This Greek-inspired lamb and feta meatballs with tomato sauce recipe makes a quick and simple midweek meal.
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Ingredients
- 3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed with ¼ tsp salt
- 4 large ripe tomatoes, skinned, deseeded and roughly chopped
- 500g lamb mince
- 20g bunch fresh mint, leaves picked and chopped, plus extra leaves to serve
- 20g bunch fresh flatleaf parsley, leaves picked and chopped
- 1 egg
- 200g Discover Greek Feta
- 50g pine nuts, lightly toasted
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Method
- Heat 1 tablespoon of the olive oil in a saucepan over a medium heat and add the garlic. When the garlic sizzles, quickly add the tomatoes and a generous grinding of pepper. Cook over a high heat for about 4 minutes, until the tomatoes collapse.
- In a bowl, mix the lamb and herbs together. Add the egg, season, and use your hands to mix together until it forms a paste. Crumble the feta into medium-sized pieces and add half to the mixture. Form into 20 even-sized balls.
- Heat the remaining olive oil in a large frying pan – large enough to take the meatballs in one layer – until very hot. Add all the balls at once (or cook in 2 batches) and sear on 1 side; shake the pan to turn them all at once. Fry for a total of 6 minutes on high to brown on all sides. Don’t worry if some fall apart. Lower the heat to medium, add the tomato and garlic sauce and stir.
- To serve, scatter the remaining feta over the meatballs and garnish with the lightly toasted pine nuts and extra mint leaves.
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