{"id":3,"slug":"albanian-fried-meatballs","title":"Albanian Fried Meatballs","description":"Fried meatballs (qofte të fërguara) is an Albanian dish.","ingredients_raw":["1 slice stale bread","1 lb ground meat","1 small onion, finely-grated","2 tablespoons chopped feta cheese","2 tablespoons bread crumbs","2 tablespoons oil or melted butter","1 tablespoon chopped parsley","Salt","Pepper","Mint","Oregano","1 cup flour","1 cup oil (olive oil recommended)"],"ingredients_norm":["stale bread","ground meat","onion finely grated","feta cheese","bread crumb","oil or melted butter","parsley","salt","pepper","mint","oregano","flour","oil"],"steps":["Soak bread in water and squeeze hard to drain.","Combine soaked bread, ground meat, bread crumbs, oil or melted butter, onion, cheese, parsley, salt, pepper, and mint, and mix thoroughly.","Form mixture into 1 inch-thick patties, then sprinkle with salt, pepper, and oregano.","Roll in flour and fry in hot oil.","Serve hot with French fries or mashed potatoes."],"categories":["Meat recipes","Recipes using meat","Pan fried recipes","Main course recipes","Albanian recipes","Recipes using butter","Recipes using bread","Recipes using feta","Recipes using wheat flour","Recipes using mint"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":"4","yield_text":null,"difficulty":"medium","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Albanian_Fried_Meatballs","source_ref":"4531769","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Albanian_Fried_Meatballs&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"c0d9e325f2e6eb43d2a84a365dcb8ffe922a355a8c6a68323adbe1081883f4e3","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:34:55Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:31Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/albanian-fried-meatballs"}