Lamb Meatballs with Red Pepper and Chickpea Sauce

Name: Lamb Meatballs with Red Pepper and Chickpea Sauce
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 340 grams baby spinach (2 bags); 473 milliliters chicken stock; 414 milliliters chickpeas (from a can, drained); 59 milliliters minced flat-leaf parsley (plus more for garnish); 4 cloves garlic (peeled and minced); 907 grams ground lamb; 4 teaspoons kosher salt (plus more for seasoning); 118 milliliters roasted red peppers (from a jar); 118 milliliters whole-milk yogurt, (preferrably Greek); 2 teaspoons smoked paprika; 1 Tbsp thyme leaves; 59 milliliters vegetable oil

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Lamb Meatballs with Red Pepper and Chickpea Sauce a try. Watching your figure? This gluten free recipe has 484 calories, 26g of protein, and 35g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 29% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 8. If you have whole-milk yogurt, chicken stock, ground lamb, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the vegetable oil you could follow this main course with the Blueberry Coffee Cake #SundaySupper as a dessert.

Instructions

In a mini food processor, puree the peppers.

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Peppers

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Transfer the puree to a bowl and whisk in the broth and ½ cup yogurt.In a large bowl, combine the lamb, eggs, garlic, ¼ cup parsley and the thyme and smoked paprika.

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Whisk

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Add the 4 teaspoons kosher salt. Using your hands, gently mix, then roll into sixteen 2-inch meatballs.In a very large skillet, heat the oil until shimmering.

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Roll

Cooking Oil

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Add the meatballs and cook over moderately high heat until browned all over, about 8 minutes. Slide the meatballs to one side of the pan.

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Meatballs

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Add the red-pepper sauce and the chickpeas and bring just to a boil. Simmer the meatballs over moderately low heat, stirring and turning them occasionally in the sauce, until the sauce reduces slightly, 10 minutes. Season with salt.

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Spread the spinach onto a serving platter, transfer the meatballs and chickpeas to that platter and spoon the pepper sauce on top, garnish with parsley and serve with yogurt.

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Spinach