Moroccan Lamb Meatballs with Olives and Lemon

Preparation info
  • Makes

    4

    adult portions
    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      1 hr

Appears in
Madhouse Cookbook: Delicious Recipes for the Busy Family Kitchen

By Jo Pratt

Published 2013

  • About

This is a delicious North African dish that is ideally suited to serving with couscous or flatbread. You need two really juicy lemons—buy the unwaxed ones if you can. This is also a great dish to choose for a dinner party because you can make it a day ahead.

Ingredients

  • 3 onions, quartered
  • 1 pound 2 ounces ground lamb

Method

  1. Put the onions in a food processor and whiz until finely chopped. Remove half and set aside. Add the lamb, spices, lemon zest, parsley and salt and pepper to the food processor and whiz to combine. Tip out the mixture and, using wet hands to stop the mixture sticking to you, shape it into walnut-size balls. (The meatballs can be made a day before cooking and kept in the