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POPULAR → TOP RATEDCumin, garlic and bread soaked in wine — the Smyrna recipe, not the Athenian one.
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The sauce, the cure, the dough, the dressing — a restaurant makes these itself, and so will you. Every one below is a full sub-recipe: its own ingredient list, its own method, its own yield and shelf life. Nothing says «use shop-bought».
A few ingredients to show you what the dish is built on. Every one on the full list carries a gross and a net weight per portion, and a note on what you can swap it for where you live.
Beef mince000 g
Stale bread000 g
Red wine000 g
Garlic000 g
Cumin000 gMost of what goes wrong is decided at the counter, before you cook anything. These are filmed by the chef: what to buy, how to tell it is good, and how to set your own kitchen up for it.
Cumin: whole, toasted and ground to order
Rolling them long, not round
Frying then braising in one pan
Written the way a restaurant writes a technical card: one operation per step, each with its own time and temperature. 13 of the 17 carry a photo of what it should look like at that moment, and 4 carry a short clip for the parts a still cannot show.
Hardest step: keeping them soft through the braise — step 10 of 17.
Read the whole method before you start, then weigh everything out. Every timing below assumes the next ingredient is already within reach.
Free preview3 things Dimitris Vlachos watches for every service. You can read what they are right now — the answer to each one comes with the recipe.
Resting the mix an hour before rolling
Frying to colour only, not through
Finishing in the sauce covered
The bread-to-meat ratio that keeps them soft after an hour in sauce, and how much cumin is Smyrna rather than curry.
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