House & Home - Keftedes (Cypriot Meatballs)

Ingredients

• 1 cup finely chopped stale Eliopita or other bread or ½ cup breadcrumbs
• ¼ cup 2% milk
• 1 lb (450 g) ground pork
• 1 lb (450 g) lean ground beef
• 1½ cups grated russet potato (1 large potato, skin on, scrubbed well)
• 1 cup grated cooking onions (1 medium)
• 1 cup finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves and tender stems
• 2 tbsp dried mint or ¼ cup finely chopped fresh mint
• 2 large eggs, beaten
• 1½ tsp sea salt
• 1 tsp fresh ground pepper
• 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
• Light olive oil or sunflower oil, for frying