Week 48 - Turkey and Uzbekistan

Turkish meatballs; well I used a recipe I found in my local Tesco mag! It seemed to tie in with research, and tasted lovely. Was nice to read a booklet, rather than follow the recipe on an ipad. We love meatballs, and so far have enjoyed Swedish, Spanish and now Turkish. I am sure there is an 'around the meatball world' book out there. Come to think of it, there could be one for Mac'n'cheese too!

The Balish may not have looked as good as the recipe photo, but they tasted really nice. We all enjoyed these; I think they would have been nice with some baked beans....

Turkish Meatballs

Ingredients

500g (1lb) lamb mince

1 medium egg, beaten

2 onions, finely chopped

2 tbsp ground cumin

2 tsp ground cinnamon

2 tbsp paprika

4 garlic cloves, crushed

1 x 30g pack fresh dill, most of it chopped

1tbsp virgin olive oil

2 x 400g tin chopped tomatoes

1 tbsp honey

1 x 400g tin chickpeas

handful toasted pine nuts, to scatter over the top

Greek-style yogurt, to serve

Read more at https://realfood.tesco.com/recipes/turkish-meatballs.html#to109FiTrRqHhtSM.99

Ingredients

500g (1lb) lamb mince

1 medium egg, beaten

2 onions, finely chopped

2 tbsp ground cumin

2 tsp ground cinnamon

2 tbsp paprika

4 garlic cloves, crushed

1 x 30g pack fresh dill, most of it chopped

1tbsp virgin olive oil

2 x 400g tin chopped tomatoes

1 tbsp honey

1 x 400g tin chickpeas

handful toasted pine nuts, to scatter over the top

Greek-style yogurt, to serve

Read more at https://realfood.tesco.com/recipes/turkish-meatballs.html#to109FiTrRqHhtSM.99

Ingredients

500g (1lb) lamb mince

1 medium egg, beaten

2 onions, finely chopped

2 tbsp ground cumin

2 tsp ground cinnamon

2 tbsp paprika

4 garlic cloves, crushed

1 x 30g pack fresh dill, most of it chopped

1tbsp virgin olive oil

2 x 400g tin chopped tomatoes

1 tbsp honey

1 x 400g tin chickpeas

handful toasted pine nuts, to scatter over the top

Greek-style yogurt, to serve

Read more at https://realfood.tesco.com/recipes/turkish-meatballs.html#to109FiTrRqHhtSM.99

Ingredients

500g (1lb) lamb mince

1 medium egg, beaten

2 onions, finely chopped

2 tbsp ground cumin

2 tsp ground cinnamon

2 tbsp paprika

4 garlic cloves, crushed

1 x 30g pack fresh dill, most of it chopped

1tbsp virgin olive oil

2 x 400g tin chopped tomatoes

1 tbsp honey

1 x 400g tin chickpeas

handful toasted pine nuts, to scatter over the top

Greek-style yogurt, to serve

Read more at https://realfood.tesco.com/recipes/turkish-meatballs.html#to109FiTrRqHhtSM.99

Ingredients

·         500g (1lb) lamb mince

·         1 medium egg, beaten

·         2 onions, finely chopped

·         2 tbsp ground cumin

·         2 tsp ground cinnamon

·         2 tbsp paprika

·         4 garlic cloves, crushed

·         1 x 30g pack fresh dill, most of it chopped

·         1tbsp virgin olive oil

·         2 x 400g tin chopped tomatoes

·         1 tbsp honey

·         1 x 400g tin chickpeas

·         handful toasted pine nuts, to scatter over the top

Greek-style yogurt, to serve

Preheat the oven to gas 3, 170°C, fan 150°C. Put the lamb and egg into a large bowl, and add half the onions, spices, garlic and chopped dill. Season. Using your hands, mix well. 

Shape the mixture into 16 satsuma-sized balls. Heat a wide casserole dish, add the meatballs and cook for 10 minutes until golden. Set aside, leaving the fat and juices in the pan. 

Add the oil to the pan and cook the remaining onion and garlic for 5 minutes until softened. Tip in the remaining spices, fry for 1 minute, then add the tomatoes, honey and the rest of the chopped dill and season generously. Return the meatballs to the pan, loosely cover, and cook in the oven for 1 hour 30 minutes until the sauce is thick and rich. When there is 15 minutes cooking time left, stir the chickpeas into the sauce.

Season to taste, then scatter with the pine nuts and remaining dill fronds. Serve with spoonfuls of Greek-style yogurt and warmed pitta bread.  

