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Baked Lamb Meatballs with Potatoes

Cumin-scented lamb shaped into little sausage ovals and baked in a dish with potatoes under a tomato sauce. A complete one-dish main, best with pickles and a salad.

  • YieldServes 6
  • Hands-on45 min
  • Total1 h 59 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

  • 750 glamb, finely minced
  • 3 sliceswhite bread, stale, crusts removed
  • 2 clovesgarlic, crushed
  • 1 tbspflat-leaf parsley, chopped
  • 1 tspground cumin
  • 1 tspsalt
  • ½ tspblack pepper, freshly ground
  • 750 gpotatoes, peeled and halved
  • 60 gunsalted butter, melted

Tomato sauce

  • 60 gtomato paste
  • 250 mlwater
  • ½green bell pepper, small, chopped
  • ½ tspsugar
  • ½ tspsalt
  • ¼ tspblack pepper, freshly ground

Contains

  • Gluten
  • Dairy
  • Wheat
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Tomato
  • Potato (white)
  • Bell (sweet) pepper
  • Onion family (any)
  • Garlic
  • Parsley
  • Black and white pepper
  • Cumin
  • Yeast
  • All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
  • Lamb and mutton

Taste

  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Aromatic spice

Texture

  • Tender-braised

Equipment

  • Oven
  • Food processor

Season

  • Fall
  • Winter

Occasion

  • Weekend project

Effort

  • 20–45 min active
  • 1–3 hours total
  • Difficulty 3
  • Leftovers-friendly
  • One pot
  • Kid-friendly

Nutrition

  • Calories: moderate
  • Protein: high
  • Carbs: moderate
  • Fat: high
  • Fiber: moderate
  • Sodium: moderate

Budget

  • Budget: moderate

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