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Ainsley's Lamb Meatballs in Tomato Sauce With Casablanca Couscou Recipe

Ainsley's Lamb Meatballs in Tomato Sauce With Casablanca Couscou Recipe

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Ainsley's Lamb Meatballs in Tomato Sauce With Casablanca Couscou

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Ingredients:

Serving

4 medium slice white bread, crusts removed
milk , for soaking
1 onion, roughly chopped
2 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
1 tbsp ground cumin
1 tsp ground coriander
500 g ground lamb
2 tbsp of chopped fresh coriander
1/2 grated unwaxed lemon, zest of
1 medium egg, beaten
1 tbsp olive oil, for frying
salt ground pepper
fresh ground pepper
1 tbsp olive oil
1 onion, finely chopped
1 garlic clove, finely chopped
o-g jar passata
1 small cinnamon stick
1 tsp caster sugar
2 bay leaves
250 g couscous
1/2 lemon , juice of
2 tbsp of extra-virgin olive oil
50 g raisins
50 g toasted pine nuts
1 tbsp chopped fresh flat leaf parsley

Directions:

Sauce:.
Heat the oil in an oven proof pan over a medium heat, add the onion and garlic and cook until just beginning to turn golden at the edges.
Add the passata cinnamon sugar and bay leaves and season bring to the boil.
Reduce heat and simmer gently for 10 minutes.
Meatballs:.
Preheat oven to 200c/400f/gas mark 6.
Soak the bread in milk and gently squeeze out until dry.
Whiz the onion and garlic in a food processor with the cumin and ground coriander, add the lamb fresh coriander lemon zest bread and beaten egg and season with salt and plenty of pepper. Mix again until well combined.
Using wet hands roll the lamb mixture into 24 walnut sized balls.
Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a large frying pan and add half the meatballs, fry over a medium high heat until brown all over
Remove from the pan with a slotted spoon and fry the remaining meatballs adding more oil if needed.
Add all of the meatballs into the tomato sauce and place on the middle shelf of the oven for 20 to 25 minutes while you prepare the couscous.
Cous cous:.
Bring 400ml salted water to the boil in a medium sauce pan. Add the couscous and stir well then cover with a lid remove from the heat and leave for 5 minutes.
Fluff the couscous with a fork and then add lemon juice oil raisins and pine nuts. Season, scatter with the parsley and serve immediately with the meatballs in tomato sauce.

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Nutrition Facts

Per Serving Per 100 g

Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories	959.81 Kcal (4019 kJ)
Calories from fat	490.32 Kcal
		% Daily Value*
Total Fat	54.48g	84%
Cholesterol	132.17mg	44%
Sodium	241.37mg	10%
Potassium	788.51mg	17%
Total Carbs	80.83g	27%
Sugars	5.69g	23%
Dietary Fiber	8.7g	35%
Protein	37.3g	75%
Vitamin C	16.5mg	28%
Iron	7.5mg	42%
Calcium	285.8mg	29%

Amount Per 100 g
Calories	286.33 Kcal (1199 kJ)
Calories from fat	146.27 Kcal
		% Daily Value*
Total Fat	16.25g	84%
Cholesterol	39.43mg	44%
Sodium	72.01mg	10%
Potassium	235.23mg	17%
Total Carbs	24.11g	27%
Sugars	1.7g	23%
Dietary Fiber	2.6g	35%
Protein	11.13g	75%
Vitamin C	4.9mg	28%
Iron	2.2mg	42%
Calcium	85.3mg	29%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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