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Mititei-Spicy Garlicky Grilled Sausages.

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Mititei-Spicy Garlicky Grilled Sausages.

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by Kukla

Mititei-Spicy Garlicky Grilled Sausages.

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by Kukla

  • This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Street Food
  • Sagegreen's Testing Notes: If you have any fear of making your own sausages, this might be the recipe for your to try. With a simple almost magical step of adding baking soda and sparkling water, wait overnight for...

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    Kukla's Notes: Legend has it that Mititei were invented one evening at an inn called “La Iordache” in Bucharest, well-known for its sausages, when the kitchen ran out of casings. My Mom’s family lived...

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Serves Makes 12

One third each ground pork, lamb and beef for a total of 3-31/2 lbs meat or only half beef and half pork Ask a question about this ingredient

1 teaspoon baking soda Ask a question about this ingredient

2 tablespoons coarse salt Ask a question about this ingredient

1 tablespoon freshly ground black pepper Ask a question about this ingredient

1/2 tablespoon coriander Ask a question about this ingredient

1 teaspoon cumin Ask a question about this ingredient

1 teaspoon dried thyme Ask a question about this ingredient

10 cloves garlic Ask a question about this ingredient

1/4 cup sparkling water Ask a question about this ingredient

  1. Double grind the meat and garlic, include a few fattier pieces in the mixture, it keeps the meat rolls moist and tender. Mix well all the ingredients together. Dissolve baking soda in the sparkling water and beat into the mixture.

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  2. Keep a bowl of water handy to wet your hands; form into 4 inch sausage shapes. Transfer the sausages to fridge to set for a couple of hours or ideally overnight - this is an important step that helps the meat in coming out tender.

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  3. Grill on a hot grill, turn once (about 4 minutes on each side). Serve inside an oval shaped bread rolls(scoop out some soft part of the roll) with mustard that doesn’t have a lot of vinegar (brown mustard) topped with pickled and drained (or grilled) red onions mixed with strips of roasted bell peppers and herbs. Add a cold beer on a lazy summer evening and you are in heaven.

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  4. You can also first brown the Mititei in a medium-hot skillet and finish cooking in a preheated to 375 degrees oven for about 15 more minutes or deep-fry them. It doesn’t really matter that much what method you use, anyway Mititei are tender, juicy and delicious.

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6 Comments on Mititei-Spicy Garlicky Grilled Sausages.

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I made these today and they were delicious! I made the sausages this morning, let them sit in the refrigerator, and grilled them on my rimmed grill pan on the stove top, then finished the cooking in the oven. So delicious! I was amazed at the texture... they really resembled store-bought sausages in their texture. We enjoyed them with some whole-grain mustard and sauteed onions and bell peppers. Thanks for a great recipe! I know I'll make this many, many times.

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CarlaCooks, Thank you so much for your nice comment! I am thrilled that you liked the Mititei. A comment like yours, gives us home-cooks, the courage to enjoy even more sharing our favorite recipes. Thanks’ again and best regards from Los Angeles!

Ab_sum Reply

Looking forward to making these this weekend!

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Thank you Sagegreen!
I am hope you will love them, as much as we do; and please let me know if you did or even not.

Ab_sum Reply

Well I have made a batch that will rest overnight for grilling tomorrow. They were really fun to make. At first I thought you had meant coriander leaves, but then I figured you meant the dry spice. I used some grassfed ground beef from the farmers's market with sausage, no lamb. Can't wait to try!

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Dear Sagegreen!
Thank you for the email!
I apologize for not answering right away.
Yesterday we celebrated Fathers Day at my Daughters house and came home late.
I am so glad that you enjoyed the Mititeis; that proves how many times the expression “Not you’re Mamas’…..” Is wrong.
For me all I learned from my Mom, my aunt and mothers of my close friends are Fool Proof recipes, which work time and again.

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