
Moroccan meatballs with herb couscous
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Prep Time
20 mins
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Cook Time
20 mins
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Servings
4
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Cuisine
Moroccan

Moroccan meatballs with herb couscous
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Moroccan spice-flavoured meatballs in a thick tomato sauce served with herb cous cous.
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Ingredients
Meatballs:
- 500 gm beef or lamb mince I used organic, extra lean mince
- 1 onion grated
- 1 garlic clove crushed
- a pinch of dried chilli flakes as hot as you would like. I used smoked chilli flakes
- 2 Tbs dukkah
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- salt it needs a fair bit and pepper
- olive oil for frying
Sauce:
- 1 onion finely chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic crushed
- 2 x 400gm tins of chopped peeled tomatoes
- 200 ml chicken or lamb stock
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp chilli flakes again I used smoked
- salt to taste
- fresh coriander/cilantro to garnish
- Herb couscous
- 200 gms couscous I prefer wholewheat couscous, it's tastier and better for you
- a glug of olive oil or 50gms of butter I prefer using olive oil
- 350 ml chicken stock
- 1/2 bunch parsley chopped 2 T of chopped
- 1/2 bunch coriander/cilantro chopped 2 T of chopped
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Instructions
- Mix all the ingredients for the meatballs together in a bowl until well combined. Use your hands if possible
- Roll into smallish meatballs
- Heat the olive oil in a non-stick pan and fry the meatballs in batches until nicely browned on all sides then set aside
- Lightly fry the onions, garlic and spice ingredients for the sauce in the meatball pan (with a dash more olive oil) until softened - about 5 minutes.
- Add the tomatoes and the stock. Bring to a boil and then reduce to a simmer - cook for about 10 minutes until slightly thickened
- Add the meatballs back into the sauce and allow them to finish off cooking - about 8 - 10 minutes depending on how big your meatballs are
- To make the couscous, pour the hot stock and olive oil over the grains in a bowl. Cover and allow to stand until all the water has been absorbed. Fluff up with a fork and mix in the freshly chopped herbs to serve.
- Scatter over some roughly chopped coriander to bring in more freshness.
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