Greek Lamb Meatballs (Thermomix)
These meatballs are deliciously moist and full of flavour with a blended mixture of garlic, fresh mint, onion and dried oregano.
Ingredients
If you don't have the Cookidoo app for your Thermomix follow the recipe below:
- 1 garlic clove
- 2 sprigs fresh mint leaves only or fresh parsley, leaves only
- 150g onions quartered
- 50g olive oil
- 500g lamb mince broken in pieces
- 60g breadcrumbs I used panko breadcrumbs
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1 tsp fine sea salt
- 0.5 tsp ground black pepper
- plain flour for dusting
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
Instructions
- Place the garlic, mint, onions and olive oil in the mixing bowl then chop 3 seconds/speed 7. Scrape down the sides of the mixing bowl with the spatula then sauté 2 minutes/100°C/speed 1. Blend 10 seconds/speed 8 until mixture is smooth. Scrape down the sides of the mixing bowl with the spatula.
- Add the lamb, breadcrumbs, oregano, salt and pepper then, with the aid of the spatula, mix 5 to 10 seconds/speed 5 until combined.
- Using wet hands, roll 1 tbsp of the mixture into a ball and place on a plate. Repeat with the remaining mixture to make approx. 24 or 25 meatballs. Dust the meatballs with flour.
- Heat the vegetable oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat. Fry the meatballs in batches for 8-10 minutes, turning occasionally, until browned all over and cooked through. Serve warm.
Notes
- Substitute the lamb mince for beef mince, if you prefer.
- The meatballs can be made ahead, up to step 3, but don’t dust with flour until you’re ready to cook them. I placed them on baking paper on a tray and covered them with cling film and put them in the fridge until I was ready to cook them in the evening.
- We enjoyed the meatballs with a bowl of fresh salad and toasted multi seeded flatbreads from Asda along with:
- You could also enjoy them as part of a meze platter or with a greek salad.