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Chicken meatballs in smoky tomato and eggplant sauce
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Ingredients
Meatballs
- 1 zucchini, cut into pieces (3 cm)
- 4 spring onions/shallots, cut into quarters
- 2 garlic cloves
- 3 sprigs fresh coriander, leaves only
- 3 sprigs fresh mint, leaves only
- 750 g chicken mince
- 1 egg
- ¼ tsp chilli powder (optional)
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- ¾ tsp sea salt
- ½ tsp ground black pepper
Tomato and Eggplant sauce
- 40 g olive oil, plus extra to grease
- 150 g brown onion, cut into quarters
- 2 garlic cloves
- 2 tsp ground smoked paprika
- 200 g canned diced tomatoes
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 100 g dry white wine
- 30 g tomato paste
- 1 tsp sea salt
- ½ tsp ground black pepper
- 2 tsp Vegetable stock paste, to taste (see Tips)
- 1 eggplant, diced into cubes (2 cm)
- 500 g water
Risoni
- 1 tsp white sugar
- 250 g dried risoni pasta
- 3 tsp olive oil
- 3 sprigs fresh parsley leaves
- 220 g Danish feta
- 150 g Greek yoghurt
- 20 g freshly squeezed lemon juice
- ¼ ground black pepper
- fresh coriander, leaves only, to garnish
- Nutrition
- per 1 portion
- Calories
- 2594.4 kJ / 620.1 kcal
- Protein
- 38.4 g
- Carbohydrates
- 50.6 g
- Fat
- 28.9 g
- Saturated Fat
- 10 g
- Fibre
- 7 g
- Sodium
- 1014.3 mg
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