Cumin-Flavored Meatballs with Onion Jam and Spicy Tomato Sauce

Helene Ganz Perez in Marrakech la rouge serves meatballs with onion confiture. In Saveurs de mon enfance, a few mint leaves are added to the meat mixture, and a bit less cumin. Meatballs are sometimes called boundigas, echoing the Spanish word albondigas. Kefta can be round or flat in shape. Although there is a temptation to treat them as burgers and serve them rare, in the kosher kitchen these are well cooked. Moroccan kefta that are to be grilled do not