan ready to transfer the meatballs to.
- Transfer the meatballs to the hot saute pan. Pour the brandy into the pan and light ( don’t forget to yell Opa!).
- Extinguish the flames with a lemon half or two.
- Place the patties in a serving dish, pour any accumulated juices from the pan over them and serve hot.