Substances
Serves 4 (or 2 adults and three kids)
1 slice bread, whizzed or grated into crumbs
½ tbsp dried mint
1½ tbsp dried oregano
200g/7oz feta
2 giant purple onions, lower into chunks
3 tbsp olive oil
1 lemon
2 x 400g tins chopped tomatoes
1 tbsp granulated or caster sugar, or pure sweetener equivalent to xylitol or agave syrup
½ tsp floor allspice or cinnamon
salt and freshly floor black pepper
To serve
Cauliflower rice, cooked rice or couscous.
Technique
1. Preheat the oven to 220C/200C Fan/Gasoline 7. Put the mince, breadcrumbs, mint, ½ tablespoon of the oregano and ½ teaspoon of freshly floor black pepper in a mixing bowl. Finely crumble in 75g/2¾oz of the feta, then use your palms to squish the elements collectively till properly blended. (This may assist the mince grow to be tender, too.) Roll the combination into 20–25 small meatballs.
2. Put the meatballs and onion chunks right into a roasting tin wherein they’ll match snugly in a single layer. Drizzle over the olive oil, give the tin a superb shake, then roast for 10 minutes.
3. Give the tin one other shake to launch any caught meatballs, then flip each over and roast for an extra 10 minutes, till the meatballs are browned.
4.Zest the lemon and preserve the zest contemporary for serving by wrapping it in a chunk of damp kitchen paper. Juice the lemon and blend the juice with the tomatoes, sugar or sweetener, the remaining dried oregano and the allspice or cinnamon. Use 200ml/7fl oz water to swill out the tomato tins and stir this in too. Pour the tomato sauce everywhere in the meatballs and onions, flip the oven right down to 200C/180C Fan/Gasoline 6 and bake for 35 minutes extra.
5. Test the meatballs are cooked by means of and the sauce has thickened. Season to style. To serve, spoon the meatballs over cauliflower rice, cooked rice or couscous, crumble over the remaining feta and sprinkle with the lemon zest.
Suggestions
i) Some readers could need to serve this with little roasted potatoes, popped within the oven alongside the traybake.
ii) If you’re a household of two, it’s value placing half into the freezer. If you’re feeding 4 or 5, why not double the portions and bake in two tins in order that the sauce thickens properly because the meatballs prepare dinner: as soon as cool, the tin might be lined and put straight into the freezer. Defrost totally within the fridge in a single day, then cowl with foil and warmth by means of in a preheated oven at 180C/160C Fan/Gasoline 4, or heat smaller parts within the microwave or on the hob.
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