Saucy meatball & carrot bake with crispy feta crumbs

Name: Saucy meatball & carrot bake with crispy feta crumbs
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 900 grams pork mince; 140 grams breadcrumbs; 1 Tbsp caraway seeds; 1 egg; 4 teaspoons ground cumin; 750 grams carrot, peeled and halved lengthways, or quartered if theyre really big; 4 Tbsps olive oil, plus extra for frying; 3 onions, whizzed to a paste in a food processor; 1 serving good chunk ginger, grated; 680 grams passata; 2 x 400g cans chopped tomatoes; 2 Tbsps sugar; 200 grams pack feta cheese, crumbled; 1 small pack parsley, chopped

Saucy meatball & carrot bake with crispy fet From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes. If you have pack parsley, if they're really big, sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. Users who liked this recipe also liked Crispy-Topped Carrot & Broccoli Bake, Saucy Onion Meatball Subs, and Dinner Tonight? Saucy Meatball Subs.

Instructions

Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas

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Oven

Mix the pork, 50g of the breadcrumbs, caraway seeds, egg and half the cumin with 2 tsp salt and lots of pepper.

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Caraway Seeds

Breadcrumbs

Pepper

Cumin

Pork

Salt

Egg

Roll into about 30 meatballs and put into a large non-stick roasting tin.

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Meatballs

Roll

Put the carrots into another roasting tin. Split the oil between the two, and gently toss to coat. Roast for 30-40 mins, shaking the tins halfway (and swapping between shelves if you need to), until golden and cooked through.

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Carrot

Cooking Oil

Meanwhile, fry the onion, ginger and remaining cumin in a drop more oil for a few mins in a large pan, stirring constantly. Stir in the passata, chopped tomatoes, sugar and some seasoning, then simmer for 15 mins.

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Seasoning

Tomato

Passata

Ginger

Cumin

Onion

Sugar

Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Divide the meatballs and carrots between baking dishes or tins and spoon over the tomato sauce.

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Tomato Sauce

Meatballs

Carrot

Mix the remaining breadcrumbs with the feta, parsley and some seasoning. Set aside any portions for freezing now, and sprinkle feta crumbs over any portions to be cooked immediately.

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Breadcrumbs

Seasoning

Parsley

Feta Cheese

To eat now, reduce the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 and bake for 20 mins until crumbs are golden and everything is piping hot. Or follow the tips for freezing below, then defrost portions, finish assembling and bake at 180C/160C fan/gas 4 for 30-50 mins until everything is piping hot and bubbling the cooking time will depend a bit on the portion size you are baking.

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Oven