Lamb meatball traybake
By:
Emily Gussin
Food producer and sustainability lead, delicious.
- Published: 21 Jun 23
- Updated: 18 Mar 24
Step away from your boring dinner routine and make this lamb meatball traybake immediately! The fresh salsa makes the most of in-season tomatoes and mint to instantly elevate this hands-off traybake dinner.
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Ingredients
- 1 large aubergine
- 1 red onion
- 2 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 250g lamb mince
- 400g tin chickpeas, drained and rinsed
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 200g tomatoes
- 10g mint
- 1 tsp red wine vinegar
- 2 tbsp natural yogurt
Method
- Heat the oven to 200°C fan/gas 7. Cut the aubergine into bite-size chunks and roughly slice the red onion. Put both on a large roasting tin, toss through the cumin, oregano and oil, and season. Spread into a single layer and roast for 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, roll the lamb mince into walnut-sized meatballs, seasoning with salt and pepper. After 20 minutes, stir everything in the tin up, adding the chickpeas and garlic as you go, then season again. Top with the meatballs and return to the oven for 15-20 minutes, until the meatballs have browned and the vegetables are tender.
- While everything roasts, roughly chop the tomatoes and finely chop the mint, reserving a few smaller leaves to garnish. Stir them together in a bowl with the vinegar and season with plenty of salt. Serve the meatball traybake with the fresh tomato salsa and yogurt on top, then finish with an extra drizzle of oil, some salt and pepper.
- Recipe from July 2023 Issue
Nutrition
- Calories
- 678kcals
- Fat
- 31g (11g saturated)
- Protein
- 44g
- Carbohydrates
- 48g (14g sugars)
- Fibre
- 12g
- Salt
- 0.3g
delicious. tips
Swap the chickpeas for British-grown whole peas – we love Hodmedod’s carlin peas.
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A really easy and tasty traybake. The fresh tomato and mint really add a touch of freshness that makes all the difference, something I’ll use on other dishes from now on. If I make it again I would probably use lamb sausages to make the meatballs for extra flavour.