Read more at https://realfood.tesco.com/recipes/turkish-meatballs.html#to109FiTrRqHhtSM.99

Preheat the oven to gas 3, 170°C, fan 150°C. Put the lamb and egg into a large bowl, and add half the onions, spices, garlic and chopped dill. Season. Using your hands, mix well. 

Shape the mixture into 16 satsuma-sized balls. Heat a wide casserole dish, add the meatballs and cook for 10 minutes until golden. Set aside, leaving the fat and juices in the pan. 

Add the oil to the pan and cook the remaining onion and garlic for 5 minutes until softened. Tip in the remaining spices, fry for 1 minute, then add the tomatoes, honey and the rest of the chopped dill and season generously. Return the meatballs to the pan, loosely cover, and cook in the oven for 1 hour 30 minutes until the sauce is thick and rich. When there is 15 minutes cooking time left, stir the chickpeas into the sauce.

Season to taste, then scatter with the pine nuts and remaining dill fronds. Serve with spoonfuls of Greek-style yogurt and warmed pitta bread.  

Source: https://realfood.tesco.com/recipes/turkish-meatballs.html#33GA2LrWHyWjlMEG.97 Accessed Dec2017)

Balish - Baked Meat Pies

1 kg or 7 1/2 cups flour, 1 1/2 cup water, 1/2 cup oil, 30 g (1 oz) yeast, 1 kg (2 1/4 lb meat, 500 g (18 oz) onions, salt and spices to taste.
For the filling, combine finely diced (or minced) meat with chopped onions, salt and pepper. To make dough, combine water, oil, salt, sifted flour and yeast, let stand for 2-2 1/2 hours. Divide into 40-50 g (1/2-2 oz) balls. Roll out to a thickness of 3 mm (1/7 in) and place minced meat in the center. Fold dough up aroun filling, leaving a circular opening at the top. Place on greased pan, open side up, and let rise another 5-10 minutes. Coat with beaten egg and bake in pre-heated oven (200-240 C) for 8-10 minutes. (Sourec: http://uzbekcuisine.com/breads.html [accessed Dec 2017])

Ingredients

500g (1lb) lamb mince

1 medium egg, beaten

2 onions, finely chopped

2 tbsp ground cumin

2 tsp ground cinnamon

2 tbsp paprika

4 garlic cloves, crushed

1 x 30g pack fresh dill, most of it chopped

1tbsp virgin olive oil

2 x 400g tin chopped tomatoes

1 tbsp honey

1 x 400g tin chickpeas

handful toasted pine nuts, to scatter over the top

Greek-style yogurt, to serve

Read more at https://realfood.tesco.com/recipes/turkish-meatballs.html#to109FiTrRqHhtSM.9

Ingredients

500g (1lb) lamb mince

1 medium egg, beaten

2 onions, finely chopped

2 tbsp ground cumin

2 tsp ground cinnamon

2 tbsp paprika

4 garlic cloves, crushed

1 x 30g pack fresh dill, most of it chopped

1tbsp virgin olive oil

2 x 400g tin chopped tomatoes

1 tbsp honey

1 x 400g tin chickpeas

handful toasted pine nuts, to scatter over the top

Greek-style yogurt, to serve

Read more at https://realfood.tesco.com/recipes/turkish-meatballs.html#to109FiTrRqHhtSM.99

Ingredients

500g (1lb) lamb mince

1 medium egg, beaten

2 onions, finely chopped

2 tbsp ground cumin

2 tsp ground cinnamon

2 tbsp paprika

4 garlic cloves, crushed

1 x 30g pack fresh dill, most of it chopped

Ingredients

500g (1lb) lamb mince

1 medium egg, beaten

2 onions, finely chopped

2 tbsp ground cumin

2 tsp ground cinnamon

2 tbsp paprika

4 garlic cloves, crushed

1 x 30g pack fresh dill, most of it chopped

1tbsp virgin olive oil

2 x 400g tin chopped tomatoes

1 tbsp honey

1 x 400g tin chickpeas

handful toasted pine nuts, to scatter over the top

Greek-style yogurt, to serve

Read more at https://realfood.tesco.com/recipes/turkish-meatballs.html#to109FiTrRqHhtSM.99

1tbsp virgin olive oil

2 x 400g tin chopped tomatoes

1 tbsp honey

1 x 400g tin chickpeas

handful toasted pine nuts, to scatter over the top

Greek-style yogurt, to serve

Read more at https://realfood.tesco.com/recipes/turkish-meatballs.html#to109FiTrRqHhtSM.99